This week the siding started. Apparently when you install your windows and siding you always install windows first and then siding because if there's a lot of re framing then your siding goes on top of that stuff. So we did the windows first - windows are in...
But the siding is going up next... We found Rick from a friend of my mother who once worked with her but now her husband and her do construction and contractor work. She typically works with contractors and whatnot to organize projects. But I'm running the show so she just gave me the name of a guy and I called him.
He was super nice on the phone - and really great when he first came out to look at the house and meet me. We had a great conversation and he talked to my mother for a bit while I helped the cable guy who was there to rerun a cable line to another room where the office is now. He was supposed to come back that next monday to measure but totally flaked... but... it was the week of Thanksgiving so.. I sighed and started looking for other names.
A week later he was out at the house apologizing and measured everything. Since then he's been A+. The bid he gave me was WAY beyond my price ... so we had to figure out how to readjust. Once we got to my $10,000 limit with a few adjustments we were good to go.
I chose the color Montana Suede. There is going to be an extra layer of foam that will go on between what we have up now and the new stuff so that we have a bunch of insulation where now... we don't have much at all. All of the windows are going to have caps over the new framing and trim - the posts on the porch will be covered, porch that we repaired earlier this year will now be covered with siding ... and new guttering and flashing to help direct the water away from the house and not to run down between the house and the brick veneer on the lower level.
The hideous Tudor Style boards are coming off and we're taking the house back to its older style pre hideous tudor boards... So my estimation of what it will kind of look like will be this below - except on the right side my mother wanted to see what it would look like if the siding was vertical.. which is stupid but I did it anyway so ignore that part...
The way the house will look via photoshop - except all the stuff on the porch is gone now ...
Friday, December 10, 2010
New Siding Adventure
Labels: green home, home remodel, oklahoma, renovation, siding, yukon
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Windows should definitely come first when installing both the windows and the siding. The windows have flashings that have to be kept behind the sidings. The flashing helps keep the water from sinking into the walls of the house. Additionally, you need to have sidings that are cut according to exact measurements to prevent them from going beyond the window frames. Anyway, I like the Photoshopped photo with the black shutters installed. It looks better with the shutters on.
-Mary Martin
That’s right, Sarah and Mary. A seamless result depends greatly on proper execution. So windows should always come first before the siding. Were you able to achieve the appearance close to the photoshopped picture of the house? The white trims definitely add a lot of character to the house, given that structure is of a darker shade now. Contrast is really always interesting. ;D
-->Cody Charlebois
Oh, your vision for your home is definitely better! It seems more apt for today, and the siding gives off a wonderful effect. Which style did you choose? I think the horizontal siding looks more suitable to your home.
-Saundra Wordlaw
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