Engineered Wood

I went into this thinking siding was basically:

“Pick a color. Replace the panels. Done.”

And then I watched the first contractor walk around the house like they were reading braille.

• taps a corner: “soft.”
• points under a window: “no flashing.”
• looks up at the second story and sighs: “ladder setup.”

That was the moment I wrote in my Notes app:

“Siding is not cosmetic. Siding is weather management in costume.”