tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73005294763068752092024-03-14T03:44:30.887-06:00Simpson's FollyJoin us as we blunder our way through the restoration of this turn-of-the-century Edwardian Foursquare where "the journey is part of the destination".Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05618832228050099757noreply@blogger.comBlogger222125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300529476306875209.post-8699839154033673652011-11-13T11:28:00.003-06:002011-11-13T11:30:51.157-06:00Special PostHave you ever had one of those days?<br /><br />I received a very, very nice e-mail from a couple who live in the Sleepy Hollow area of Wichita (the big city).<br /><br />I seem to have lost your e-mail!!!!<br /><br />If you see this, please re-contact me!!!!Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05618832228050099757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300529476306875209.post-91209138844872357862011-11-06T20:46:00.008-06:002011-11-06T20:54:07.938-06:00Earthquake PicsHere are some pics of the ceiling in the smallest spare bedroom - the one that is currently my hobby room.<br /><br />This is the room that will have to be gutted.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmvGxL_WRNjHlj3dR9v_f5BM4Y-_7GZ8F6nbMsEnHVAuL59DHQtrRHY5eBqtv-dj2Gw25JoXiMx5Wyk698UidFfzYcGn_JYpJJ5IbZ6ZOv-TDorKWlWpkqxfxR8ZEkHGRPv07P1CIRxo/s1600/PB060499.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmvGxL_WRNjHlj3dR9v_f5BM4Y-_7GZ8F6nbMsEnHVAuL59DHQtrRHY5eBqtv-dj2Gw25JoXiMx5Wyk698UidFfzYcGn_JYpJJ5IbZ6ZOv-TDorKWlWpkqxfxR8ZEkHGRPv07P1CIRxo/s400/PB060499.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672081407881572546" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Ch8BlvA1P3qofGjwdxUDNGriJAc5rh2MsZOXTfRV3pUqfmClVIsDkYaNDNacYTxJsroIWsrVy3ui61Vt8oebeQUisAcVp7ueLqDdpAxa9EpGIpfiFdWKnn-YQWNPx1Nga8rqBs8Ap8I/s1600/PB060500.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Ch8BlvA1P3qofGjwdxUDNGriJAc5rh2MsZOXTfRV3pUqfmClVIsDkYaNDNacYTxJsroIWsrVy3ui61Vt8oebeQUisAcVp7ueLqDdpAxa9EpGIpfiFdWKnn-YQWNPx1Nga8rqBs8Ap8I/s400/PB060500.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672081276559167682" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjShNZLqkITRQ3VNDrX75nf5L5f4x87C_BRVVOQiun9aydBTjM5ZZLhsrLahO0iEvXseu7V9Yj6zQEQXMpdziG2vLbemz_Qz4N_0y0aStHNl2sNYZWZ3pO1MSEYbJTlqQCUo768ySqLqEA/s1600/PB060501.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjShNZLqkITRQ3VNDrX75nf5L5f4x87C_BRVVOQiun9aydBTjM5ZZLhsrLahO0iEvXseu7V9Yj6zQEQXMpdziG2vLbemz_Qz4N_0y0aStHNl2sNYZWZ3pO1MSEYbJTlqQCUo768ySqLqEA/s400/PB060501.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672081123913110210" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBnhpL6E60aKqCaUH1LSZWoXtVWB65yI8Uc_bO5ejcfvrNxs4fiBBlG4m01MkGAC496xgYbHIi0KBAJRdKwLE67HMqq9uxbNJzYJYFDhKRAYd-hkiVgzsxfB5sD6awTn6kWZh3dFTU-c8/s1600/PB060502.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBnhpL6E60aKqCaUH1LSZWoXtVWB65yI8Uc_bO5ejcfvrNxs4fiBBlG4m01MkGAC496xgYbHIi0KBAJRdKwLE67HMqq9uxbNJzYJYFDhKRAYd-hkiVgzsxfB5sD6awTn6kWZh3dFTU-c8/s400/PB060502.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672080946054676674" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJnezjvsaaSnaPefuGjgGGTBgnT-yNKOmeL6cLN2v5ARBmwvKI5md6QdnRlHIzD6EAmV5iIyy0deylnN8I2A94L-gJ9ZiU6RBoz8FaqSnhtkg8lnN0hvUJgBtYGu5UTa1dDA2vyQAB9KU/s1600/PB060503.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJnezjvsaaSnaPefuGjgGGTBgnT-yNKOmeL6cLN2v5ARBmwvKI5md6QdnRlHIzD6EAmV5iIyy0deylnN8I2A94L-gJ9ZiU6RBoz8FaqSnhtkg8lnN0hvUJgBtYGu5UTa1dDA2vyQAB9KU/s400/PB060503.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672080788367029090" /></a>Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05618832228050099757noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300529476306875209.post-80280291051188551842011-11-06T20:39:00.001-06:002011-11-06T20:41:04.115-06:00Earthquake Up-DateEarthquake update.... We have had damage to the house. <br /><br />We were so concerned about the foundation we never even thought to check the upstairs guest bedrooms and upstairs library. Those three rooms have had no work done on the original plaster walls or ceilings.<br /><br />There were items that fell to the floor from shelves but the main problems are the ceilings. <br /><br />The ceiling in the smallest guest room looks like it's about to fall in - there is cracking everywhere and it is sagging in spots. The two inner walls that form the stairwell have also detached from the ceiling by 1/2 an inch. This room is the worse and is on the south side of the house. The other two rooms are similar but the ceilings do not look like they are about to cave in. <br /><br />So basically, we now have one room that needs to be completely gutted.Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05618832228050099757noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300529476306875209.post-13607746157151995302011-11-06T20:37:00.001-06:002011-11-06T20:39:21.175-06:00EarthquakeDANG!!!!<br /><br />We had an earthquake hit here in Kansas!!! <br /><br />The epicenter was about 60 miles away to the south, but - DANG!!!! - we felt it here!!!!!<br /><br />There have been two quakes in two days; the second was worse than the first. In the State to the south east of us (Arkansas) earthquake activity has shot up about 1000% in the past year. Some of this is being blamed on Fracking - not sure what to think about that. I do know some experiments have been conducted, along the military lines, that involve creating earthquakes. Some people think this is whats causing it.<br /><br />One thing that raises a few eyebrows, and lets people know how serious the various State agencies are taking the recent earthquake activity, is the earthquake disaster preparedness programs that are being done around here. They just had one a few months ago called the 'Great Shake-Out' (IIRC) that involved state level emergency preparedness groups, the Federal Government, the military, FEMA, and the Dept of Homeland Security. FEMA, along with the DHS, have been putting out feelers for MREs to feed 500K for 7 days as well as body disposal items (i.e. underwater body bags and bio containers for mass burial).<br /><br />There is a major fault line that follows the Mississippi River basin (called the New Madrid Fault). It has been dormant for over 200 hundred years. The last last time it was active , other than small tremors, was in 1811/1812 and it caused the Mississippi River to run backwards. Within the past year the fault has become more active. They (the powers that watch these things) have determined that when (not if) it blows it will split our nation in half east to west. Turns out this fault line is bigger than they thought.<br /><br />It has now been determined that when this happens a chasm will open up extending from the Gulf of Mexico up to the Great Lakes. Following this, and inland tsunami will follow this chasm due to the draining of the Great Lakes to the Gulf. The tsunami is predicted to be over 300 miles wide. Death estimates are in the 100s of thousands.<br /><br />We have also learned, within the past few years, that a parallel fault (not as large) runs up from Texas, through Kansas, to Canada. It is now becoming more active.<br /><br />Believe it or not, some think all this seismic activity is leading up to the end which, in their minds, will be Dec. 21, 2012. While I really don't believe this it's hard not to go "hmmmm....." with all the recent activity with these fault lines in less than a year.Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05618832228050099757noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300529476306875209.post-60226109920414973312010-12-24T09:14:00.008-06:002010-12-24T09:30:40.170-06:00Merry Christmas<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" > </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" >From our house to yours ~</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" >Merry Christmas!!</span><br /></span></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOj8us0epEJe9-eQwtEG9Ms_3h_I_Dt4H03EJuITKQMXZjqwX5tPIao9yb0Tcpbcc3HC3KmLX_ObxMOJq1KS8YTE-aI687MyshSKIuc10sgwW_-XS5fp0YPjCdJtEao65iPZqrKPXEbWI/s1600/Christmas+2010+079.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOj8us0epEJe9-eQwtEG9Ms_3h_I_Dt4H03EJuITKQMXZjqwX5tPIao9yb0Tcpbcc3HC3KmLX_ObxMOJq1KS8YTE-aI687MyshSKIuc10sgwW_-XS5fp0YPjCdJtEao65iPZqrKPXEbWI/s400/Christmas+2010+079.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554268343938281042" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjbbEMxxG90_xjupmowe9Y85Sfn5PwbPoFgqP8d-5sIRyH7-HqLZBepzXjO5kgIW04b_jpmWszo11s1TdYBtSLe9vo2bpWU9UUl8GtS5qXUdp9m8xVaSOVuZ0hI-anTy_eeI0fw9iBhI/s1600/Christmas+2010+077.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjbbEMxxG90_xjupmowe9Y85Sfn5PwbPoFgqP8d-5sIRyH7-HqLZBepzXjO5kgIW04b_jpmWszo11s1TdYBtSLe9vo2bpWU9UUl8GtS5qXUdp9m8xVaSOVuZ0hI-anTy_eeI0fw9iBhI/s400/Christmas+2010+077.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554268969398277298" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8R9Xk1ZOBF-Yk1G79uqjRLMhguJeO6paSQwzDXHbF92LQ3LOEboZUW5U_JlUbAALAwivarc-MeObFAgsQY4Dt0ejWhcw7s8jDu_B9u8u0dhSWOeAwzakzrUccMqAd29kDx6g3NuPlK44/s1600/Christmas+2010+085.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8R9Xk1ZOBF-Yk1G79uqjRLMhguJeO6paSQwzDXHbF92LQ3LOEboZUW5U_JlUbAALAwivarc-MeObFAgsQY4Dt0ejWhcw7s8jDu_B9u8u0dhSWOeAwzakzrUccMqAd29kDx6g3NuPlK44/s400/Christmas+2010+085.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554269197756373842" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2bfj7LbP5sYqV-dDTVaLJPBgxYhW4wnEz60wjqwCGySDXsWcPr1jfb3kewGC8BotfVhmMFd-8P3RWsoLV8eleLPYt5yq_zXbRkpr5W3IcM2c7B4lOXW653tY7cDNO6vZ5SXdalnoHs2c/s1600/Christmas+2010+088.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2bfj7LbP5sYqV-dDTVaLJPBgxYhW4wnEz60wjqwCGySDXsWcPr1jfb3kewGC8BotfVhmMFd-8P3RWsoLV8eleLPYt5yq_zXbRkpr5W3IcM2c7B4lOXW653tY7cDNO6vZ5SXdalnoHs2c/s400/Christmas+2010+088.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554269602388209794" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghd14pQelHbOxQCVIqTwdi-B3bDRoQuNazhamOoGrpT7socnVGbH0SFXOshVJWTF8uiSphcfehf3SdunFTlbRDYu6bNsDWRWpKTuE6W-RhT_l4GvAGes3YsFvJwh3tHyf6zxEybZg3cSE/s1600/Christmas+2010+055.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghd14pQelHbOxQCVIqTwdi-B3bDRoQuNazhamOoGrpT7socnVGbH0SFXOshVJWTF8uiSphcfehf3SdunFTlbRDYu6bNsDWRWpKTuE6W-RhT_l4GvAGes3YsFvJwh3tHyf6zxEybZg3cSE/s400/Christmas+2010+055.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554271296458024146" border="0" /></a>Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05618832228050099757noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300529476306875209.post-9209540856131467612010-11-26T22:22:00.005-06:002010-11-26T22:46:13.362-06:00Fireplace FindHello Everyone!!<br /><br />I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!<br /><br />Around here the Christmas seasons kicks-off with something called 'Christmas in the Country'. It's a small holiday festival held in a small town not far from where we live. It takes place the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving.<br /><br />Located in this town is an awesome antique store we love to rummage around in. There is a cast iron summer cover for a fireplace there I've ogled for quite some time. The owner of the shop saw us looking at it and told us the cast iron surround was outside behind the shop.<br /><br />Like I said, we knew the summer cover was there for a few years but had no idea he had the cast iron surround that it belonged to!<br /><br />I have always been a big fan of Victorian cast iron fireplace surrounds so I just had to look.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2oa0U98ymt_kudcquexoPXMXopSmFi9CN8n32ckKNf7qKXJp6C0lLyNpRP1h55RiTn5wMV49RTwlnMAUypBUe1z6TD1NQ6M5pNOvZp4NHHnjZHeKfqRNqmn4IoOQOf9ePm4_GiYA2HkU/s1600/11-26-10_1032.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2oa0U98ymt_kudcquexoPXMXopSmFi9CN8n32ckKNf7qKXJp6C0lLyNpRP1h55RiTn5wMV49RTwlnMAUypBUe1z6TD1NQ6M5pNOvZp4NHHnjZHeKfqRNqmn4IoOQOf9ePm4_GiYA2HkU/s320/11-26-10_1032.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544082465346074818" /></a> This is what we found! Sorry the pic is a bit 'fuzzy'; all I had was my cell phone to work with.<br /><br />Anyway, the surround, and summer cover, came out of a house that was built in 1883 and burned to the ground in the '30s. <br /><br />As you can see there is some damage, but it can be fixed. The mantle shelf has the worst damage but there are some foundries in our area that might be able to help us.<br /><br />Also, there are four panels that can be removed. I need to do some research, but I think the inserts are removable so that they can be replaced by tile, marble, etc. I've also seen these panels painted in faux marble and tortoise shell.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO0jW97NJBtCt90_C2cSWyOIt6rpFr607kOestukIZ5QfRNMzoFAp4PvpNYU0xxPydMFNGFHwH66qQKxKHzCLWpzHlJF2-WegUzBUS-zdS-eIU8ad6MLo0VHHsIB8xeWkfk6bUpDMqj2s/s1600/11-26-10_1654.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO0jW97NJBtCt90_C2cSWyOIt6rpFr607kOestukIZ5QfRNMzoFAp4PvpNYU0xxPydMFNGFHwH66qQKxKHzCLWpzHlJF2-WegUzBUS-zdS-eIU8ad6MLo0VHHsIB8xeWkfk6bUpDMqj2s/s320/11-26-10_1654.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544083979525738610" /></a> Isn't this summer cover exceptional?!<br /><br />As you all know, we are really looking at installing a fireplace in the living room. We are hoping we can use these; they are truly unique. To be honest I don't think I know of a single house in the area with a cast iron surround.<br /><br />As soon as I get the surround home, and cleaned up, I'll get some better pictures and post them.<br /><br />Before I forget, now that it is getting colder, and we can no longer do a lot of work on the outside of the house, I'll start bringing you all up to speed on the painting progress.<br /><br />Till next time...<br /><br />Cheers!<br />LarryLarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05618832228050099757noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300529476306875209.post-42790668615746051632010-11-11T20:08:00.012-06:002010-11-14T10:28:46.059-06:00Special Post #2 - Primer and PaintHello everyone!<br /><br />Now that we're almost done with the house painting (for this season anyway) I thought I'd do a special post in regard to the primer and paint we choose to use.<br /><br />While growing up I learned that there are certain things one must never skimp money on; some of those being jewelry for the wife, life insurance, and exterior primer and paint for your house.<br /><br />What motivated us to seek out the best paint and primer, for us anyway, was peeling paint on fishscale attached to a house recently painted.<br /><br />A few years ago, about the time we bought this house, a friend of ours, and her husband, bought an old 'fixer-upper' in the country. Part of the rehabilitation was the scraping and painting of the fishscale on the house. Unfortunately the paint on the fishscale started to pop and peel not too long after painting. We did not want this to happen to us.<br /><br />So the research started in earnest.<br /><br />We have literally spoken to some of the top people in the field of historic house siding restoration, replacement, prep and painting as well as up-keep. We spoke with restoration specialists ranging from those who are working on Madison's Montpelier all the way to one who deals with restoration at the White House. Most of those we spoke with though were house painting and historic house restoration specialists as well as old house nuts like us.<br /><br />Two of the best on-line articles we referred to often were the following:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/article/0,,202236,00.html">A Pro Confides His Best Tips for Painting Exteriors</a><br /><br />and<br /><br /><a href="http://www.historichomeworks.com/hhw/qa/qa07.htm">Peeling Paint Looks Shabby</a><br /><br />The first one was our play-book. We did almost 100% of what was in the article in order to prep the house.<br /><br />The second is by and far THE best article I've ever read on why paint peels. In totality it explains why you must remove all the old paint you can; so if your looking at painting - read this article!!!<br /><br />About the only thing we did not do, that both articles mention, was some form of oil conditioning before priming. The reasons we chose not to do this oil conditioning can be boiled down to two reason - condition of the wood and the desire NOT to use oil based paint.<br /><br />After speaking to a few pros, especially Mr. Leeke (who wrote the second article), it was determined the wood siding and trim on our house just did not need this treatment. Our house is sided in Ceder and holds up fantastically to moisture, rot and insects.<br /><br />Also, the oil conditioning treatments can take up to two weeks, if not a month, before drying enough to allow painting. Also, the only treatments we could find (other than making our own) required priming with oil based primer.<br /><br />Contrary to popular belief, you do not need to use oil based products on a house to get a great finish. Do some research; as long as your primers and paints are based on 100% acrylic resins your finished paint job will be just as good as, if not better than, the oil based product jobs.<br /><br />Oh, by-the-way, one thing some paint dealers are not telling people is that oil based paint products are being phased out of production and are even illegal in some parts of the country. Because of this you will have lots of dealers, and painters, push the product.<br /><br />After a TON of research, and all those conversations, we decided on a primer many people have never heard of - XIM Peel Bond. You can read more about it <a href="http://www.ximbonder.com/products_detail.asp?id=39">here</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK8RGvyK4jLaFtTKB20MrCxpe0oZ9Ixp01hMdXuQXXuHxNYZ3e4IfK8gCZ3mn0HU2yr8Sv2ercYwF58G7J4M2jF3oGmyaj0NOTXQXgzed7XRXrZKNsrOGDQ9Amjclklmd3PdnVJ8BdIzg/s1600/Peel+Bond+1+Gal+1146..jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 204px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK8RGvyK4jLaFtTKB20MrCxpe0oZ9Ixp01hMdXuQXXuHxNYZ3e4IfK8gCZ3mn0HU2yr8Sv2ercYwF58G7J4M2jF3oGmyaj0NOTXQXgzed7XRXrZKNsrOGDQ9Amjclklmd3PdnVJ8BdIzg/s320/Peel+Bond+1+Gal+1146..jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538475754516286498" border="0" /></a> As their logo states "When Ordinary primers Are Not Enough".<br /><br />This stuff is great but a takes some getting use to. It goes on a milky white color but dries clear. When it's clear it's ready for the top coat.<br /><br />Check out the <a href="http://70.84.36.233/video.asp?vid=1">video</a>!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ2XDhhhlWyMZqAvdt7Pptiz9yrHYQLUT5-h0Y22Sa4AcqyLCN89IJsBPzaRiUZLPkLLrrxB9wb1Wb3aSyy4F870KZXB-K1_c3eReOBZKQZ6qB4-WCltxybY-befawjhaQHvjYyOGjm74/s1600/House+Paint+013.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ2XDhhhlWyMZqAvdt7Pptiz9yrHYQLUT5-h0Y22Sa4AcqyLCN89IJsBPzaRiUZLPkLLrrxB9wb1Wb3aSyy4F870KZXB-K1_c3eReOBZKQZ6qB4-WCltxybY-befawjhaQHvjYyOGjm74/s320/House+Paint+013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538479685428260914" border="0" /></a> <br />This is what the Peel Bond looks like going on.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZESQzMta3pfcf4TazYVfR07uAcNEbD50RC6QLcg3aPfsSR2h9MTS1K81DpSUFdgNzuMttYVemPCFuw_G2QIaS5pTnr3WkinJTZcvCHqy-FRbJwqdYnNV_EU2QXzgBjK4XzoV5hmA-Dzw/s1600/Paint+002.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZESQzMta3pfcf4TazYVfR07uAcNEbD50RC6QLcg3aPfsSR2h9MTS1K81DpSUFdgNzuMttYVemPCFuw_G2QIaS5pTnr3WkinJTZcvCHqy-FRbJwqdYnNV_EU2QXzgBjK4XzoV5hmA-Dzw/s320/Paint+002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538480222547552434" border="0" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And here it is dry. The 2/3rds of the clapboard that looks 'shadowed' is actually the dried Peel Bond.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Interesting thing is is that it feels kind of like plastic!!<br /><br />We have had a lot of people watch us paint and think that the house paint is the primer - they can't see the Peel Bond!!<br /><br />The part I think I like best about the Peel Bond is that it has an elastomeric property that allows it to move, bend, and swell with the house without cracking.<br /><br />Since the outside of the house is primarily made of Ceder we did need to add a 'bleed control' to help keep the tannins in control. "WHAT? A 110+ year old house still has tannin bleed?!" Yes, the 110+ year old ceder still 'bleeds' when wet. It's not as bad as the new clapboard, but it did bleed in spots.<br /><br />Luckily XIM also produces a product to help - <a href="http://www.ximbonder.com/products_detail.asp?id=57">Bleed Control 100TM</a>. <br /><br />There is one slight pitfall to using this additive - the primer/paint must be used within 24 hours or you run the risk of it going bad. Evidently it develops a rubbery cottage cheese type consistency if not applied. There is a contractor out there that learned this lesson the hard way. He bought 15 5-gallon buckets of Peel Bond and added the Bleed Control in order to save time down the road. A few days later, when he opened the buckets, the Peel Bond looked like cottage cheese made of rubber. Oh well, he should have read the instructions, it is clearly mentioned!<br /><br />Now, as you all now, we have some crown moulding on the house we can not match and want to retain. It has weathered badly and has a lot of pitting and corrosion in spots. Once again XIM came through with the product to help us out - <a href="http://70.84.36.233/video.asp?vid=1">Trim Magic</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCNSz75onDEsN2ukaIKdTt3XGI233i-qSZITU3ysqJXqL5iYqfSXswuua_3zXgCxQyTNzDPY5IUp1yQIK4S6MlQ8K4iW2qdOrB8TWw3xdA2MJ0RFD6TCr6UD5nGwxQwByXTKvZ7OShdSA/s1600/TrimMagic1154.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 170px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCNSz75onDEsN2ukaIKdTt3XGI233i-qSZITU3ysqJXqL5iYqfSXswuua_3zXgCxQyTNzDPY5IUp1yQIK4S6MlQ8K4iW2qdOrB8TWw3xdA2MJ0RFD6TCr6UD5nGwxQwByXTKvZ7OShdSA/s320/TrimMagic1154.