Claddings & Trims Sample Clauses

Claddings & Trims. The lower floor is clad in horizontal fir clapboard siding with a shiplap joint and 3 ¼" exposure. The main 3 No Building Permit record exists for this work. floor and (likely) the ▇▇▇▇▇ ends are clad in cedar sidewall shingles with 5" exposure, likely with woven outside corners. The soffit of the living room bay window is clad in tongue & groove (T&G), V-joint fir with 3 ¼" exposure. Though concealed by contemporary plywood, the original open roof soffit likely revealed the same T&G roof sheathing. Photo 8: Roof detail showing enclosed soffits & timber bracket. Note bargeboard end cut. Exterior wood trims were likely all unadorned "flat stock" and included 1"x4" cornerboards, and window and door trims. A 7 ½" ribbon band, or watertable, divides the main floor cladding from the lower floor. This element is missing its ¾" thick drip cap. Windows have an 1 ¼" thick exterior sill. Photo 7: Original cladding materials & colours revealed. Roof gables are trimmed with 2"x10" bargeboards with a 1"x4" top trim. Bargeboard ends have both plumb and horizontal end cuts. Front and rear ▇▇▇▇▇ overhangs are supported by 3-piece, 4"x4" timber brackets at the eave, mid-span and ridge. Detailed site investigation is needed to determine whether the bargeboard horizontal end cut is original. This is an unusual feature for this type of house design where a simple plumb cut, or even a "pointed" cut beyond plumb, was more common. The ends may have been damaged or rotten so were re-cut during the exterior renovations.