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  • Rain Screen Furring Battens.

    Before we cut the 3/8” exterior plywood the back and front are painted the same color and paint as the finished siding has. This is done because the biggest enemy to them is water and the painting will reduce the effect of water on them. Once that has been accomplished and the paint is dry,…

  • Starting LP Siding

    As with many things if you skimp on your preparation the finish product will proclaim it. Before I begin nailing the siding I have marked the locations of every stud and plumbing pipe location so as I know where I can and cannot nail. I also have taken the laser out and marked a line…

  • Setting Doors

                  Perhaps I should say this is for interior doors. The first thing I do when I am going to set the doors is I look at the plans and I go to the door in the plan and I mark the doors Swing on the floor. I then measure the door jams Outside measurement.…

  • Straight Edging

    After the rough electrical and plumbing but before insulation and drywall is the time to check to ensure that the studs are in line from floor to ceiling. We do all we can to help prevent those random studs bowed beyond their fellow members but still we have these issues. Some people use strong backing…

  • Roughing In the Venting Stacks and Drain Lines

                After hanging the fascia, I install the ship-lap up to the row of blocks, but only half way through the block so that my plywood rest on them also. When this task is finished, I get off the roof to go run the rough plumbing. I drill the holes and worm the piping though…

  • Installing Fascia and Flying the Overhangs

    (Open Overhangs) The rafters are cut and in place or your trusses set. It is time to put in the blocking. Many times, I need to place double blocks on my rafters because I cut my tails down to 2 x 6 widths. I choose 2 x 6 because that is the width most often…

  • Cheap Fixes are Costly

    When I first came to southern California there was a thing called short nailing. It was a method used to under-nail a project. Straps would be cut and restarted on the other side of the wall to make it appear that they went through an area. These methods fooled inspectors but when the problems came…