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538489338708469602" /></a> This stuff is just like the Peel Bond but is thicker and is an ultra high build filling primer.<br /><br />In layman's terms, the Peel Bond was as thick as pudding and the Trim Magic as thick as custard.<br /><br />Unfortunately not many people in my area have heard of the XIM products. However, when anyone, contractor or home owner, came to take a look I told them all about it.<br /><br />Any of you out there looking at painting I highly suggest you check out the XIM products.<br /><br />Now for the paint.<br /><br />After just as much research we decided on going with Valspar Duramax with Crosslinking Ti3 Technology. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIK0JwOsD7Ymq7XzNPJpmo2GxjxCWapogeD-V0vQl4FTS3xRo3swFnzzbjZ98XDTeweIhUXmtVjSoe_XJfZzzgHBToMfAEArkE8-EgboRTFY82VdO6PLiR7l3OU20E8mkw_goFDUIRnd0/s1600/042397593529lg.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 276px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIK0JwOsD7Ymq7XzNPJpmo2GxjxCWapogeD-V0vQl4FTS3xRo3swFnzzbjZ98XDTeweIhUXmtVjSoe_XJfZzzgHBToMfAEArkE8-EgboRTFY82VdO6PLiR7l3OU20E8mkw_goFDUIRnd0/s320/042397593529lg.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539429730993563634" /></a> The coverage is exceptional and applies very well. Because of this we have not had to use near the amount of paint we first thought we would need to.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />For general information on Valspar Duramax go <a href="http://www.valsparpaint.com/en/find-the-right-product/exterior/paint/duramax-paint.html">here</a>. <br /><br />For the product datasheet go <a href="http://www.valsparpaint.com/export/download/product_datasheet/77418_Series_Valspar_Duramax_Exterior_Semi_Gloss_Finish.pdf?pdf=%2Fexport%2Fdownload%2Fproduct_datasheet%2F77418_Series_Valspar_Duramax_Exterior_Semi_Gloss_Finish.pdf">here</a>. <br /><br />In making our decision the three main aspects of Duramax that we were sold on are - triple resistance against mold, mildew and algae growth; maximum UV protection; and a lifetime warranty.<br /><br />However, THE #1 seller for us is that the Duramax paint is an elastomeric paint. In other words, it will bend, stretch, and contract with the house without cracking, splitting or peeling. This elastomeric aspect goes hand-n-hand with that of the XIM peel Bond.<br /><br />Unfortunately most people do not take into account that a house WILL move with the seasons. If you do not use primers and paints that will move with it the paint job will fail.<br /><br />Lets get back to the 'exceptional coverage'. Part of this can be attributed to all the prep work as well. I can't stress enough the attention that needs to be paid to the prep work. All too often people just concentrate on priming and painting without much thought to prep. Without proper prep a paint job is doomed to failure.<br /><br />I will admit though, even with all the research, all the prep work, the use of XIM products and Valspar Duramax, we are still worried that our paint job could fail.<br /><br />Till next time...<br /><br />Cheers!<br />LarryLarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05618832228050099757noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300529476306875209.post-79445228474116084532010-11-10T08:04:00.001-06:002010-11-10T08:08:22.132-06:00House Paint Teaser IIYes, I know it's mean, but here's another teaser.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTHPj9PYAVxTnFpoJVEiLRGE-Wj7CsDOsvCnQ0vFZXosS_KOzC67XraPijfVYFyD9ydf1Bb4WfSFaPd51c73I297KJLG0tX3lqcK6anqHuuXqBe0RWXTpV6b75GvvIg8ykwbaupmHIbGc/s1600/PB090043.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTHPj9PYAVxTnFpoJVEiLRGE-Wj7CsDOsvCnQ0vFZXosS_KOzC67XraPijfVYFyD9ydf1Bb4WfSFaPd51c73I297KJLG0tX3lqcK6anqHuuXqBe0RWXTpV6b75GvvIg8ykwbaupmHIbGc/s400/PB090043.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537922495807228482" /></a><br /><br />Till next time...<br /><br />Cheers!<br />LarryLarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05618832228050099757noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300529476306875209.post-72450380058577567262010-11-02T20:00:00.003-06:002010-11-02T20:34:17.650-06:00House Paint TeaserThought I'd toss out a teaser.<br /><br />Here's your first look at the actual paints decided on for the house.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWp0M1LHIprdGElyF4O2bFhZQlahOHQWq8GPvtT07XWtpRiA2owUVQI5SEwgp0cp-2NsaeIRL_nKXSE_ZEFEAfro-HALM_p5mke90XHdGBynB6l8Vk9Q12VJ__nLu85PWvjxlnTYzdsYc/s1600/House+Paint+005.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWp0M1LHIprdGElyF4O2bFhZQlahOHQWq8GPvtT07XWtpRiA2owUVQI5SEwgp0cp-2NsaeIRL_nKXSE_ZEFEAfro-HALM_p5mke90XHdGBynB6l8Vk9Q12VJ__nLu85PWvjxlnTYzdsYc/s400/House+Paint+005.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535144594723225826" /></a><br /><br />Have fun figuring out where each of those colors will be used!!<br /><br />BTW - two of the colors don't look the way they should. The white colored one (center paddle) is actually a cream color; the gray looking one (3rd paddle from the right) is actually a light tanish green - they both look better on the house!<br /><br />Till next time...<br /><br />Cheers!<br />LarryLarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05618832228050099757noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300529476306875209.post-48720760771518722872010-11-02T17:42:00.004-06:002010-11-02T19:37:10.432-06:00Special Post #1 - DeWaltHello Everyone!!<br /><br />Sorry for the long delay again but we have been VERY busy!! We are sooooooo close to having the main part of the house painted! We will finish it - primarily the north side - next Spring. Soon I will be posting pictures of the paint.<br /><br />In the meantime, here's a special post.<br /><br />Remember way back on December 17, 2009 when I posted about the DeWalt tools I was asked to test?<br /><br />If not you can read it here - <a href="http://simpsonsfolly.blogspot.com/2009/12/gift-from-dewalt-and-christmas-repair.html">A Gift from DeWALT</a>.<br /><br />Well, it's about time I give you an update on how this puppy works.<br /><br />One word - AWESOME!!!<br /><br />Yup, you heard me - AWESOME!!!<br /><br />I have been using the DeWalt IMPACT READY™ tools a lot; especially with all the little repairs that have needed to be made during paint prep.<br /><br />These tools, and accessories, are definitely well worth getting. Perhaps the main test we put them through that impressed us was the repair of the fascia on the west side of the house.<br /><br />To refresh your memory go here - <a href="http://simpsonsfolly.blogspot.com/2010/10/soffit-just-about-done.html">Soffit Just About Done</a>.<br /><br />Keep in mind, the wood we were having to drill into is well over 100 years old, and we think it is cottonwood. Over time cottonwood, like some other woods out there, gets incredibly hard over time. We were having to drill pilot holes constantly and even broke three drill bits while doing it. Even though we broke drill bits I'm happy to say they were not the DeWalt bits that came with the set o I wasn't too bothered by it.<br /><br />Also, we switched from the typical battery that came with the set and started using the DeWALT DC9096 XRP 18-Volt 2.4 Amp Hour NiCad Pod Style Battery.<br /><br />WOW!!!<br /><br />This battery really upped the ante! <br /><br />With one charge we were able to work the entire three days it took to repair the eaves. This included drilling pilot hose as well as screwing 3.5" and 4" screws.<br /><br />Once this project was finished we decide to see just how long we could use the bigger battery before it died.<br /><br />Result - 8 days.<br /><br />Yup, we got 8 days of use out of the battery once it was recharged. This wasn't 8 days of constant use but it was used several times a day during those days. If I were to boil it down to days of constant use I'd say it lasted at least 4 if not 5 days.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5D1ccYInTmQUijlbJ98vYvXcvRh2rsKUOdeb50YEWtY8L-6dr8LTer8rHWasEEAI0yeCnvqxd04UotoiqfKpoBCivWd8T5XUlKk0Q2elNHHlmb2Utpz8aHn7yRdJ4lgXWdJBHhWGO7oc/s1600/House+020.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5D1ccYInTmQUijlbJ98vYvXcvRh2rsKUOdeb50YEWtY8L-6dr8LTer8rHWasEEAI0yeCnvqxd04UotoiqfKpoBCivWd8T5XUlKk0Q2elNHHlmb2Utpz8aHn7yRdJ4lgXWdJBHhWGO7oc/s320/House+020.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535102879223748482" /></a> Here's the drill after the battery finally gave up.<br /><br />The drill itself is a little worn now, but it keeps going strong.<br /><br />In a nut shell - I'm definitely a DeWalt guy from now on. Anytime one of the power tools need to be replaced it will be with a DeWalt.<br /><br />Till next time...<br /><br />Cheers!<br />LarryLarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05618832228050099757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300529476306875209.post-72830733393261915732010-10-24T09:33:00.041-05:002010-11-02T17:41:45.594-06:00Lots and Lots DoneWOW - it's been so busy around here I haven't even wanted to think about posting! All I've wanted to do is sleep - especially with the 10+ hour days we're putting in.<br /><br />The following pictures, and tasks, were done between the 13th and 17th of October. <br /><br />That being said, let's jump right in.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiosmMF6Sd7V4qB9gNu6UAOLMkKL1a4MLTPWA_qFT_ZSWZ-aQD9zI9etRLsLzmDUB4uxCrEo-idPswKkPKDiAc6Fl6qBcCCuhbjvBMsseetGnakdaro577l98WYHdc07MjlFuqKhfP2Ewg/s1600/1+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiosmMF6Sd7V4qB9gNu6UAOLMkKL1a4MLTPWA_qFT_ZSWZ-aQD9zI9etRLsLzmDUB4uxCrEo-idPswKkPKDiAc6Fl6qBcCCuhbjvBMsseetGnakdaro577l98WYHdc07MjlFuqKhfP2Ewg/s320/1+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531652686089665906" /></a> Here are a couple of the wasp nests we've found. <br /><br />These two were not active but we've had a lot of wasps buzzing around; not sure where they are coming from though.<br /><br />Also, while working on the fascia of the east gable we found a hole in the roof. It couldn't have been in a worst spot - right above a 25' drop. We had to cantilever the scaffolding out to work on it. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOB8yQR-0Qm2HPKov7KudnpBHcxgjOdCiI5B32zepWO2U5iIeMO6YM9HPt2DboZDccwJlFQygeqjdE4qZOHn4veBM5M5LPbaVYsUf3vWQcobWk6gf8EcwM84DRceqdIGVwOdWwPKL54hQ/s1600/2+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOB8yQR-0Qm2HPKov7KudnpBHcxgjOdCiI5B32zepWO2U5iIeMO6YM9HPt2DboZDccwJlFQygeqjdE4qZOHn4veBM5M5LPbaVYsUf3vWQcobWk6gf8EcwM84DRceqdIGVwOdWwPKL54hQ/s320/2+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531652475379650818" /></a> See that slash of bright light behind the nails? That's where the hole is - the sun is shining through.<br /><br />In order to work on it we had to remove a bit more of the original fascia than we wanted to. All that's left is the flashing and shingles. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsTslqkDXqvBLu405cP6TsWPnNpKJum397KFZvhQY-O-_w8lsHdxFaAt1hnZGGcTjqpy5glcbGk-eO_7E95dSv1ebf2cYUqq1mrvLd5wacLpMjMJopXjI4e-p3nkUbUGzzZ9K7Vzk-vFg/s1600/3+L.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsTslqkDXqvBLu405cP6TsWPnNpKJum397KFZvhQY-O-_w8lsHdxFaAt1hnZGGcTjqpy5glcbGk-eO_7E95dSv1ebf2cYUqq1mrvLd5wacLpMjMJopXjI4e-p3nkUbUGzzZ9K7Vzk-vFg/s320/3+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531774597506270354" /></a> "Hello there!"<br /><br />Yours truly's finger.<br /><br />The hole is about 4 to 5 inches long and about 2 inches wide.<br /><br />This was not a fun hole to repair. Sorry there are no pictures of the repair process but I was more concerned with safety than pictures at the time! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7NSvEYm-oWkClIDj6O460Ry7vVFSKBzJE5v5BRjmAylZb2SfVbWbHejOS7yIiaJfSjKXrT4T51wu-k-IdNNQKfzylwneMFl14TpfTgwHI8ebnNi9st2fQv-3gZcPVxJbCp-JTlJFUvIs/s1600/4+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7NSvEYm-oWkClIDj6O460Ry7vVFSKBzJE5v5BRjmAylZb2SfVbWbHejOS7yIiaJfSjKXrT4T51wu-k-IdNNQKfzylwneMFl14TpfTgwHI8ebnNi9st2fQv-3gZcPVxJbCp-JTlJFUvIs/s320/4+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531652073214134578" /></a> This is the underside after repair.<br /><br />We inserted new wood under the hole and a metal cap from the top. Under the new piece of wood we installed the pieces that the gutter will be attached to. Then we used a generous amount of caulk to finish it off. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJEqWW_-gE69UjwvyMmsgeFIh6r1AhzX5ldmgXZApvW_MA-N8dOa9RofDTW6pWVZpND5-HJpS-eW-1XRmbzHmNkqoknJ-bhu8nJbOR28orhYoNpaZ9HpljuSrgDBBEGAMOtBeS0AeAFVI/s1600/5+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJEqWW_-gE69UjwvyMmsgeFIh6r1AhzX5ldmgXZApvW_MA-N8dOa9RofDTW6pWVZpND5-HJpS-eW-1XRmbzHmNkqoknJ-bhu8nJbOR28orhYoNpaZ9HpljuSrgDBBEGAMOtBeS0AeAFVI/s320/5+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531651859729531458" /></a> Not too bad of a repair is it?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We then found another issue to deal with - the top south east corner of the fascia was separating.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_DkUa4H4oRn4RxFbArN-LbZ9Wp4oDKzC8KNmJqbd45U6O0JW5fjerfqclBwr9qcYbksW8oSpMnB3rRiN0omSlXlE3O9YRm5Ixb9XF7ctFxisZTVg3ARgmFgYtT-KTvS_k3E7VetoqsLY/s1600/6+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_DkUa4H4oRn4RxFbArN-LbZ9Wp4oDKzC8KNmJqbd45U6O0JW5fjerfqclBwr9qcYbksW8oSpMnB3rRiN0omSlXlE3O9YRm5Ixb9XF7ctFxisZTVg3ARgmFgYtT-KTvS_k3E7VetoqsLY/s320/6+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531651383702542514" /></a> From this view it doesn't look too bad, but moisture could still get in and so it needed to be tightened up. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpyAT_C6iaafTdj0O3_Iks2h4hyphenhyphenkzJNEqwgesENk4V0nVmnCWwh2t3lgZ4EMjx3CSsj6roAQfFLrDUk5Z6TUjoGrkSSidFmhs35vXy7IHiLzI7xoF4ZvfEhFSgprWkVrCEwW4_mI0s3sg/s1600/7+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpyAT_C6iaafTdj0O3_Iks2h4hyphenhyphenkzJNEqwgesENk4V0nVmnCWwh2t3lgZ4EMjx3CSsj6roAQfFLrDUk5Z6TUjoGrkSSidFmhs35vXy7IHiLzI7xoF4ZvfEhFSgprWkVrCEwW4_mI0s3sg/s320/7+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531650954768666322" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Don't you just love this scaffolding?<br /><br />I let the father-n-law stand on top of that tiny platform in order tighten the corner. I spotted him (just in case) and made sure the contraption didn't collapse under him.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Once this problem was tackled I decided to go ahead and make the replacement fishscale for the east gable while he cut away the remains of the nails that had held in the bad moulding.<br /><br />On to the fishscale.<br /><br />From what I've learned there were seven basic styles of fishscale manufactured when our house was built. All the builder had to do was chose what they wanted and order it.<br /><br />In our case the builders chose half-cove and octagon for the gables.<br /><br />To our knowledge we are the only house in town with this combination. All the other houses have either round, octagon, half-cove and triangle and only use one style with no mix or matching. However, there is one other house that uses square and triangle fishscale on the house. Instead of in the gables though this house uses it as siding!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNpaopS20b3zxY74nIHFQ04VzvJmu86TRram0bvwO00-O5aw4DuAHD_l9yZ6ctKW8ritK4oGr5ym_axOfFoJKh_P3T_0mE5MFmhyb_tbNB0jMKps7IeOCywAIAdQImhrkaz9RCC68k-MA/s1600/8+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNpaopS20b3zxY74nIHFQ04VzvJmu86TRram0bvwO00-O5aw4DuAHD_l9yZ6ctKW8ritK4oGr5ym_axOfFoJKh_P3T_0mE5MFmhyb_tbNB0jMKps7IeOCywAIAdQImhrkaz9RCC68k-MA/s320/8+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531650625570306834" /></a> To make the repairs easier I cut out a half-cove and octagon template on my scroll saw.<br /><br />This is the half-cove template.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGUPe-js4OofunRW9H54c7sxbvUW0kVBY2q1xIHS5__6C33kujFDHH6oZCCmEFUdNHvKFoPElLTMAzn8A2ArK1r2lwXGEW2EUdv435xkdZtxmEVnZZsFNf9GOK_BK5FcEFAufwGiqebp4/s1600/9+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGUPe-js4OofunRW9H54c7sxbvUW0kVBY2q1xIHS5__6C33kujFDHH6oZCCmEFUdNHvKFoPElLTMAzn8A2ArK1r2lwXGEW2EUdv435xkdZtxmEVnZZsFNf9GOK_BK5FcEFAufwGiqebp4/s320/9+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531650270163339890" /></a> I then cut out about 20 of each on the band saw.<br /><br />For the most part it was fairly easy to replace the bad, and missing, fishscale; but sometimes I'd run into a real puzzler. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzGxfrVr3AlJb_GRlvEfUsDu3xMGq7fzSBrxkBpDiF6LpHNUYoBUjgsvKkYNMVsOrQfzWZ7PqIKIKAYUeE5bMn09z50MzBPVvKq4INHDMjwdrzot6VfbN3vk1J4kA2UBkGT8r5WNF4a6w/s1600/10+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzGxfrVr3AlJb_GRlvEfUsDu3xMGq7fzSBrxkBpDiF6LpHNUYoBUjgsvKkYNMVsOrQfzWZ7PqIKIKAYUeE5bMn09z50MzBPVvKq4INHDMjwdrzot6VfbN3vk1J4kA2UBkGT8r5WNF4a6w/s320/10+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531650057671060146" /></a> Here is the lower section of one of those 'puzzlers'.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8j1vAUi60Y4ZLUkTtTmRd6bAFyCvZnjbUhyDOTKDBYh-hdoi6MGQTKhABPwLFZSPzC6kdFVVpPQkJdhupZ7V045ldM8sDh8Lkdx59hs_QzKyoG1jLrnpURcCsvCafN9xHpkaXZNwahR8/s1600/11+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8j1vAUi60Y4ZLUkTtTmRd6bAFyCvZnjbUhyDOTKDBYh-hdoi6MGQTKhABPwLFZSPzC6kdFVVpPQkJdhupZ7V045ldM8sDh8Lkdx59hs_QzKyoG1jLrnpURcCsvCafN9xHpkaXZNwahR8/s320/11+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531649836151698850" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />First thing needing to be done was replace the under portion of shingle that covered the flashing. It also added a base to attach part of the upper portion to.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7tcs8cxdGhG46AuZlbKGPmy8vstfV5GJWKD8H-5XC0yVqs_UhgzooERjUduOs-gDu0lwsvT7VeaeCof1uvjhdzKEMDu6guJIIKL-MMc48-CEu5IKBpMmZGzUbKSf2dS2421v3znkSHBE/s1600/12+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7tcs8cxdGhG46AuZlbKGPmy8vstfV5GJWKD8H-5XC0yVqs_UhgzooERjUduOs-gDu0lwsvT7VeaeCof1uvjhdzKEMDu6guJIIKL-MMc48-CEu5IKBpMmZGzUbKSf2dS2421v3znkSHBE/s320/12+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531649529808266578" /></a> This is part of the upper portion.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5UFvZzYiZd-E5-pe-p6YU2F4Yva3KF-ljpnl1ek_qLAvDTygTNpiCgQJj4ZD_uFO-U14AJwWlsIiLLdIyQP6uhEhlyOggPk5DGmf-c_eCPKidjwFKCu5BEz0Cv3unUsVaqh9suWa_eEU/s1600/13+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5UFvZzYiZd-E5-pe-p6YU2F4Yva3KF-ljpnl1ek_qLAvDTygTNpiCgQJj4ZD_uFO-U14AJwWlsIiLLdIyQP6uhEhlyOggPk5DGmf-c_eCPKidjwFKCu5BEz0Cv3unUsVaqh9suWa_eEU/s320/13+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531649182211893250" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This is another part of the upper portion (you can see the piece from the previous picture directly below it).<br /><br />While installing it I hit something rather hard and it bent the nail. I just hammered it down since it was secure and would be covered anyway.<br /><br />Next up was building the actual puzzle piece.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDt1EMzW28WzVJNPaODBEHKzmw4HAyEl67rrJjo3HioWBUWkTasOVEw6S8G2rQveB7wv24GrKoICVVEsXirfnPuSeV5DVy-GwAAwUMNVJ7a0VGd7lJQTvagTnHOOE7mhE6gyrfibzTHJA/s1600/14+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDt1EMzW28WzVJNPaODBEHKzmw4HAyEl67rrJjo3HioWBUWkTasOVEw6S8G2rQveB7wv24GrKoICVVEsXirfnPuSeV5DVy-GwAAwUMNVJ7a0VGd7lJQTvagTnHOOE7mhE6gyrfibzTHJA/s320/14+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531648979783321378" /></a> And here it is.<br /><br />I would like to have installed it as a single piece but it just wasn't possible.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirpIVQy0Xxk0G1YdoZPmUq9J0MEEiFLjtpmuwBaS2LjGzzrnLe2NSJh-vPrSi18cC_sbZmlbMdqygQ2oy5dP-2hCEoqqlTO_ujoLoc2NEMxL2kTyV25HbJ7DvdWCniQMSr0k-TuuOWA7o/s1600/15+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirpIVQy0Xxk0G1YdoZPmUq9J0MEEiFLjtpmuwBaS2LjGzzrnLe2NSJh-vPrSi18cC_sbZmlbMdqygQ2oy5dP-2hCEoqqlTO_ujoLoc2NEMxL2kTyV25HbJ7DvdWCniQMSr0k-TuuOWA7o/s320/15+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531648734382417698" /></a> <br /><br />The upper arch area had to be removed and then reattached.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimY4L1E8kW1iBQOl-w00BvN9gnBqxC-0qFdgEtLaQaTGR_bbKlFy7z7q4FzQYNDNaSIr3-f9dVI1NLUP-GxBtbjC42_xhcFBJnzzCUIZ8lsasRXT7SPxvxcg6AILujoafMsa6eysPkcTI/s1600/16+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimY4L1E8kW1iBQOl-w00BvN9gnBqxC-0qFdgEtLaQaTGR_bbKlFy7z7q4FzQYNDNaSIr3-f9dVI1NLUP-GxBtbjC42_xhcFBJnzzCUIZ8lsasRXT7SPxvxcg6AILujoafMsa6eysPkcTI/s320/16+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531648526111393938" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This is the same corner as the one in the last picture of the previous post - only repaired. The puzzle piece is in the middle.<br /><br />All that needs to be done is the caulking of the divot in the puzzle piece.<br /><br />You can see eight pieces of replacement fishscale in this corner. What you don't see are the many, little pieces of shingle it took to build it up for the finish fishscale. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_ad5NaYJ8xF8_chEFF7wReryK1INmY2ceiTkqGF0hM9QL8KqMwsieQ3PqybFzXjOYrj20MlSKBQuzPGuHq9834OgCVHqiWJ13v4Pozf6NTOOJ2ZuDe1iVTUCMHdhNUbLCP_eNdlLpXA/s1600/17+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_ad5NaYJ8xF8_chEFF7wReryK1INmY2ceiTkqGF0hM9QL8KqMwsieQ3PqybFzXjOYrj20MlSKBQuzPGuHq9834OgCVHqiWJ13v4Pozf6NTOOJ2ZuDe1iVTUCMHdhNUbLCP_eNdlLpXA/s320/17+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531648320181285698" /></a> Another puzzle piece. This one was easier but note the size of it compared to those around it.<br /><br />75% of the fishscale were the same in general size but the other 25%, such as this one, were irregular and appear to have been used as bridging pieces.<br /><br />The one you see here is a duplicate based on the remains of the original. I will talk about this process in a later post.