Huge apologies to those following the blog...needless to say it has been too long. We have finished the exterior on the apartment/addition part of the project and are now close to completing the rough plumbing and electric. Our plan thus far is to complete the upstairs apartment, move into it temporarily until we can finish remodeling the existing part of the house. Things seem to at times be going at a snail's pace, but I think it feels that way because we are living amidst the project. The weather has been fairly favorable for a Portland winter to which we are thankful. Unfortunately, we have had some issues with the wood siding. During our Christmas hiatus, we had left town for a few weeks and came back to find that some rain had gotten behind the wood, which in turned warped it slightly. It was nothing that we couldn't fix, but it merely added more work to our already long list of things to accomplish. So for now we continue working each day, seeing little changes everyday. We love the house more everyday, as we see its metamorphosis into the place we will call home for a long time to come. Thank you to those who are giving us the encouragement we need to keep on keepin' on.....
Monday, February 23, 2009
Finally, another post!
Huge apologies to those following the blog...needless to say it has been too long. We have finished the exterior on the apartment/addition part of the project and are now close to completing the rough plumbing and electric. Our plan thus far is to complete the upstairs apartment, move into it temporarily until we can finish remodeling the existing part of the house. Things seem to at times be going at a snail's pace, but I think it feels that way because we are living amidst the project. The weather has been fairly favorable for a Portland winter to which we are thankful. Unfortunately, we have had some issues with the wood siding. During our Christmas hiatus, we had left town for a few weeks and came back to find that some rain had gotten behind the wood, which in turned warped it slightly. It was nothing that we couldn't fix, but it merely added more work to our already long list of things to accomplish. So for now we continue working each day, seeing little changes everyday. We love the house more everyday, as we see its metamorphosis into the place we will call home for a long time to come. Thank you to those who are giving us the encouragement we need to keep on keepin' on.....
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what type of hardwood did you use on the house and what atachement method u used? i am also planing to side my house with hardwood.
hi brankulo,
we used a philippine mahogany called meranti- the actual wood product is tongue and groove, generally used for outdoor decking...we applied it backwards, without the groove showing, so that the square sides were flush. we just used a nailer to apply it to the osb siding with tar paper beneath it. i would caution though, depending on where you live, the it is somewhat succeptible to moisture warping as we are figuring out living in Portland and all. overall though, the finish is beautiful and overall we are pleased that we choose it. good luck.
is it some kind of hardwood? that is what i am considering as siding for my project. are you saying it has tendency to warp? that is exactly what my worry is. i am in colorado and finding a lot of people complaining about hardwood warping in dry climate. portland however is pretty humid, isnt it? and you are saying it still would warp? hardwood is beautifull but i might just go with cedar in the end.
yes it is a hardwood....as for the warping, perhaps i made it sound worse than it really is...but when you are going for perfection the first time using it, any mishaps stand out. meranti is used alot in this area of the country, but i don't know about colorado. i think the main issue is that the wood is decently treated with oil before application, which is what we did. they also suggested re-oiling it after application, which we also did to help water proof it.
Jeremy here. We had some rain get behind the siding while we were out of town. Where this happened we got some cupping. Where it was protected there has been no cupping. I am experimenting with my flooring nailer (for hard wood floors) and gluing each tongue as put the next groove on. It is slow but feels solid. Not sure about the dry verses wet climates, but did notice a difference in the second oiling, which would slow the process down either way. Do you have time to experiment with some?
i am pretty much planing using massaranduba hardwood as siding with open joints, you can chceck my blog to see what i am doing. i am still in budgeting pahase and by the time we start building things could change. will see.
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