New Home Construction

[hddnis]

Beautiful-Just out of curiosity in third picture (frontal shot) looks like the siding was not applied in area of what would be the rim joist. Reason for that?

7th pic shows the sheeting installed in that area.



Mr. HE

 

[EddieWalker]

Your home is coming along nicely. I like the look of it and how you don't realize how big it is from the front, but from the back it looks massive!!!

Not sure if this is something to be concerned about, but in my experience, you want the fascia board installed before the shingles go on. The reason is that you want the flashing to go over the edge of the fascia boards. In your picture, the paper is on already, but not the fascia boards, which means it's going to be hard to tie the flashing in with the paper.

What are you using for the fascia and soffit? I'm a big fan of Hardie because it doesn't rot. Cedar and treated wood will rot in time. There are other brands, but PVC vinyl is the only other one that I know of that wont rot, it's just a lot more money then Hardie.

I'm curious how they will trim out your soffit at the gable ends of your garage. In the pic, it looks unfinished, which means they are going to get to it, or they are doing something weird.

Eddie

 

[grainger12002]

Wow ! Great pics Fordman, thanks for sharing. Very exciting build there !!!

 

[fordmantpw]

Your home is coming along nicely. I like the look of it and how you don't realize how big it is from the front, but from the back it looks massive!!!

Thanks! Yes, it definitely looks much bigger from the back. We really didn't want something that "looks" big, but wanted our space. Coming down the drive, I think we accomplished that task, even if it was accidental.

Not sure if this is something to be concerned about, but in my experience, you want the fascia board installed before the shingles go on. The reason is that you want the flashing to go over the edge of the fascia boards. In your picture, the paper is on already, but not the fascia boards, which means it's going to be hard to tie the flashing in with the paper.

What are you using for the fascia and soffit? I'm a big fan of Hardie because it doesn't rot. Cedar and treated wood will rot in time. There are other brands, but PVC vinyl is the only other one that I know of that wont rot, it's just a lot more money then Hardie.

I'm curious how they will trim out your soffit at the gable ends of your garage. In the pic, it looks unfinished, which means they are going to get to it, or they are doing something weird.

Eddie

You're asking me questions I don't know the answers to. Those are a lot of the things I don't really have the specifics on. We just trust the builder on lots of those things. He has been doing it for years and is well known in the area. What you are saying about the roof definitely make sense and I see what you are saying. They are actually putting the tar paper and shingles on today. The fascia will be wrapped in aluminum, so I'm guessing they will just slide the aluminum under the paper when they put it on?

The soffit will be aluminum as well. I'm not sure what they will use above it to hold it in, but was assuming just standard pine since it should stay dry?

 

[fordmantpw]

Wow ! Great pics Fordman, thanks for sharing. Very exciting build there !!!

Thanks grainger!

 

[BuilderML]

Not sure if this is something to be concerned about, but in my experience, you want the fascia board installed before the shingles go on. The reason is that you want the flashing to go over the edge of the fascia boards. In your picture, the paper is on already, but not the fascia boards, which means it's going to be hard to tie the flashing in with the paper
Eddie

Hi Eddie, I think this picture will show how they will be finishing the fascia. Very common method when Vinyl siding is used.
Sorry for the poor picture but i think you'll get the idea.

 

[fordmantpw]

Hi Eddie, I think this picture will show how they will be finishing the fascia. Very common method when Vinyl siding is used.View attachment 380517
Sorry for the poor picture but i think you'll get the idea.

That's precisely what they will be doing. At least, that's how it is on my current house and everything that I've seen done.

 

[EddieWalker]

Thanks for the picture. I've never done aluminum. How do you attach the drip edge once the shingles are installed? I'm guessing it's slid under the shingles, but after that, I'm lost.

Eddie

 

[BuilderML]

The drip edge is installed before the shingles go on. You do your soffit next (usually as siding is being done) once soffit is done you install your L shape which covers the end of the soffit and also covers your 2x fascia. Very easy to do. Only issue with aluminum trim is that once the sun hits it you get buckles in it if you nail it to much and its not covered with a gutter. Once the gutter goes over it you don't notice the buckles as it helps hold if flat.

 

[s219]

Could be that the aluminum fascia will also have a return bend to support the shingles. No separate drip edge. That's the latest and greatest.... It gets installed *after* the shingles are up.