<br /><br />It took most of the day to replace the fishscale that could be reached without adding a second level to the scaffolding. When finished the workday was over.<br /><br />We decided that the following day I would devote to glazing windows and SWMBO (since she would have the day off) would get to work with her father.<br /><br />The next two pictures are of me glazing away at about 20 some-odd feet.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOlaapHGn5XAfQeeAZX1mEQ-8z_ec1w9EOfMQX13der9qC0bhQZ2tbvh2aO5jM6gTsQFPfFeoMJwksgxouxL2F1jAXDWiL4q3fJzN_s8cZLR41l8mZKXl0IcuzaoCX-Tl3vn_gnNArH50/s1600/18+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOlaapHGn5XAfQeeAZX1mEQ-8z_ec1w9EOfMQX13der9qC0bhQZ2tbvh2aO5jM6gTsQFPfFeoMJwksgxouxL2F1jAXDWiL4q3fJzN_s8cZLR41l8mZKXl0IcuzaoCX-Tl3vn_gnNArH50/s320/18+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531648093881032898" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinZNKKbU5gJL4-CQU7qWiFFMjiiqmTgXAPH5o24Ik3VF8iyz91zkX6LEqnKuQ-7mHOHLeS8ZQXjo9dEDxYLdSd6da2Z7HGwqlRwq5L2kT8oJtP10VhuKON_-AsJOVdhFQpwzY5UpJkXyc/s1600/19+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinZNKKbU5gJL4-CQU7qWiFFMjiiqmTgXAPH5o24Ik3VF8iyz91zkX6LEqnKuQ-7mHOHLeS8ZQXjo9dEDxYLdSd6da2Z7HGwqlRwq5L2kT8oJtP10VhuKON_-AsJOVdhFQpwzY5UpJkXyc/s320/19+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531647864705127106" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Since turnabout's fair play I decided to take a few pics of SWMBO working.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRh9IjovqCUMmUO7G1hiAY8rMg9U3f31Qlz_QIVd5sfIZaW-Gsv8IMuaoYPM_HkRv8H1wfrsQlGjUCn3Wx_3SqcA571cSwu041S9_DHBUdcIK84LR1m_0VS4fbS2GcWnfbp5rfVUaVITA/s1600/20+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRh9IjovqCUMmUO7G1hiAY8rMg9U3f31Qlz_QIVd5sfIZaW-Gsv8IMuaoYPM_HkRv8H1wfrsQlGjUCn3Wx_3SqcA571cSwu041S9_DHBUdcIK84LR1m_0VS4fbS2GcWnfbp5rfVUaVITA/s320/20+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531647641826665618" /></a> Here she is helping her dad install the pieces of fascia that the guttering will be attached to.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFQybqjrVBmNWFDA8k9a5WMJpqfrl_8g2MOgnb48IKUDZAMYAgImwRB96iq0tgNQrNYwLuL5TwxocdbshLYbcnZIDp-NCeiPJ34WNMswQ69AV87lxO4VUVDOAu40uFMKjCZv-Lt73tgas/s1600/21+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFQybqjrVBmNWFDA8k9a5WMJpqfrl_8g2MOgnb48IKUDZAMYAgImwRB96iq0tgNQrNYwLuL5TwxocdbshLYbcnZIDp-NCeiPJ34WNMswQ69AV87lxO4VUVDOAu40uFMKjCZv-Lt73tgas/s320/21+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531647424069386082" /></a> <br /><br /><br />She was so pleased with herself at this point - she actually used the cordless drill to attach a piece of the fascia.<br /><br />It might not sound like a big deal but trust me, it was! Do you have any idea how hard it is to screw something into 100+ year old wood?! Also, the screws we needed to use were not small ones; take a look to the left of her father's hand - that's part of a 3.5" screw. <br /><br />I will be doing a special post on what it took to deal with this old wood soon.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvtHc7PHzjCiGuOs4uBAFzxq-8SwyN6iQ_C_BCCK3yOmKGTRLBg3RrYp72dG5XLT8iiKhLPC4CgB_P_OJ9K2oqu8dyytk1NrN7AugybKW8RiRoVv83k0VW8PTajOBKGC0hvDFVNxy3FKU/s1600/22+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvtHc7PHzjCiGuOs4uBAFzxq-8SwyN6iQ_C_BCCK3yOmKGTRLBg3RrYp72dG5XLT8iiKhLPC4CgB_P_OJ9K2oqu8dyytk1NrN7AugybKW8RiRoVv83k0VW8PTajOBKGC0hvDFVNxy3FKU/s320/22+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531647168732575890" /></a> Here they both are working on the east gable; I was still glazing away.<br /><br />At this point there is still only one level of scaffolding up there.<br /><br />Before I leave you let me share a few more pics showing some of the small projects being worked on or finished during this time period.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLnDiAvsyPao8DloWPUGiw9lLgILFI_WQWrAC4EvOgtPFKkrqcoQcHol1CpXTtBjdiMIcp75YcUZbu9OyzVUGcudKyytsHvxqvSG-1xoxoWI2H-ZUi6lL9Jwi6pzGF85gRwQk7Le2Qiq4/s1600/23+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLnDiAvsyPao8DloWPUGiw9lLgILFI_WQWrAC4EvOgtPFKkrqcoQcHol1CpXTtBjdiMIcp75YcUZbu9OyzVUGcudKyytsHvxqvSG-1xoxoWI2H-ZUi6lL9Jwi6pzGF85gRwQk7Le2Qiq4/s320/23+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531646768754000914" /></a> The white stripe is what you need to notice in this picture. It is the new crown moulding that is under the built-up area the gutter will be attached to. When the gutters are installed they will create a 'double crown' effect.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuUeGHHroqQ0VHtdpKrAhjlqstfA42f9rc_RsrOabcc_Rnam5kWTA4HC2IGPbWf8FUDaG2Vm8D-kKuHvaK_YzFjW5cwG31NzOuw4wnMbcfhi20eW5_YbYDiYN2SjxTfATxtkXLXG2z10o/s1600/24+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuUeGHHroqQ0VHtdpKrAhjlqstfA42f9rc_RsrOabcc_Rnam5kWTA4HC2IGPbWf8FUDaG2Vm8D-kKuHvaK_YzFjW5cwG31NzOuw4wnMbcfhi20eW5_YbYDiYN2SjxTfATxtkXLXG2z10o/s320/24+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531646550811231874" /></a> This blob of gray is the the second layer in that rotten spot under the kitchen window. The gray stuff is bondo for wood. Once this is sanded down a bit another layer will be added.<br /><br />Note that the exterior window casing above it is missing. It was in such bad shape I've decided to replace it. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfImGF2w_5-oKSjo_Ft3wGLJUhTxTFYxZgdhdMLHMdPlofFdp9cEbrGQDOyOhcOgMQg-cpWFoDhj3Z28Abup8ivsvaLtQcb4pPqiVBnpKj3V4N2NaUVLPZNOTnJXhG4jN5g75prM9rW2c/s1600/25+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfImGF2w_5-oKSjo_Ft3wGLJUhTxTFYxZgdhdMLHMdPlofFdp9cEbrGQDOyOhcOgMQg-cpWFoDhj3Z28Abup8ivsvaLtQcb4pPqiVBnpKj3V4N2NaUVLPZNOTnJXhG4jN5g75prM9rW2c/s320/25+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531642869773179618" /></a> This last one is just a few scraps of old clapboard attached to a board. The intention is for SWMBO to use it in order to make a decision as to what colors will be used on the fishscale.<br /><br />As to this project - lets not go there... The colors have been decided upon but it was a very painful process. At least this mock-up did what it was to do. Perhaps I will share pics of it being used in a later post.<br /><br />While we're on the topic of fishscale colors... <br /><br />To give you an idea how far we have come since my last post, and how much I need to fill you all in on, the east gable is basically painted and finished. All we lack in order to call that part 'complete' is about 3 more hours of paint touch-up.<br /><br />Well, it's late and I'm tired so I'll go ahead and close this post.<br /><br />Till next time...<br /><br />Cheers!<br />LarryLarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05618832228050099757noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300529476306875209.post-38839292070735184402010-10-12T20:13:00.007-05:002010-10-12T20:36:41.632-05:00East GableHello Everyone!<br /><br />Well, we started work on the east gable Monday. Today we upped the ante and setup the first tier of the narrow scaffolding.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsxQ1E1SyJ6BvxFSEQTVNDXKaG7dvuObSIiFqRVyh-mS1um4SKB39SqrtD3f7mvrzEOkJ9jm0O190Z9SsI5xlNO1C-cFlfexfxsycroTWD8SBJt-hpmaZ0UT1FUGANasH5X34v-QJPX5s/s1600/1+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsxQ1E1SyJ6BvxFSEQTVNDXKaG7dvuObSIiFqRVyh-mS1um4SKB39SqrtD3f7mvrzEOkJ9jm0O190Z9SsI5xlNO1C-cFlfexfxsycroTWD8SBJt-hpmaZ0UT1FUGANasH5X34v-QJPX5s/s320/1+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527333105248890482" /></a> And here it is.<br /><br />It really isn't that bad, I think I like it better than the big scaffolding. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />My mind might be changed when we add the second tier though.<br /><br />Another 'issue' that is becoming apparent are the wasps. We seem to have several of these buggers flying all around us. It appears that they have a nest somewhere up there but we cant find it. There are two, old nests at the apex of the gable but they are no longer being used.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMmTWAuFVYRqlbv-MkaFsFfBmA9ClDggFAMMg6UKa9qjgj2P-Zzj7IZjet9diMRd2yoMXpKX7sFcH_Witgt4_8PAMjRnEZku16M1Fqafh2FYZLrk7962qnqpBK30P8Nx3Tb2fWQ8kbtg/s1600/2+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMmTWAuFVYRqlbv-MkaFsFfBmA9ClDggFAMMg6UKa9qjgj2P-Zzj7IZjet9diMRd2yoMXpKX7sFcH_Witgt4_8PAMjRnEZku16M1Fqafh2FYZLrk7962qnqpBK30P8Nx3Tb2fWQ8kbtg/s320/2+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527332904558203490" /></a> This is how far we got as of 5:45 PM today. It was starting to get dark so the picture isn't that bright - sorry.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />With that being said the downward sweep of the gable is finished, it's just hard to see in the fading light.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioZo5TICT4EyvaNwK0Qn2D8hYh4C-gJAJ3TANKVA-oYcoaHDpG5LPsoTv8vv6kjpZdj2QPogm2Y5sIyp40N4J7ZF2vnRFR4NFl63RRuRHbDi2J0LTnAVrmZahlLDkey8a6DNGQ6mAnCos/s1600/3+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioZo5TICT4EyvaNwK0Qn2D8hYh4C-gJAJ3TANKVA-oYcoaHDpG5LPsoTv8vv6kjpZdj2QPogm2Y5sIyp40N4J7ZF2vnRFR4NFl63RRuRHbDi2J0LTnAVrmZahlLDkey8a6DNGQ6mAnCos/s320/3+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527332730388662434" /></a> Here's one of the spots where the fishscale needs to be replaced. For some reason the squirrels <span style="font-style:italic;">really</span> loved chewing on this section. Look close and you can even see where they chewed on the wide section of moulding (it's about 6" diagonally down from the paint).<br /><br />For the most part I've already cleaned this section up and just need to replace the missing pieces.<br /><br />Well, that's about it for tonight. Let's hope tomorrow goes well.<br /><br />Till next time...<br /><br />Cheers!<br />LarryLarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05618832228050099757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300529476306875209.post-73547744017945313332010-10-10T11:30:00.023-05:002010-11-11T18:53:29.386-06:00Soffit Just About DoneHello again everyone!<br /><br />This past week has been a slow one. A major snag was hit that brought the west side soffit repair to a screeching halt. The snag did not happen here but at the in-law's house - their well pump went out on them. They were without water from last Sunday night till late Friday night. Seeings how they NEEDED their water well more than we needed our soffit the father-n-law spent the whole week working on it.<br /><br />Even though I offered to help him several times I spent the week doing something that needed to be done as well and it took a lot longer than expected - window prep. That's right, I spent the whole week working on prepping windows to be re-glazed. I still have two full windows and one pane to do and then I can glaze. <br /><br />I should have spent Saturday glazing the windows but we decided to go to the big city and partake in the annual Historic House Tour.<br /><br />It was an 'okay' tour. It's interesting to see what other people have done but I found myself scrutinizing details way too much. The best house on the tour was one that is in the destruction phase of a major restoration. We were really surprised that the owner did this. It takes a lot to let people in and see the mess you live in while doing it - we know this personally. Just think of the potential for liability!!! There were open spaces that allowed one to stand on the main floor and see, three stories up, into the attic.<br /><br />This guy's house is a lot like ours but brick and about 50% larger. His house is the first one we have found with the same interior moulding we have!!! Also, his front room was one large room instead of a foyer. It would be as if we had two of our living rooms connected together. Also, his staircase was an open one and looked like something out of 'Gone With the Wind'. BTW - the house had been heavily divided up to make it usable as a 'safe house' for battered women in the 70s and 80s. The large front room was turned into three rooms and the staircase was even rotated 90 degrees. Part of of his restoration was the removal of the new walls and putting the staircase back in it's original location. <br /><br />I was able to spend some time with him and swap horror stories and exchange ideas. I'm hoping to get to talk with him again in the near future when he isn't as distracted with people. I know we have to go back and see him at some point though because we have a part he could use. We found the original hot-water heater stand that would have been in this house and he has the original water heater for his house. We thought we'd let him have the stand.<br /><br />Anyway, like I said earlier, I spent the week working on the windows. Originally we were not going to remove all the glazing but the more we worked around the windows the more we saw it needed to be done. In some cases the glazing fell out with barely a touch. In other cases I though dynamite would be needed. In those instances I used the Fein Multimaster; it has a blade that works great for <a href="http://www.fein.de/fein-multimaster/us/en/applications/window_renovation.html">removing stubborn glazing</a>. The only windows left to do, other the the north side and the attic windows, are the top two on the west side. Other than these two the rest are ready for glazing. The other pane that has to be done will be addressed in another post.<br /><br />Lets get back to the soffit.<br /><br />I left off telling you just how bad it was and that the main board tying the rafter beams together had to be replaced. If you remember some the the ends of these beams were not in the best shape but still sound. Since we need to build up this area, in order to attach guttering, we decided to reinforce the rafter beams in order to handle the extra weight.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelyXRHPQhdYUKvtg8phgGt_WHtqkLDoH4H_noltNh-IkLGeQ_TLujdvgpipzk1seJz95cjy91sRP-kG2zkbW1Mr5jvgSzIARwlYlBusiBi0w_2GIBsRrQfh5351BHCLI53K8UX19UlLs/s1600/1+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelyXRHPQhdYUKvtg8phgGt_WHtqkLDoH4H_noltNh-IkLGeQ_TLujdvgpipzk1seJz95cjy91sRP-kG2zkbW1Mr5jvgSzIARwlYlBusiBi0w_2GIBsRrQfh5351BHCLI53K8UX19UlLs/s320/1+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526490309284292498" /></a> In this shot you can see how we did it.<br /><br />We cut pieces of 2x6 into 1 foot lengths and tied them into the original rafter beams. The two you see here have not been tied in yet but it shows what it looks like.<br /><br />While installing the extra pieces we were able to see just how much sag there was to the roof in spots. Some pieces slid in easily while others took a lot of effort.<br /><br />We used <a href="http://www.suredrive.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=1_25">Sure Drive Composite Deck Screws</a> and they are absolutely wonderful! They self drill and are designed to pull both pieces of lumber together tightly. Even though they are designed for composite decking material they can be used with standard wood as well as treated lumber. The chemicals used in the treated lumber will not eat through these screws like they will the other screws. The hardest part was tying the new pieces in.<br /><br />The original wood is so hard we had to resort to drilling pilot holes even for these special screws. To give you an idea how hard the wood was we broke three drill bits doing it. The pilot holes helped but the the fact remained that we had to cram an arm, and drill, into a 14" space in order to drive the screw. Along with this the scaffolding wasn't at the right height so we had to drag out a step stool to stand on to make the reach. So, while one of us drilled, the other spotted in case the one drilling slipped. The person who did the drilling had to use a lot of force to drill and was not able to hold on to anything for balance.<br /><br />This process took almost an entire day.<br /><br />The next step was installing the new 2x6 tie-in beam. This was a rather large sucker, a 12 feet long piece of treated lumber.<br /><br />It isn't an easy task to manhandle something that size, and weight, up 20+ feet and we had three to move. <br /><br />Once we got the first piece in place - I held the board up (while standing on tip-toes) while the father-n-law got a couple of screws in to secure it - we discovered another problem.<br /><br />This time we were able to see just how uneven the settling along the edge of the roof was where the fascia and shingles met. The sag in the roof pushed the new board down in spots. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm56WVQbtwLGTgicxPFj26Wtl2ZuS_k8A6O-bhbe46hccg7XnJkCeqm-97STwP0CrngehL4wVP5IlNAw9qv3WLI9QNn6NdHZwzcRHoV-GpMOZ5yMzzqwNrmvefZmglrg6tsv8RwcN8GLk/s1600/2+R.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm56WVQbtwLGTgicxPFj26Wtl2ZuS_k8A6O-bhbe46hccg7XnJkCeqm-97STwP0CrngehL4wVP5IlNAw9qv3WLI9QNn6NdHZwzcRHoV-GpMOZ5yMzzqwNrmvefZmglrg6tsv8RwcN8GLk/s320/2+R.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526457783776474386" border="0" /></a> This is how we fixed the problem.<br /><br />We are using a bottle jack and 2x4 to force the roof line back to it's proper location.<br /><br />Do you see the 4x4 sticking out of the scaffolding platform? We know that the roof, even on the edge, weighs more than a ton due to the downward pressure of the roof spread along the support beams via the rafters. If we would have tried to use the bottle jack, by itself, the weight would have been forced downward, causing the jack to puncture the platform. To counter this we borrowed a 20' 4x4 and dragged it to the platform. This allowed the pressure to be evenly distributed to the metal part of the scaffolding and push the roof line up into place.<br /><br />It worked, but was slow; after every four feet we would have to climbdown and move the scaffolding and readjust.<br /><br />This process took another day.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgaixuf89NVfyW7NTwOzvYkZeX_xE9T4lCPGOZi8gUvOqRTKKZXD3-j1GAI0l4qaB4hK4SsY9QU8MaXjvTPbtq1-X2RdFDU0cOcGfxbujkhwy9Msoc41unH1u2DIqzHBgAdodezrRV70s/s1600/3+L.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgaixuf89NVfyW7NTwOzvYkZeX_xE9T4lCPGOZi8gUvOqRTKKZXD3-j1GAI0l4qaB4hK4SsY9QU8MaXjvTPbtq1-X2RdFDU0cOcGfxbujkhwy9Msoc41unH1u2DIqzHBgAdodezrRV70s/s320/3+L.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526457614848539218" border="0" /></a> Take a good look at this picture and you can see where the section of tie-in beam is about a 1/4 of an inch to 1/2 an inch lower than the roof beam. The father-n-law is removing the retaining screw he installed at the beginning so that we can adjust it.<br /><br />Note the jack supported 2x4 to the right.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuU8CN0FFCl_gOZUcJ8r4m1NxoRjxOJWnCJLkDKWH4etddYbrFkgXmFqUR_ElVeyU76Z6y5HuCVlY-IgaHjkV1ZgzcSc4QoZAShwTw0MEZu3rVeHtElTo1Z4aC8T4l7IIDa_7rhJn3Mgk/s1600/4+R.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuU8CN0FFCl_gOZUcJ8r4m1NxoRjxOJWnCJLkDKWH4etddYbrFkgXmFqUR_ElVeyU76Z6y5HuCVlY-IgaHjkV1ZgzcSc4QoZAShwTw0MEZu3rVeHtElTo1Z4aC8T4l7IIDa_7rhJn3Mgk/s320/4+R.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526457453253685906" border="0" /></a> SWMBO took this picture.<br /><br />We are now starting the process of straightening the roof line on the second piece of 2x6x12.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh210WTXb9ev7mUcINIVYp147mUbI4pa7wxX-aQclrt1Coltyn7hC6QhIYSAoEv0u6FJDhNU1JZ2Q1t9X0Q2FqBuP0kvCz7zs86xqTuUjgbqjZI2i0LUCzZxh2lb1pENyla5V6DFZ4qwZg/s1600/5+L.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh210WTXb9ev7mUcINIVYp147mUbI4pa7wxX-aQclrt1Coltyn7hC6QhIYSAoEv0u6FJDhNU1JZ2Q1t9X0Q2FqBuP0kvCz7zs86xqTuUjgbqjZI2i0LUCzZxh2lb1pENyla5V6DFZ4qwZg/s320/5+L.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526457275332046258" border="0" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This picture SWMBO and I debated whether or not to post due to the difficulty in seeing the intent of the picture. You might have to click on the picture to see it better.<br /><br />The intent was so you could see all four layers; the main tie-in beam with the beginnings of the new fascia, and built up area, on top. <br /><br />The main tie-in beam (the three 2x6x12s) run the entire length. The first section of fascia board (made up of 1x6x12 ceder boards) ends just to the right of the lower window. We used a scarf joint on these boards in order to help lock their ends together and give a more finished look. The next section is the top fascia made up of 1x4x10s using scarf joints as well. To help maintain strength and stability the scarf joints of the upper fascia need to be staggered away from those of the lower fascia. Due to the staggering, and length of the upper fascia you can see where it ends just to the left of the lower window. The shortest piece of lumber you can see, the one on top of the others, is the first step in building up the space occupied by the original crown moulding. This must be done so that the guttering has a stable base to be attached to and is located directly under the roof flashing. This board is just a standard 2x4. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjinzsBIYCbyZU6ooR9uYK-Fo2ezYkXBa25rHAexs4AI3hyjMP5Roh3QrMm6ujDGjY16nlzX-lv3sGeMV_z-aVGR3Nzeeuy-IEEB2R1HZbcwiKB10ghBmXSGwvyB_6q6yqz1l8r6hfi5DQ/s1600/6+R.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjinzsBIYCbyZU6ooR9uYK-Fo2ezYkXBa25rHAexs4AI3hyjMP5Roh3QrMm6ujDGjY16nlzX-lv3sGeMV_z-aVGR3Nzeeuy-IEEB2R1HZbcwiKB10ghBmXSGwvyB_6q6yqz1l8r6hfi5DQ/s320/6+R.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526457115401075858" border="0" /></a> In this close up you can see the various layers.<br /><br />Look close and you will see a dark line running along the roof beams; this is the new tie-in beam. Next you can see the first fascia layer and scarf joint. On top of this is the second layer of fascia.<br /><br />These two layers of fascia reproduce the original fascia on the house and the original crown moulding would have been placed on top of it.