Doors and windows complete; mailbox post in; more siding and shakes

Winter is right around the corner, so Andy and I spent a morning putting up the mailbox post before the first snowstorm comes through. For the same reasons, I had Qwest out at the house to measure for trenching in the phone lines. All the windows and doors are in now, and the siding moves along slowly but surely. Insulation and drywall should start the first week of November.

More pics:

Andy tending the scrap wood burn pile by throwing sand in it:

Exterior of front door stained to match shakes:

Tongue and groove in roof of front porch...

...and on ceiling of screen porch:

Great room windows and doors completely installed:

French door hardware:

East end getting siding and shakes installed:

Andy showing off his work on the mailbox post:

Completed east side of house: