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While we have the soffit and vent in we are going to cover up the gap with a noncombustible trim. The goal of a fire hardened soffit is to keep embers out of the soffit space and attic, to keep any of the materials that are directly connected to the inside to be noncombustible. In this assembly we have a 1x1 trim piece, that holds the soffit up while we install, we have a hardie cedar mill soffit panel, vulcan 4x14in remodel vent. We have our red intumescent caulking. In the

This is a before and after example of creating the structural shell. Once we stripped the old siding and the exterior foam insulation off the walls we examine for any damage from moisture or pests. Replacing insulation as needed, then we clean and prepare the framing for the zip system sheathing. We install the flashing around the window opening while we wait for the window install, once we pass the nailing inspection we can tape the seams and add sealant where necessary to c

WIP photo of creating a fire resistant soffit, using hardie fiber cement soffit panels on top of the plywood soffit creates a noncombustible surface. The vulcan vents that are sealed with fire rated intumescent sealant help keep embers out of the soffit and vent system.

A photo of an extended window frame from the taichi house, we needed to give the window a place to attach to that didn’t interfere with the existing window jams and interior shutters. We water proofed the extension using zip stretch tape, so that we could have a continuous air and water management around all three sides of the exposed new framing.

This is a remodel, to accommodate the thickness of the new window we needed to extend the forming out from the building. We wanted the framing to be protected from the weather so we used zip system stretch tape, attaching it from the inside of the opening and stretching it around onto the plywood with no gaps, so when water eventually gets between the window and the framing it will hit the tape and drain out instead of leaking into the wood and rotting.

A 16x24ft deck made with timber tech’s legacy pecan color decking, we went for a simple look so we used fascia board on the outside of the deck to cover up the edge. We used hidden deck clips and cortex screw-plug system to hide the fasteners that keep the deck together so it looks minimal and flawless.

It was time for this deck to be restrained, so we masked around the post bases and edges of the house. We wanted to make sure the color and stain came out cleanly so we applied two coats of Cabot Naturals Stain.

A fresh coat of paint sprayed onto a set of cabinet doors at the spray booth in our shop, having the ability to get some things painted at our shop is nice and convenient.

Old vents tend to have a wider mesh screen, and if they are damaged it can raise the risk of your house being ignited by a wildfire. About 90% of houses that are burnt down in a wildfire are caused by embers flying and igniting the building from the inside, so we installed Vulcan vents since they have smaller gaps, and used intumescent caulking to seal it. Intumescent caulking is amazing for sealing the vents because it expands under heat sealing the vent even better meaning

We used 4x4 pressure treated posts and 2x8 pressure treated joists to support the raised planer beds, using recycled redwood decking to keep everything inside. We lined the bottom with two inches of stone, a weed cloth and planting soil, because its off the ground there are less weeds and gophers cannot get into it we also put in an automatic watering system.

The posts and beams for this overhang had gotten grey and the stain was all worn out, so we used a wire brush to scrape off the old stain and to open up the wood pores and stained it. We used cabot natural wood tone and sealer for the stain.

We used Sylvanix decking boards, they have 3 grooves on top and many more on the backside of the board. We put all the decking boards on, one thing that is nice about them is that you can turn them over to use for no slip stairs, overall its a nice sturdy composite deck board.

The client wanted a shelf she could put on top of their washer and dryer, they asked for a piece of plywood with cutouts for the shutoff valves so that it would fit properly. We did some edge banding around the piece of ACX plywood and used rubio mono coat 2c along with putting silicone feet on the bottom so that it would stay still and not scratch anything.

These are custom shelves that we made for a client, they had some extra western red cedar in the garage so they wanted us to use it to create shelves for them. The wood was in its rough state so we had to mill and finish it, we used rubio mono coat 2c pure for the coat, we only ended up needing to do one coating of it because of how smoothly it went on.

The client hired us to make a custom shed to air out their wood. We designed it to have one and a half inch gaps between the planks so that the air would circulate better to dry it all out and so that the moisture wouldn’t get trapped and giving it an overhang on the roof to keep the rain out. We were able to do more than half the work of building this shed at the shop, including the walls and staining. This made it really easy to just take it out to the clients house, finish

The client wanted a new coat of stain on the parts of the deck that had the most sun exposure since it had worn out the stain already, we swept it off and put masking tape around the area and worked from the places closest to the door outwards. The stain we used was Cabot wood toned stain and sealer on western red cedar decking.

At the entry to the building the fascia had developed rot, this is because some moisture got through the edge flashing, so we needed to cut out the flashing which had to be custom ordered, and replace both the edge flashing and fascia. We repainted and reinstalled both.

We were hired to replace this client's old cabinets, she wanted back to back cabinets above the stovetop. The issue was that the soffit was not wide enough to fit the new cabinets, so we ripped out the old soffit and replaced it, making sure to match the drywall texture and painting the soffit. We put in the new cabinets and painted the whole kitchen to help it feel updated along with the cabinets.

During this month we installed the countertops, gutter, and finished up all the insulating. We have updated the bathrooms and are installing the new hardware in them, now all that is left is to finish up the exterior staining and some painting.

The deck is finished and is just waiting on staining, the front step is getting finished up, and the doorknobs and pulls for the kitchen have been installed and the kitchen is prepped for putting the new countertop in. We made sure to have the deck graded for water, ice and snow melt so that it won’t rot it out.