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ozgarage

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My plan was:

- install aluminum z-flashing
- tape over the top of the z-flashing with adhesive material (they sell rolls from 2 inches to about 10 inches of self adhesive flashing/film material)
- install a starter stip
- if possible tape over the nails (2" flashing tape)
- reinstall siding
- and somewhere in this process replace horizontal and vertical trim with PVC boards


Now after seeing how many boards it took them to build up the horizontal trim I am not sure how this all is going to fit back together. I am shocked and lost.

https://picasaweb.google.com/108864398817905022492/House1?authkey=Gv1sRgCLfDkeapn5r7pQE

There are:
- I-beam
- some 2x6 attached to it with bent over nails
- 2x8 main horizontal board
- 2x2 to extend the horizontal board

https://picasaweb.google.com/108864...key=Gv1sRgCPjwmba2xpfTqgE#5895105364419826482


The measurements are just guesstimates.

Pics from my previous attempts to save the vertical trim:

https://picasaweb.google.com/108864398817905022492/House2?authkey=Gv1sRgCOjg27WklqyYcA
 
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dirttracker18 said:
:dunno:

Slow down and start from the beginning.
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Yes, that would be the best. Tear down the house and build a new one. Oftentimes it is easier to build it right than fixing things not done right at the 1st place. :)
 
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Zeke said:
I'd love to help, but I'm lost too.

And I'm a contractor with some 43 years of experience. Is this a roof problem?
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No, not roof. The detailed pics are from inside the garage showing the view from above the horizontal trim board.
 
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Looking at your second set of photos, I'd build out the bottom (near the ground) with hardie trim boards, screwed together with some good stainless screws, and a little liquid nails. Attach the first hardie trim board to the concrete in your second set of photos with a couple of the smallest Tapcon screws, and some liquid nails. Build out, then start your siding and trim out...

The hardie trim boards don't **** up water, so you shouldn't have the rot issue you started dealing with at the bottom of the door again. If your dimensioning of the hardie planks you bought will leave you with lots of excess on one board, then use that excess to build out at the bottom of the door, rather than buying hardie trim boards to do the same job. Hardie can be interesting stuff, once you mess with it some and get used to the different things you can do with it.
 
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I am not happy with 2" overlap of I-beam and concrete (notice too the layers of some material stack up between the concrete and I-beam) but what can I do to make it better?

https://picasaweb.google.com/108864...key=Gv1sRgCLTb38CcieHc8AE#5897944511300582674

The other side supported by four 2x4....all wood will be removed and the entire void filled with concrete:

https://picasaweb.google.com/108864...key=Gv1sRgCLTb38CcieHc8AE#5897944599834471202


I made some progress and things where done very differently to the original design:

https://picasaweb.google.com/108864398817905022492/July7201303?authkey=Gv1sRgCLTb38CcieHc8AE
 
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