Making a house is like making a cake. Architects are recipe makers that know the right ratios of ingredients to achieve desirable results. Here are some of our favorite ingredients: our go-to products and materials, along with a few we cannot wait to try.

Exterior Finishes

EXTERIOR SIDING

  • Standard: Painted Beveled Cedar Siding, Hardie Plank/Board/Batten (Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Siding)

  • Upgrade: Western Red Cedar, Lunawood (Thermally Modified Wood), Thermory (Thermally Modified Wood)

  • Premium: Kebony (Dually Modified Wood), Accoya (Acetylated wood), Custom Cedar, Corten Steel, Concrete, Custom Wood Finish (Shou Sugi Ban, Pre-Weathering, Custom Stain) — see Delta Millworks on-line catalog for options.

SOFFIT/EAVE/RAKE

  • Standard: Hardie Soffit Panel

  • Upgrade: Lunawood (slotted wood)

  • Premium: Structural Cedar Roof, Stained Wood, Metal

EXTERIOR TRIM

  • Standard: Painted Cedar Trim, Hardie Trim

  • Upgrade: Stained Cedar Trim

  • Premium: Metal

DECKING

  • Standard: Cedar Decking

  • Upgrade: Lunawood Decking

  • Premium: Kebony Decking

PORCH FRAMING

  • Standard: Structural Framing Clad with Painted Trim

  • Upgrade: Visual Grade Lumber

  • Premium: Metal

ROOFING (SLOPED)

  • Standard: Asphalt Shingles (e.g. Owens Corning Duration — Estate Gray)

  • Upgrade: Standing-Seam Metal Roofing

  • Premium: Flat-Seam Metal Roofing

ROOFING (FLAT)

  • Standard: Modified Bitumen

  • Upgrade: Single Ply Membrane (e.g. TPO or EPDM)

  • Premium: Green Roof, PVC (Single Ply Membrane), Metal

BASE & WINDOW SILL FLASHING

  • Standard: Pre-Finished, Standard Profile Corrosion Resistant Metal

  • Upgrade: Custom Profile Aluminum with Custom Color (Painted or Powder Coated)

  • Premium: Copper, Zinc, Stainless Steel