Step 17: Siding

While the work is happening inside the house, we also need to get the outside finished first.  There are three parts to the siding job.
1) Building Wrap
First a large sheet of a special paper call Typar wraps the whole house.  This Typar wrap keeps water out, but lets air through so the plywood can stay dry.  We installed this before we began insulating so that the insulation doesn't get wet.


2) Fascia, Soffit, Metal Clading
We used black metal for the Fascia, Soffit.  This has to be installed before the siding. 
We also had some other areas that used metal cladding, such as the posts on the deck and trim around the front windows and doors.



3) Siding
The siding can be done a bit later. 
Our siding was a cocoa color.  It comes in long sheets that snap together.  There are also special corner pieces and trim for around the windows.


We left certain places of the front of the house where we didn't put siding because we are going to put stone there in the spring.