The shop looks great! It will be so cute when it’s done! Thank you for making videos for us. I know it adds a lot of time and work to your projects. I, for one, definitely appreciate it!
Thanks for the video! I tend to be a visual learner…faster than reading. From experience I can tell you that the pvc boards, painted or not, will stain from prolonged contact with mud and mulch and then exposure to sun. You may want to use stone “mulch” to surround your skirting to prevent the constant mud splatter that will come with every rain. The sooner the better. The shop looks great!
I’ll keep that in mind! I will be working on the landscaping next. I had planned to cover the area around the building with cardboard, and then mulch, and then use mulch glue to keep it all in place. Also, adding gutters will go a long way towards keeping the skirting clean.
Looks good, I wonder if that nailer ledge you put on won’t serve as a shelf to hold water runoff, and wick water into the bottom of the siding above. Flashing wd have been good there. I wd have used landscaping mesh covered w/ large 1 inch rock under the skirt boards (to minimize mud and mud splash back) against the new skirt boards. Great stuff foam might last longer than the silicone caulk.
I did consider using flashing before the ledger board, but I couldn't get anything under the siding. I do plan to caulk that area all the way around with silicone caulk. I'm in central Texas, and we don't get a whole lot of rainy days here, so I'm thinking a good silicone caulk will do the trick. But certainly, if I lived in an area like Oregon where it rains for nine months of the year, I would have at least run the ledger board through the table saw to cut an angle on that top side of the board. I'd be afraid to use foam insulation just because that stuff is so sticky, and even after it's dry, it's very hard to cut away the excess and leave a really clean surface. I'll try the caulk and see how it works. I might have to find a plan B if the caulk doesn't hold up. As far as the splash of water and dirt against the skirting boards, my plan is to cover the whole area around the building with cardboard and then a couple of inches of mulch or pea gravel. I've already purchased mulch glue to keep the mulch or pea gravel in place. Also, adding gutters to the building will help a lot. Right now, the rainwater runs off of the roof causing splashing all along the front and back side of the building. Gutters should minimize that. It's still a work in progress, but I think when it's all finished, those problems will go away or at least be very minimized.
@@KristiAddicted2Decorating the gravel in a trench sloped to drain away from the building (all sides) might be better than mulch (to deter bugs) and not hold moisture (more than the ground already will). You want the ends of the siding to be sealed but also want the water to drip/drain away off the ledge cap. The caulking might hold moisture on the board edge at the ledge.. just tossing that out there..
The shop looks great! It will be so cute when it’s done! Thank you for making videos for us. I know it adds a lot of time and work to your projects. I, for one, definitely appreciate it!
I'm glad you're enjoying them! I've had fun sharing my projects in a new format.
What a difference!
It looks great!
Thanks so much!
Thanks for the video! I tend to be a visual learner…faster than reading. From experience I can tell you that the pvc boards, painted or not, will stain from prolonged contact with mud and mulch and then exposure to sun. You may want to use stone “mulch” to surround your skirting to prevent the constant mud splatter that will come with every rain. The sooner the better. The shop looks great!
I’ll keep that in mind! I will be working on the landscaping next. I had planned to cover the area around the building with cardboard, and then mulch, and then use mulch glue to keep it all in place. Also, adding gutters will go a long way towards keeping the skirting clean.
Looks good, I wonder if that nailer ledge you put on won’t serve as a shelf to hold water runoff, and wick water into the bottom of the siding above. Flashing wd have been good there. I wd have used landscaping mesh covered w/ large 1 inch rock under the skirt boards (to minimize mud and mud splash back) against the new skirt boards. Great stuff foam might last longer than the silicone caulk.
I did consider using flashing before the ledger board, but I couldn't get anything under the siding. I do plan to caulk that area all the way around with silicone caulk. I'm in central Texas, and we don't get a whole lot of rainy days here, so I'm thinking a good silicone caulk will do the trick. But certainly, if I lived in an area like Oregon where it rains for nine months of the year, I would have at least run the ledger board through the table saw to cut an angle on that top side of the board. I'd be afraid to use foam insulation just because that stuff is so sticky, and even after it's dry, it's very hard to cut away the excess and leave a really clean surface. I'll try the caulk and see how it works. I might have to find a plan B if the caulk doesn't hold up.
As far as the splash of water and dirt against the skirting boards, my plan is to cover the whole area around the building with cardboard and then a couple of inches of mulch or pea gravel. I've already purchased mulch glue to keep the mulch or pea gravel in place. Also, adding gutters to the building will help a lot. Right now, the rainwater runs off of the roof causing splashing all along the front and back side of the building. Gutters should minimize that. It's still a work in progress, but I think when it's all finished, those problems will go away or at least be very minimized.
@@KristiAddicted2Decorating the gravel in a trench sloped to drain away from the building (all sides) might be better than mulch (to deter bugs) and not hold moisture (more than the ground already will). You want the ends of the siding to be sealed but also want the water to drip/drain away off the ledge cap. The caulking might hold moisture on the board edge at the ledge.. just tossing that out there..