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Hello! I’m Craig Rose Salem NY.

I live at 144 Chamberlin Mills Road, Salem, NY 12865.

Salem is a beautiful small town due east of Saratoga Springs and smack dab on the border with Vermont. Consequently Salem is very pretty and you get a lot more for your money than if you were to buy in Vermont. Believe it of not, taxes are lower and property prices are way below what you can expect to pay buying in Vermont.

Need to know how to fix a leaky moldy shower in Salem, NY? Click below and you can read all about it.

How to fix a leaky shower

In my spare time I work on my 160 year old house. I also work on our 42 acres (with or without a horse). I also may be in my shop, converted from a small old barn.

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Salem, NY

From Salem’s website (https://salem-ny.com):

The Town of Salem is located in Washington County, New York. It’s situated east of Saratoga Springs and southeast of Lake George on the Vermont border.

Salem was first settled in 1761 by Joshua Conkey and James Turner. As soldiers in the French and Indian War passed through the territory. In 1764 Alexander and James Turner acquired a patent which was soon divided up between the New Englanders from Pelham Mass. and a group of Scotch/Irish Presbyterians from Ballibay, Ireland.

The name of this place was disputed for many years. The New Englanders called it White Creek after the clear creek that ran through the village. The Scotch/Irish called it New Perth since it reminded them of home. In 1788 the New York State Legislature settled the dispute by calling it Salem. That name was first used in 1777 for Fort Salem of Revolutionary War time. Craig Rose lives in Salem NY.

Craig Rose Salem NY and the town of West Hebron, NY

From Hebron’s website:

The town of Hebron has changed little over the past 100 years.  Its picturesque farmland and heavily wooded terrain draws many people who want to live in the area and enjoy the simple, peaceful lifestyle that Hebron offers.  Many of Hebron’s grand old homes are still occupied by the same families that lived in them generations ago.  (However not Craig Rose Salem NY). The area possesses the type of friendliness and stability that is so hard to find in today’s urban-oriented society.  The citizens of Hebron are involved in their community and have made strides to preserve their heritage in the 21st century.

Churches

Hebron has three active churches and many social organizations. Residents are proud of the Hebron Fire Company and the many activities they have.  The Hebron Preservation Society is an active, non-profit organization.

Thanks for coming by – Craig Rose Salem NY.

Craig Rose Salem NY – Photos

Just the beginning – cedar shingle siding

Paint doesn’t really like the rain forest conditions of upstate New York. At least that’s what our painter said. His suggestion was to go over the old painted clapboards with cedar shingles. Well sir, that’s just what we’re doing – cedar shingle siding! To be exact white cedar shingles dipped in a bleach stain.

In the photo above, the clapboards on the left side are only about five or six years old and are premium cedar themselves. We’re not doing that. Instead I’m applying cedar siding shingle to the who-knows-how-old clapboards with the peeling paint.

Here We Go

To start the project I first needed to do a double row at the bottom. The double row is needed because there are no existing rows of shingles to “push out” on the visible portion of the shingle. We have only a five inch exposure, however the shingle is more like eighteen inches tall. So subsequent rows will have around 2 layers of varying thickness to do the aforementioned “push out”.

We started on the wall to the left of the tall ladders and to the right of the orange ladder and scaffolding. On the left side of that wall is a straight trim board going all the way up. Here you just butt the shingle up against that trim board and away you go.

As I shingle along I come the the right side of the wall. Here is an outside corner. There are many how-to’s out there for outside corners. Not so many though on inside corners. More on those later. Both types of corners are “woven”. In other words – in the first row, the right edge of the last shingle can’t be seen because it is covered by the left edge of the first shingle in the same row on the other wall.

Here’s a less confusing article of how these corners are done from the Journal Of Light Construction: https://www.jlconline.com/how-to/exteriors/shingled-corners_o

Besides being prettier, this helps keep out moisture. As in rain. Did I mention we’re practically in a rain forest?

I should note that we’re not shingling the mudroom. It too has premium cedar clapboards and a very nice sunburst as can be seen here.

So this is a few hours into the job. As can be seen (if you squint a bit), I am weaving this outside corner. Note (or don’t) that I start out alternating on the first three rows, then row four is the same as row three. Then I successfully alternate the next row only to mess up on row six, making it the same as row five. Of course it would be better to have each row alternating with the previous, but I think it looks pretty good and will work out just fine.