The team has been working hard to get ready for the roof trusses that are due next week…the best Christmas present EVER (for crazy people like us). We feel blessed every time we we see what God has helped us accomplish and with a team that cares about details.
Updates for this week include remaining support walls for the roof and lots of exterior air sealing details with Prosoco FastFlash.
Below is an image of the 2 inch wide FastFlash between sheathing joints as well as a small dab on each nail hole for a “belt and suspenders” approach to air/water management. You’ll see a lot of that for this build. If you look close you can see the small black dots, apparently gnats enjoy FastFlash as well.
If you are interested in a more detailed install process for “Zip System 2.0” you can view Matt Risinger’s YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSdb8cCOc6c. Note that I made a modification by NOT using Zip flashing as I wanted a vapor permeable liquid flashing, which will give a better, more dryable wall assembly. This is key to a long lasting structure. This should be the “Zip/FastFlash system 3.0.”
Wanted to post my favorite picture of the site this week. This one shows the view from standing in the kitchen looking up to the North into the Office and Library…it helped make things just that much more “real” for me.
