There's a snag on the installation of the shakes.
The builder is taking the day off tomorrow.
Tom Lenig is unhappy about the siding that Lockridge sold us. The manufacturer specifies that the shakes must be nailed on 16" centers. All our gable ends have 24" centers. Lockridge, of course, also sold us the 24" on-center trusses that form the gable ends. The siding manufacturer's technical staff advised Tom by phone that nailing these shakes every 24" would void the warranty for wind damage and warpage. Therefore, Tom is putting the pressure on Lockridge to do all the work (labor and materials) to retrofit our 7 gables with 16" centers using 2x4's. I'm not sure how much this will delay us.
Today I ordered lots of materials to finish and enclose the screened porch. Ten vinyl windows/screens and a matching door plus a water drainage system for the deck above the screened area. I found these products on the internet and am hoping that I made some good choices.
I am also very close to ordering all our interior doors while they are on sale. 8 doors up and 8 doors down including closet doors. Brenda is leaning towards arched 2-panel doors. Looks like I might be in for a little work staining some doors in the weeks to come.
For Brenda's benefit I am including a pic below of the freshly made 4 ft. opening into the bath & bedroom area in the lower level. We plan to craft a unique door that will slide on a rail much like a barn door. Besides being a nice feature in the room it will allow guests to seal off their bedrooms from the lower level rec room at night.
Entry to small hallway to bedrooms and bathroom. Once through the opening, bedroom #2's door is on the right, the pocket door to the bathroom is in the center and bedroom #3's door is the left.
Here's the screened porch waiting for the new vinyl windows and screens......
I'm discussing with the EZ Porch people as to whether or not we should add a transom above the door to match the window height. They have transoms for an additional $59. I'm thinking it might be the right thing to do. After measuring again, a 1 ft. tall transom above the door would look nice.
My next update won't probably be until Monday the 16th. Since we didn't see any windows today, Eagle won't deliver again until next Thursday. :(
I have a friend who did the barn door thing in his basement to seal off the main living area from the garage entry and bathroom. Its a heavy duty door and heavy hardware but really looks cool. If you don't find what you're looking for, let me know and I can ask him where he got his.
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