Decision made on the garage door trim...
...and it was NEITHER the small NOR the large backband:
I used BOTH the thin and thick backband!
Since I already made the thinner stuff, I held it up there while I was making my decision this morning. It then ocurred to me to rip the thinner stuff down a 1/4" to give me the stepped effect you can see in the picture.
Thanks to everyone that offerred up their opinion. You all helped me decide that the small backband wasn't enough. But once I saw the combination of the two, I decided that was the way to go. I like it...and that's all that matters
In spite of the work you can see I got accomplished today, it was very frustrating. What would have taken me 10 minutes with a helper, took me about two hours. Dealing with the molding on top of the door was a major chore. The span was too large to even hang my Stanley Fat Max tape from end to end. I had to resort to this nonsense:
I'd climb up one ladder and use a quick clamp to attach the end of the tape to the starting point of my measurement. I'd then climb down, and climb back up the other ladder, holding on to the tape measure as I climbed. I'd get my measurement, climb down, then climb back up the other ladder to release the clamp so I could use my tape to measure mark and cut.
And I won't even bore with with the circus that ensued when I tried to hang about 60-75 pounds of 5/4"x8"x13'8". Comical and tragic, all about 15 feet off the ground....
Well, once I got the trim around the door done, I could move on with the rest of the siding. I had to notch and lap the next piece, then lap and cutout for the pier on the bottom. Then I ran the boards across the bottom of the door sill (I had had enough of the high work for a while):
That last picture shows that the thinner backband would have been LOST on that large door. I'm happy with my decision...oh wait, I already said that...
Ok, so it's only 4-4:20 in the afternoon, and I've quit for the day. What's up with that???
Well, three reasons:
- I'm out of ring shank nails. I've gone through a box and a half, over SEVEN THOUSAND NAILS, on the siding alone, and will probably need at least half of another box.
- I'm almost out of stain, and I only have two more boards pre-stained.
- There's a MAJOR weather event heading my way, and it was getting WINDY out there. I'm to the point were everything I need to do now is at the TOP of the long extension ladder, and I'm not comfortable up there to begin with. Add 30-40 mph winds, and did the only thing that made sense. I set the ladder flat on the ground and called it quits!
- I'm plane tuckered out and wanted a break!
Oh, and here's what I face when I go out there next. As I mentioned, I have to find a way to deal with siding the haymow door and the mounting flange for it.
Well, I think I have it:
That pictures attempts to show that the haymow door sits proud of the siding. (See that little scrap I put up there?)
What I'm thinking I'll do is rabbet the back of the short boards that sit on the top of the garage door. The rabbet will be at the top, and allow the boards to fit over the mounting flange and close up to the bottom of the haymow door. Then, when I side the actual door, I'll let the siding run a little long, by an inch or two, which will then cover the top of the shorts that I rabbet. This should give me a no-nonsense weather-proof seal, without all that much effort. Oh, and I'll need to rabbet the next board that goes up there, since as you can see, I need to deal with the side of the mounting flange.
Well, there you have it. Yet another day of siding. And there'll be a few more until I'm done.
Oh well...
- Marty -