Example 3 - 2006 Restoration of 1940 Construction

This large and elegant home faces a panoramic view of Puget Sound. What it lacks in shelter from eaves, trees or adjoining homes is largely compensated by the robustness of its construction. Walls are sheathed with clear, straight grain, old growth redwood siding ten inches wide and a full inch and a quarter thick at the bottom edge. There are few butt joints; siding courses run continuously from casements to wall corner. Some individual boards exceed fourteen feet in length. Such construction is occasionally encountered from a much earlier period. That a builder procured this material as late as 1940 is amazing.