Posts Tagged ‘Nu-Cedar’

We are very excited to be among the first projects in RI to use Nu-Cedar Siding.   Made of recycled PVC Nu-Cedar is beautiful, well engineered, and maintenance free.  We are using three different siding profiles – a panel system (pictured below), board and batten, and traditional clapboards.  Special thanks to Tim, Breck, Ezra, and Jimmy from T & J Construction for taking the time to learn how to use this product and for doing such a thoughtful and careful job! And check out the standing seam metal roof – a tip of the hat to JC, Glen, and the crew from Bradford Standing Seam!

We are also in the midst of installing a denitrification septic system – sized to handle the Charlestown Package Store and a future building that will go up on the site of the old store.   This system is essentially a miniature sewage treatement plant that filters and treats the waste water to make it safe for the environment.

Applying the Fascia

Time to button up the outside of the building.   Fascia, roofing, windows, siding and trim – in that order.  We are using Nu-Cedar siding, a product made out of 20% recycled PVC  that is painted to our specifications and installed with screws and plugs.   We are very excited about being one of the first projects in RI to use this system.  We have twice visited the factory and met numerous times in the field with Nu-Cedar’s technical reps to learn how best to use this product on our site.

The roof is being shingled with Energy Star asphalt shingles that are designed to reflect the sun and keep the building cooler in the summer heat.   The flat roofs over the beer cooler and wine storage room are being roofed with white TPO, also a highly reflective and durable roofing.

We are committed to making our building sensibly green and examine both the imediate and long term  cost of each product and system we use.

You shouldn’t have to go into the red to build green.