<br /><br />Next you can clearly see the 2x4 with the final piece of spacing on top of it - a 1x4 piece of ceder. We are not using scarf joints on the two spacing layers; one, they are not needed, and two, they will not be seen. <br /><br />This top layer is where the guttering will be attached. Note the use of ceder as the outer portion that will come into contact with the guttering. Ceder is extremely strong for it's weight and it's also impervious to rot and insects.<br /><br />The space that needed to be filled is almost 3" in profile. It might not sound like much but from the ground it makes the soffit/fascia area look massive. in order to disguise this we have decided to add something. More on this will be forth coming in a later post.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHeCYfzI4zcIATfDVYTZdBuSpXmY_Slj08x58qcm0pohuB-cd4g6z5WY6gMrQhqj5MwXWScaQsIA86sm9r3prmntTzPur-YX4N_dRCbwhNMRV_acBAn37WgV55EWgPUGZtIv52Fp4_GE/s1600/7+L.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHeCYfzI4zcIATfDVYTZdBuSpXmY_Slj08x58qcm0pohuB-cd4g6z5WY6gMrQhqj5MwXWScaQsIA86sm9r3prmntTzPur-YX4N_dRCbwhNMRV_acBAn37WgV55EWgPUGZtIv52Fp4_GE/s320/7+L.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526456951248135346" border="0" /></a> And here we have the finished fascia, at least on the west side. <br /><br />This corner shot lets you see how nicely it all ties together and will allow the guttering to sit where it needs to be. If you look close you will notice that the final piece of spacing board, the 1x4 piece of ceder, has not yet been added to the south section.<br /><br />You can also see that a length of the bead-board soffit is still missing.<br /><br />Turns out this entire length of bead-board had to be replaced after all. The bad part is that the replacement pieces that are currently made are either too thin or too thick.<br /><br />In order to get the 1/2 thickness of the original bead-board we bought 3/4" and cut it down. I also had to cut the tongue off the edge of the bead-board so it would go into place. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-HtgmgZhRjJZYR7LKFGWaThGJDX5KL0Td30yJoioFNSmoCEaNVunr3177GrRYYGNJD0p9qdToMihexz4gVAMy6QfQex_ayJ-PoPsPGuhxfK8Xz5iv2Vwma-dC1QTIrGicoqcXSuuPpNo/s1600/8+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-HtgmgZhRjJZYR7LKFGWaThGJDX5KL0Td30yJoioFNSmoCEaNVunr3177GrRYYGNJD0p9qdToMihexz4gVAMy6QfQex_ayJ-PoPsPGuhxfK8Xz5iv2Vwma-dC1QTIrGicoqcXSuuPpNo/s320/8+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526493722446507570" /></a> On Monday I installed the first piece of replacement bead-board.<br /><br />I think it turned out great.<br /><br />The other pieces will have to wait till later because I need help moving the scaffolding. Perhaps SWMBO can help me with that today.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Well, I guess I better go get busy.<br /><br />Till next time...<br /><br />Cheers!<br />LarryLarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05618832228050099757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300529476306875209.post-89688907240289938822010-09-30T09:18:00.008-05:002010-09-30T10:52:58.245-05:00Soffit Up-dateHello again everyone!<br /><br />Thought I'd take a quick moment to give you an update I should have done last night.<br /><br />If you remember from the last post I mentioned we had ran into a bit of a problem on the west side. It's one of those problems I wish we would've known about when we first started work on that side.<br /><br />Basically...the outer edge of the roof is rotted.<br /><br />Our roof was built a bit different than modern roofs are. Most roof edges are made up of rafter edges, battens, purlins, eaves, barge board, etc.<br /><br />Our roof edge has all of this with a couple of extras. Along with the typical battens, the boards that tie the rafters together, we have two battens stacked on top of each other right on the top edge. Also, most homes have an eave attached to the end of the rafters on non-gable ends. This is whats also know as the 'trim' if I understand it correctly.<br /><br />Anyway, our house has a 2x6 tying the rafter ends together with all the extra boards attached to it. By-the-way, the rafters are also 2x6s.<br /><br />All tied together this makes for an extremely strong roof edge that is uncommon today - just take a look at modern roof construction and you will see.<br /><br />Unfortunately termites got to parts of the 2x6 that tied all the rafters together. On top of this wood-rot also set in.<br /><br />Needless to say, it had to be removed. We are lucky though, it could have been a lot worse!<br /><br />Following are some of the pictures that will kind of give you an idea just how bad it was. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaOjCqQKEScXDjFFkrb2mIMUJYge4lKYQoqs3r5zddewJLrcy1WyXwgCHP1NSzz-se7u1RwFe4S-q2eHW593pX_5EChYP7esvOpfNhmCnCQ3bXAW047b3BTQL1UAbpNfTXcslcNX-HSPE/s1600/1+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaOjCqQKEScXDjFFkrb2mIMUJYge4lKYQoqs3r5zddewJLrcy1WyXwgCHP1NSzz-se7u1RwFe4S-q2eHW593pX_5EChYP7esvOpfNhmCnCQ3bXAW047b3BTQL1UAbpNfTXcslcNX-HSPE/s320/1+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522712275931570882" /></a> This is the south west corner.<br /><br />It amazes me how rotten the west board is yet the south board is in great condition.<br /><br /><br />In case you're wondering - that is wire mesh screen at the top portion of the corner. We think it was put there to keep squirrels, and other creatures, out. I don't think it helped much, I found nut remains all over. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsSStHoZqTRUnD6qUCmTm0K2RQ3NrkXxzVtFbMHpqldF_TIdoqYczNzfIuULQV1XmOtR2aApKYKE-KKBzs77d-fwL9IC3xEwJF1VjnFWCjJ2iE0kgFTV5A-3RMeytd3sC0bPrcBL1EWe0/s1600/2+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsSStHoZqTRUnD6qUCmTm0K2RQ3NrkXxzVtFbMHpqldF_TIdoqYczNzfIuULQV1XmOtR2aApKYKE-KKBzs77d-fwL9IC3xEwJF1VjnFWCjJ2iE0kgFTV5A-3RMeytd3sC0bPrcBL1EWe0/s320/2+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522712054071261842" /></a> Nasty looking ain't it?!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Even some of the original shake shingles were deteriorated.<br /><br />Fortunately the double layer of 1x6 battens were only affected on the outer inch. The stability of the structure is still in excellent condition. With such a small amount of the battens being affected we will not need to replace them at this time. To do this it would require the removal of the roofing down to the rafters. <br /><br />Eventually this will be done but it won't be for several years. With this future repair in mind we will be making the immediate, necessary repairs in a way that will not hinder the future repairs. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheaNpNLMrHgEXblH6tVLqXqKEs0H5-qwvlqLrXHVY7Mr5sFxHs7ZwvJRFiKZE7GrRARj5oUZKHNXMiES9CGN1MjZQInD6mhyphenhyphenX3YNuUs4MxY5LEQWewiZYkI_czNy1oH6gQRDLYsjkA3JM/s1600/3+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheaNpNLMrHgEXblH6tVLqXqKEs0H5-qwvlqLrXHVY7Mr5sFxHs7ZwvJRFiKZE7GrRARj5oUZKHNXMiES9CGN1MjZQInD6mhyphenhyphenX3YNuUs4MxY5LEQWewiZYkI_czNy1oH6gQRDLYsjkA3JM/s320/3+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522711887963947762" /></a> This is a close-up of the same spot. <br /><br />The entire length was not this bad but bad enough to warrant complete removal of most of it. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJZpPRTnZXL9wLLWHZKIhmdJbwDODxiaUCNzWzOJdzx7rE1HNHdk-0xwYbeg6L10BX4DDZiWaCLnQOnLMs6F2m9H044pYMLXlkc_n41jVZ1OWvq_MFe7y5F0vbqxQbpPzDakJZ3fQPOKM/s1600/4+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJZpPRTnZXL9wLLWHZKIhmdJbwDODxiaUCNzWzOJdzx7rE1HNHdk-0xwYbeg6L10BX4DDZiWaCLnQOnLMs6F2m9H044pYMLXlkc_n41jVZ1OWvq_MFe7y5F0vbqxQbpPzDakJZ3fQPOKM/s320/4+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522711730542233202" /></a> A section further north.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVmwgVz79qNVE9yVsUhmLWjOtTWuAsoJsU3OfKVhkSu-cbupU78wZHCDRa1No0T5XWQd9qb50OR78-1eI2j32530zbRZyASlYJ8sg3h3Vnyo2tW4saH4JdWK6lhjwofeYV5Hx393zDvyg/s1600/5+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVmwgVz79qNVE9yVsUhmLWjOtTWuAsoJsU3OfKVhkSu-cbupU78wZHCDRa1No0T5XWQd9qb50OR78-1eI2j32530zbRZyASlYJ8sg3h3Vnyo2tW4saH4JdWK6lhjwofeYV5Hx393zDvyg/s320/5+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522711554223112562" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />As you can see, the ends of the rafters, with very few exceptions, are in excellent shape. Those that were affected only had damage in the area where the lowest tip/edge of the rafter met the edging board.<br /><br />I'll get more pictures of this when I make the repairs.<br /><br />Before I forget... You might have noticed that a length of the bead-board is missing. This section will also need to be replaced due to rot.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmdxhcEn32fMlxYmf6XZkuPcJqYHaXK2HVQ8DCWrrdQbhQqWr3QdB-Z008Yw32rsbryI0aM2BuVDE9vjIO7pAWFCkJ8eEdTaCU-19suvEvW3mG-kRFuWWWvEx6Ie1KMpt4PgMVVybaejk/s1600/6+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmdxhcEn32fMlxYmf6XZkuPcJqYHaXK2HVQ8DCWrrdQbhQqWr3QdB-Z008Yw32rsbryI0aM2BuVDE9vjIO7pAWFCkJ8eEdTaCU-19suvEvW3mG-kRFuWWWvEx6Ie1KMpt4PgMVVybaejk/s320/6+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522711281686966498" /></a> This is the north west corner.<br /><br />The main board here is in excellent condition, just dirty. I decided to leave it alone - no sense in replacing something that doesn't need it.<br /><br />Now this is what boggles the mind... <br /><br />Remember in the first picture where the west board was rotten but the south board was perfect? At this corner the west board is perfect and the north board is rotten!! Isn't that just weird? <br /><br />While we are on this picture you might have noticed the boards laying across the top of the scaffolding. These are part of the eave trim that are still in good condition and can be used. This will save in the cost of replacement.<br /><br />Basically, to accomplish this task I had to remove all the main nails (about 5" in length). The board was so bad some of these could be removed by hand. I then had to cut the board, using the Sawzall, into manageable lengths and then pry them from the two batten boards tied into it. There were spots that were so rotten that as soon as a chunk was cut it just fell off. Lucky for me these pieces were rotten enough they didn't cause damage when they hit my head!<br /><br />Once this was finished the nails that were sticking out had to be cut-off so that the replacement boards can be installed.<br /><br />The whole process took most of the day. It would have gone faster if I didn't have to climb down from the scaffolding to move it over another 4'. I won't even mention the nasty mess.<br /><br />Here's something else that amazes me... I'm using modern tools and safety devices/conveniences, such as the scaffolding. The original boards are solid 2x6s 16' long. These puppies were extremely heavy! How in the world did the manhandle these things in place back then?!?!<br /><br />Anyway, moving on... <br /><br />As you know, we're still scraping the soffits on the east side. They are finished for the most part but we ran into a rather interesting problem here as well.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAF6Hf-971nStnotj5Bt7YQ3P7dKJTwy_wsNoYetRQIzOiJWDNKvD5NETijRnvJffv3BUbdkStjl1t_jG2fXmjYNlYsziM5V3BmUuMZ4TCQZ1xQI-f23fguNOMkiey1FLJ55KHncFjmbg/s1600/7+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAF6Hf-971nStnotj5Bt7YQ3P7dKJTwy_wsNoYetRQIzOiJWDNKvD5NETijRnvJffv3BUbdkStjl1t_jG2fXmjYNlYsziM5V3BmUuMZ4TCQZ1xQI-f23fguNOMkiey1FLJ55KHncFjmbg/s320/7+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522711109679659602" /></a> Do you have any idea what this hole is for?<br /><br />This is where the original downspout for the internal gutters came out on this section of the house.<br /><br />It isn't going to be too big of a problem fixing this; the hardest part is going to be matching the moulding. This style of moulding is still made, but I think it is about 2/3rds the size of the original. To get the mouldings to match might be tricky. I'll keep you up-dated.<br /><br />That's about it for now. I need to go take some measurements for a run to the lumber yard.<br /><br />Till next time...<br /><br />Cheers!<br />LarryLarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05618832228050099757noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300529476306875209.post-8976116120008295202010-09-24T20:32:00.030-05:002010-09-27T21:24:48.338-05:00Still Here... Still Scraping...Hello Everyone -<br /><br />Yes - we're still here and still scraping.<br /><br />We've been so busy with the house, and other 'little' interruptions, that I just haven't gotten around to updating.<br /><br />If you remember from my last post we were hit by a freak storm. Well, we were hit by another freak storm the following week as well. this time we had tornadoes dropping down all around us! We even had something called a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustnado">'gustnado'</a> form less than a block from the house and travel down town! During the whole ordeal I stood in the middle of the field next to us and watched it happen. It is quit an awesome experience to watch forming tornadoes cross overhead!!! Fortunately we had no damage at all.<br /><br />Anyway, let's get to the house.<br /><br />When I left you last we had a hole in the living room ceiling and were almost done with the west side of the hose so let me fill you in with what's happened. <br /><br />As expected a bigger chunk of the ceiling did fall. All I had to do was touch it and it came down.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPdnADIwNr6CVDbtblJSnfzJs1bzCUv8LO15axUbgaCXoM2BSfgTiNMcgaRgfxIHCo8AVhOE6TjSt4-cNQGPl-2p7hdRhO20pXwZEUZ49GZXnhumSm0mzrsJevjJVdk6wZ5GfsGWh4Yps/s1600/1+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPdnADIwNr6CVDbtblJSnfzJs1bzCUv8LO15axUbgaCXoM2BSfgTiNMcgaRgfxIHCo8AVhOE6TjSt4-cNQGPl-2p7hdRhO20pXwZEUZ49GZXnhumSm0mzrsJevjJVdk6wZ5GfsGWh4Yps/s320/1+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520669915953974674" /></a> As I said before, at least the living room hasn't had any restoration work done on it yet. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY88XpSDcekRprcLyZGoWqtn9a9RjnL0GgVN17Vk8r9Id20bM8R9BF8aJyyE7woKWofYbeQKJNVW4pvb2dH8siTPOJ4-eYrv4QAu1RsFtqSrRft_dTKlrE6vyJ3uJf9XbiSxBd4gIcQGU/s1600/2+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY88XpSDcekRprcLyZGoWqtn9a9RjnL0GgVN17Vk8r9Id20bM8R9BF8aJyyE7woKWofYbeQKJNVW4pvb2dH8siTPOJ4-eYrv4QAu1RsFtqSrRft_dTKlrE6vyJ3uJf9XbiSxBd4gIcQGU/s320/2+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520669577308024466" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br />And here is the newly expanded hole.<br /><br />By this point I've already removed all the loose plaster as well as some lath. I've removed the lath so I could gain access to the porch ceiling in order to find the source of the leak.<br /><br />These next few pictures are a look into the 'innards' of the porch. I have a feeling I'm the first person in over a hundred years to see this so I thought I'd share.<br /><br />Remember the <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbq7C9KwYwNvSmHlf6puUcyW6R5XPkJcGwSINDE2R_7zqraqMYuMXIuYaHWxNxeWJbTWFy-wV5sY_LDtOZGgmFSe2RB7zmth1NidU03UBhCJdGNvAia5Yt5AI9Z8qxyVqpC2QUys5inoE/s1600/4+R.JPG">separation point</a> (gap) where the porch is pulling away from the house?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvDAYbX4RN2gUcqJ5bLu1oLRzXs62xn4e4m1e7WY1BetZIrhX1hIp961FurkeH-QCA_lUYZbviGKl_sHvxpeMCj-gJ4dP0CTz11iffdQhSQ4z_t0kB7CFAov63FisS0lprSJSXny_RF1Q/s1600/3+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvDAYbX4RN2gUcqJ5bLu1oLRzXs62xn4e4m1e7WY1BetZIrhX1hIp961FurkeH-QCA_lUYZbviGKl_sHvxpeMCj-gJ4dP0CTz11iffdQhSQ4z_t0kB7CFAov63FisS0lprSJSXny_RF1Q/s320/3+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520669367400184226" /></a> This is what it looks like from inside the porch ceiling (it's the greenish colored slash in the center).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFsnMX8ce9A9hDt998bdj8nQVBwsiCAYJzz44NdEny3nxJvNe-91WfnC3Y6EUIlriWER-i0CTm3fiJhnkxNfZx0YWXjhCMmnLIJFdO5CjmUXMn6d4PTctWGb_ji7TiY3nbk9qXgOQqHvs/s1600/4+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFsnMX8ce9A9hDt998bdj8nQVBwsiCAYJzz44NdEny3nxJvNe-91WfnC3Y6EUIlriWER-i0CTm3fiJhnkxNfZx0YWXjhCMmnLIJFdO5CjmUXMn6d4PTctWGb_ji7TiY3nbk9qXgOQqHvs/s320/4+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520669180105244146" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br />Here's the underside looking east.<br /><br />Can you believe how new the wood looks?<br /><br />On the left side of the picture you can see the bottom tips of the house sheeting. Better than the chip-board they use today don't you thing?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6yKjxHkJIapD7_ADgKJn76DbNYm540JLonv_rVvnb3akK1AWqwTeOUwX6AUGi-uETmdGQ5fvpHiqq8TZzIGMDsPJ3W7VVuiD02e-UZdYvCLaCn7EnkcF5k8BmJeCWimtYRnGX4e_geSQ/s1600/5+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6yKjxHkJIapD7_ADgKJn76DbNYm540JLonv_rVvnb3akK1AWqwTeOUwX6AUGi-uETmdGQ5fvpHiqq8TZzIGMDsPJ3W7VVuiD02e-UZdYvCLaCn7EnkcF5k8BmJeCWimtYRnGX4e_geSQ/s320/5+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520668985626862754" /></a> Looking south.<br /><br />There is about a foot and a half drop to the actual porch ceiling.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The next picture is a rather hard one to wrap the brain around and place it into perspective.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDWVe059Esi2g1Q_1DYv9I_NSCaDdCiyQrbT0cERGuMeFQDZ_UeB4eNG1E01hlTn4EmeHtrsOzl2OBNCLvIds54JtaQJHrunEQ7Hh18zDRxxIQt5Hi88tJsPL-iomDzNts4VnWaf6u7_c/s1600/6+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDWVe059Esi2g1Q_1DYv9I_NSCaDdCiyQrbT0cERGuMeFQDZ_UeB4eNG1E01hlTn4EmeHtrsOzl2OBNCLvIds54JtaQJHrunEQ7Hh18zDRxxIQt5Hi88tJsPL-iomDzNts4VnWaf6u7_c/s320/6+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520668744548550466" /></a> This is the spot where we assume the water was coming in.<br /><br />If you were to poke your head up into the hole in the ceiling, and look south, this spot would be right above your right shoulder about 2 feet to the west.<br /><br />I tried to get a photo that showed the light streaming in from the crack but it just wouldn't take. Trust me though, there was a crack, about 1/16 of an inch by 4 inches)where the single board butted up against the two boards.<br /><br />Now keep this spot in mind - especially the small rift between the two sheeting boards on the right side side - it will be important again in a bit.<br /><br />In order to find the hole on the roof-side of the porch I needed to shove something up in it that I could see when on the roof. My first attempt was a stiff wire but when I went out onto the roof to find it there was no sign of the wire.<br /><br />I knew the whole had to be located along the bottom portion of where the windows directly above met the porch roof but like I said, there was no sign of the wire.<br /><br />So I decided to use something a bit heavier - some of the window glazing trim I used on the lead glass window. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxgmiJZVdiU89F6rZi_VGyG5Wdw1CPDqUHmAbcJEcMssmqzOCq5N3Y6_1st0sfS0Yl3WFgxrTB6n-XyY9ytR1vLyWYKoJZ5Io4nr2zt8vFfsyJkG7EApfcPep1EdGSsiTr8tDNVaTFiJo/s1600/7+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxgmiJZVdiU89F6rZi_VGyG5Wdw1CPDqUHmAbcJEcMssmqzOCq5N3Y6_1st0sfS0Yl3WFgxrTB6n-XyY9ytR1vLyWYKoJZ5Io4nr2zt8vFfsyJkG7EApfcPep1EdGSsiTr8tDNVaTFiJo/s320/7+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520668525770173154" /></a> This piece of trim did the trick. <br /><br />Here you can see it sticking out of the ceiling.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE9Sol6Mx0V6rUz0vwxWDudu5STG_1P1wFHiLy3rDjtfyDpZ6_J_HeSgKaAEtmx3Qvz_bJiX60b4clOrIX5YCvECY6LBOCly0aHJURGg5_NUpncxWUNeSV2Nr_CRIdtH8OvESt7SccKms/s1600/8+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE9Sol6Mx0V6rUz0vwxWDudu5STG_1P1wFHiLy3rDjtfyDpZ6_J_HeSgKaAEtmx3Qvz_bJiX60b4clOrIX5YCvECY6LBOCly0aHJURGg5_NUpncxWUNeSV2Nr_CRIdtH8OvESt7SccKms/s320/8+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520668295579004466" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br />And here's the crack I found with it.<br /><br />It was hiding behind broken piece of clapboard and flashing. <br /><br />I thought that the crack was under the window, turns out it was on the west side of it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHJwQPJN1VIQk33_pGEeys2e6aOYANsloK4ijkCxLpxKgm8ZuFzCauI0G1KLe8E_FJr3xb7_ZZ78zKjzkqXFDcbrnvXGtmWDlg0nHxVTMS2FNYGyhqI4Sc2EFouJeB83yaHnxSNNrywb4/s1600/9+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHJwQPJN1VIQk33_pGEeys2e6aOYANsloK4ijkCxLpxKgm8ZuFzCauI0G1KLe8E_FJr3xb7_ZZ78zKjzkqXFDcbrnvXGtmWDlg0nHxVTMS2FNYGyhqI4Sc2EFouJeB83yaHnxSNNrywb4/s320/9+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520668114654847090" /></a> A better view.<br /><br />The molding is is the bright piece of wood that the sunlight is hitting. The real thin item is the flashing that goes behind the clapboard.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzuj3o5QSz81f-J3frGlcju5CWA0mBUg-e8Qgq8od2fG1b5y7uafEULjSx30v_95ajsCQ0gZU8WN4y4nXzVyrc3QkHp-DJJlWCziuxBIMod037GMvc0UU2aE_z4jZpv1BqZLc0bvfv_Iw/s1600/10+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzuj3o5QSz81f-J3frGlcju5CWA0mBUg-e8Qgq8od2fG1b5y7uafEULjSx30v_95ajsCQ0gZU8WN4y4nXzVyrc3QkHp-DJJlWCziuxBIMod037GMvc0UU2aE_z4jZpv1BqZLc0bvfv_Iw/s320/10+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520667929437566226" /></a> And there it is.<br /><br />You can even see some of the actual crack to the left of where the piece of moulding pops through. You can also see part of the wire I used previously.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT-RPga5AJB6OVNEHPvc4ZtzaYDWNopIzFiCKnfD07KFJDMSV-uu_pSpujhbMX641tORul3dHhu6IhxUhLd1JXU6vy0jR41bt2h9Mq1ULCYtx525p3mHURrylutiq6DHWH5lDuUkRhsWQ/s1600/11+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT-RPga5AJB6OVNEHPvc4ZtzaYDWNopIzFiCKnfD07KFJDMSV-uu_pSpujhbMX641tORul3dHhu6IhxUhLd1JXU6vy0jR41bt2h9Mq1ULCYtx525p3mHURrylutiq6DHWH5lDuUkRhsWQ/s320/11+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520667726357557282" /></a> After removing the the piece of moulding, and wire, I cleaned out the area behind the flashing and replaced the clapboards.