August 29, 2006

My son and I applied primer to all but one wall before dark. The primer has about half the tint of the final color which will save of us from having to apply two coats of the basic white primer.

August 26, 2006

We began work on another beautiful Saturday at 8:00 AM. My carpenter and another friend started work on the soffits. I finished the Tyvek wrap on the gable walls. (Notice that the shingles on the rear side still need to be trimmed.) I also finished installing the T1-11 siding with framing nails. They were spaced about 12 inches apart along each stud. My carpenter's rechargeable neumatic nailing gun made it go very fast.













This view shows more soffit work plus the T1-11 siding installation. We installed Z-flashing between the top and bottom sheets of T1-11 siding.

We used all 16 sheets of T1-11 and will need to purchase one more sheet to complete the exterior. We were also able to install two windows.

Z-flashing was installed between the bottom edge of the T1-11 siding and the bottom plate. The T1-11 had to be trimmed to enable nailing the Z-flashing.

The remaining exterior work to complete: install the French Double Door, install two more windows on opposite wall, trim shingles, prime and paint the siding and trim, install corner trim, finish soffits, install remaining Z-flashing to siding, and install Tyvek wrap and siding onto upper wall.

August 24, 2006

I left work early today to work on the shed. The weather this week has been spectacular. I hate to lose valuable daylight hours doing office work.

My wife and I installed the T1-11 siding on the other two walls in preparation for the work on Saturday. Each sheet of T1-11 siding was installed with only 3 or 4 nails in case they have to be adjusted. We will do the final nailing on Saturday.

August 19, 2006

My carpenter arrived on time as usual, but he could only work a half-day. We applied the Tyvek on two walls and thought we could also install the windows. We discovered the windows would look much better after the siding is installed. I plan to have wood trim around all the windows. If the windows are installed before the siding, they will be countersunk into the siding, leaving no edge for the wood trim.





We partially nailed up the siding to the studs on two sides. Z-flashing and caulk will be applied at the bottom of the siding to keep out those pesky termites. I will finish nailing the siding and installing the Z-flashing later. My carpenter had to leave at this point.

My wife decided to help me for the remainder of the day. We were only able to install the Tyvek on the remaining two walls. The gables will also need Tyvek, but that's for another day.

August 12, 2006

Yesterday afternoon, I obtained the electrical permit. It was a lot faster than I expected. The best time to get permits I have learned is in the morning at opening and 30 minutes before closing.

We started work on the other half of the roof. The waterproof membrane was applied underneath the roofing felt. We had help from a friend from my old neighborhood. He saved us a lot of time in moving shingles up to the roof.

We finally completed the roof and used all eleven bundles of shingles with only six sheets of shingles remaining. I just have some minor work trimming shingles on the rear which you cannot see. We even installed two windows at the top. The next steps are to: install the remaining windows; install the soffits; install the siding; and finally install the French Double Door. The interior will be the next challenge. My wife has already started thinking about how it should look.

August 5, 2006

I was not able to work on the shed today since I took my family on a small vacation over the weekend. My carpenter installed the shingles on one half of the roof by himself. All I did was move eight bundles of shingles from my garage to the shed previously during the week. It felt good getting them out of the garage after three years in storage.