Siding & Front Porch

Sorry it's been awhile since the last post . . . but we've been working away at the house.

We finished the siding on all the gable ends and the dormers.

In this picture you can see the finished gable end on the left side and the dormers. I still need to do a final coat of paint on the dormers, but other than that they're done.

The front door needs to be installed before we finish the siding on the front porch. It should be here in a couple weeks.

We have also been working on the front porch. The beam and arches had to be built out to fit the size we want. Here's some pictures of the process so far.

Here's the left side of the beam built out.

Adam is nailing in the wood for the boxes we built that will be on top of the double columns. PVC sheets were used to cover the wood for the finished beam. It is going to be a smooth finish that never has to be replaced.

We put up two of the arches on the front of the beam Sunday night.

Here's what it looked like a couple days ago, very nice. We put up the middle arch last night. I'll get pictures soon.

The vinyl soffits started going up today. We prepared for the soffits by adding additional flashing on the roof and putting the exhaust ducts in place. Insulation started today as well. The glass inserts arrived for the doors on the back porch yesterday and we will install them soon. I'll try and update with pictures of the soffits and insulation this weekend.