12 March 2009
am sorry I didn't think of this before.

Here is the picture of the house with a scan of the color swatch next to it. Resolution is a bit low. If you have a good high resolution photo, Liz can you send it to me. I will need to reprocess it but then I can get better detail.

After 2 more window estimators I changed a few minor things which will add to possible fire safety and bring us a bit closer to building codes.
I will work on a new version of the siding picture. I will do it with new names.

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11 March 2009
for much of the house remodeling , is the fascia thats the end of the roof before you go to the walls. Fascia is the vertical portion ( it holds the drip edge under the edge of the roof shingles, and when intact holds the gutter. when its broken the squirrels crawl in and make nests in the insulation) and the soffet the horizonal portion of wood under the eves. It allows some ventilation to the attic but ostly just covers to prevent squirrels and pests.
When the fascia decays or rots, the rafters underneath are exposed to the elementsand when those ends rot, you need to "scab" 2 by 4s onto the sides of the rotten board. Then when all the rafters are repaired, you replace the 1x4 fascia and a 1x2 edge that supports the metal flange of the drip edge. Now that everything is strong, you can attach the gutters so the water drips off the roof into the gutters. All the work has to be done on ladders or on a scaffolding. Typical costs are 17$ a foot, we need it. Estimators hate to estimate it as you never know what you will find until all the pieces are removed and exposed.
Our roof is only 2 layers thick and dark brown in color. Changing the color will decrease heat gain 10% or more, adding a metal roof on top would be even better then just white shingles or reflective paint. (google studies on roofs in Florida and California). A metal roof also increases the rainwater harvesting. Todays heavy rain could have supplied us with a full 2000 gals of rain water. Sent thru the proposed carbon filter and ultra violet filter of our water system would given us better (mineral free) water then Cedar Park or Austin water services.
While we are on the subject of water, Chinatown Water will deliver 2000 gals for 65$ usually in less than 24 hours. All designs for the water system plan for about 2 months of water. Agricultural water being supplied by rainwater harvesting. They have been supplying our mountain with water for years. Certified by the BBB (Better Business Bureau) also. They use water directly supplied by Cedar Park. The price is regulated by the state and they are really just charging for the delivery. We will install an extra 10 feet of 2 inch pipe to make it easy for them to fill up from the street in front of the house.
There is a third water proposal coming in later today, another windows estimate(BBB this time) and the painting starts. The window has stopped and with it the rain. will go upstairs and see much we got.
bye for now more news as the day goes by
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10 March 2009
tell me what u want. There is chance we can get the roof included with the soffets,facia, and gutters. I will do that in the next batch of photos
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anyway its real hard to get the exact match to the samples. hopefully your color chips will arrive soon.

we really haven't added trim and there could be some around the windows and along the eves and soffets. I will do a house in Antique parchment and the adobe cream too. I may get a good deal for doing the soffets and fascia and the roof in seamless metal. The roof alone will increase the energy savings by 10% ( according to people other then roofers in both California and Florida) and increase the rainwater harvesting. We could get half our more of our water from rainwater harvesting even in Central Texas. The simpler water system I am putting in would still treat it adequately. Right now the water from each system would be stored seperately

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