Feb 22, 2012 Progress

Detail of the rock cornice.  The rock will go behind the little ledger.  All the soffit, cornice and facia (aren't you impressed that I have learned all these building words?--maybe not how to spell them.) are out of Hardie which is a cement impregnated material.  

I was burning some of the trash that is building up and threw in some scraps of this material and IT WILL NOT BURN!

The question is: How do we ever get rid of it?  won't burn, won't decompose, Maybe it can be recycled?  I hope so. I don't want to add it to the garbage dumps.

Small gable over the front door.  The green part will have rock on it. 

Front Porch that may be screened in in the future...depending on the bugs.

Interesting edge on this soffit due to the shortened roofline.  I couldn't figure out why the drafter did this but the Soffit guy, Antonio, knew exactly how to make it look good.  

Back porch with the soffit going up.

Back of the house and the last to be roofed.

This guy was amazing as well as the guy throwing these 4x8 panels up 10 ft in the air.  No safety line and he was walking on some pitches 8/12 on the bare rafters.  He nailed on the entire roof while others on the crew did the taping.

Notice the multiple seals: 1.Tape on the ZIP System, 2. Moisture Seal on corners and sill of window- wraps around to inside, 3.  Silicone caulk on sides and top (not on bottom, 4. Window flanges nailed to ZIP and taped again with ZIP tape but not on bottom so water can escape if it somehow gets inside the window.

Waiting for window shims.

Window on the back for the bedroom.  The double glass doors are to the right.  The latch was reversed so we could not close or lock the doors.  May be fixed sometime in March.  The latch/locking system is all connected.  The window/door manufacturer should have know better.

Fixed window in the gable to let in sunlight.  Notice there is still a shadow from the overhang that will be even more in the summertime.

You may not be able to see that the one guy has an extension cord tied around his waist as a safety line.  The roof is 6/12 which isn't very steep but this guy seemed new at walking on roofs and the roof ZIP System was kind of slick..especially if it is damp.