<br /><br /><br />Once that was finished I decided to replace the piece of rotted trip above the windows in the little bed room.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZCqaYxkNstwqa30QB97wNaYkW5A5m9DNOS7Rx0lkZtYV4-1yaoKUIMWOrWplXfIZEs6TlulTtqH0zDHA9U89ykyT3hX2vpw7tFFzgxY7HfTyQ8TWeFUg9xY95CwxfPwRLFpLsp9mdfZY/s1600/12+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZCqaYxkNstwqa30QB97wNaYkW5A5m9DNOS7Rx0lkZtYV4-1yaoKUIMWOrWplXfIZEs6TlulTtqH0zDHA9U89ykyT3hX2vpw7tFFzgxY7HfTyQ8TWeFUg9xY95CwxfPwRLFpLsp9mdfZY/s320/12+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520667470081902450" /></a> There wasn't much holding it in so it popped out easily.<br /><br />What you see here is the best section of the trim!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSm2KVBgELdqNmDORvBWkoSbsd5KFOBui-cx9gNzKE_uWH2nDy0GfAj9aCqWdRigsjj-bD4ix_MUuv1JnoSb9L8z4NZXaYq-K7-wd13hRmUxVKDsRmqPDlHWZF1QmTNAU037qGXRkSQWg/s1600/13+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSm2KVBgELdqNmDORvBWkoSbsd5KFOBui-cx9gNzKE_uWH2nDy0GfAj9aCqWdRigsjj-bD4ix_MUuv1JnoSb9L8z4NZXaYq-K7-wd13hRmUxVKDsRmqPDlHWZF1QmTNAU037qGXRkSQWg/s320/13+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520667177162341730" /></a> <br /><br />Here's the replacement piece in place.<br /><br />It might look like there is a 'wave' like curl in it but that's an optical illusion. In reality it's the grain of the wood. <br /><br />It only took about 30 minutes to cut, trim, rout and install this piece of trim. Once it is caulked it should help keep the water out during the next rain storm.<br /><br />Speaking of rainstorms...we had another one last Friday! This is three storms in row that hit on either a Thursday or Friday.<br /><br />Anyway, we still had a slight leak in the living room ceiling.<br /><br />Remember that small rift between the two sheeting boards? Turns out rain water was being channeled through it from another location along with the crack right next to it. We are not sure where the leak originated this time. It originally started as a single drop about once every 15 to 20 seconds and lasted for about n hour or two. Then, all of a sudden the leak stopped and it was raining even harder out side.<br /><br />So, it has now been decided NOT to repair the hole in the ceiling just yet. We are going to cover it with paneling instead. This will allow us to take a look, after the house is sealed and painted, at the problem area when it rains. By doing this we will be able to determine if the leak is indeed fixed due to painting and caulking. Once we are sure we will then repair the ceiling.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2V8SDz0JypKxWi2ECPhPvzbO4jH4foMx5ABzY-Nnr3jUu2VrhxGzzuJTNcib6ovTVA-BwmrRhd25ATvUKNmHMNVxLXuR1g6Kc1BQkanWdNjBP3S0uGfsfRJHBlCghElN0rbcxDSXd5co/s1600/14+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2V8SDz0JypKxWi2ECPhPvzbO4jH4foMx5ABzY-Nnr3jUu2VrhxGzzuJTNcib6ovTVA-BwmrRhd25ATvUKNmHMNVxLXuR1g6Kc1BQkanWdNjBP3S0uGfsfRJHBlCghElN0rbcxDSXd5co/s320/14+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520666966123278274" /></a> While working on all of these little problems we did manage to work on the soffits and eaves on the south side. While doing so we found more of the original green paint.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0MGmwBoNGkpZkZZSz1uPuGZfmfy8_Uq82ydSr3CWwerU-65IbqA4AisyLy6uaoSe543jHUhTA1dtIrjCI_W4n-5_pAq01nFG77WSpKqvWyMKkwPfLp6R2c8k4zCGh6zSlc6JwYEqZ8_w/s1600/15+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0MGmwBoNGkpZkZZSz1uPuGZfmfy8_Uq82ydSr3CWwerU-65IbqA4AisyLy6uaoSe543jHUhTA1dtIrjCI_W4n-5_pAq01nFG77WSpKqvWyMKkwPfLp6R2c8k4zCGh6zSlc6JwYEqZ8_w/s320/15+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520666780132752114" /></a> This is the last picture for this post. Thought you would like to see that the west side IS done!! It is now ready for priming and paint!<br /><br />Oh wait...not quite. There is a bit of a problem we've ran into. More on that later.<br /><br />Till next time...<br /><br />Cheers!<br />LarryLarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05618832228050099757noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300529476306875209.post-5760233411287537822010-09-12T09:54:00.051-05:002010-09-12T20:57:59.102-05:00Oh, the Humanity!!!Hello Everyone -<br /><br />These past couple of weeks have been a wild ride!!!<br /><br />We've gotten a lot done on the house scraping but there have been so many interruptions. The biggest one has been my allergies. <br /><br />When my allergies hit they hit hard. Most people say "just take a pill", I can't. I'm very sensitive to allergy meds as well as flu meds. If the package says 'causes drowsiness' I'm out like a light for hours. If it says 'non-drowsy' it's a 50/50 chance I'll be out for a few hours or I'll be in a fishbowl fog.<br /><br />A week ago last Thursday my allergies hit so working on the house has been a crap shoot.<br /><br />The big news though is last Friday, the 10th. Our tiny town was hit by a freak storm that created 70+ mph down-bursts. They came in waves and lasted a long time. What made it worse was that they came from the south. With no paint on the house, and thus no paint or caulking covering seams and cracks, the house took a major beating.<br /><br />We were without power for several hours as well - thank goodness for oil lamps!<br /><br />If it were not for the fact that the main windows on the lower south side, under the porch, were open we feel they would have been blown out. The wind did blow the furniture in the living room across the room to the dinning room though. We also had water on the living room floor, and foyer floor, that covered most of the surface.<br /><br />At one point I went outside, after the windows were closed, and I was about blown through the main bay window by a down-burst.<br /><br />Needless to say we had damage.<br /><br />Remember that cracked, and sagging, section of ceiling within the bay area of the living room? Well, it's gone.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg530KeHFj_BJo8ZVxdcSwEVbcqD6lfdaW7KIQrPeNE6xBiPwPw5Nc3DdoOmUQ-G1PCRnL-SNQySuySTqR7DCNTUjx1yW8AmCwtASqjXcAHFIMZnKkP5NE3_Fo2rpA9IMLl1pUBicFSmsA/s1600/1+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg530KeHFj_BJo8ZVxdcSwEVbcqD6lfdaW7KIQrPeNE6xBiPwPw5Nc3DdoOmUQ-G1PCRnL-SNQySuySTqR7DCNTUjx1yW8AmCwtASqjXcAHFIMZnKkP5NE3_Fo2rpA9IMLl1pUBicFSmsA/s320/1+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516058466435104786" /></a> Here are the remains.<br /><br />Yes, that is a cat pan, and other pots, set out to catch what water we could catch coming in from the ceiling. It was as if a faucet had been turned on.<br /><br />Thing is, we are not sure how the water got into the ceiling. Only thing we figure is the lack of paint. Once we are dried out we will be using spotlights and looking for cracks/holes in the porch roof. We have been in this house for 10 years now and this is the first time we have had water leaks due to rain - so it's GOT to do with the lack of paint. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Vap5Zm_EBZmWCqJhMXZGCdaWfj14PSR8Rl97tPCRJW0ZQJWO8oehQGj4_iyO7Rq5kTim0iy37mW5d4lBnLiQTTWv0dWLSksUHr8RTZBVkMnFVjB1hWTrtqn200wlUVOoeT09Dv197X0/s1600/2+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Vap5Zm_EBZmWCqJhMXZGCdaWfj14PSR8Rl97tPCRJW0ZQJWO8oehQGj4_iyO7Rq5kTim0iy37mW5d4lBnLiQTTWv0dWLSksUHr8RTZBVkMnFVjB1hWTrtqn200wlUVOoeT09Dv197X0/s320/2+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516058298528049138" /></a> And here's the hole.<br /><br />It isn't too noticeable in the picture but the section of ceiling to the right of the picture is now sagging. Monday I will probably work at removing this section of plaster.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh01QHQHJeiF5p2e8Uzm94iSPobXQReqSslMuZYF8o_Lyq4EtYezFqr7OxYXrBYBdgyrwif2gPtvjRr_5Xc1vGuanSI4F-qJaD4dFGzLTANttoDWFkN9hgOfBIuC5n9EQRCkAB4fGYzKBo/s1600/3+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh01QHQHJeiF5p2e8Uzm94iSPobXQReqSslMuZYF8o_Lyq4EtYezFqr7OxYXrBYBdgyrwif2gPtvjRr_5Xc1vGuanSI4F-qJaD4dFGzLTANttoDWFkN9hgOfBIuC5n9EQRCkAB4fGYzKBo/s320/3+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516058096359876626" /></a> Closer view of the same hole.<br /><br />This time though you can see the 'new' sagging crack going to the right!<br /><br />The problems didn't stop in the living room. We had water being driven into the house around just about every window, especially on the south side. It was even being forced into the side lights of the front door!<br /><br />Also, if you remember, we have large cracks in the cement porch in front of the front door. Thanks to the large amounts of water that pooled there we ended up with water in the basement as well.<br /><br />Now in reality we have no idea how much damage the rain caused and following is one of the reasons why.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXkxsWgqyZuz0octcQ3XZIxyh3i51adOm2bTS78FrVkRwebYgP8cV7luTv9wJGgH07Xx65L6JLv_Ig6PrNNiaaD6Y2BD_P5rxqlvxI9SOWsWu0oG3k1EQJiTbaBC2z9HbwqN_RyxlI8Zc/s1600/4+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXkxsWgqyZuz0octcQ3XZIxyh3i51adOm2bTS78FrVkRwebYgP8cV7luTv9wJGgH07Xx65L6JLv_Ig6PrNNiaaD6Y2BD_P5rxqlvxI9SOWsWu0oG3k1EQJiTbaBC2z9HbwqN_RyxlI8Zc/s320/4+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516057932886648194" /></a> These are the windows in the smallest bedroom, the one above the foyer.<br /><br />See the dark stain around the window (it goes all the way around it)? That is where water was driven in. Now look to the immediate left of the dark stain. Do you see a jagged triangular shadow? The dark stain is where the plaster and wall paper was saturated, the shadow is where the plaster and wall paper was damp.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC8E8m9yXWdZIGGziMtJT5ZYS8UPXsVYosMlf6TqGWOI8BRhyE70RZji7LB8T0U6oMykA-hDnkfBEWShuItrmIyaV-ec5U1C48xtgZ7EY0wHg7eIwIkEEAFigPvear-HJwXeJsyZDCEJc/s1600/5+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC8E8m9yXWdZIGGziMtJT5ZYS8UPXsVYosMlf6TqGWOI8BRhyE70RZji7LB8T0U6oMykA-hDnkfBEWShuItrmIyaV-ec5U1C48xtgZ7EY0wHg7eIwIkEEAFigPvear-HJwXeJsyZDCEJc/s320/5+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516057757176291970" /></a> This is the new 'bulge' above the same set of windows. <br /><br />You can see the same dark stain and shadow stain.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjESuTixXV4y6BCPXFHTuj_lKO-EdpJyQfIdinEofhtB-mqvK2Z12KcO-LFJ3_2SYpAEZlollkMvXFqoKVxBBwz2cN9pUVLhIZgXNqJgmi8CzqKgyBP0VFvBvul8LSZqqVzHJ0o5HVXpZY/s1600/6+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjESuTixXV4y6BCPXFHTuj_lKO-EdpJyQfIdinEofhtB-mqvK2Z12KcO-LFJ3_2SYpAEZlollkMvXFqoKVxBBwz2cN9pUVLhIZgXNqJgmi8CzqKgyBP0VFvBvul8LSZqqVzHJ0o5HVXpZY/s320/6+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516057587290071346" /></a> <br /><br />This is what it looks like under the windows.<br /><br />Notice the platform on the porch roof? Neither of the platforms, or ladders, or scaffolding budged, but we sure had a lot of debris in the yard!!<br /><br />We do know that part of the reason the set of windows in the small bedroom got so saturated was due to the attic window above it.<br /><br />With the paint missing from the fishscales, as well as the window trim, the water was running down the inside wall of the attic right down into the windows below it.<br /><br />We are lucky, it could have been a lot worse. The living room and upstairs bedroom could have been finished!! <br /><br />As it is the plan has been, from the beginning, to gut the living room ceiling and gut the small bedroom.<br /><br />I did tell SWMBO that with the hole in the living room ceiling we could get a bigger Christmas tree!!<br /><br />Okay, now that the nightmare is over, and the clean-up has commenced, lets get back to the house.<br /><br />I'll start where we left off last time - the lead glass window and the west wall.<br /><br />The lead window frame is trashed - it's at that point it needs to be replaced.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm_rBMMwRAQKB7xINDmFjsFNgVAPMRm8q-JzpxgUdGMs6k-Qy2Zlspjz1t55P3Tdx00G2rRisS6jYLP57zlxIysmtzo_8-xBiJGatFjcj8PoNA0kSduBHzmv9eX7gHD0aMTlBJSwbDrMM/s1600/7+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm_rBMMwRAQKB7xINDmFjsFNgVAPMRm8q-JzpxgUdGMs6k-Qy2Zlspjz1t55P3Tdx00G2rRisS6jYLP57zlxIysmtzo_8-xBiJGatFjcj8PoNA0kSduBHzmv9eX7gHD0aMTlBJSwbDrMM/s320/7+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516057414437094802" /></a> This is the bottom sill of the window that faces outside.<br /><br />Here it doesn't look too bad and I figured it could be repaired.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9CHz-GkZJZNu5yCHkOA6BchNm8u8dtOC-kr7iZdVawzuh2TFIaTHO8JzK2GrRB11IxGiTiz2j7u02W2I1J6it59y57vYRnDRZ10l1wXGYbZMngZMmZHFSByfgO3a7jpVFfD-xCWtxF9c/s1600/8+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9CHz-GkZJZNu5yCHkOA6BchNm8u8dtOC-kr7iZdVawzuh2TFIaTHO8JzK2GrRB11IxGiTiz2j7u02W2I1J6it59y57vYRnDRZ10l1wXGYbZMngZMmZHFSByfgO3a7jpVFfD-xCWtxF9c/s320/8+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516057228707189202" /></a> However, the side facing inside is the part I don't think I can repair.<br /><br />This side is infected with rot. See the little divot? That was caused by just scratching the surface with my finger nail. The entire corner is this soft and rotted.<br /><br />Based on the diminishing marginal returns formula of time + material + labor it doesn't make sense to repair; it makes more sense to replace.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqav_buB6SUZL2MdNDcuXAJxpeOMxo4yQVdesTE7LKLx2XmnX_nu2R_cw3qt6qwLhmQ1yarRVVyXAViD8mlmHpIvmGbgCYmE7IAlG28Ro7dAlOHutC4UUzfoOGbWXzUlR5JtPNxQXfdE/s1600/9+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqav_buB6SUZL2MdNDcuXAJxpeOMxo4yQVdesTE7LKLx2XmnX_nu2R_cw3qt6qwLhmQ1yarRVVyXAViD8mlmHpIvmGbgCYmE7IAlG28Ro7dAlOHutC4UUzfoOGbWXzUlR5JtPNxQXfdE/s320/9+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516057058052786098" /></a> So, we replaced the glass and wood stays.<br /><br />Over the Winter, or perhaps Spring, we'll replace the frame.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUG8T6wexRF-uYey95vTnMHzC-bM_mNj-J9q0jPltK3BAQzsS517EIDabCtHIsG9M09wiFTVBzLseTuYjR1Bw8JJxld6CSEs2QfyFtKXRu8t-JM9gKEaBQQ_1A1euKzalamDho7KVhc8/s1600/10+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUG8T6wexRF-uYey95vTnMHzC-bM_mNj-J9q0jPltK3BAQzsS517EIDabCtHIsG9M09wiFTVBzLseTuYjR1Bw8JJxld6CSEs2QfyFtKXRu8t-JM9gKEaBQQ_1A1euKzalamDho7KVhc8/s320/10+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516056866727675474" /></a> <br /><br />Not the best picture, or best miter cut, but you can see there is some fanciness to the wood stays. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1U9-oJGnOhxQN1hc1OcyD7Cr8ntJbUePy8qXsGuzoYXnijWSIaY2guROvf4eBmJkwpT5I9qm78f-gFwQA3jkciYxmvneN30SuEKIW-Q4qVUxWYEYt4EzngbB46cU339r8Di60Pi6Bo4/s1600/11+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1U9-oJGnOhxQN1hc1OcyD7Cr8ntJbUePy8qXsGuzoYXnijWSIaY2guROvf4eBmJkwpT5I9qm78f-gFwQA3jkciYxmvneN30SuEKIW-Q4qVUxWYEYt4EzngbB46cU339r8Di60Pi6Bo4/s320/11+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516056670362719298" /></a> <br /><br /><br />With the new glass in place we are still amazed at how well the view is. Just goes to show how dirty the original window was!!<br /><br /><br /><br />Surprisingly no rain was driven into this window!<br /><br />On Wednesday, the 1st, we started the repairs to the clapboard that needed to be dealt with.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2YRr5bBTnR4T5fix-A0ABT3UDDaelqTntaRCIF1bBhx1nCqYRp6ReqoZMfAFGYlKoE94OpIrdWECI2EpSFWS_Wrcl_4E3ooiy_ELxsZ5eC6fGC-zmwgXhyzesAJllYXFqHsW5COO-kQ/s1600/12+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2YRr5bBTnR4T5fix-A0ABT3UDDaelqTntaRCIF1bBhx1nCqYRp6ReqoZMfAFGYlKoE94OpIrdWECI2EpSFWS_Wrcl_4E3ooiy_ELxsZ5eC6fGC-zmwgXhyzesAJllYXFqHsW5COO-kQ/s320/12+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516056447689883698" /></a> This is the section where the exhaust fan in the kitchen had been.<br /><br />Did you notice the paper between the clapboard and house sheeting? We weren't expecting so much to have survived over time. We now know that this is one reason the termites were able to make it all the way up into the attic!! The nasty buggers we using the paper to build there tunnels! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh-5XFB3wWVbzfJiryE2OzdI8wPHsaaxyK0zzzgnzuKFyrgFDhAv8DIzmeM2iASSu-cZsRpypKvv15kHj6OuGZ37T4ncEnBWC3BwigbxiLjWICfvRDbit25CnPv96zd3A8-v4ZCqHJVc0/s1600/13+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh-5XFB3wWVbzfJiryE2OzdI8wPHsaaxyK0zzzgnzuKFyrgFDhAv8DIzmeM2iASSu-cZsRpypKvv15kHj6OuGZ37T4ncEnBWC3BwigbxiLjWICfvRDbit25CnPv96zd3A8-v4ZCqHJVc0/s320/13+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516056231327436450" /></a> And here is the new ceder clapboard.<br /><br />Doesn't look too bad does it?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZcUf1n6TosqBukpnMk5X6gYftFZpKHkHAe70Ui5-Ac9Zih-5Sgj2pjkRUIyOZ_NR8c5fazGK5N6FWl9jBlWE0-pH1MBz0ViQp1TmU-Mir0pwZ-HrYjytcZ067RVCrqBHOOIU8Hir0JXk/s1600/14+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZcUf1n6TosqBukpnMk5X6gYftFZpKHkHAe70Ui5-Ac9Zih-5Sgj2pjkRUIyOZ_NR8c5fazGK5N6FWl9jBlWE0-pH1MBz0ViQp1TmU-Mir0pwZ-HrYjytcZ067RVCrqBHOOIU8Hir0JXk/s320/14+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516056041958495554" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />On Thursday, the day my allergies hit, SWMBO was able to join us.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday turned out to be one of the days not much got done.<br /><br />We had to add the fourth level to the scaffolding as well as borrow some scaffolding platforms. So the biggest part of the day was working out a major puzzler dealing with scaffolding sizes and cross bars to make the fourth level work. <br /><br />We also spent a couple of hours talking to the contractor who we got the platforms from as well as demonstrating the Paint Shaver to him as well as another contractor. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJwESMkc9sbCRUS1z-jfeKjZt1DJsa5FPdgBUNOAUHTW5wDvNY1lRf1A4tDnbIiKWUjAZrhHzTX9j_nnMzdiCF2EvzfVo5PwcYt1h7alx-1huJX5nMwg99Cc9lkg5vaURnq6LZKBczBE/s1600/15+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJwESMkc9sbCRUS1z-jfeKjZt1DJsa5FPdgBUNOAUHTW5wDvNY1lRf1A4tDnbIiKWUjAZrhHzTX9j_nnMzdiCF2EvzfVo5PwcYt1h7alx-1huJX5nMwg99Cc9lkg5vaURnq6LZKBczBE/s320/15+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516055738805454482" /></a> View from the very top.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Y_kQAvYGdeGHO_RqRu3mywrGGmzX9E3Yos5gdP0275JATYVDuFK-DH1ATbL1ixIVnMFct2tprKz3FMv2LMaCyTHw4XTtWuCMG15ttJFj2qp3QElEdIM9Wm09gixxHUk2EY3Zs8YbOZQ/s1600/16+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Y_kQAvYGdeGHO_RqRu3mywrGGmzX9E3Yos5gdP0275JATYVDuFK-DH1ATbL1ixIVnMFct2tprKz3FMv2LMaCyTHw4XTtWuCMG15ttJFj2qp3QElEdIM9Wm09gixxHUk2EY3Zs8YbOZQ/s320/16+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516055481036367378" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We left the third level platforms in place to aid in sanding.<br /><br />You can see them sticking out below me.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXs6Gj4wQokD3GZVgWAw8Y64kUOAjbwRuXm8uo5Qw6Yb79QTkDjDOshZYs1PJNm2kvoEWyHtOmDCA-omXPqC91GtwuFGi9qQegFnCyB_jxoqm2E4yq2q8y-0ZQBrya0IdiAQLHFOZEgeU/s1600/17+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXs6Gj4wQokD3GZVgWAw8Y64kUOAjbwRuXm8uo5Qw6Yb79QTkDjDOshZYs1PJNm2kvoEWyHtOmDCA-omXPqC91GtwuFGi9qQegFnCyB_jxoqm2E4yq2q8y-0ZQBrya0IdiAQLHFOZEgeU/s320/17+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516055155586320258" /></a> <br /><br />The platforms at the very top are the ones we are borrowing, the others are just really large boards on top of ladders.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggDKsB8OTlVcWd6wyRkExLoVXcdNWA_W3FsWvGog0qVRYtCZEmPqUYHPwNEAgGOipscWDnKcgRJ54-3S98l5dT7_HtnTPaN1SRARtFXAnGBxoaFHHxweEsSfAQ13GUpzCsuz_87lbaD5k/s1600/18+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggDKsB8OTlVcWd6wyRkExLoVXcdNWA_W3FsWvGog0qVRYtCZEmPqUYHPwNEAgGOipscWDnKcgRJ54-3S98l5dT7_HtnTPaN1SRARtFXAnGBxoaFHHxweEsSfAQ13GUpzCsuz_87lbaD5k/s320/18+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516054856997378626" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />See that underneath part of the soffit?!<br /><br />This is by far the hardest thing I've had to work on with the Paint Shaver. You have to hold the thing upside-down and move it backward. It's very hard on the back and arms. The amount you see here took over an hour to shave. The corner section to the left, less than half the size, took about the same amount of time but I had to stand on my tip-toes AND lean out further than I wanted.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQ26E9ULXeI1oooD-0eDuHeQWJm2lqvuL93dO63kzQhvnKb02xK7GBuyMtY8cmYipudwN_AeIcLIxaWogtUWxKI9Z6Rt85hMt8sA8A9E5oMQJ1noIJzTZevqdaaT4I-NEVCT50t7b37c/s1600/19+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQ26E9ULXeI1oooD-0eDuHeQWJm2lqvuL93dO63kzQhvnKb02xK7GBuyMtY8cmYipudwN_AeIcLIxaWogtUWxKI9Z6Rt85hMt8sA8A9E5oMQJ1noIJzTZevqdaaT4I-NEVCT50t7b37c/s320/19+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516054645975206562" /></a> Look close in this picture. See the platform, with a step stool and pair of legs. I had to stand on this, on the edge of the back porch roof, to reach the tip of the corner. It looks like one would be leaning up against the scaffolding for support, but there is actually a rather large space between the platform and scaffolding. Standing on your tip-toes, using a power tool that could liquefy your face, upside-down, was not fun.<br /><br />It didn't help that the soffit bead-boards were so uneven as well!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgduWj7b3cN05mQuBWD8vdfv6iHtwWTKo8V3QpYZGlJUBvxKPnj15lpNJV3aSpeGutrLrxmyF1TYjGv1GykWtCijG1sU16yZDnc88c5iD7pXxqO84JXmhmQn46LJe7WT44B-AXAGzQZ8Hw/s1600/20+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgduWj7b3cN05mQuBWD8vdfv6iHtwWTKo8V3QpYZGlJUBvxKPnj15lpNJV3aSpeGutrLrxmyF1TYjGv1GykWtCijG1sU16yZDnc88c5iD7pXxqO84JXmhmQn46LJe7WT44B-AXAGzQZ8Hw/s320/20+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516054373178514514" /></a> The first part of the rotten moulding is now gone.