Weather Boards 20/11/2012

With all the windows in, checked for plumb and square. The foam around the edges had been put in, we now had to go on to the outside of the windows and fit the flashings. The weather board had to be cut to size as the plans say. We then measured out the top of the window and cut the flashing to hang 40mm over each side. We then measured and marked on the piece of weather board so it looks like a big T. Cutting it with a skill saw (on a 5degree angle for the flashing) Once cut, we took it up and tried the flashing in and sat in place, right on the mark first time. A piece of building wrap was then taped to where the flashing would sit so if rain did some how get behind the board, it would run down the building wrap and onto the flashing. We then painted the cut areas to seal them from moisture then nailed into place. With the flashing done, we could then do the rest to the top of the soffit. On the side of the house made it abit more difficult. We measured 150mm in between each board, so we set our squares at 150mm, and slide it along till we butted into the soffit, this giving us a reading as to where the new board would finish. We'd then measure to where the top of the board butts into the soffit and that gap would mean the angle we would cut on and the over all length was measured to. So it could of gone 2100mm long, 1500mm along till the top of the board butts in, then we would cut from there down onto the angle into the corner of the board. We done both sides of the house right upto the soffit, then moved around to the back to do the last few boards there too. Leaving just the front to put a couple more rows of boards up. We had a crew of 3 coming behind us and drilling, then nailing home the boards. And team was puting up more cavity batterns with others following behind and putting up the etapan.