Today was day one of siding removal. A crew of 4 removed nearly all the old cedar. Unfortunately the dumpster did not arrive so they piled it all up against the south side of the house. They did a nice job with clean up and had a plastic sheet under everything to catch all the bits that fell down.

On the inside, Dan the HVAC guy got the intake and exhaust ducts in for the  mechanical ventilation system installed. The bathroom and kitchen returns are partially installed. The kitchen return will have to be custom built as the wall cavity is too narrow, only 2" wide.

In the basement I spray foamed the last window set and sealed the gap between the basement and first floor in preparation for the cellulose being blown in.

Abstract art?  No, location of kitchen air return. Turns out the 2x4s were turned on their side to make slightly larger rooms.  

Bathroom air return fully installed to basement.  

View from Aaron's place at the end of the day. All the siding is under the black plastic. 

Makes me happy to see the foam insulations I installed this past year. 

Porch soffits. You can see into the attic. 

Front elevation. 

A wee bit of damage. There's a bird nest as well. Glad it is all getting replaced. 

From the morning as work was just getting underway. Happy to report that they were careful to not crush all my native plants. 

North side. 

Dinning room bay windows. 

Blocking and insulation from when we replaced the windows some 10-years ago. I will remove the white stuff and replace with foam.