10.3.2015

More exciting progress - we have a garage door!  When I got there this morning, Jim had put two panels up.  He is really happy with the quality of these doors and especially happy about how they are fitting.  Everything is coming out perfectly.  This color wouldn't have been our first choice but they are very limited in color options.  Eventually we'll paint them, but that will be way down the road.  For now, they look great!

Putting the hardware on the last panel...

Then we put the last panel up and into place.

Jim fastening everything together...

We did decide that we needed to take the plastic coating off before we put everything together on the next door - it would be much easier.

The next door's panels are up on the sawhorses waiting for their turn!  The plan is to have the auto bay garage door just as it is for now - non-operational.  That way it's secure and no one can get in.  We plan to use that space as storage space over the winter so we don't need to have it open at this point.  Since that bay doesn't really have a "ceiling" right now, it will take some work to get tracks set so this is the perfect plan.  We'll put the next garage door together probably tomorrow and will get it operational soon.

We then switched and started taking down the scaffolding at the side of the building...

...and setting it up in the back.

Before we could put on any underlayment, Jim had to put the drip edge flashing on the back.

Since he already had all the tools out, he decided to go ahead and put the drip edge on the front too.

Then he started attaching the membrane.

 

It makes it nice that there is a straight edge to start each row on this side.

Putting down more toe boards...

Getting closer to the top!

While I was getting the last piece cut, Jim started working on the edges.  He had to cut the house wrap at the roof line intersection and remove all of the staples for about a foot above the roof line.

Getting the last row into place...

Back to the house wrap - once all the staples were removed, Jim folded back the wrap and temporarily tacked it out of the way.

Then I cut a strip of the membrane in half lengthwise - Jim put about 12" onto the wall...

...and the rest onto the roof.  This makes for a nice water barrier plus leaves a nice crisp valley for flashing later on between siding and shingles.

Getting the last piece on...

Then the house wrap laps over top of the membrane which should keep all the water out.

Looking good at the end of the day!

 

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