So on the long east & west facing facades, I chose to use prefinished corrugated metal panels. There was quite a bit of deliberation on the color of the panels, especially since the color is basically permanent. I knew I wanted something in the gray to bronze range to try and blend in with the color of the adjacent trees. I also wanted a more squared off profile to the panel, not just the standard wavy corrugated stuff. We ending up using the M-Loc panel from Central States Manufacturing in Charcoal. The color blends in with the gray of the tree trunks/bark quite well, which I hopes kind of tempers the visual impact of the house some. I think I would have liked the corrugations to have a little closer spacing, maybe 4" as opposed to the 6"; the 6" looks a little wide for the house. Anyway, we are happy with it and it feels good to have most of the exterior cladding installed. For the fasicas, we chose to use Jeld-Wen's MiraTEC trim, which is supposed to be pretty good stuff. It does have to be painted, but it is a small enough area, that it shouldn't be a big deal. And since we are planning on painting it green, if we don't like it we can change it later!
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| Front (south) facade. |
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| Office/Guest Room |
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| West facade. |
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| Rear (north) facade. |
We also got all the roof edge metal from Central States Mfg. as well, and as I write this in early July, we are 95% complete with all of that. I really like the low-slope TPO roofing, but it has been a pain working out all of the details. Considering that we had all the roof membrane in place at the first of the year, and we are still not finished, it is taking forever.
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