Friday, May 23, 2014

XHouse1 First Build - more siding, more views

Great to see progress views of the other two sides of the house.

Here the siding on the back side of the house is almost done. The standing seam galvalume cladding on the bay window is done, and the rest of the lap siding panels should follow soon.

This is the end of the house where the living room, and master bedroom above face out to the yard. The lap siding panels are done here, and the standing seam metal at the master bedroom window wall remains to be finished. You can look at the metal siding above the kitchen window on the opposite end of the house to get a feel for how this side will finish.

Or have a look at the illustrations on the catalog page.

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Saturday, May 03, 2014

XHouse1 First Build - siding now

Its very exciting to see the cladding going on the house now. It really begins to take on a familiar character as this texture appears on the surfaces of the house. If you've not looked back at the catalog page recently to see the drawings of the house, now would be a great time to compare.

Here siding is being installed on the end wall, at the kitchen windows.

And here, somewhat later, the work has moved around to the front of the house.

More photos of course are available in the Flickr album.

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