Trim Work in Progress

2nd Week of September

Siding Material stacked in the back yard

Our siding material took two weeks to arrive, once we had selected our colors and the Builder could place the order.  The stacks of material don't look very large, but this material will cover three sides of the house. But before the siding can be installed all the trim boards need to be installed.

West side of the house

There is actually a lot of trim!  All the windows get surrounded by 1x4 flat trim, with a "crossheader" at the tops. All the vertical outside corners also get 1x4 trim.  A 12-inch bandboard transitions between the basement walls and the 1st floor.  And of course there is the cornice trim under the roof edges, including the soffit boards with venting.  They have started on the west side of the house, installing all the various pieces of trim, which is just about done, and ready for the siding installation to start.

Family Room windows with most of the trim

They are working their way around the house, west, north, east and then south (front) sides.  The rear of the house has more trimwork surrounding and in-between each window, to make them look like one composed group of windows.

3rd Bathroom exhaust louver, in the peak of the wall

Another element that is being installed as part of trimwork are the bathroom exhaust louvers.  By the way, all the trim material is a product called AZEK.  It is not wood, but a resin material that comes as a solid white material.  This is great not only to work with in the field, but long term we don't have to worry about rotting wood or something that needs to be painted.

Window & Roof Edge Trim Details

Only one side of the cornice trim is complete at this point

"Eyebrow" roofs are over the bathroom windows (Master bath and Alex's bath), and there will be louvers at their peaks connected to the bathroom exhaust fans.

And speaking of exhaust, keeping up with all the material selections, as well as site utility connections, has been a bit exhausting these past two weeks.  I am looking forward to having this big decision-making period behind us.