By the end of the week of 5/7/12, most of the windows were installed as well as some of the cedar siding.
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| 5/11/12 - Second floor windows installed along with some cedar siding |
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The cedar siding is reclaimed and has a very interesting history. The tongue-in-groove siding was milled by Resource Woodworks of Tacoma from old cedar that was reclaimed from its original use as log booms on Lake Union.
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| 1911 photo of floated logs on Lake Union contained by log booms. (Photo - Seattle Municipal Archives) |
When the ship canal was built and the Ballard Locks erected, the log booms were placed alongside the locks as part of the retaining structure. Resource Woodworks, which specializes in sourcing and re-milling salvage lumber, obtained the 100-year-old log booms and has been allocating it to projects where such reclamation is important - such as ours! The wood is full of character and is beautiful - there is an amount that contains wormholes (worms long gone!) that we hope to use in the Boardroom.
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| 5/11/12 - Second floor bank of windows and reclaimed T&G cedar siding |
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