Method and system for installation of diverse exterior sheathing components of buildings

Abstract

A method and system is provided for facilitating the proper installation and ease of inspection therefor of a sheathed building structure having a sheathing system comprising diverse sheathing units to be used for roofing and sidewalls thereof which incorporates a visual signaling system to ensure proper panel selection and installation.

1 . A method for facilitating the proper installation and ease of inspection therefor of a sheathed building structure incorporating a sheathing system comprising diverse sheathing units to be used for roofing and sidewalls thereof, comprising: 
 providing a plurality of roofing panels each having a first water-resistant major surface having a visually observable first panel color, and a plurality of sidewall panels each having a second water-resistant major surface having a visually observable second panel color which is visually different from the first panel color, wherein the first and second panel colors are correlated to a common panel parameter category selected from the group consisting of panel load strength, panel surface slip resistance, and panel fastening pattern, wherein the roofing panels have a first panel parameter amount or pattern as applicable for the common panel parameter category that is different from a second panel parameter amount or pattern as applicable for the common panel parameter category for the sidewall panels;    selecting, by a building structure assembler, the roofing panels with visual reference to the first panel color;    attaching, by the building structure assembler, the selected roofing panels to rafters forming part of an underlying first supporting structural frame portion of a building frame, wherein the first water-resistant major surface of each roofing panel faces outward;    selecting, by the building structure assembler, the sidewall panels with visual reference to the second panel color;    attaching, by the building structure assembler, the selected sidewall panels to wall frame forming part of a second supporting structural portion of said building frame, wherein the second water-resistant major surface of each sidewall panel faces outward.    
     
     
         2 . A method according to  claim 1 , further comprising providing the building structure assembler access to a medium before the assembler selects the roofing panels, wherein the medium visually displays an image of a representative building structure properly sheathed with the sheathing system in which the first panel color of the roofing panels is visible exclusively on a representative roof of said representative building structure displayed in the image, and the second panel color of the sidewall panels being visible exclusively on representative exterior sidewalls of said representative building structure displayed in the image.  
     
     
         3 . A method according to  claim 2 , wherein the medium is selected from the group consisting of a printed document, a still photograph, an electronic digital camera image, a cellular phone transmitted image, a computer-displayed still image, a videotape, a CD video, internet-delivered streaming video, internet webpage information, a television broadcast, and an image printed directly on the roofing and sidewall panels.  
     
     
         4 . A method according to  claim 1 , wherein the first and second panel colors correlate to different panel load strengths of the respective roofing and sidewall panels.  
     
     
         5 . A method according to  claim 1 , wherein the first and second panel colors correlate to different surface slip resistances of the respective roofing and sidewall panels.  
     
     
         6 . A method according to  claim 1 , wherein the first and second panel colors correlate to different fastening patterns for the respective roofing and sidewall panels.  
     
     
         7 . A method according to  claim 1 , wherein said outward-facing surface of said roofing panels further comprises a first fastening pattern comprising a pattern of colored indicia having a first fastening pattern color that is visibly distinct from the first panel color of said outward-facing surface of said roofing panels and said second panel color of said outward-facing sidewall panels.  
     
     
         8 . A method according to  claim 1 , wherein said outward-facing surface of said sidewall panels further comprises a second fastening pattern comprising a pattern of colored indicia having a second fastening pattern color that is visibly distinct from the second panel color of said outward-facing surface of said sidewall panels, said first panel color of said outward-facing roofing panels, and said first fastening pattern color.  
     
     
         9 . A method according to  claim 1 , wherein said providing step comprises production and delivery of said roofing and sidewall panels to a building structure assembler.  
     
     
         10 . A method according to  claim 1 , wherein said providing step comprises a building structure assembler obtaining the roofing panels and sidewall panels from a building materials retailer.  
     
     
         11 . A method according to  claim 1 , further comprising, prior to said providing step, packaging said roofing panels as respective first bundled units in combination with first exterior packaging displaying a first exterior packaging color, and packaging said sidewall panels as respective second bundled units in combination with second exterior packaging displaying a second exterior packaging color, wherein the first and second exterior packaging colors visually differ from each other, and the first and second exterior packaging colors each substantially corresponds to the respective first and second panel colors, respectively, effective to provide a visual cue to a warehouse inventory manager, a building materials supplier, and/or building structure assembler regarding the roofing or sidewall panel contents associated with packaged bundled units of building panels combined with either the first or second exterior packaging.  
     
     
         12 . A method according to  claim 1 , wherein proper installation of the roofing and sidewall panels is confirmed by visual comparison of the sheathed building structure with the image displayed in the medium.  
     
     
         13 . A method according to  claim 1 , wherein the first panel color is displayed on at least about 50% of the total outward surface area of the roofing panels and the second panel color is displayed on at least about 50% of the total outward surface area of the sidewall panels.  
     
     
         14 . A method according to  claim 1 , wherein the first panel color is displayed on at least about 90% of the total outward surface area of the roofing panels and the second panel color is displayed on at least about 90% of the total outward surface area of the sidewall panels.  
     
     
         15 . A method according to  claim 1 , further comprising seaming tape applied to seams located between adjacent assembled roofing panels and between assembled sidewall panels on the building structure.  
     
     
         16 . A method according to  claim 1 , wherein the sidewalls are attached to the second supporting structural frame portion in an orientation that is substantially vertical relative to a plane of a base of the building structure, and the roofing panels are attached to said first supporting structural frame portion in a non-parallel inclined orientation relative to the plane of the base of the building structure.  
     
     
         17 . A method according to  claim 1 , wherein the roofing panels are assembled in a first quilt pattern forming a substantially continuous flat roof surface atop the first supporting structural frame portion, and the sidewall panels are assembled in a second quilt pattern forming a substantially continuous flat sidewall surface on the second supporting structural frame portion.  
     
     
         18 . The building product of the method of  claim 1 .  
     
     
         19 . A system facilitating the proper installation and ease of inspection therefor of a building structure incorporating a sheathing system comprising diverse sheathing units to be used for roofing and sidewalls thereof, comprising: 
 a first packaged bundle of first sheathing panel units which each having a first water-resistant major surface having a visually observable first panel color, said first packaged bundle having first exterior packaging displaying a first packaging color corresponding to said first panel color;    a second packaged bundle of second sheathing panel units which each having a second water-resistant major surface having a visually observable second panel color, said second packaged bundle having second exterior packaging displaying a second packaging color corresponding to said second panel color, wherein the second panel color is visually different from the first panel color, and wherein the first and second panel colors are correlated to a common panel parameter category selected from the group consisting of panel load strength, panel surface slip resistance, and panel fastening pattern, wherein the first sheathing panels have a first panel parameter amount or pattern as applicable for the panel parameter category that is different from a second panel parameter amount or pattern as applicable for said panel parameter category for the second sheathing panels;    a medium visually displaying an image of a representative building structure properly sheathed with the sheathing system in which the first panel color of the first sheathing panels being visible exclusively on a representative roof of said representative building structure displayed in the image, and the second panel color of the second sheathing panels being visible exclusively on representative exterior sidewalls of said representative building structure displayed in the image.    
     
     
         20 . A system according to  claim 19 , wherein the first panel color is displayed on at least about 50% of the total outward surface area of the roofing panels and the second panel color is displayed on at least about 50% of the total outward surface area of the sidewall panels.