Roof and Siding

The original tin roof looked pretty rough and even though it is tempting to just cover it with aluminzed coating and call it a day, its a rather big gamble when you're putting two hundred thousand dollars into the house directly underneath the roof. Also, when you stood in the attic and looked up toward the roof, you could see the sunlight coming in through all the hundreds of little holes, like little stars. Somehow, the holes weren't big enough to let water through, but we replaced the roof anyway. The new roof was installed standing seam metal galvanized with a 50-year warranty (in reality this roof will probably last generations). Considering the tin lasted nearly 100 years, this house will not need a roof for a very long time. In the Florida sun, that's saying something.
You can also see the double lap wood siding being installed. Most of the siding was in pretty rough shape. We didn't realize how bad it was until we tried to fix it and refinish. We found a mill in Alabama that makes an exact duplicate of what we had. We primed the wood on both sides and then installed with ringed nails. Each lap was caulked on the inside to make a seal. Also, the inside of the house was sprayed with oil base paint to completely seal the setup before the insulation was installed.