But don’t tell Aimee, it’s a secret. Zip System (chip board with a water resistant membrane) shouldn’t be exposed to the elements for much longer than six months. Usually this would be covered with weatherboards/clapboards/sidings etc. but as we’re not ready to cut out and install the windows we have to dress it in house wrap to help weather proof the house for winter. I wish we had installed the fabric upside down or back to front as we’ll now be advertising Lowes for the next few months. Maybe we’ll paint it as we do have a quite a few paint samples, in which case I’ll do it in a dazzle fashion.
By the way I added extra strips along the corners to give the wrap a bit more abrasive protection.
When we are ready to install windows I think I’ll rip all the existing Zip System off as it wasn’t really installed with love, the panels are uneven, the corners are horrible and the seams are improperly taped. When replacing it I’ll look at alternatives such as ply and DuPont tyvek.
The gap in the video is us going to lunch which in hindsight was a bad idea as we didn’t finish the fastening of the wrap and today is very wet, that said we did go to one of Aimees favourite cafes, Peace Nation which is closing it’s doors for good this weekend. At the end of the time lapse you get a quick view over the Hudson estuary – we get a great view in the winter, but not so good in the summer due to leaf cover.