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Example 3 - 1998 Rebuild of 1995 Construction

The mode of this home’s original exterior construction made early and major deterioration a certainty. Our company designed and executed replacement of the whole of the exterior produced a most unusual home: a modern Victorian whose exterior envelope is structured to be highly durable.

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Original 1995 construction
Green wall surfaces are plywood, tan surfaces are particle board siding.
(3) Work in progress
Particle board siding is being stripped and the lower walls shingled.



(4) Newly finished porch ceiling
(5) Entry porch
The window has been recased. Walls are now fancy butt shingle patterns. The floor is clear fir.
(6) Detail of shingles and post
The post’s pad is protected by a disguised metal flashing.



(7) Original construction
Consumer complaints culminated in class action settlements and the withdrawal of this particle board siding from the market. The unflashed tops of casings channel water directly into the wall’s interior structure.
(8) Three year old balcony wing wall, rip out in progress
Rot had not yet emerged onto the exterior surfaces.
(9) Wing wall's rotted interior
Seams on the top cap channeled water into the structure. We observe this repeatedly in modern construction. Internal decay is typically massive by the time surface rot appears.



(10) Replacement siding and casings
The clear cedar siding has been precoated on all surfaces, the casings are flashed. The separation between siding and flashing precludes the siding’s bottom edge from sitting in water.
(11) Newly constructed wing wall
The cap’s surface is a disguised metal flashing.
(12) Ripout of siding and back deck in progress



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Completion details
House numbers are superfluous. Just go to the right block and you’ll find the house.
(15) Newly constructed entry ceiling, trellis and deck.
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