Attaching metal siding

We decided not to live in our house this winter. We did not have enough money to insulate the addition or purchase/install our diesel heater. We did choose to purchase metal roofing that we would used for the roof and siding. This makes our resilant to rain and potential forest fires. 

To start off, we measured the length of the roof. I made the mistake of not measuring the walls, because I already knew the dimensions of the walls. I did not take into account the sub-floor adding an additional 10". Since the metal was already cut/ordered(North Star Metals) we thought, hey lets just slap some water proofing membrane(MiraDri) around the base. Then later we can can put planter boxes around the base. After applying the MiraDri we started putting up the metal siding. One of us would hold it up as the other screwed it in.

Since we had some extra money because we spent less on the Well than thought. We decided to rent a Boom lift so we could attach the metal roof without climbing on the addition. This was by far the most complicated piece of machinery I have operated to date... while also dealing with my fear of heights. You had to focus on the where it was driving/rotating/extending/tilting etc. 

We rented it friday and a we had it till Monday morning. Friday we started by adding waterproofing membrane to the fascia/soffits. Saturday we under took attaching the metal to our roof. We brought the first two 15.5 foot pieces up horizontally. We Bungie corded them to the bucket of the boom lift. The second panel almost slipped and came crashing down to the ground. You can see it in this timelapse video we made, by strapping my phone high on a thin wobbly spruce tree and hoped it wouldn't fall off.