Custom Home — Colorado high country
Mountain-Modern Custom Home
A ground-up mountain-modern custom home built in the Colorado high country, framed with timber posts and ZIP System sheathing under a shed roof designed for a heavy-snow, high-altitude site.
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Challenge
- Building a new custom home in the Colorado high country means framing has to hold up through heavy mountain snow loads and exposure to the pines surrounding the lot.
- A shed-roof mountain-modern design calls for careful sequencing of timber posts and structural sheathing before the building is weathertight.
Work
- The framing photo shows ZIP System structural sheathing installed over the wall and roof framing, taping the seams to create the home's weather barrier before siding and roofing go on.
- Timber posts are set to carry the shed roof structure, tying the mountain-modern design's exposed structural elements into the overall frame.
Outcome
- The framed shell shows a mountain-modern custom home taking shape in the pines, with sheathing, taping, and timber post work in place ahead of exterior finishes.
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