{Our Home with Aluminum Interlock Roofing and Benjamin Moore Golden Mist Exterior}

Now, here comes the final REVEAL! Our completed home with the Aluminum Interlock Metal Roofing and the Benjamin Moore Golden Mist Exterior... We have waited long enough, for having better weather to take photos, but that never happened. Only now our balcony has been completed as well. As I write this, not yet painted by the very same professional painters that did our entire exterior of the home and the gazebo. When that is done, you will get more photos from the back of our home with the balcony as well.

Photo has been taken on June 24, you see how gray the sky looks; pregnant with rain...

LOTS of rain we have had.

We got so lucky for having the roof installed in 4 days with perfect weather and also for the painters we had 3 weeks of perfect weather.

Needless to say that our lawn is GREEN... but soggy!

The Benjamin Moore Golden Mist color works perfect with the Aluminum Slate Roofing in Aged Copper color. We did our very best to lower our Carbon Footprint and it pays off!

The shutters are in a Chrome Green and the windows and all the Vintage Woodworks gingerbread wood trim, balusters and posts are in white.

What do you say?

The indoor shutters are not fully open... 

The white hibiscus are blooming in front of our home.

Now let's walk around the corner towards the bay window area.

This photo I made on August 6, the same gray sky and very pregnant with rain.

Our Speckie girl followed me, as they all usually do – like a doggy.

This is back to June 24, with the white petunias just having been planted inside our Fiberglass Window Boxes.

There was so much to do after the painters did pressure wash the house.

Next they caulk it and painted it with two layers of Benjamin Moore paint in Golden Mist.

We had to take all the Window Boxes off the walls, as it had to be bare.

Than putting them back on, filling them with potting soil and finding plants in summer time...

A little bit closer for the picture.

Our prostrate gardenias are blooming too.

Now you can see the gazebo coming in view as well.

All our trees are so lush this summer with that much rain.

More view of he gazebo.

Below the large dogwood tree, no grass is growing in the shade...

Now it is pure mud!

One last view of the Benjamin Moore Golden Mist with Chrome Green for the shutters.

You can see here that the balusters are still not on the balcony. 

I will show that later with the complete back side and in another post also you get to see our gazebo.

All those planter boxes had to come off the walls, and back on...

Our youngest cat-man 'Smokey' walks here on the driveway.

I found him up in the magnolia tree next to the driveway to the left (not visible here).

Somebody must have put him out there. A poor kitten; literally skin over bone.

He was trying to steal some morsels from our cats but there was not much left...

Smokey is part Persian and we got him back to good health. He was so sick at first.

Cowards that put him out like that and they had even tried to kill him as he was so tender on his back and also his tail. He barely could 'talk' and his throat was very sensitive to touching.

God knows what this poor soul went through before I did hear him, thinking there was a hawk rustling those magnolia leaves...

That was so far the update on our home and on Smokey!

Related links:

{Our Interlock Aluminum Aged Copper Slate Roofing} | previous post by me

{Our Interlock Aluminum Slate Roofing Being Installed} | previous post by me
Never Re-Roof Again | link with full info, scroll down for reading more
Interlock Roofing | Manufacturer of Lifetime Roofing Systems. Never re-roof again
{Energy Efficient GREEN Roofing Arrived} | previous post by me
{Our Home on March 24 of 2013} | previous post by me showing the BEFORE
{Fighting the Water + Scanning Slides} | previous post by me showing the result of gutters running over...
Flower Framers of Cincinnati | Source for Fiberglass Window Boxes

{Our Wooden Balusters Repurposed}

When renovating the home there comes a point where you look at certain things that become trash and others that we still can REPURPOSE. Such was the case with our Vintage Woodworks Balusters. Several were rotting away, while others were still in perfect condition. 

Let's have a look...

Husband Pieter created this very romantic bridge across our creek, using what was left from the Vintage Woodworks Balusters on our Balcony.

This photo is from August 1, after he had painted the balusters and treated the bridge with a wood preservative.

This was on May 11, the Interlock Aluminum Roof by Interlock Metal Roofing had already been installed.

Next project was to strip the balcony before the painters would start pressure washing the entire house.

Off came the partly rotten balusters with their top and bottom rails attached.

From a different angle... Those rails with balusters measure 12 ft each!

Husband Pieter on the ladder, taking that corner post down...

