Showing posts with label Walls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Walls. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

WINDOWS

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Double-glazed windows are being installed.  A presentation was made to a group in which the technology of the window was demonstrated.  More on the fabrication of the windows will be added shortly.  The following photographs show the 'ProtectoWrap' applied to the window openings prior to the installation of the window frames.  Once the window frames have been installed, the opening sashes are fitted. Note that these sashes  opening inwards - not common for New Zealand (historically).   Airtightness around the window frames is managed with the application of an expandable foam between the window frame and the opening, and is air-seal taped connecting the exterior 'Ecoply Barrier' to the window frame.







Inward opening window sash
The inside of a window has its sill sitting on the floor


























  


 



Door hinge
Door handle



The windows have been protected by 'TPS' spray application to the exterior surface of the glass; and cardboard guards fitted to the interior exposed reveals of the timber window joinery.  Both are removed later in the project duration



This picture shows the head and jamb of the installed window frame  
- the house interior is to the right.  The picture below is of the jamb and sill.



Saturday, March 24, 2012


Weatherboard cladding used on the house is a shiplap cedar board, that has had a Resene stain applied prior to installation.  The Herman Pacific Cedar is from North America (supplied through Carters), and the stain was used purely for aesthetic reasons. The weatherboards are stored flat on-site ready for application at which time they will be fixed onto a rainscreen system that is formed by a cavity that separates the cladding from the timber framed walls.  Vertical timber battens fixed to the outside of the 'Ecoply Barrier' are used to achieve this.



The weatherboards.

Wind and rain protection is temporarily fixed to protect the house interior
from the recent bad weather.
 

 

 







 Copper flashings have been used at the base of the weatherboards to over-flash 
the plaster finished foundation walls


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