July 13, 2008


The door now has a new pressure-treated frame on the sides. The white 908 moulding on the trim is also
replaced. The old door frame is white painted wood. The upright and angled piece are new, however, and
they're white because they're PVC, not wood.

Here's a view of the left side of the garage. This side had the least amount of damage. Everything
touching the ground is now either pressure-treated (PT), or PVC. I'm not doing this again. :)

With everything rebuilt, it's time to reinstall the lights, the siding and the aluminum trim..the original goal
of the project before we discovered the damage to the structure.

Here's a close-up of the right side door frame, showing the PT frame and PVC moulding. Just to its right,
you can see that the old cedar shakes under the insulation were replaced with an extra layer of plywood.

Looking at the center structure from inside the garage, you can see the new sill plates and PT studs.
The carpentry of the original build left a void between the wood and concrete foundation, which became
a home to yellow jackets in 2004. When rebuilding it, we eliminated that issue with tighter tolerances.

And finally we reach the initial goal of the project...wrapping the door frames in new aluminum flashing.
Dave owns and aluminum brake for bending flashing. You can see a test piece resting on top.

Dave works on one of the four angled corners of the flashing.

Meanwhile, I focus on reinstalling the light fixtures. Originally, they were installed against the vinyl siding.
Since the siding needed to come off, it was a perfect opportunity to install vinyl light mounting blocks.
They provide a stable, weather-resistant platform for the lights, which we plan to replace at some point.

As Dave installed the aluminum, I followed by reinstalling the siding. Some pieces needed to be
replaced with new siding...especially the pieces around the new light mounting blocks.

An extra set of hands always helps. While I install the siding, my father-in-law, Ted, helps Dave
install the aluminum flashing across the top of the garage.

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