Our gas tank will also be moved, in winter time, when it is no longer that hot for working outside.

A new concrete platform in front of the chimney, will hold it and there its color also blends in better.

Our Jasmine pots will go onto the old concrete platform. We learned a lot about mud splashing up on all our flower pots. Having concrete for placing them on, will avoid most of the soiling with mud.

One baluster with rails attached is down...

Taking it apart for REPURPOSING...

On the rain side, it is really rot...

How many times Pieter did repair it with epoxy over the years, but we had to give up.

New polyurethane balusters and rails with posts got ordered in Texas from Vintage Woodworks, so we never again will face any rotten wood.

Now, let me walk you across the lawn towards the creek, into our wood garden...

Look what Pieter built from the remaining good balusters and posts!

That looks quite romantic doesn't it?

Vintage Woodworks balusters and all three corner posts repurposed!

Our creek looks messy still from all the drift wood that came floating with the many floodings of last month.

For weeks, Pieter could not finish this bridge, as it was with the lower parts sitting IN the water...

Below post you find a short 1:29 minute video, taken with my iPhone on July 13.

These photos are from August 1.

Don't be fooled by its size; the center section measures 3.66 m or 12 ft + the two slanted sections...

It really looks beautiful to me.

What do you say?

Aha, we crossed the bridge and looking now towards our newly painted home. Your very first view of it on the driveway side. More to follow soon!

How many leaves got knocked down by all those thunderstorms accompanied by heavy rains...

We got very murky water, due to a damaged water pipe, two streets down.

On Saturday we were without water for quite some time!

Looking down from the bridge.

An entire beach from white sand has been build up from all the flooding.

Pieter had this fine sand for free for redoing our washed concrete path towards the gazebo.

Just hauling it on the wheel barrow.

In the back you see the huge pipe that goes underneath the road.

Since that pipe for drinking water got damaged and all the mud run into the creek, we have not had enough rain to wash it out again.

A beach with sand, still wet and muddy...

Lots of weeds growing but we cannot even mow the lawn near the creek as it is way too soggy!

Hope you enjoyed our bridge from our wooden balusters being REPURPOSED.

Next post you will get to see our finished home...

Related link:
Rainy July Day in Georgia II - iPhone upload | short Youtube video showing you the bridge in high water
{Our New 3rd Bridge} | previous post by me

{Our Interlock Aluminum Aged Copper Slate Roofing}

As promised in my previous post about Our Interlock Aluminum Slate Roofing Being Installed, here is Part II. This post will show you also very clear the Aluminum Aged Copper Slate so you finally will understand what it really looks like. 

This is at the end of day two, the front of our home is finished.

We had a crew of three men working very hard. Each late afternoon they gathered meticulously all scrap material and cleaned up. To the left you see one crew member at work.

By the time they left, the place looked tidy and neat.

Now you know... This is Aluminum Slate in Aged Copper. The color looks like terra cotta in a way, depending on the shine of course. It makes a difference if it is a sunny day or not.

If you want to read more about this Energy Efficient GREEN Roofing; you find the Energy Star Roof Product list in a link below this post with full information, also on Reflectance.

The gutter guards are new ones, from Home Depot. The old ones got removed.

Above our veranda and now the bay window area and above the dining room as last part.

Notice the sample spots where husband Pieter did try out our Benjamin Moore paint in Golden Mist?

Here they are, above the dining room and front porch, the final part...

You can see how dirty those gutters and the house are.

Pressure wash was the next thing we had done before having it painted in two coats.

Cloudy, but no rain...

We got so lucky for all those four days that they worked on our roof.

Yep, making progress in lowering our Carbon Footprint for the rest of our life!

Nearing the end...

do you like these Aged Copper Aluminum Slates?

One more detail. They really do look like natural Slates and the Aged Copper is a good color too.

Now the problem we had in February, was that those gutters got all clogged up with the sand that washed down by the rain from the asphalt shingles. The rain water ran over those gutters and than it entered the foundation...

It's done! Hard to capture with such overcast but you get the picture I guess.

Stepping back further...

Very hard to capture this Aluminum roof in Aged copper slate, with its reflection...

How many holly leaves that are on the ground...

Well, I must admit that before the roofers started out, husband Pieter had given all trees around the house a hair cut. Big branches got cut off, especially from the live oak tree.

Also the tree in front of our home lost quite some lower branches.

