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skyking

Lifer
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I burned the candles late last night, working off the roof with the lift below to mask off windows so we could paint today.
I got a coat on every stick we had nailed on.
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We'll side our way up here and finish the north tomorrow, and get the rest of the doors installed.
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Nice sky tonight, lots of neat features to it.
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Greenman

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I've heard mixed opinions, but are you supposed to caulk the butted ends of the siding? Seems like it isn't actually required for warranty?
It doesn't work very well. You have to be really neat or the paint will flash where you got caulking on the siding, and when the siding expands it sticks out like bird crap on the house. The only thing that I ever used was Bearskin flashing at the seams to protect the wrap.
 

skyking

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I've heard mixed opinions, but are you supposed to caulk the butted ends of the siding? Seems like it isn't actually required for warranty?
Seems like you did not RTFM like I did.
I do not care for the bearskin product and each seam has a metal flashing behind it.
 

Micrornd

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I've never seen rubberized roofing designed for traffic, occasional use only. Is yours different or will you be using sleepers under decking?
 

skyking

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It's been a bit crazy. Bill and I cut in most of the trim yesterday, and then the gutter guys text me and say they will be there tomorrow.
YIKES!
I finished trim painting the corners that the downspouts are on, by cellphone light. I had to abandon finishing the windows.
The drip edge on the roof was too long and at 24 Ga, really difficult to work with. I had offered the lift, but I ended up operating it most of the day as we snipped and bent up the drip edge and got the gutters installed.
It happened so fast, I did not take a picture of completed paint before the gutters LOL.
Downspouts are Custom Built metals "storm gray"
Hello, meet Cascade Metals "Slate Gray" as paint matched by Rodda.
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I stayed with a close-ish match to the roof color for the gutter itself, rather than a contrast.
 
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