<br /><br />The nails have been cut off and all is ready for the replacement boards. The new boards will hold the new guttering.<br /><br />These next two pictures are more a study in contrast than anything else. I thought some of you would be interested in seeing what the clapboard looked like after being shaved and then sanded.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPfAncpqE89NLI_6TK2WvcP_XfGTBuI1OCu59f7F71_FMuzF4g0-hN1BXWQCSeN4B2svIzoT5AMzwjEWlbyBC6O-MPut2a6e9bFdiNNiCB0hLzjXR7nvaXgOOfdfZX5gj75GuIIYMAnqo/s1600/21+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPfAncpqE89NLI_6TK2WvcP_XfGTBuI1OCu59f7F71_FMuzF4g0-hN1BXWQCSeN4B2svIzoT5AMzwjEWlbyBC6O-MPut2a6e9bFdiNNiCB0hLzjXR7nvaXgOOfdfZX5gj75GuIIYMAnqo/s320/21+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516054181482841298" /></a> These are clapboards that have been shaved.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx2WohNk0DUuC25wgjAMB2Lo0vWe5dmI-w_Gnx0GzKITsrxxGuNwVxPlDvVPI_0aajoDkDahvmO_ZPl6BGuslWWqKB2CaUrT6xT752N6BjYcnvdVqHArONsJ9iwPWLqbeDEESeGeTZSz4/s1600/22+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx2WohNk0DUuC25wgjAMB2Lo0vWe5dmI-w_Gnx0GzKITsrxxGuNwVxPlDvVPI_0aajoDkDahvmO_ZPl6BGuslWWqKB2CaUrT6xT752N6BjYcnvdVqHArONsJ9iwPWLqbeDEESeGeTZSz4/s320/22+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516053912927944226" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />These have been shaved and then sanded, ready for painting.<br /><br />I hope you can see the difference in contrast between the two!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWI27CSGJgq-OysgsXWoZfvWYBASHPJZYrHrJdFrpAtFDAxg01LCr3lKNterVS2owJ25zeRNCUo1YH9eFs41UFjj1KKnJHM65pYRywABLq-S40ptUGcR-RBtzf-WgzXEoCCxRVUYKGgAQ/s1600/23+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWI27CSGJgq-OysgsXWoZfvWYBASHPJZYrHrJdFrpAtFDAxg01LCr3lKNterVS2owJ25zeRNCUo1YH9eFs41UFjj1KKnJHM65pYRywABLq-S40ptUGcR-RBtzf-WgzXEoCCxRVUYKGgAQ/s320/23+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516053721145052434" /></a> We ran across something interesting while replacing clapboards.<br /><br />Back in the old days house builders used 1x lumber to sheet a house instead of wafer board. By attaching it at an angle it made the house more structurally stronger. Typically the 1xs all went the same direction. The ones on this wall though go in opposite directions.<br /><br />I have never seen this done before. It makes me wonder if a major repair/upgrade/addition was done here or perhaps it was done due to the large set of windows.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEeRFID6zb8MI7ol9mFFbPPJ9e5e-ti_OhBBdAELCRht_qyFAfLHJj3-PK_jNJPLgN9iilCocZhKjCscsB2JagfW_bqfz4lxXsIBqKw3dtthag7ky3DJsvHEgAhPfpM5UFqRVgSuoifwo/s1600/24+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEeRFID6zb8MI7ol9mFFbPPJ9e5e-ti_OhBBdAELCRht_qyFAfLHJj3-PK_jNJPLgN9iilCocZhKjCscsB2JagfW_bqfz4lxXsIBqKw3dtthag7ky3DJsvHEgAhPfpM5UFqRVgSuoifwo/s320/24+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516053522491023794" /></a> The other mystery was found about a foot to the left of the spot mentioned above.<br /><br />Here we found electrical lines going through the wall. They went through the two tiny holes right below the clapboard.<br /><br />There is no indication what they were for or were they went. There was less than an inch of wire and they were covered by the old clapboard. We also found a lag-bolt that had been broken off in the sheeting next to them.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSAfaW0xiwxkPpSXqaWfR5ThuWzNtGv-DmBr3_lJgLxzC9IgXNHL_oXrm_RrnCwuQo7qqvFysV-JxZ7uXJe-1FzaDM56NoLjw4QUXI2fG88gIrkLKT9qRhNykfn81aQZ7HkRxuTtiz48o/s1600/25+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSAfaW0xiwxkPpSXqaWfR5ThuWzNtGv-DmBr3_lJgLxzC9IgXNHL_oXrm_RrnCwuQo7qqvFysV-JxZ7uXJe-1FzaDM56NoLjw4QUXI2fG88gIrkLKT9qRhNykfn81aQZ7HkRxuTtiz48o/s320/25+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516053352786902866" /></a> I thought some of you would find it interesting to see the hardware used to hold the original storm windows in place.<br /><br /><br /><br />I am keeping all the pieces I find.<br /><br />BTW - the only windows that do not have this hardware, or at least the scares of where it was attached, are the smaller windows that make up the North West corner of the kitchen. More evidence that those windows were added a lot latter. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxbjbTTFQEWThu2oQE4jR8lE1sg8UVKt1EmbdAsuanbwYDfPKBlQz_xKWX_0jr9EZrZNe4SzZ7H9kqGrze4pWawdo5YT1VE0gOdyP7_A1jnT00uTOgsORu8bblLeVOMM4w9P9eF4dW21w/s1600/26+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxbjbTTFQEWThu2oQE4jR8lE1sg8UVKt1EmbdAsuanbwYDfPKBlQz_xKWX_0jr9EZrZNe4SzZ7H9kqGrze4pWawdo5YT1VE0gOdyP7_A1jnT00uTOgsORu8bblLeVOMM4w9P9eF4dW21w/s320/26+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516053160310190242" /></a> What was surprising was how vivid the butter cream color found under the hardware was.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Speaking of original colors...<br /><br />Remember the deep Emerald Green color we found on the fishscale? We found evidence that it was also used on some of the trim on the big set of windows in the kitchen.<br /><br />So far we have really, really, REALLY lucked out in not have a lot of rot damage around the house. Last week I had a chance to work on the worst rot damage on the house we are aware of.<br /><br />The area is on the lower edge of the most Northern kitchen window.<br /><br />About the only thing you can due, short of complete replacement, is repair.<br /><br />With this particular area of rot I treated it like a dental cavity.<br /><br />Just as a dentist will clean out the rot of a tooth I did the same with the window trim.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSZAhOAm5C-9tqWYYVzNduJeE6UFTAIkXlNYcbW_1eISbSmrLERvvOsIAjnQXd8s3CKF4aPAawZu_y0ygnGACcwvSBXXn_HqInt0WvMvMm5Jgt3kkhI2y0hJxYeSOYCJ8tl-mtTzEjAD8/s1600/27+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSZAhOAm5C-9tqWYYVzNduJeE6UFTAIkXlNYcbW_1eISbSmrLERvvOsIAjnQXd8s3CKF4aPAawZu_y0ygnGACcwvSBXXn_HqInt0WvMvMm5Jgt3kkhI2y0hJxYeSOYCJ8tl-mtTzEjAD8/s320/27+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516052956162509554" /></a> Instead of using the expensive wood-bondo stuff at this point I opted for plain ol' wood filler.<br /><br />You can see it crammed deep down inside there.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis6utXk_2XD4UXgoj3S6sl-R4qlRbITBXD20uydGC3EIPFTOaZ9AilAmjhCQSclidlLzZij1AHxHhC_h_eGEKIR2mIg6_fwGqZWgPhTKWjr9hb6UpkCqrohVfzjBpNsdi8RPbWTyEex3g/s1600/28+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis6utXk_2XD4UXgoj3S6sl-R4qlRbITBXD20uydGC3EIPFTOaZ9AilAmjhCQSclidlLzZij1AHxHhC_h_eGEKIR2mIg6_fwGqZWgPhTKWjr9hb6UpkCqrohVfzjBpNsdi8RPbWTyEex3g/s320/28+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516052736346764530" /></a> Just another view.<br /><br />You can see where I scraped away the rot but I did leave the nails. The nails will help the filler, and bondo, stay in place.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc1LCzH0zinmzfdjE4ejJGqWK89g2l3DkTn-lB1UsAvyYXhr39ROx9xRSh-HA7Cz2CP49wi1GcA1QBMgMF-Rxd0Ddg0Sl_5gKfA2J4tzr_bm_T3y7OLyXE4G76iY35LgoZTAYNWp3zNKc/s1600/29+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc1LCzH0zinmzfdjE4ejJGqWK89g2l3DkTn-lB1UsAvyYXhr39ROx9xRSh-HA7Cz2CP49wi1GcA1QBMgMF-Rxd0Ddg0Sl_5gKfA2J4tzr_bm_T3y7OLyXE4G76iY35LgoZTAYNWp3zNKc/s320/29+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516052493290363778" /></a> This might give you an idea how deep the rot went.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFs5yp5zzOC_8Xb9EDp1ECAUPfuRlWE28grNWZflJe5XNWTeyNXaHgYDJ9dGMvzo3T6X7iL_Ak96uglK2SBhdIuSTLbXH2mhF7vRZuy8gx9TpAUZmUK08QAQYpaWHw0YJW0xqQ-Ku7y9w/s1600/30+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFs5yp5zzOC_8Xb9EDp1ECAUPfuRlWE28grNWZflJe5XNWTeyNXaHgYDJ9dGMvzo3T6X7iL_Ak96uglK2SBhdIuSTLbXH2mhF7vRZuy8gx9TpAUZmUK08QAQYpaWHw0YJW0xqQ-Ku7y9w/s320/30+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516052278752058034" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This is the final layer of filler. The bondo will be placed on top of this once it is dry.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNhri6dMBIbEYaviudTtxvDOjSSm9TXy0Li45Us8HpYVU1N-xcsuyRWm2kJ1FdnnwLjdLnlPM5ofFK5bpywTHhLfrdm9vxreuPQXIg9sCscVDgMSb1KLwkXD2h-zn6IlHWzp5P0z9qFo/s1600/32+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNhri6dMBIbEYaviudTtxvDOjSSm9TXy0Li45Us8HpYVU1N-xcsuyRWm2kJ1FdnnwLjdLnlPM5ofFK5bpywTHhLfrdm9vxreuPQXIg9sCscVDgMSb1KLwkXD2h-zn6IlHWzp5P0z9qFo/s320/32+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516051997592280834" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br />For those of you wondering, I made about a half dozen filler balls like this.<br /><br />Once made all you have to do is pack them in the cavity - just like a dentist would do.<br /><br />Before we move on - the vertical trim piece, that's end is rotted, is going to be completely replaced.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz0Wj22vK95f2mzmwCFBpz0jypWtnCHd31MUhp4DPdu4w_qcL1irmdDz83PdVl_KVsc6tXrigZhLbFEK3Z8ezKAtV8I71fRQhNYQwT6ghr0EvNELw0mrtbLkaNQUd0XaWSFaZuOm-4hQQ/s1600/33+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz0Wj22vK95f2mzmwCFBpz0jypWtnCHd31MUhp4DPdu4w_qcL1irmdDz83PdVl_KVsc6tXrigZhLbFEK3Z8ezKAtV8I71fRQhNYQwT6ghr0EvNELw0mrtbLkaNQUd0XaWSFaZuOm-4hQQ/s320/33+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516051803414944546" /></a> Once finished I covered the area in tin-foil and duct-tape. We knew there was to be a chance of rain for the week-end and I wanted to protect it.<br /><br />As you know the rain was a LOT worse than expected!! So, the filler is still wet (but in good condition) because the rain soaked right through the exposed wood!<br /><br />Today I removed the tin-foil and hopefully it will harden in a day or two. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxbJAPdVMPzEO6FL0CoGPuQHzheQavOxqZb8nO7DjmozLFSF_pYr4M9uS7a0XnVZg7x6wyCbyqij4ZnN5o2xK71E3s-uW-RRmO_T81YpxLUs8dz7DvmYjcy3Dx8ayPuH2JASpbfLQEXbw/s1600/34+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxbJAPdVMPzEO6FL0CoGPuQHzheQavOxqZb8nO7DjmozLFSF_pYr4M9uS7a0XnVZg7x6wyCbyqij4ZnN5o2xK71E3s-uW-RRmO_T81YpxLUs8dz7DvmYjcy3Dx8ayPuH2JASpbfLQEXbw/s320/34+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516051601629673666" /></a> Last Thursday was the last day we got to work on the house and we got a late start due to light rain.<br /><br />So what you see here is where we started Thursday afternoon.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXsa7i55D_duNRJPlcso7E_E0OL7CV8j9NcDubYpNSTTmaQ_k3hRSry1X9cQRJoJKn1roNb7R5MfT2SOcmZWVYyryfdL5ctYZqv9T7jtg1StTQ6n-O5XBKQbyl3heOpvh2T-E6EsY8Joo/s1600/35+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXsa7i55D_duNRJPlcso7E_E0OL7CV8j9NcDubYpNSTTmaQ_k3hRSry1X9cQRJoJKn1roNb7R5MfT2SOcmZWVYyryfdL5ctYZqv9T7jtg1StTQ6n-O5XBKQbyl3heOpvh2T-E6EsY8Joo/s320/35+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516051385532756354" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />By the time we finished Thursday - due to rain again - this is as far as we got.<br /><br />Along with scraping paint we started sanding the wall that day.<br /><br />Note that the underside of the soffit is still not done. It was just too difficult to work on that day. My allergy meds were starting to make me woozy and being on top of the scaffolding, and bending over backwards to use the Paint Shaver, just made me more and more nauseous.<br /><br />When I finally gave up and climbed down from my perch I found out that it wasn't just the meds, the scaffolding was now unstable. We had been having enough gentle rains that the section of ground one of the wheels was sitting on could no longer support that section of scaffolding. <br /><br />The more I moved around up top the more the scaffolding would sway due to the soft spot and the more nauseous I got. The area is now stabilized.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfTumOv6ojmJFq4s65qKB3Ttk4GnMRx24rquBI_iZMTbXwRZfEnONvxYY8LRRzYmtTCN0SJI7Doms7L1DDwPN-j0h8Pu60HK6afeopbt-2AtC-LX5rO97Ih0oVauMvnNyFEzzHG4RZ1R8/s1600/36+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfTumOv6ojmJFq4s65qKB3Ttk4GnMRx24rquBI_iZMTbXwRZfEnONvxYY8LRRzYmtTCN0SJI7Doms7L1DDwPN-j0h8Pu60HK6afeopbt-2AtC-LX5rO97Ih0oVauMvnNyFEzzHG4RZ1R8/s320/36+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516051089111490626" /></a> So Thursday afternoon found us here.<br />See how close we are to having the West wall done?! More of the upper moulding is even gone.<br /><br />If the weather holds it will be ready for painting before the next week is out, but we were just told there is a chance of rain for the next few days.<br /><br />I did not work on the house at all Friday due to allergies and thanks to them nothing much got done this week-end either.<br /><br />I'll leave you with the following picture.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhasRZp1Wlf0Y9AubAGCeCj1MCcRlv_BEWP-dOZK7PliGsH2Fz8Lm9lTNdxHw9AFiI5b3cG8I_J2kdxVuT1uyZWvdJhbRKyeclUsh0-l_rYXKhBFRiLZ7GHwrkYMFA3RMxrXTwKozzGKjk/s1600/37+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhasRZp1Wlf0Y9AubAGCeCj1MCcRlv_BEWP-dOZK7PliGsH2Fz8Lm9lTNdxHw9AFiI5b3cG8I_J2kdxVuT1uyZWvdJhbRKyeclUsh0-l_rYXKhBFRiLZ7GHwrkYMFA3RMxrXTwKozzGKjk/s320/37+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516050800464094210" /></a> For some reason we've had more Tree Frogs in the area than normal. This one was found hanging around the door latch on the wood shop.<br /><br />Most of them we have seen are bright green or plain green. This one was more of a Bronze Green.<br /><br />Well, I'm tired, my brain hurts and my drugs are starting to take effect so I think I'll sign off for now.<br /><br />Till next time...<br /><br />Cheers!<br />Larry ~Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05618832228050099757noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300529476306875209.post-10146408399431874432010-08-28T12:06:00.023-05:002010-08-28T14:17:08.717-05:00So Close...Hello Everyone!<br /><br />We made some major headway the past couple of days. Not as much as I had hoped for but more than expected considering the problems we encountered Thursday. I'll get to those later.<br /><br />First up is the leaded glass window that needed to be removed. This was super simple considering the wood strips holding it in basically fell out with little effort.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMeAYRZWnkQr7pFa8Vlhpcqf1TsUvhYdMrGSIqc48nhbyuBe9L6ew_UdlCZoaSzG7jlwJT7SNCm6liRBQv3q9RAEoNzGKOKvqYM6Z6xugxZjg0In3R30ggz_nLctiFL3wcvKWd8IoZkQ/s1600/1+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMeAYRZWnkQr7pFa8Vlhpcqf1TsUvhYdMrGSIqc48nhbyuBe9L6ew_UdlCZoaSzG7jlwJT7SNCm6liRBQv3q9RAEoNzGKOKvqYM6Z6xugxZjg0In3R30ggz_nLctiFL3wcvKWd8IoZkQ/s320/1+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510511254490963922" /></a> Here it is in all it's glory.<br /><br />You can kind of see where the right side bends upward.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Now I need to find someway to store it till Winter.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Hw2oOQs25lgPtaAIpZEuYkxYGolVNH4jqGTsDODtKZKp8YCPtITDWwGRmRrfJqZJ2iefXgvOrjsbhf-EMRauQOdNPgm9jR7jixK9DFU-Deo17Wk-hOSG04mFxtO-_UYVxAYdmlcVLik/s1600/2+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Hw2oOQs25lgPtaAIpZEuYkxYGolVNH4jqGTsDODtKZKp8YCPtITDWwGRmRrfJqZJ2iefXgvOrjsbhf-EMRauQOdNPgm9jR7jixK9DFU-Deo17Wk-hOSG04mFxtO-_UYVxAYdmlcVLik/s320/2+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510511068754202658" /></a> Look to the left of the picture and you can see how the window lays flat. The right side is bent upward by about 2 inches.<br /><br />One good thing though, it bent down easily and is now flat! All I had to do was gently press it down.<br /><br />If only the broken panes could be fixed this easily easily.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJapzaRhWaLmzoZx5iNAr-46y3NDxIjgVasG4xTIVo0xZ2o-dyhUM1x96b66plbTadjppKG1rEDSeTD9VSE2lN3ve28fXy2NHB4zWiaqzEfG7GiJgPqcxZcROxnH2FrYzTUtxVHV2rDwg/s1600/3+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJapzaRhWaLmzoZx5iNAr-46y3NDxIjgVasG4xTIVo0xZ2o-dyhUM1x96b66plbTadjppKG1rEDSeTD9VSE2lN3ve28fXy2NHB4zWiaqzEfG7GiJgPqcxZcROxnH2FrYzTUtxVHV2rDwg/s320/3+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510510902864168258" /></a> The gaping maul on the first landing.<br /><br />Sorry the picture's so dark, but the trees are better to look at any way.<br /><br /><br />Next step was to remove the window frame.<br /><br />This was a bit tricky. It's hard to explain but the window is not held in place like normal (well, normal to me anyway). <br /><br />The window slides into the opening from the inside of the house. The window trim on the outside holds it in and the trim moulding on the inside locks it in place.<br /><br />Basically you remove the inner moulding, tilt the window frame inside and lift out.<br /><br />Before this could be done though the moulding had to be removed. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL2epRjewsYWTg0HG8WefKxDtKtfDY5o4grQsLxLK8Px4lxz_nn0BdgM5riymnP5Vy0MCre3etSX3GICEnm1oa39NFvjpfIRrOEgFrDxUrpF6jmHZXZoUPYBM1fmZy-WZMmh4Ujf_IPBY/s1600/4+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL2epRjewsYWTg0HG8WefKxDtKtfDY5o4grQsLxLK8Px4lxz_nn0BdgM5riymnP5Vy0MCre3etSX3GICEnm1oa39NFvjpfIRrOEgFrDxUrpF6jmHZXZoUPYBM1fmZy-WZMmh4Ujf_IPBY/s320/4+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510510741679788482" /></a> One would think that removing the moulding would be an easy thing to do - au contraire mon ami.<br /><br />This is 100+ year old moulding. It is very brittle. One MUST be very delicate when dealing with it.<br /><br />First you need to get rid of any paint around the area where the moulding meets the opening. <br /><br />Here I used the heat gun.<br /><br />The heat gun also helps the loosen the original stain as well.<br /><br />Once this is done you need to get the thinnest putty knife you can find and look for the 'sweet' spot. The sweet spot is a tiny gap along the area when the two pieces of wood meet. It might be no bigger than a gnats hair, but there will be one. <br /><br />Once found, very gently push the putty knife into it. DON'T hammer it in(!!!) you might run the risk of damaging the wood. It might take some effort put it will go in.<br /><br />Once it's in, very carefully work it up and down in order to break the seal. <br /><br />Once the seal is broken you should be able to pry the moulding up enough to get a thicker putty knife in there. <br /><br />DO NOT force the moulding at this time!!! This is where most people screw up ans break the moulding. Old wood is extremely fragile and breaks easily - trust me on this one folks, we ruined enough moulding in our first house before we learned. <br /><br />Once you can get a larger putty knife in between the two pieces of wood carefully pry just enough to so you can locate the nails. Once the nails are found use a small pry bar to pry the moulding at the nails' various locations.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlsmCfya3i_aebr_z3P6Ke5S9DDE3d4JBYy4zlnhZLaogZpyMG5adxGFHq-UEuW-0Adwfe4h_v-V_7AghMLb0NMeOSwAkOoObgcWgDgbKALKmlcF2l1PlJcVMEfTACnMQudLRdlAkDAOI/s1600/5+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlsmCfya3i_aebr_z3P6Ke5S9DDE3d4JBYy4zlnhZLaogZpyMG5adxGFHq-UEuW-0Adwfe4h_v-V_7AghMLb0NMeOSwAkOoObgcWgDgbKALKmlcF2l1PlJcVMEfTACnMQudLRdlAkDAOI/s320/5+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510510572298372018" /></a> Once the nails are for the most part out you ill need to deal with the one were the mouldings meet. You can see the spot in this picture.<br /><br />Luckily I didn't have to deal with four pieces of trim, only three. If there were four you have to do something different.<br /><br />Anyway, at this point don't try and pry the last nail out, just get some of it out. If you try to pry it all out you run the risk of crushing and/or splintering the mitered ends.<br /><br />What you need to do is grab the moulding at the base and pull down and out at the same time. This will been the nail downward and out. look closely at the picture and you can see where the vertical piece of moulding is coming down and out out.<br /><br />Once the trim moulding is removed don't try and hammer the nails out from the back. If you do, chances are you will pop a divot of wood out with it. Don't ask me why this happens but most of the time it does.<br /><br />Instead, take a pair of pliers and pull the nail out from the back. This will leave the surface you see unmarred. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoYHQmU1lKWLLQyjbybsYCYicoYzD8LoKkK_Pw0JcILEX-VD2LbgKxRyNB2azkGNzl5wcAw3JDBxpVMqcTg6oLj1IprBZSZAzFPuSH_kXl5uSgJyCYQf9s9Vnn2__XcefzUL0xA8RR1Xg/s1600/6+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoYHQmU1lKWLLQyjbybsYCYicoYzD8LoKkK_Pw0JcILEX-VD2LbgKxRyNB2azkGNzl5wcAw3JDBxpVMqcTg6oLj1IprBZSZAzFPuSH_kXl5uSgJyCYQf9s9Vnn2__XcefzUL0xA8RR1Xg/s320/6+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510510413281806754" /></a> And here's the frame.<br /><br />The frame is sideways with the bottom on the right. Note how bad the bottom is and this side was face inward.<br /><br />I'll cover this in more detail in an upcoming post. We have rain coming so I need to fix the window ASAP!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCz_04OZvKbktaysZjxg584rbIaTF0Po3TgC679mqPKDRpyxENMlSeO15JqRrMd7u9xFxkCHQtlUqMSEUiYCFI7B1d_6tI9oMbN7KHdHDcS1SrL6QyaGTewEHNisRd1JpgVhqlweT6BfQ/s1600/7+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCz_04OZvKbktaysZjxg584rbIaTF0Po3TgC679mqPKDRpyxENMlSeO15JqRrMd7u9xFxkCHQtlUqMSEUiYCFI7B1d_6tI9oMbN7KHdHDcS1SrL6QyaGTewEHNisRd1JpgVhqlweT6BfQ/s320/7+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510510211625628754" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br />Don't look at all the crud on the white inner sill, look at the crud where the window had sat.<br /><br />There was a large amount of dirt, dead bugs, old paint, and unknown bits there. All of this helped contribute to the damage of the lower sash.