Lots of HARD WORK!

Tidying up the place...

These two photos are actually from the end of day two but I want to end with this view...

This is May 11, the day after they had come in the morning for gathering all their tools and leave the finished job.

The sky looks so pregnant with rain...

Tiny Tiggy-Tiger girl is dreaming...

By cutting off the lower branches of this tree, the house now is visible once again!

Here you can see that husband Pieter has taken down the wooden balustrade from the balcony...

The painters would start the next week with pressure washing.

Than the caulking and painting of two coats in Benjamin Moore Golden Mist and the shutters also in a darker Chrome Green.

You will get to see the end results soon!

And YES, our gazebo got also a new Interlock Metal Roofing in Aged Copper Slates!

Funny to see that sample spot in Benjamin Moore Golden Mist...

That's how it will be entirely.

New fan for the gazebo as well.

Hope you enjoyed this post and that you learned something about Saving Energy by putting on a Lifetime Aluminum Roof.

This material is available to all of Canada and the USA.

We both are very pleased with it and especially with the lower utility bills we got since!

Related links:
{Our Interlock Aluminum Slate Roofing Being Installed} | previous post by me
Never Re-Roof Again | link with full info, scroll down for reading more
Interlock Roofing | Manufacturer of Lifetime Roofing Systems. Never re-roof again
{Energy Efficient GREEN Roofing Arrived} | previous post by me
{Our Home on March 24 of 2013} | previous post by me showing the BEFORE
{Fighting the Water + Scanning Slides} | previous post by me showing the result of gutters running over...

{Our Interlock Aluminum Slate Roofing Being Installed}

As promised on July 10, here is the follow up story for our Interlock® Aluminum Slate Roofing in Aged Copper, being installed. Yes, our Energy Efficient GREEN Roofing is finally being put on. In my previous post you also can read more about how to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint, now and for a lifetime. So that's what we did when having this Energy Efficient GREEN Roofing put on. Interlock® Slate Roofing is also an Energy Star® Partner. 

This is in French: Interlock Systèm de Toiture à Vie...

Interlock Roofing Lifetime Roofing Systems

First they went ahead and placed this RoofTopGuard, a High Performance Roofing Underlayment on our roof. 

This breathable product is made in Finland

This Roofing Underlayment went all the way on top of our old Asphalt Shingles so there was no waste and it will add even more to the insulation of our home.

These photos I've taken with my iPhone on May 6, at 8:22 PM in the evening after the hard working crew of three, finished for the day. 

One of our felines is checking underneath the ladder... This might be our Sacha-girl, the one that got killed by a car on June 17...

Already part of the new Interlock Aluminum Slate Roofing in Aged Copper being installed here. 

Do you know anyone who has used this product on their roof?

The light in the front porch already had come on...

We were so lucky for having had no rain for the time they worked! It got postponed due to bad weather earlier.

The crew from Interlock Metal Roofing were so courteous. Never noisy, never hollering or loud mouthed as we often could hear when in our neighborhood they had roofers working on a home. Each evening they would gather all the trash from the empty boxes and clean up very neatly.

Even our felines were impressed by the courtesy of our roofers!

To the left you can see our Sacha-girl... and to the right is her adopted younger sister Spicy.

See how dirty the home still looks here... Pressure wash came after the roof got installed.

This is next day, late afternoon when they were working on the side of our home. See how they make those loops in that rope for climbing and holding on to? A box with Aluminum Slates on the roof top for working with. It is a physical job for carrying these materials all up the ladder.

Heavy over cast but that was good for those workers!

Strange sight for having this High Performance Roofing Underlayment from Finland on our roof...

This is the bay window area of our kitchen.

The material sure is slinking hard on those pallets that we received as a big freight just before we left for Curaçao...

Here you can still see the wooden balusters on the balcony...

The left part of the roof is being done already, to the right you see the bare Roofing Underlayment still waiting for receiving its Aluminum Slates.

To be continued...

Related links:
Never Re-Roof Again | link with full info, scroll down for reading more
Interlock Roofing | Manufacturer of Lifetime Roofing Systems. Never re-roof again
{Energy Efficient GREEN Roofing Arrived} | previous post by me
{Our Home on March 24 of 2013} | previous post by me showing the BEFORE
{Fighting the Water + Scanning Slides} | previous post by me showing the results of gutters running over...