| A friend of mine, who is a home builder
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| | For those of you who may not have read
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| by trade, approached me one day and
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| | any of my previous articles, I am the
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| commented how he wished there was a
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| | founder and president of Cedar Knoll Log
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| better way to apply a backer, fascia
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| | Homes. While the main focus of Cedar
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| board and shingle band to roof rafters.
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| | Knoll Log Homes is the design and
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| He complained how tedious this job was
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| | development of log homes, I am fortunate
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| because it required buying three pieces
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| | to have some very talented engineers on
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| of lumber, making three sets of cuts and
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| | staff who are always up to a good
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| having to climb up a ladder to affix the
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| | specialty design challenge. So off they
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| backer, come down, put up the fascia
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| | went to the machine shop to create a set
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| board, come back down, and then go back
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| | of custom knives that would produce a
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| up the ladder to nail up the shingle
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| | one-piece fascia board / shingle band. I
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| band. "There has got to be a simpler,
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| | got back in touch with my friend and
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| better way to do this job," he said.
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| | asked him to give the prototype one-piece
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| For those of you who may not be familiar
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| | fascia board / shingle band a try on his
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| with these terms, a fascia board is a
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| | next job. He happily agreed. After he
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| band of material that covers the rafter
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| | finished the job, he called me up and
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| ends and sides when it goes up the rake.
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| | said, "While I doubt this new one-piece
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| A shingle band (also commonly called a
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| | fascia board / shingle band will cause
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| rake board) is a trim board that is
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| | snow in July, it did make this job much
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| attached at the top front of the fascia
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| | easier and saved me several hours back up
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| board to support the overhang of the roof
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| | on a ladder.
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| shingles and to step out and protect the
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| | At $1.49 per linear foot (made from white
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| fascia from water drips. Traditional
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| | pine or $2.49 per linear foot in white
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| wood-framed construction methodology
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| | cedar), this new time-saving product also
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| requires two separate pieces of lumber
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| | allows home builders to save up to 30%
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| and a two-step application process to
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| | off materials cost to purchase separate
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| apply the fascia board and shingle band
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| | fascia boards and shingle bands. This
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| over the backer board.
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| | means that home builders who use this
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| Having done this up-and-down the ladder
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| | one-piece fascia board / shingle band can
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| fascia board, shingle band routine a few
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| | either pass the savings on to their
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| times myself, I understood what my friend
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| | clients or keep the saving to enhance
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| was talking about. This got me to
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| | their profits. Either way, the time
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| thinking; a one-piece fascia board /
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| | savings means that builders are working
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| shingle band seems to work nicely for
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| | smarter instead of harder and the time
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| metal or vinyl siding applications, so
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| | saved can be used to get a jump on other
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| why not make one from wood?
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| | tasks.
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| And that is exactly what I set out to do!
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