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmdLHDlVPvb54YTDwq3b5LmwZhVYKQrEkpxoNE02SsierAnak76K7h5RKDuowme8lvW7ZiQ1nFSK_2lY15UOr5rRMKwXb11ykavriovBIiS93DAcdV8H7kXsGTYoiwmoZ0cZ-4U_KMMQ0/s1600/8+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmdLHDlVPvb54YTDwq3b5LmwZhVYKQrEkpxoNE02SsierAnak76K7h5RKDuowme8lvW7ZiQ1nFSK_2lY15UOr5rRMKwXb11ykavriovBIiS93DAcdV8H7kXsGTYoiwmoZ0cZ-4U_KMMQ0/s320/8+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510510032970448818" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Here's all the component parts.<br /><br />The moulding is on top of the glass and the nails are still in it. The thin white items are the small wood trim strips that held the glass (one is broken).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipX157mS-qBAkFE07NmrKhh59KRs6ESHEfQI5fdKsRQ7UTLIohbCQgNGCr6E-8Li4x_SdSord0vx_AInKHFHYM9cMsgRMdtAb71BzVijBnbHX_Iss7oi9JAPifPsINV59tBAxwj97pynI/s1600/9+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipX157mS-qBAkFE07NmrKhh59KRs6ESHEfQI5fdKsRQ7UTLIohbCQgNGCr6E-8Li4x_SdSord0vx_AInKHFHYM9cMsgRMdtAb71BzVijBnbHX_Iss7oi9JAPifPsINV59tBAxwj97pynI/s320/9+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510509856131248258" /></a> The interesting thing about the glass is the lead came, it is rounded - not flat. <br /><br />This will help determine the age of the window. We'll get into this in more detail later so stay tuned.<br /><br />See all that dirt?!<br /><br />Remember earlier when I said we ran into problems? For starters I ended up having to run the dog to the vet. She has done something to her back and now has a bulging disk! She is doing better now but the Vet said "no activity at all for a week". This is easier said than done.<br /><br />We also ran into a problem with the large scaffolding. The problem was along the lines of a Rubik's cube problem. I'm not even sure if I could explain what the problem was or how we fixed it, but it's fixed. Unfortunately it took over three hours! <br /><br />So in all we only got about 4 hours of work in on the house Thursday.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjainYC20NXqdnDSegtEIWIPviZXU2-_MD968rc2FNeF40qMf8Pkc8dOVEirev16qJ8oFyBQRnH-qWwZrPxNl6BIV15viHbRiTMaiLv_ei07mNOPTcQSu2wVy-s9WDxJHXWOqa0QwiBof4/s1600/10+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjainYC20NXqdnDSegtEIWIPviZXU2-_MD968rc2FNeF40qMf8Pkc8dOVEirev16qJ8oFyBQRnH-qWwZrPxNl6BIV15viHbRiTMaiLv_ei07mNOPTcQSu2wVy-s9WDxJHXWOqa0QwiBof4/s320/10+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510509656750994722" /></a> By the end of work Thursday this is where we ended up.<br /><br />We now have three levels of scaffolding up and have added a couple of boards to create safety rails at the top.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTM35SDlSRfWcwGEr3H6NL4bU7LVDWMIrv0kp3Cz9L3Vtr8mptsq8aXwRaaBu2OOwkpq8meMoxJCqqy7j588wSZkZjpkckSYXr_w85gACWsroWmeVk9gE-bMWoEgJi0BmbpfvlaNv66GE/s1600/11+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTM35SDlSRfWcwGEr3H6NL4bU7LVDWMIrv0kp3Cz9L3Vtr8mptsq8aXwRaaBu2OOwkpq8meMoxJCqqy7j588wSZkZjpkckSYXr_w85gACWsroWmeVk9gE-bMWoEgJi0BmbpfvlaNv66GE/s320/11+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510508798924248498" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And here is where we ended on Friday. <br /><br />We are still trying to figure out why we didn't get that white patch, to the right of the big windows, done. Some of the other white patches are boards to be replaced.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhokuAf_gJyTYaiuiZN9DvFNfydHfIvis4et5mAWLHR-y2rip2ZCQzUnHfPVI174_1zU_RNFvf8v2qLEqwm-XoQWDe0G-tDShMi3wD5yUUpTx4rqEztpLowaWg-JqD2BIccGVE6Hh6yC_U/s1600/12+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhokuAf_gJyTYaiuiZN9DvFNfydHfIvis4et5mAWLHR-y2rip2ZCQzUnHfPVI174_1zU_RNFvf8v2qLEqwm-XoQWDe0G-tDShMi3wD5yUUpTx4rqEztpLowaWg-JqD2BIccGVE6Hh6yC_U/s320/12+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510508589151865842" /></a> Here's a better shot.<br /><br />We are so close to having the west wall finished!!<br /><br />Monday we will add the fourth level to the scaffolding and bet the rest of the wall finished. Once that's done we get to start on the soffit!!! Oy vey!!!<br /><br />I'll leave you with the following picture.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5EZAp_E7e4rfE5xnGfg2E8iGG7j_GCs0VoqxAztw_l2eG0UVkn2Uizju2BiWiA5wmxGfCvZwpDOuQwTH3ZFSjlR-pS84kkm-a9-bpiDRmF-hKIPZoSBP02sgzA79hsrea62mwqiox0jU/s1600/13+L.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5EZAp_E7e4rfE5xnGfg2E8iGG7j_GCs0VoqxAztw_l2eG0UVkn2Uizju2BiWiA5wmxGfCvZwpDOuQwTH3ZFSjlR-pS84kkm-a9-bpiDRmF-hKIPZoSBP02sgzA79hsrea62mwqiox0jU/s320/13+L.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510535354574821730" /></a> It's a long drop to the ground....<br /><br />If you look at the scaffolding in the previous picture you'll notice that the platform extends almost 3 feet on either side. I'm sitting on this part looking down.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Till next time...<br /><br />Cheers!<br />Larry ~Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05618832228050099757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300529476306875209.post-40684593913282125012010-08-25T19:28:00.008-05:002010-08-25T21:19:26.575-05:00Get the Lead Out!!Hello Everyone!<br /><br />We are still plugging along. We did have a rain delay Tuesday but I'm not complaining, we need the rain. The yard needs to be mowed now and that will take some time - oh well.<br /><br />As the title says "Get the Lead Out!!"<br /><br />True, we are removing every spec of lead paint we can, but that's not what the title is alluding to.<br /><br />However, speaking of lead paint... <br /><br />I had my lead level checked at the Doc's the other day and finally got the results back. My lead level is elevated 2 points above normal. I don't think that's too bad considering the use of heat guns on this paint and the fact that I help my father, periodically, in his lead smelting business.<br /><br />Anyway, what the title is in regard to is the old lead glass window in the first landing of the stairwell. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdeBz-bdb3zcyZZFmSPVNap8FHgPheY4OCHEK-DYdj8LK9mVLuhG_o78BeIx0D6Wqc7tFQxCc5WQ_Mr3X8biTdQoAP9KQwUIU1TAlHKnAsobPXItcwhcfoRYDT-8RZqKLG9iAio24tTLc/s1600/1+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdeBz-bdb3zcyZZFmSPVNap8FHgPheY4OCHEK-DYdj8LK9mVLuhG_o78BeIx0D6Wqc7tFQxCc5WQ_Mr3X8biTdQoAP9KQwUIU1TAlHKnAsobPXItcwhcfoRYDT-8RZqKLG9iAio24tTLc/s320/1+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509511193666220802" /></a> This is the one.<br /><br />As you can see there are already two broken pieces. Also, the wood moulding holding it in is SO bad that the paint is all that's really holding it in. As I scraped the window moved.<br /><br />I'm not sure it will survive the sanding process so it's got to come out. <br /><br />In it's place we'll install a plain piece of glass until one of two things happen; it gets repaired or gets replaced by stained glass.<br /><br />This will be an interesting project I can work on during the Winter. As Gary, over at <a href="http://thisoldcrackhouse.blogspot.com/">'This Old Crack house'</a> says (albeit about gutters) "[it] is an art form that I am willing to learn". <br /><br />I will tackle the removal tomorrow so stayed tuned.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFTR6IIwS21kPp8QBYcP1ckKXFlADVHNgPqvY7e2gQkY_mfjYkYc1-3Ga8fr9asjQ6kuekRxuuj7eQBKbweRVrOVLGwIeaSPHIk6zBWbbD26AwfwEQMczi8GM73ed7RgIHXJyThKSMeqg/s1600/2+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFTR6IIwS21kPp8QBYcP1ckKXFlADVHNgPqvY7e2gQkY_mfjYkYc1-3Ga8fr9asjQ6kuekRxuuj7eQBKbweRVrOVLGwIeaSPHIk6zBWbbD26AwfwEQMczi8GM73ed7RgIHXJyThKSMeqg/s320/2+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509510907757807874" /></a> Here's a bit more of what got done.<br /><br />The triangular section of the porch roof took a total of 10+ hours and thanks to the tightness of the corner I couldn't get every spec.<br /><br />You can also see that the paint around the window is, for the most part, gone as well. The Paint Shaver doesn't allow me to get right up to the trim edge so we scrape out the areas around them.<br /><br />Tomorrow there should be a rather large swath of paint gone.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbYGxSzrNwgR52UWkZ6c6rgp3kWKWXw7Un_3oXyyOPD2edooILn_fN0xfbLbG-yBdkFSrKUqEH7aKlbuaP3G5-Qm61ged329TitOJalg9XkclPiOv3oU9YrGDEC6Uqpgtp78Zmj5ElUbs/s1600/3+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbYGxSzrNwgR52UWkZ6c6rgp3kWKWXw7Un_3oXyyOPD2edooILn_fN0xfbLbG-yBdkFSrKUqEH7aKlbuaP3G5-Qm61ged329TitOJalg9XkclPiOv3oU9YrGDEC6Uqpgtp78Zmj5ElUbs/s320/3+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509510727825159282" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This is the area the father-n-law concentrated on. Again, the areas around the windows, as well as the spots where the Paint Shaver can't be used, got worked over.<br /><br />Did you notice the long white line under the main window?<br /><br />SWMBO asked me to leave a patch of paint so she can try her hand at the Paint Shaver (that ought to be fun).<br /><br />I will leave you with the following picture it's of our 'newest' problem.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbq7C9KwYwNvSmHlf6puUcyW6R5XPkJcGwSINDE2R_7zqraqMYuMXIuYaHWxNxeWJbTWFy-wV5sY_LDtOZGgmFSe2RB7zmth1NidU03UBhCJdGNvAia5Yt5AI9Z8qxyVqpC2QUys5inoE/s1600/4+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbq7C9KwYwNvSmHlf6puUcyW6R5XPkJcGwSINDE2R_7zqraqMYuMXIuYaHWxNxeWJbTWFy-wV5sY_LDtOZGgmFSe2RB7zmth1NidU03UBhCJdGNvAia5Yt5AI9Z8qxyVqpC2QUys5inoE/s320/4+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509510512938901922" /></a> And here it is - a rather large separation point. <br /><br />This is the upper most section of the porch roof where it 'should' be snug against the house. The gap is about 1/2 an inch wide at the top. It is proof positive that the porch is sagging.<br /><br />With a light I looked inside the gap as best I could. Not much was seen but what was there was not good - there was a sliver of daylight coming through a crack somewhere along the part where the roof meets the house.<br /><br />We will need to address this when the porch gets a face-lift.<br /><br />Well, that's about it for now; I'm tired and sore and ready for some much needed sleep.<br /><br />Till next time...<br /><br />Cheers!<br />Larry~Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05618832228050099757noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300529476306875209.post-39971655395837145532010-08-23T18:32:00.003-05:002010-08-24T07:32:16.172-05:00"Go West, Young Man"Due to unforeseen circumstances the new scaffolding did not get used today.<br /><br />However, I did try to finish scraping the fishscale at the very top of the south dormer window. <br /><br />Note - I said 'try'. <br /><br />It did not happen. I got some of the window scraped but not the fishscale. The ladder platform had to be moved out too close to the edge and the ladder was too 'iffy'<br /><br />Have you ever watched those movies like 'Final Destination' and the characters could 'feel' something ominous about to happen? That's what it was like.<br /><br />I knew that if I stayed up there any longer something bad was going to happen. Even the hair on the back of my neck was on edge.<br /><br />I couldn't get off that ladder fast enough.<br /><br />Instead, I heeded a paraphrased piece of advice given by Horace Greeley in 1838: "Go West, Young Man."<br /><br />So I started on the west side of the house.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7W6FNI0ZEHbc695eziSM4m3eu3FHz0jliNtsx8J_xn2IUJPz6H13k0-GEB8coQ_yquR-_A9tFWYsM77PJpI3IG6jiC0drd4BgRsPzg7CqqR1zUp1yZbnFTI3KIHJ2oDwPzZMsvKklXeI/s1600/house+003.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7W6FNI0ZEHbc695eziSM4m3eu3FHz0jliNtsx8J_xn2IUJPz6H13k0-GEB8coQ_yquR-_A9tFWYsM77PJpI3IG6jiC0drd4BgRsPzg7CqqR1zUp1yZbnFTI3KIHJ2oDwPzZMsvKklXeI/s320/house+003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508753285913899346" /></a> It doesn't look like I got very far but keep in mind the nails had to be set. I also had some mechanical problems with the shop-vac which slowed me down. <br /><br />Hopefully tomorrow will be better. We plan to move the big scaffolding to the west side and add wheels. Once this is all together the clapboard should go a lot faster.<br /><br />Well, that's about it for now.<br /><br />Till next time...<br /><br />Cheers!<br />Larry~Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05618832228050099757noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300529476306875209.post-1428672761800717302010-08-20T17:09:00.006-05:002010-08-20T17:54:36.227-05:00Wingo! She-she-sshhaa...As promised here's the info on the sweet deal from Craigslist.<br /><br />Wingo! Scaffolding!!<br /><br />Sorry Jan - it's not a manual man lift...<br /><br />Okay, so you all might not be as excited as I am about this but believe me, it's a big deal. As you have heard me say we need something to make scraping and painting the very top of the dormers a bit more safer and easier. The only thing we could come up with was scaffolding.<br /><br />Since we really didn't want to move the big scaffolding up onto the porch roof we had to come up with something. So for the past several days I've been looking at narrow scaffolding. Everything we have found started at $200 for one set that measured about 5' tall x 5' wide x 2-1/2' deep. One set was a bit taller but more expensive. In order to get to the top of the dormers we would need at least two sets and that would cost at least $400 without tax.<br /><br />So, during a break yesterday afternoon I took a gamble and looked on Craigslist. You will NOT believe what I found!!!! Not only one set of narrow scaffolding but three!! Best part - the owner only wanted $100!!!!<br /><br />She-she-sshhaa...<br /><br />We lucked out and got three times the amount for half the price!!!<br /><br />On top of this the scaffolding is a heavier quality than the stuff we were looking at.<br /><br />With money in hand my father-n-law and I set out for a town named Kingman, about 67 miles west of us to get our treasure.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioMe2gN11_uxKZRGTstcT_s1XfKaPZlHLlSlg5fsZMn2gGJLxVjbNnWhKDlFFoy7BQTVYOxX1ei_icGbiTNjTqm4TEpQVV6V5Ki92LxLzHK-or4Q0Z6OEaqjymWm_RnId51SLk9ExGE7g/s1600/1+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioMe2gN11_uxKZRGTstcT_s1XfKaPZlHLlSlg5fsZMn2gGJLxVjbNnWhKDlFFoy7BQTVYOxX1ei_icGbiTNjTqm4TEpQVV6V5Ki92LxLzHK-or4Q0Z6OEaqjymWm_RnId51SLk9ExGE7g/s320/1+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507619040815119538" /></a> And here it is!!<br /><br />Isn't it wonderful?!<br /><br />It is old, and well used, but it's got many years of use still in it. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-NTMYsud_snu8JEMdkmvrmFtMYXqtxI-0c51j9_bpQv7_RHEmKR2tdtXi8Dy09uZhyphenhyphenQb19BMtokZQtxD_uerwuqbNl14t1rn-QjVoGiZs3EHZRoq2KALNOlpgmzUqZR5vdURga7YBP3w/s1600/2+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-NTMYsud_snu8JEMdkmvrmFtMYXqtxI-0c51j9_bpQv7_RHEmKR2tdtXi8Dy09uZhyphenhyphenQb19BMtokZQtxD_uerwuqbNl14t1rn-QjVoGiZs3EHZRoq2KALNOlpgmzUqZR5vdURga7YBP3w/s320/2+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507618833680860706" /></a> What you see here is a major bonus - the owner made a storage holder for all of it. That's the main thing in the picture. The cross-arms are behind it on the ground.<br /><br />Now, on top of the scaffolding, cross-arms and a storage holder we also got wheels for it. These are not the smaller wheels you get with the typical narrow scaffolding but the big ones you use with the large scaffolding. We don't have any of these for the big set so they will be handy. Best part about these, they sell for about $50 a pop new and $30 used!<br /><br />Okay, now for the down side. <br /><br />The scaffolding had been stored outside for at least 3 years so it is rusty. It is also the older type that uses wing-nuts and bolts to secure the cross-arms. The wing-nuts were rusted and seized to the bolts.<br /><br />Not a big deal though. I generously soaked the wing-nuts and bolts in PB Blaster and let them set while I had lunch.<br /><br />About an hour later a got busy un-seizing the wing nuts. It took all afternoon, as well as a lot of elbow grease and brute force, but they are now separated. I think I might use regular bolts instead of the wing-nuts though; the wing-nuts are rather knackered.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-EmAKTMeq9mL_WhMs1L0UxP4MLXIcNYAcusiLusk4-PZ_Dm6ik_oqrspCFEwnWW01R9SHGxkGmtGYRUvTUYLEzZZljSSn8lrBhnUfxMI5OYoaAVfcBtAQajBgZx3feEFlu53akzOU3jE/s1600/3+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-EmAKTMeq9mL_WhMs1L0UxP4MLXIcNYAcusiLusk4-PZ_Dm6ik_oqrspCFEwnWW01R9SHGxkGmtGYRUvTUYLEzZZljSSn8lrBhnUfxMI5OYoaAVfcBtAQajBgZx3feEFlu53akzOU3jE/s320/3+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507618633471603554" /></a> Here it is in the storage holder waiting for use.<br /><br />Hopefully we'll get to play with them this week-end.<br /><br />When we are finished with the house, this stuff will come in handing for working on the ceilings in the house. The type of scaffolding was actually created for indoor use. It was made narrow in order to go through doors. We will also be able to use it in the stairwell.<br /><br />When not in use with the house these things can also be used as rolling storage bins for shops. I plan to use mine for wood storage. <br /><br />Some time you have a day when your wearing milk-bone underwear and the world is filled with hungry dogs. And then you have days when it's peaches and cream. Today we got our peaches and cream with a cherry on top!<br /><br />Till next time...<br /><br />Cheers!<br />Larry~Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05618832228050099757noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300529476306875209.post-83417653762017275762010-08-19T20:20:00.003-05:002010-08-19T20:46:14.774-05:00Quick Fishscale Up-dateHey Everyone -<br /><br />Thought I'd give you all a quick up-date.<br /><br />We didn't get to work on the outside of the house due to rain on Tuesday, but Wednesday and today went rather well, even though we got a late start.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiivAEJbYeAHsPp-v7-w9VnbbiyqYgKEAKiuyX0OKTpIT4VJdgIrao2d5XAjqdwokLJUgoUf_iDM8nxZxAn9lzhYebDC-lI9p9WR78DZYbJnLSgsDLQlAcmz7GH4RB1E8h-EgyaaMj2cE0/s1600/1+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiivAEJbYeAHsPp-v7-w9VnbbiyqYgKEAKiuyX0OKTpIT4VJdgIrao2d5XAjqdwokLJUgoUf_iDM8nxZxAn9lzhYebDC-lI9p9WR78DZYbJnLSgsDLQlAcmz7GH4RB1E8h-EgyaaMj2cE0/s320/1+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507296687445639426" /></a> The fishscale on the South dormer is over 90% done.<br /><br />The only reason the rest isn't scraped is due to the ladder being separated into two pieces and the lateness of the day. Tomorrow it will get done.<br /><br />Speaking of tomorrow... I snagged a sweet deal on Craigslist; a REAL SWEET deal. It will make the higher areas easier to work with. Unfortunately, you'll have to wait till tomorrow to see it - ROAD TRIP!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ejFthCelZcMxhSnqt84Z5vO4UP3YHNx-AxzRI6XSXcWMG2qvqcNz9-4cnFMIWmAsknguui8Y_KgTESBjMwGp60X7GCINufq1OShW4ZK8I9bBCvm_rk6dF7HjtnDHcYxDtZnQqUZPELc/s1600/2+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ejFthCelZcMxhSnqt84Z5vO4UP3YHNx-AxzRI6XSXcWMG2qvqcNz9-4cnFMIWmAsknguui8Y_KgTESBjMwGp60X7GCINufq1OShW4ZK8I9bBCvm_rk6dF7HjtnDHcYxDtZnQqUZPELc/s320/2+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507296457212244994" /></a> I'll leave you with this picture. Consider it something like the 'Where's Waldo' game.<br /><br />Look for the fishscales that are 'darker'. Those fishscales are the ones where the Emerald Green paint soaked into the scales like a stain.<br /><br />Also, we found evidence that the molding was painted the same color.<br /><br />Anyway, that's about it for now.<br /><br />Till next time...<br /><br />Cheers!<br />Larry ~Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05618832228050099757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300529476306875209.post-46539390842060581162010-08-17T08:06:00.008-05:002010-08-17T09:12:53.164-05:00FishscalesHello Everyone!<br /><br />We've finally had a break in the weather and have even had some rain!!! In fact, it's raining right now - that's why I'm writing this post so early.<br /><br />Monday found us tackling a job that has been dreaded since day one - the fishscales.<br /><br />In order to scrape these we had to come up with some sort of scaffolding system. Ladder jacks came to mind so we decided to try them.<br /><br />As you all know I hate ladders. Well, this system not only utilizes one ladder but three!!!<br /><br />It's an easy enough scaffolding system to use but we sill ran into problems. The main issue was that when I stood on the ladder jack platform my nose was just a couple of inches from the house. This would not work - I need more room than this to work in. Also, the system, while stable, was just a little too 'iffy' for me.<br /><br />So instead we are using the platform as a tool caddy and and using the main ladders as our work platforms.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm8FK6oZiiU0C7faJLTcJkosGLem00BNP3Fcgf1K6oU96by8tFwgStxz91yUhCo-nEGz4azMM8BIOKw3iJKfbFV-fIgF2uFTXQ8lv0d3hIX5ZI6LU8X5TL4QPwADMYNQd1KszkGUHxWLg/s1600/1+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm8FK6oZiiU0C7faJLTcJkosGLem00BNP3Fcgf1K6oU96by8tFwgStxz91yUhCo-nEGz4azMM8BIOKw3iJKfbFV-fIgF2uFTXQ8lv0d3hIX5ZI6LU8X5TL4QPwADMYNQd1KszkGUHxWLg/s320/1+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506365567549223522" /></a> Here's the whole set-up. <br /><br />My father-n-law is on the left.<br /><br />While setting up the ladder jacks we did notice that it's going to be a trick to get to the moulding along the roof edge up there. With this in mind we are going to have to figure something out in order to scrape, and paint, the very top safely. SWMBO's father suggested we just lay on the roof and hang over! Instead we are going to look at assembling some light scaffolding on the roof platforms. