Patent ID: 7614152

Claim:
A method of fabricating a trim member, comprising the steps of: a. providing a cornice assembly, wherein the cornice assembly includes: i. a pultruded frieze with a forward portion, a rearward portion, a lower end portion and an upper end portion, the rearward portion including a first nailing surface and a frieze channel for receiving a siding or brick or stone veneering so that upon fastening the frieze to an underlying surface at the rearward portion first nailing surface with a fastener, and upon insertion of the siding or brick or stone veneering, the fastener is concealed from view; ii. a generally vertically disposed pultruded facia located at an elevation higher than the frieze; iii. a gutter that adjoins the facia; iv. a pultruded crown with a lower end portion integrally adjoining the upper end portion of the frieze; v. a pultruded soffit that is generally horizontally disposed between the crown and the gutter piece; vi. a pultruded wall that projects rearwardly from the upper end portion of the crown, and includes an upwardly projecting segment for defining a second nailing surface that is generally juxtaposed with the gutter, is generally parallel with the facia, and is also generally co-linear with the first nailing surface; b. attaching the cornice assembly to the building structure by fastening the first nailing surface to the structure with a fastener and concealing the fastener by inserting a siding or brick or stone veneering in the frieze channel; c. attaching the cornice assembly to the building structure by fastening the second nailing surface to the structure with a fastener; wherein the method of fabricating a trim member occurs at ground level.