Foundation Work is Underway - first things first

More unsolicited advice to home restoration fans.   A new foundation will just make you feel better.  Even if its not the most visible or glamorous part of a remodel, the real aficionados of vintage houses will always comment on a new foundation.  So the Eureka Redwood Victorian has a shinny new concrete diameter foundation and a 3 ft wall.    The house has another hundred years.

Despite the great work that George is doing on foundation work, we still have some troubling jobs.  The house has several feet of skirting around the base of the house.  This all needs to be removed and hopefully replaced once the foundation is poured in place.   Unfortunately we see a lot of nice new foundations covered by pretty unsightly paneling and siding.     Our plan is to carefully rescue the 3 to 4 inch vertical skirting, clean it up, remove a fair amount of rot and then re-install as much as we can.