Starting the Rainscreen

26Jul07

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After a couple of delays we finally started putting up the siding yesterday. We ended up going with a dark grey called Iron Grey, and I absolutely love it. I was a little worried that it would be too “drama”, but I think it’s going to work out just fine. Benchmark Renovation is doing the rainscreen with the help of Bob who usually does aluminum siding. Despite the slow start, things are pretty much going the way they should. The pressure is on to get the house finished since the six months for our construction loan is up. We made our last draw to cover the cost of the siding yesterday, and now we have 10 days to refinance everything. That means that we need to get our home appraised again so obviously it needs to be finished.


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Bob the siding guy
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8 Responses to “Starting the Rainscreen”

  1. Mark on July 26th, 2007 6:59 am

    Very nice. I stumbled across your site a few weeks ago and have been following your progress. I’ve been consistently impressed. Can you tell me more about the rainscreen material you’re using or point me in the direction of a website? It looks like a possibility for deck siding and an eventual garage I’m planning…

  2. Zach on July 26th, 2007 1:46 pm

    Shut up! Bob’s sunglasses are rad. Talk about a website on all things cool.

  3. Garth on July 26th, 2007 5:53 pm

    Tell me about it!!! BOB is the Rainscreen Master. He makes studded leather jackets too!

  4. Jacob on July 26th, 2007 8:34 pm

    I talked to Bob the other day and he said he was excited to do this project. It looks like he is doing a great job. He did some work on our house as well.
    That’s a great photo of him, Bob rocks!

  5. meredith on July 27th, 2007 8:39 am

    the house is looking great! i might have missed this in an earlier post, but what material are you using for the rainscreen? thanks!

  6. creede on July 28th, 2007 7:10 am

    Bob is rad.
    Mark, the rainscreen is made of hardie lap siding. Just do a google for James Hardie, its a very common product, just used a bit different in this application.
    I’ll give more details in another post.

  7. Lori on June 26th, 2008 11:59 am

    So you’re using the actual beveled board that’s meant for lapped siding? It actually looks really flat in your photos. I’ve been looking into a very similar system for my own house and thought I’d have to use Hardie’s trim boards since they’re the only flat boards. But then I found out the trim isn’t under the same warranty and really shouldn’t be used as siding. Can you please confirm that you’re using the beveled stuff? If so, it’s nice to know it can look this good! Thanks for the help.

  8. creede on June 26th, 2008 7:45 pm

    Lori,

    It’s a lap siding, (http://jameshardie.com/builder/products_siding_hardieplankLapSiding.py) but they are not beveled at all. You should be able to go to a home depot to look at samples. They won’t have the smooth, but you will be able to get the same idea. As far as warranty we did not install them per manufacture recommendations so I assume that there will be no warranty for the product. Your on your own on that one. Good luck, let us know how it turns out.

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