Thursday - Gary Wayne and Josh - completed the porch ceilings with bead board. All that is left to close the house in are the fascias and soffits. The doors are ready for installation.
Lulu wanted a different fireplace. The one we had was a Heatilator with glass on both sides. It was designed for primary heating. The main thing that bugged Lulu is that it had glass on both sides. It wasn't like looking thru a real fire - she said. So today we pulled out the Heatilator and put in this unit. It is basically a metal box to prevent a house fire - The gas logs will be in the middle - and a small person could crawl through it. It does have mesh screens that can be opened or closed. I agree with her - this will be much better.
The siding has arrived and is called Nichiboard. It is made of concrete - like Hardiboard - but it has a deep cedar pattern in it. It has more of a 3D effect. The planks are 8 inches high and 12 feet long. They will be installed in a lap joint pattern. This stuff is fireproof and reduces your insurance costs. In Florida - with its sun - humidity - bugs - fungi - algae - is a terrible place to use exposed wood on the outside of the house. The only exposed wood we will have is the bead board on the porch ceilings. The sun and rain won't get it there.
Our present home is made of T-111 plywood. The climate here kills it. Water is drawn up through the bottom grain like a straw. It is 30 years old and the bottoms have been replaced a few times. We have something called dry rot here - and our present home will have to have several sheet replaced because of it. Stay away from T-111 plywood sheeting.
The 8 foot tall back door arrived. Both doors are fiberglass.
This Mission Style 8 foot front door arrived. Both doors will have Schlage Digital Locks on them. The doors will open by pressing in a 4 digit code. The door automatically locks - so no worry about leaving the home open when you go on a trip. If someone tries too many times to hack it - the locks shut down for a while.
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