Exterior Siding Decision Finalized!
Hey everyone,
I've got some news from today's OAC meeting. First, here's some construction updates:
- The white metal siding on the roof is scheduled to go up following with the plantings for the green roof by the end of the month.
- Wall inspections will occur in a couple of weeks after rough-ins are finished. See photos on the Picasa web album from today and the visit from last week. Note: I have now added detailed captions for each photograph of today's visit to help you understand the photos.
- The Storm Water Permit for the Rain Water Garden is on hold from the City of Durham, but our landscape engineer, David Swanson, is working on the issue. The flow of water ideally is as follows: water fills up in the cisterns then moves to the basement storage tanks and ultimately fills the Upper Rain Garden.
Here is what the house originally looks like from the main website and initial artistic rendering:
Here is what the house would have looked like in the color (Okker) had everyone agreed on it:
Here's what has been decided, the color Flint, by Cembonit (see colors by clicking link):
I want to thank Patty Boyle from Smith Group for making these renderings available. In my opinion, flint is a dark gray that looks nice and it is available immediately. The manufacturer, Cembonit, makes this fiber cement composite material that is through-color (if you chip it, the same color shows throughout the material) and a rainscreen. It comes in large panels and will require no maintenance once installed.
The house will have a modern look with this exterior siding and we think it is a good choice given the time constraints of the project. That's all the updates for now. This Friday, I will be attending a Interior Finishes Meeting at the Smith Groups site to go over basically every thing to that nature such flooring materials, side paneling, cabinetry, etc.
Take care and best of luck on your upcoming final presentations,
-Scott S. from the Construction Team
