More Facade

Another layer of the facade was exposed today. The bricks were cleaned before the scaffolding was brought down. It is looking great!!!

and the facade goes on

The cement board has many steps. The first step is putting a liquid primer on the masonry blocks - as seen in this photo.

The second step is adhering the Grace Product Perm-A-Barrier to the block. While this is being done the treated lumber that frames the window openings is being capped with a matte black metal capping. We worked with a local metal fabricator to get the exact profiles that would fit over the wood.

This photo shows the finished metal capping.

Then comes the metal furring strips.

As the cement board is fastened the scaffolding is coming down exposing the finished facade.

Here's the skin-ny

The masonry brickwork is complete. The remaining material is the cementboard. There are a few steps that need to be done before we can attach the cementboard. The concrete blocks must first be sealed with a liquid primer. This ensures that the surface is dust free so that the perma-barrier (the black material) can adhere to the concrete block. Metal furring strips are anchored and caulked. Metal furring strips receive a rubber gasket that is sandwiched between the exterior fiber cembentboard and metal furring. The cementboard is predrilled and fastened with stainless steel screws with matching colored heads. Hopefully the weather holds up.

The calm before the storm

With the wind blowing, the masons have been tediously working on the brick on the front facade. The brick will frame the cement fiber board which is waiting to be installed once the masons finish.

Team Work

The plumbers and the framers are working together to get the job done. Today they were in the cellar running pipes and framing the walls for the bathroom, mechanical room and storage room. So many workers in the Cellar and lots of work.

Blocking for the Stair

Much time was spent attaching extra support for the new stair that is being frabricated off-site. Wood studs were used and anchored to the masonry walls. The masonry walls were painted with Durlock to prevent moisture.

Frame around the Edges

The crew first started framing the exterior walls with metal studs. They also framed around each of the windows. They started on the 4th floor and continued down to the cellar. These two floors are the 3rd and 4th floors where there will be bedrooms. The warmboard can be seen on the floors.