EddieWalker
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Did I miss it, what was the solution to the front doors?
Timber Frame Build - Round 2
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hawkeye08
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Looks great, thanks for sharing with us.
They replaced the backwards threshold with a saddle threshold. Because the saddle thresholds were a low profile they had enough room to cut the jams and still have proper clearance for the doors. They will work much better for wheel chair access as well.
EddieWalker
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Perfect!!!
I finished framing out the bar today. Ready for metal and scratch coat tomorrow and hopefully start sticking stone on Friday.
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EddieWalker
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Instead of lathe and a scratch coat, have you tried Hardie and Thinset mortar to attach fake rock? I install it just like tile.
We are using real stone veneer so its pretty heavy which is my reason for scratch coat.
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Thinking of doing that for a rock veneer on the front of my house. Is this okay? The walls I want to facade are cantilevering out from the foundation about two feet. I have done this for walk in showers but not exterior.
New fittings are in for the HVAC and they are making good progress on it now. 2 bags didn't quite cover the scratch coat for the bar. I ran about 3 feet short. Finish it up tomorrow morning and start sticking stone tomorrow afternoon on what I finished tonight.
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EddieWalker
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If there is no movement on the cantilevered walls, it works great. I forget where, but it was suggested that you double up your house wrap under the Hardie. I use half inch Hardie on the walls, over the house wrap and OSB. Then I seal the Hardie edges with Redgard to make it water proof. Some people paint the entire face of the Hardie, but I like the idea of the thinset going directly onto the Hardie and not a layer of Redgard. But from what I'm reading in some of the home building trade magazines that I get, house wrap and tape is being replaced with specialty water proofing membranes like Redgard and applied to the entire exterior sheeting instead of house wrap. Kind of like what Zip System is, but you apply it yourself. They say you get a better seal this way then anything else out there.
Thinset is stronger and sticks better then brick mortar. It's more money, but not that much more. Ardex is the very best brand of thinset, but the regular grey stuff at Home Depot is still my favorite for most things. Use a half inch by half inch notched trowel and work your way up.