Old House, “New” Siding. Nobody Builds Like This Anymore. (Ep.17)

Every surface of this historic ruin is getting covered in pine boards. Head to toe. The original methods/materials for siding are used here--nobody builds like this anymore. We are even using square nails! Luck was on our side when we found a small American company that still makes the nails just the way they did way back during the Civil War.

Plus, we reveal which roofing material we've ordered... drumroll please...

The goal here is to honor history with this renovation. And to use materials from the ranch to recreate what the original pioneer did when he built this house back on the Montana frontier, in 1889. The trees came straight from the hills here--sawmilled next to, & carried straight onto, this old cabin.

We do some historic cooking by making an early 1900s shortbread recipe using an old recipe card found while digging around the local library. And the whole family digs in to make a big push to get ALL the boards on this old place.

Watch the roof get sheathed, the walls get boarded top to bottom, and as a bonus we even get some of the original reclaimed boards (painstakingly saved!) back up on Uncle Dan's by the end of the episode. This one is packed with progress.

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