Before/After

 The first is from June; the second is from today.

We re-roofed the garage, and then set about renewing the walls. We tore off the composition siding and trim boards and then shingled the whole thing in cedar--except for the front face, the one that is seen most often. Talk about hiding your light under a bushel! As it turned out, every part of the front posed special challenges. One corner had rotted; the walls were not straight, and the vinyl soffit was nailed directly over half-inch plywood...so it didn't vent at all. Also, the front frame was not attached to the slab; indeed, it swung above it. We rebuilt the frame in the area of the door and then clad the stripped face in plywood.

Finally, we shingled and painted. The result is simple and clean. The wall is actually pinned to the slab. Initially, I didn't think there was room for a door given the position of the framing elements, but like so many parts of the house they turned out to be non-structural timbers hanging from the frame instead of supporting it.