TESTING 1 ~ 2 ~ 3

[MountainManDan]

While we Planned to Remove & Repair Damaged Large Crank Out Window in side of Shop ( $890 ) Replacement

Decide of Heck with it - Lets Clean up Back of Shop Area & Solve our storage Issue & Fix Window all with One Move

3 Sides POP-OUT - Covid - Not Going anywhere . . Great Time to do this - Solve 4 Items , We have Lean-Too that Needs to come Down ..
Re-Use Lumber AS Cost went Crazy after First Buy of Most of Materials - Scored Windows at Left Over Place $40 each ..
Cost $295 - Today $498 . .

Away We went & Decided We'd do some Testing along way - with - Insulation & Air Spacing & Vapor Controls & Better Soffits
Hardware & Fasteners - along with Coatings . .

I'll try Keep it to Point , but I could Write Book on this . . & have at Least 975 Pic's , but will try to Keep it under 30 ..
Inspector Dan . .

Red Oil Base Paint on 3/4" Tech Advanced Flooring on Wall ! ( Painted Red ) on Morning Sunny side . .
Picked Up 30F-40F Degrees with Red Paint another 20F . .

 

[MountainManDan]

Looking @ Old Broken Window on Hot Summer Day ~ I was Like Wow that is " Disgustingly Hot "

DECIDED to Go with More IR Reflective Breather & Lighter Exterior Color - with - Additive for a POP . .

Two Simple Tweaks for Coolness - but I wasn't Finished there . . We Added Stone Skirting . .

Oh Wait - still - Not Enough

 

[MountainManDan]

Decided I Try something I Had Never Done in My Life : COOL WALL or Vented Wall system . .

I Checked some Designs for References :

Started Small Plan :

Room for Skirting & Water Control & vapor Controls - got - Sample from Cor-A-Vent

Had Special Z Kick Out Made with Safety Edge Added - along with - Taller & Wider Dimensions . .
22GA

Even on Inside as there is 1.25" Air Gap built into Wall between 2" x 6" R15 ROCK-WOOL which also Breathes very Well !

SPACE is Not Heated or Cooled by 99% of Time . .

300 Plus Holes drilled all way through Main Siding Supports at Top ~ Drilled ~ straight into Soffit Flow Zone
Acts as Additional During Heat & as Flow Control During Cold or Coolness . . NOT Pulling Much on Cold Rain Day ..

Dog Rated Screen for Bug Control - even thou - COR-A-Vent has this Built in . .
Also at Bottom :

First a Layer for Taper too siding Kick :

RIPPED A KICK :

Even Back Cut Side - Furring strips to Enhance Balance in Flow

Must have Balance in Force

 

[MountainManDan]

More Venting then Main Shop ever Had : Pic is Before Added Furring strips & Holes etc. Screen . . other Soffits are 11"
Here we went 15"

This Normal Way but - Re-Call - TESTING 1-2-3

We did 290-300 Holes in Siding Support 5/8" Bored Through - into - Soffit Flow Zone ..
seen Earlier ..

BALLOON CONSTRUCTION UP ALL WALLS INTO LADDER SOFFITS ~ FORMING TIE IN . .

Re-Used Lumber amounts 36% in this Build :

Extra Bracing : TIE - DOWNS ETC. due to Odd Width of Building Adjusted Wall cavities to Hit all Seams on Joints for Sealing
Outside Joints & all Nails Punches were Sealed with Tar - Black Jack as that special Tape is like
$36 Roll & would have Burn @ Least 2 Rolls .. 3 If we did Roof sheeting - which is 100% Ice & Frost covered . .

 

[MountainManDan]

Throwing Down on Braces - & - Hardware
During World Wide Shut Down this Hardware was Cheap as Nothing was Happening . .

CUTTING LARGE HOLES ~ ALLOWING OLD ROOF ATTIC TO FLOW with Newer Pop Out
Breathing - so - Old Deck has approx 7 ~ 8" -9" Dia. Holes in it - Not seen in this Photo , but Where is Important . .

Note Vent Stack :

Trying to be Inventive - all - while Keeping Cost Down ..

 

[MountainManDan]

Min. about Hardware - Feel Free to Chime in on Anything & Everything

Your Experience with any of this : HARDWARE

HARDWARE HEADS & MATERIALS : Seems some of Chinese stuff has made it way into Building Industry some
Good Some ~ Bad . .

I Found that several Varieties Heads will Snap Right Off - even on Soft wood with Longer Screws , so Guys Watch Out for SS
Sure Stainless is Nice to have in Humid Area's but 304 is Not Type - 316SS is much Better & Those with Air Guns may have Run into this Already ..

I Found that SPAX HARDWARE is Really High Quality & Heat Treated Properly see Pic.

Can Be Removed Later to Redo an Area of Make a Change some of Items on Right - NOT so Much
Even Thou I did in 2 Area's as I didn't Like Brace .. Have to have SLOW Start to back Puppies Out
Many of My Braces were " Hardwood White Oak "

Even with small Pilot Hole on Big Long Ones - didn't Go with 480 in. lbs Tq. in Low Range - Fully Charged Battery
4.0 W/Hr. Battery . .