Siding

Galvanized flashing on corners

Horizontal fibercement w/z-channel and recessed corners

View of siding from the corner

So this week they started the siding. There was a misunderstanding of what we expected and what was on the plan. All along we wanted siding like some of the other Hive homes (modern, flat, using z-channel) but somehow a lap siding detail got onto one of the drawings. Our builders saw that and had me thinking thats they way it was on the plan so it would be hard to change. But Jason and I knew we never agreed to do lap siding. Its was an option we kicked around with Hive but Jason didn't like it. Nonetheless, it somehow got onto our plans.

When we got to the house after the siding sub-contractor started putting the corners up for the lap siding, I knew instantly that is was NOT what we wanted. That resulted in another dramatic phone call from me to our builder Aaron. He suggested meeting at the land the next day with Mike (the siding sub) which was good because I was almost in tears!

Lets just say Mike is my favorite sub so far. He noted that our plans have detail drawings for both siding styles, which only confused everyone involved, not to mentioned wasted time and materials. It turns out the z channel (for the modern look) was already at the site so Mike could get started right away. This way of installing it is much faster. Mike also came up with a fantastic way to finish the corners; he is using a recessed technique with the fibercement overlaying a galvanized corner leaving a small reveal. The reveal looks OUTSTANDING with the z-channel! I am really happy that we were able to work this issue out. It was pretty stressful but seeing the results today made it worth it.