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When last we saw this project, it was the very beginning of June and the garage was full of painted Texture 1-11 panels. At that point I had 5.5 days, until early afternoon on June 7th, to get everything cut and installed. I had started back in late May by taking the angle of the roof with my bevel gauge, then grabbing some spare MDF I had lying around (left over from another project, as it usually happens), transferring that angle onto it, and cutting a small triangle so I now had a template with the correct angle.
The next step was to cut the first panel into the proper strips for the right side wall. Having already determined where the shiplapped factory side-edges of the panels were to be placed, I measured the widths of the two places there the panels went all the way to the floor, and cut the two sides of one panel off at those widths. This left me with a cut edge to wedge into the corner and shiplapped edges to abut the flashing around the French doors.
But those weren't the first pieces to get installed, oh no. I should explain... the original aluminum siding had white flashing around its edges. where it met the roof, the doors, and the screens. It made sense to leave that flashing intact. So to make this all work properly I had to slide each piece into the space between the flashings. This meant the first piece to go in had to be where the roof met the back (all-screen) wall, and then I had to work my way back to the house from there. So using that template I cut a nice triangle off one corner of the second panel, then a trapezoid off what was left, and slid those in to the area above the storm door and little screen. That got me to the corner where the porch meets the back wall of the family room.
As the photos from part 0 show, most of the backing that was installed way back when was plywood. Some of it (above the first floor level) appears to be cloth covered drywall. For fastening the Texture 1011 to the back I was using mostly 6-penny common nails, with 2-inch decking screws where necessary. We had these on hand which is why I chose to use them, but they were also the right things for the job. But let me tell you, driving those nails was TOUGH. I honestly had to get out a 3 or 4 pound sledgehammer to get them in. Yikes.
Having reached that point where I was about to install the panel between the screen and the French doors, I realized that to wedge that piece in I was going to have to bend the flashing next to the French door so it stuck out straight. I achieved this with various pliers and a great deal of effort, grunting, swearing, pain, and sweat. I didn't take a photo of the results but it sufficed to get the panel in. That panel wasn't quite tall enough for the entire gap, so another small rectangle was cut out to fill in the gap -- with a rectangular piece cut out of THAT to make room for the electrical outlet box down at the floor. I used scraps to fill in the gaps later.
I then had to bend the flashing back into its original place, which was accomplished using a mix of hand strength, the occasional pliers, and finishing it off by hammering it back into place with a rubber mallet -- or the aforementioned sledgehammer on a scrap piece of 2x4 if I really needed the extra force, which I did in spots.
And here is the result. Click on the thumbnail for the full size photo.
(Right side wall, panels installed from the rear wall to the French doors. Click to enlarge.)
More to come.
The next step was to cut the first panel into the proper strips for the right side wall. Having already determined where the shiplapped factory side-edges of the panels were to be placed, I measured the widths of the two places there the panels went all the way to the floor, and cut the two sides of one panel off at those widths. This left me with a cut edge to wedge into the corner and shiplapped edges to abut the flashing around the French doors.
But those weren't the first pieces to get installed, oh no. I should explain... the original aluminum siding had white flashing around its edges. where it met the roof, the doors, and the screens. It made sense to leave that flashing intact. So to make this all work properly I had to slide each piece into the space between the flashings. This meant the first piece to go in had to be where the roof met the back (all-screen) wall, and then I had to work my way back to the house from there. So using that template I cut a nice triangle off one corner of the second panel, then a trapezoid off what was left, and slid those in to the area above the storm door and little screen. That got me to the corner where the porch meets the back wall of the family room.
As the photos from part 0 show, most of the backing that was installed way back when was plywood. Some of it (above the first floor level) appears to be cloth covered drywall. For fastening the Texture 1011 to the back I was using mostly 6-penny common nails, with 2-inch decking screws where necessary. We had these on hand which is why I chose to use them, but they were also the right things for the job. But let me tell you, driving those nails was TOUGH. I honestly had to get out a 3 or 4 pound sledgehammer to get them in. Yikes.
Having reached that point where I was about to install the panel between the screen and the French doors, I realized that to wedge that piece in I was going to have to bend the flashing next to the French door so it stuck out straight. I achieved this with various pliers and a great deal of effort, grunting, swearing, pain, and sweat. I didn't take a photo of the results but it sufficed to get the panel in. That panel wasn't quite tall enough for the entire gap, so another small rectangle was cut out to fill in the gap -- with a rectangular piece cut out of THAT to make room for the electrical outlet box down at the floor. I used scraps to fill in the gaps later.
I then had to bend the flashing back into its original place, which was accomplished using a mix of hand strength, the occasional pliers, and finishing it off by hammering it back into place with a rubber mallet -- or the aforementioned sledgehammer on a scrap piece of 2x4 if I really needed the extra force, which I did in spots.
And here is the result. Click on the thumbnail for the full size photo.
(Right side wall, panels installed from the rear wall to the French doors. Click to enlarge.)
More to come.