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgSVEImZIAVT3I1rlpiJCbZSoUrIp0aT1ygRRldeLXOecI6Ym6s8IqNIAYsDGE_xXD21L327XYTfuhJf2A7M3KVfg1ioNTOclj-Az32j9Ajx6czRdQTLTR5-zGmjP-FA36NwLw2CrVeBU/s1600/2+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgSVEImZIAVT3I1rlpiJCbZSoUrIp0aT1ygRRldeLXOecI6Ym6s8IqNIAYsDGE_xXD21L327XYTfuhJf2A7M3KVfg1ioNTOclj-Az32j9Ajx6czRdQTLTR5-zGmjP-FA36NwLw2CrVeBU/s320/2+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506365405530390290" /></a> As we scraped the fishscale more of the deep Emerald Green paint showed up.<br /><br />We do intend to paint fishscale in two different colors, but Emerald Green isn't one of those.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmglllIzXO3Uq5DPUbKIB9TDGNB_OhOMjcYX43LjQ0-kaZNve2fhLONRke0RcF2Cdz8K3cRziPhngjS6ebhCv2mQofoWt1dKYbo314OV4qI04lUTZ0UemxTPLoYUrmp5i4XNGuI0YLb-M/s1600/3+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmglllIzXO3Uq5DPUbKIB9TDGNB_OhOMjcYX43LjQ0-kaZNve2fhLONRke0RcF2Cdz8K3cRziPhngjS6ebhCv2mQofoWt1dKYbo314OV4qI04lUTZ0UemxTPLoYUrmp5i4XNGuI0YLb-M/s320/3+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506365243021940642" /></a> While we're on the fishscale here's a picture of the typical repairs needed.<br /><br />Fortunately there isn't a lot of fishscale missing. A major bonus for us, that will make this job easier, is that we found the original templates used to make them. This'll be covered in another post.<br /><br />I'll leave you with the following pictures. SWMBO thought it would be interesting if I took some pictures from the top of the ladder, so here they are.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ1USF0Dls9YFvBsGdOZ5Se5JrN_Uw2-3vgIpF4fLJbo7R7joTKsLRH_onW3jYJMgH4JoBdquCkbnum1F5BQMi1rNmcn78Hp8nKa_SkgowtAqvjHA_hDDrFGHaaAc3C2j2gZ46GyEHV1Y/s1600/4+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ1USF0Dls9YFvBsGdOZ5Se5JrN_Uw2-3vgIpF4fLJbo7R7joTKsLRH_onW3jYJMgH4JoBdquCkbnum1F5BQMi1rNmcn78Hp8nKa_SkgowtAqvjHA_hDDrFGHaaAc3C2j2gZ46GyEHV1Y/s320/4+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506365088118220434" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjliLvwSVjmbLPqqklqWMahaKNCAIjFFS5NOlFflOOedsHVjwPL0tjeNUwaXNDi7tW_ffh0iXdJTr6euBnvLIvp82OGpIHsUROpidAxB2DGB6b9BavGECnxnnkik_b_J0nzJQTR9v_UAec/s1600/5+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjliLvwSVjmbLPqqklqWMahaKNCAIjFFS5NOlFflOOedsHVjwPL0tjeNUwaXNDi7tW_ffh0iXdJTr6euBnvLIvp82OGpIHsUROpidAxB2DGB6b9BavGECnxnnkik_b_J0nzJQTR9v_UAec/s320/5+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506364925329931106" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Till next time...<br /><br />Cheers!<br />Larry ~Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05618832228050099757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300529476306875209.post-55508300388479594772010-08-12T08:08:00.012-05:002010-08-12T21:25:33.581-05:00Scrape or DieHello Everyone -<br /><br />If you recall from the last post I was finishing up the fascia section between columns 2 & 3. I also predicted it would take another week to finish the rest of the fascia.<br /><br />Friday went as planed and I was able to get the section finished right up to where the curve starts.<br /><br />Then the schedule went to hell in a hand basket. Saturday and Sunday were so hot we bagged it and did some other things around the house that needed done. Not really a big deal since I try to keep a slower pace on the week-ends. Then Sunday night I remembered that I needed to go into the big city the next day; so Monday was a wash as well.<br /><br />Then Tuesday started off with high heat warnings. <br /><br />Today was our third consecutive day this week with high heat warnings with a heat index of 110+.<br /><br />I was bound and determined NOT to keep all of this preventing me from finishing the fascia.<br /><br />During the past three days I have been working on the curve and the southern facing fascia. These are the areas that have absolutely no shade - period.<br /><br />All I could think of was the desert columns from the movie 'March or Die' (hence the title). <br /><br />This is one of my all time favorite movies and as a Kid I would often pretend I was in the French Foreign Legion. There was even a time, right after I got the boot from the Army, I seriously consider joining the FFL as a training officer. SWMBO threatened to do bodily harm if I did.<br /><br />Anyway, in the movie one must literally 'March or Die'; the column would not wait for you. If you fell out, chances are you would die.<br /><br />The scene I thought about most showed one of the Legionnaires falling out. The following is not that scene but it does get the point across<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/k7NhWxZ4kTQ?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/k7NhWxZ4kTQ?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Basically, the past few days have been my personal battle of wills against the house and the elements.<br /><br />And yes, I did have a wet sun shield attached to my hat.<br /><br />On with the pictures....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib6__AVturJY5Q7RxUjp74Zb07YwdN-P1nDsTv2P3jVPwVK7xARhq46qNazPW1ISKIygqOSH9ImSwhN1sB6iKjWEbFCYtJ_-24hV9Po79N1EZ5GMEXFXA_6RlSAra_2Tpyh3adm_oNF4c/s1600/1+L.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib6__AVturJY5Q7RxUjp74Zb07YwdN-P1nDsTv2P3jVPwVK7xARhq46qNazPW1ISKIygqOSH9ImSwhN1sB6iKjWEbFCYtJ_-24hV9Po79N1EZ5GMEXFXA_6RlSAra_2Tpyh3adm_oNF4c/s320/1+L.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504692964773140674" border="0" /></a> Tuesday was spent on the main part of the curve and here it is finished.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />As alluded to in the last post we found a possible problem. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz1GQvJNKNVJ_tew_Iw4dUqiZRySyvrz3t1m9aHZcpm3I5qv10h7e5BRMnxgs7mDj92innqM85y6Ren3gPbrOPB1ap3E4XeiQ4mWDmOSjGPvACvJjpmBpEHAZE5DTfaPZfCGVnRD5Tc-w/s1600/2+R.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz1GQvJNKNVJ_tew_Iw4dUqiZRySyvrz3t1m9aHZcpm3I5qv10h7e5BRMnxgs7mDj92innqM85y6Ren3gPbrOPB1ap3E4XeiQ4mWDmOSjGPvACvJjpmBpEHAZE5DTfaPZfCGVnRD5Tc-w/s320/2+R.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504692820209569234" border="0" /></a> And here it is.<br /><br />Notice the nasty crack? That's just the tip of the ice-berg.<br /><br />What doesn't show up well in any of the pictures I've taken is that the extreme right side edge of the curve is now a very shallow 'S'. In other words this part of the lower fascia is getting crushed.<br /><br />Turns out that what can be seen is only about 1/4 of an inch thick!! It is not as thick as the straight runs.<br /><br />The weight, and sagging, has caused several cracks along the fascia as well.<br /><br />Our first instinct was to replace it. On further thought however, we will wait to do this until we replace the porch columns. We need to raise this section in order to do what we want to do and chances are the repair would be damaged when we do this. Besides, it's been there for 100+ years, what's another year or two?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUn2E3kArYg2Piz-miVRrfvPCX9VSRE6A9mfGnlwKt6xfeaYetmN4zPEAOUKtF1QRbwzmCZ4HOj4yXd7ekJuXELnVTsGT9vdXtn8kbBv6lF8exa22ra6R_fkAoDjFUx83FhCR6xyGq7nk/s1600/3+L.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUn2E3kArYg2Piz-miVRrfvPCX9VSRE6A9mfGnlwKt6xfeaYetmN4zPEAOUKtF1QRbwzmCZ4HOj4yXd7ekJuXELnVTsGT9vdXtn8kbBv6lF8exa22ra6R_fkAoDjFUx83FhCR6xyGq7nk/s320/3+L.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504692655859917522" border="0" /></a> Here's another one of the bigger cracks.<br /><br />For those of you interested you can see six nail heads (one is in the crack). There are nail sets like this spaced out about every foot. Before using the Paint Shaver I had to set every single one of these, as well as all the other nails!<br /><br />Let's back track a bit and look at the spot where the rot was removed.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4kv2idt-v_GxIuNpPKELWuKvkXmVhdNKRBj90MomEWI8G63Dn9xIoEj9gIuNxZ1aHNyzvlyj-z8oPfLta-sHEU-R7t_IRp6plE9YGFSXtfh4urxF1GO_x2sAjRAbhY9750gBc_YzWRQ/s1600/4+R.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4kv2idt-v_GxIuNpPKELWuKvkXmVhdNKRBj90MomEWI8G63Dn9xIoEj9gIuNxZ1aHNyzvlyj-z8oPfLta-sHEU-R7t_IRp6plE9YGFSXtfh4urxF1GO_x2sAjRAbhY9750gBc_YzWRQ/s320/4+R.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504692446219627826" border="0" /></a> Here it is.<br /><br />What we need to look closely at is the three elements that make up the crown moulding of the upper fascia. <br /><br />First you have the lower base - the fascia; then you have the crown topped off with the upper base.<br /><br />Normally these three parts converge to form the triangle. For some reason this moulding doesn't.<br /><br />Lets have a closer look.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpGHv1uLoxlhZdYrcqsHbmWjQN40x7i_B9jPh-gWb00ulkuynHlEp8-KJQ2ALDdhGCdZrgr73fE5kFR-D3V9vEthXtI7voCKTMaLFFhHrvF78FARi_lePwEaBMJx_Xl4q046IyBnyQ2Oo/s1600/5+L.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpGHv1uLoxlhZdYrcqsHbmWjQN40x7i_B9jPh-gWb00ulkuynHlEp8-KJQ2ALDdhGCdZrgr73fE5kFR-D3V9vEthXtI7voCKTMaLFFhHrvF78FARi_lePwEaBMJx_Xl4q046IyBnyQ2Oo/s320/5+L.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504692267169006194" border="0" /></a> The section outlined in Blue is the primary base, the fascia. The green is the crown and the Red is the top base.<br /><br /><br /><br />Note the gap in the spot where the Blue and Red should meet. This would be okay if both pieces were attached to something solid and stable but these aren't. The Blue is attached to the core or the fascia so its okay. What concerns me is that the Red part appears to be attached to nothing put the original shake shingles! This is neither solid nor stable!!<br /><br />For the life of me I have yet to figure out how they attached the top base - there are no nails going through it up into the shingles. So this leads me to believe that there HAS to be stabilization blocks along the primary base. So far I haven't found any yet. This should be interesting.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjViw5U6HIGT8ntPTwpJm3mcEQTcqlZxU4oiV0vTTCSPf_h3XecSQuqrrXb2j1akUrefumlaMC_ZaP8fWWtha8Fkk6Ock1T4qac7-WC-z71THuL37O2-xCGjLmS9eiWka-aM68arkxrepA/s1600/6+R.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjViw5U6HIGT8ntPTwpJm3mcEQTcqlZxU4oiV0vTTCSPf_h3XecSQuqrrXb2j1akUrefumlaMC_ZaP8fWWtha8Fkk6Ock1T4qac7-WC-z71THuL37O2-xCGjLmS9eiWka-aM68arkxrepA/s320/6+R.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504692119712649778" border="0" /></a> This is as far as I got Wednesday.<br /><br />I know it doesn't look like a lot but it took over six ours to do this. <br /><br />The long, flat, section doesn't take any time at all using the Paint Shaver, once the nails are set (this can take a while).<br /><br />What eats up the time and energy is the moulding! You can see the thin strip I left to be finished today.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofD1NImrG8aHYaO2WUXMyol4S2hx8AIMhBJkt90tqGsP2qZVM68G_Re_r5Zu551o5Cusx2jws4KpTJHvVBSofluhAknBCAUoDlqrRhXrHz2_WW0y0vQCN1na7uHhZq8O44pbjWCIbtyQ/s1600/7+L.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofD1NImrG8aHYaO2WUXMyol4S2hx8AIMhBJkt90tqGsP2qZVM68G_Re_r5Zu551o5Cusx2jws4KpTJHvVBSofluhAknBCAUoDlqrRhXrHz2_WW0y0vQCN1na7uHhZq8O44pbjWCIbtyQ/s320/7+L.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504691960335228978" border="0" /></a> In this close up you can see the moulding but the contours are not all that obvious. <br /><br />The white part is 'cove' and I had to switch from using a regular scraper to a special contoured one. <br /><br />On top of this you can only heat, and scrape, a strip about 1" x 2" at a time.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA80B081TKzOfT-MxUBW7eahjYX_TUQJy8jOWZ4qXF-62BO7NCK-0_POGR9S0YVZcc8pu8xaCqkrwGuYL2YEkh8oWlzGdxMJku6HrL9JfxrSACY8whYb5fzc6lsxhqH0l6gKohmxa4zKQ/s1600/8+R.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA80B081TKzOfT-MxUBW7eahjYX_TUQJy8jOWZ4qXF-62BO7NCK-0_POGR9S0YVZcc8pu8xaCqkrwGuYL2YEkh8oWlzGdxMJku6HrL9JfxrSACY8whYb5fzc6lsxhqH0l6gKohmxa4zKQ/s320/8+R.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504691819237826002" border="0" /></a> Here's where I spent my day today - all 7 hours - in direct sun light with a heat index of 110+.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Like the title says: "Scrape or Die".<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRp97osTXeN1iaR-Nk0nCF4kU6R4zbSBv85gEF17VmY7-x7aLBH_iLVfyA1q7X_YHeAsjTyDCv25CBNQTqEp3xQMGHzTp6tSU8i-8-EI2xmlECuNIAaAshdKuiK2U2yI_ZXiDMRT-aiA/s1600/9+L.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRp97osTXeN1iaR-Nk0nCF4kU6R4zbSBv85gEF17VmY7-x7aLBH_iLVfyA1q7X_YHeAsjTyDCv25CBNQTqEp3xQMGHzTp6tSU8i-8-EI2xmlECuNIAaAshdKuiK2U2yI_ZXiDMRT-aiA/s320/9+L.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504691655317959122" border="0" /></a> And now it's finished - for the most part.<br /><br />The underside of the fascia needs to be done as well as the west side. The west side will get done when we start on the main west wall; hopefully this will be next week.<br /><br />All I know is I'm hot and tired and have drank enough water to float an aircraft carrier. At least I won this battle of wills though.<br /><br />Till next time...<br /><br />Cheers!<br />LarryLarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05618832228050099757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300529476306875209.post-14485257060333353172010-08-05T20:12:00.006-05:002010-08-05T20:38:46.858-05:00Still Scraping AlongFinally!!!! Today we dropped below the three digit mark!!!<br /><br />SWMBO even took the day off and we got about six hours of scraping in.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jb8eiFC16OG1on68PDNIReB9wZINRD3MvOt4CDSeCF7TdDJMdOurCGx3R3uRt38NkjnYRhOz2WzHKiOdjI7gZ-NxQjvOHZGu3_Bo7RHDAK2fWghdtROHf4WsRnkZWlo6qncKqyqLLIk/s1600/1+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jb8eiFC16OG1on68PDNIReB9wZINRD3MvOt4CDSeCF7TdDJMdOurCGx3R3uRt38NkjnYRhOz2WzHKiOdjI7gZ-NxQjvOHZGu3_Bo7RHDAK2fWghdtROHf4WsRnkZWlo6qncKqyqLLIk/s320/1+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502099131812251970" /></a> Believe it or not your not having a bad trip, this is me and yes that is a tie-dye shirt!<br /><br />I'm using the <a href="http://www.aittool.com/">Paint Shaver Pro</a>. This handy tool sure saves us time. Unfortunately the moulding makes up for the saved time due to hand scraping.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdu9i01ohUKcx9dIUQbXwV-yK7NIVp9Hn4RRnaZiovFI9inu1IJ_fcRXMSiwltfw0uVCCm7WRjS46_0ja6WYEFkah2sQ63VtDV7P4c_zx_8jg7aqXNcA05gTl_1I1BUY9gNPNT9q5fW-o/s1600/2+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdu9i01ohUKcx9dIUQbXwV-yK7NIVp9Hn4RRnaZiovFI9inu1IJ_fcRXMSiwltfw0uVCCm7WRjS46_0ja6WYEFkah2sQ63VtDV7P4c_zx_8jg7aqXNcA05gTl_1I1BUY9gNPNT9q5fW-o/s320/2+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502098965772739106" /></a> Do you see the section between the 2nd & 3rd columns to the right? This is all we got done today, along with about two feet to the right of column two. <br /><br />At this rate it will take another week to get the rest of the porch soffit done.<br /><br />Take a close look at the picture and you'll see a red arrow pointing to a red circle. Inside that circle is a hole that goes all the way through the soffit and it's been somewhat of a mystery. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ZVBXy19qgSsjvT1gSSzMKedHtAP4gkrBlglTDVa-kpIZPG2jySOBnLPUM4Uk6gwDYV15tNCjk3UTsi4CY6byCAJp97JO-J1scj-mOpZDaNRFCgalh5yPpNp-VBYLCDUPrhiYnlj4xYM/s1600/3+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ZVBXy19qgSsjvT1gSSzMKedHtAP4gkrBlglTDVa-kpIZPG2jySOBnLPUM4Uk6gwDYV15tNCjk3UTsi4CY6byCAJp97JO-J1scj-mOpZDaNRFCgalh5yPpNp-VBYLCDUPrhiYnlj4xYM/s320/3+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502098779657120146" /></a> Here's a better view of the 'mystery hole'.<br /><br />Like I said, we're not sure what it is exactly but we're about 90% sure it's an opening for the original gas line that went into the house. On the other side of the soffit you can see a paint scar, along the porch ceiling, that goes from this hole to one in the ceiling where it meets the east wall.<br /><br />If it is where the gas pipe came in then this is the first time I've seen it enter a building this way.<br /><br />Oh well.<br /><br />Before I forget, we found a potential 'problem' we weren't expecting. I'll find out more about it tomorrow.<br /><br />Till next time...<br /><br />Cheers!<br />Larry ~Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05618832228050099757noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300529476306875209.post-65757558906688435882010-08-02T20:58:00.017-05:002010-08-02T21:59:39.542-05:00Dirt and ColumnsHeya Everyone!!<br /><br />How's the heat going? We are in the low triple digits still with a heat index between 110 & 112. We even had a major heat advisory issued for us this morning!<br /><br />Today was also a sucky day to be doing what my father and I did today - dirt moving.<br /><br />If you remember, about this time last year we had our sewer line re-done and hocked up to the city sewer. Since then we have had a large pile of dirt, and a few other little piles we hadn't gotten to, in the west yard. Today we worked on them.<br /><br />Yes, we are nut - doing this type of work on a day like this. At least we started fairly early and were finished about noon.<br /><br />My father drove the tractor and I used the hoe, rake and shovel to help level as well as cleaned the junk debris that was in the dirt.<br /><br />For those of you who know me I'm a HUGE history buff. One of my favorite periods to study is Ancient Mesopotamia - specifically Sumeria and Assyria. I also enjoy studying about Ancient Egypt as well as Rome.<br /><br />Today however my mind drifted to Sumerian farmers. Perhaps it was the heat and the dirt but my mind kept going back to them.<br /><br />While playing in the dirt, with the heat beating down, I couldn't help but think of those ancient farmers toiling in the dirt in one of the most harsh areas of the world. <br /><br />My father worked in the tobacco fields and cotton fields of Georgia when he was a kid in the '30s and '40s. The method of farming they used was not much different than what the Sumerians used. Dad even remembers using mules to pull the plows.<br /><br />And here we are today with air-conditioned tractors and combines!!<br /><br />Anyway, here are the pictures for you.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHIL00yWDo64DZfucBARr9xXI4pqGUrez4AViS04spLhqP6-z1xsqi9ZZuDWlrV_FJEsBNch2y9-85kL1zfbXMRgDAObyqhyphenhyphenR0VIPwMCQ1yKb8Mhg7hU8EJ1avKeQIyLWYen776_ujB3o/s1600/1+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHIL00yWDo64DZfucBARr9xXI4pqGUrez4AViS04spLhqP6-z1xsqi9ZZuDWlrV_FJEsBNch2y9-85kL1zfbXMRgDAObyqhyphenhyphenR0VIPwMCQ1yKb8Mhg7hU8EJ1avKeQIyLWYen776_ujB3o/s320/1+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501000556091469426" /></a> This is dad with his 50s tractor and yes, that is the original high-loader.<br /><br />The pile that was left over from the sewer main hook-up is almost gone.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-sGPs2N-4MnVUMvTBgYq8a9l7ksrKe35CPQ9TSi_xejLDdcbkM8K07OqELnzzd6-epJhM0DPs4jN8csKdqVOzgbuWqDFbF7r4FaQOuZsIvUQ5T8y0ViR7Y9olhDO-r0EdSGvCDTWnbU/s1600/2+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-sGPs2N-4MnVUMvTBgYq8a9l7ksrKe35CPQ9TSi_xejLDdcbkM8K07OqELnzzd6-epJhM0DPs4jN8csKdqVOzgbuWqDFbF7r4FaQOuZsIvUQ5T8y0ViR7Y9olhDO-r0EdSGvCDTWnbU/s320/2+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501000400908705170" /></a> And here he is taking care of the scar from when we tried to fix the septic system a few years ago.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw_uw7GNxNdL-ezSj3XCDHQuMMY8kxA8td65v6f0WfBouhx8k3lks_SuDqHtUOrb_JLiRf6zTiuUnv1HHKV54RA1L6o3o3rGuqDPLL59Nx-Rdw11O_y4el-5IjElpTYhcGlU1EVWsFynE/s1600/3+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw_uw7GNxNdL-ezSj3XCDHQuMMY8kxA8td65v6f0WfBouhx8k3lks_SuDqHtUOrb_JLiRf6zTiuUnv1HHKV54RA1L6o3o3rGuqDPLL59Nx-Rdw11O_y4el-5IjElpTYhcGlU1EVWsFynE/s320/3+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501000225525760402" /></a> <br /><br /><br />Now that we have given the sewer trench almost a year to settle we can fill the depression with the dirt.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB1fCiBPC6sDx2XMkGRX1mBXPel6q9fkXOHOPedGbLcRBdknsHBG9J2esZipddgrMSHMwJp9tHwnmnsaiyIPOzOQhHum4S9B6pLriZJ5tlHkMl_IcTR1ABzyNuP0SIwGV0X-7f7Smk3po/s1600/4+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB1fCiBPC6sDx2XMkGRX1mBXPel6q9fkXOHOPedGbLcRBdknsHBG9J2esZipddgrMSHMwJp9tHwnmnsaiyIPOzOQhHum4S9B6pLriZJ5tlHkMl_IcTR1ABzyNuP0SIwGV0X-7f7Smk3po/s320/4+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501000065798972850" /></a> <br />Here's where the new line connected to the house.<br /><br />To the right, and the biggest reason for smoothing the dirt here, is where a landscaping experiment took place. Let's just say it's better we not talk about it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZjPUruBYHMhyphenhyphenUJzdY88JtqAVDZ-7II2uh1JDzGDXwpBNkh7qTopLYaYpTQFd-1Ka1Z3Nie0DNagKWbWZnMvOiwDzj4baR-IY587JnEGrRCfSULGhrbdtw0-LB8Wk2O0k5weCsDQeGMQo/s1600/5+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZjPUruBYHMhyphenhyphenUJzdY88JtqAVDZ-7II2uh1JDzGDXwpBNkh7qTopLYaYpTQFd-1Ka1Z3Nie0DNagKWbWZnMvOiwDzj4baR-IY587JnEGrRCfSULGhrbdtw0-LB8Wk2O0k5weCsDQeGMQo/s320/5+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500999902183457282" /></a> Looking West along the new sewer line trench.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzOLnoZ-6hXXEjEv81_WVWehAsCsVCHJyvvjkd6ERxaQzSmCEOWuNJ0ZIy4dszzACk9s0ytUKzMtbIbTS_cTAgu8qZJBUMni211cCbKKEDVxZj2dhejfXtru_rkfantqrTDd9pQIUglQs/s1600/6+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzOLnoZ-6hXXEjEv81_WVWehAsCsVCHJyvvjkd6ERxaQzSmCEOWuNJ0ZIy4dszzACk9s0ytUKzMtbIbTS_cTAgu8qZJBUMni211cCbKKEDVxZj2dhejfXtru_rkfantqrTDd9pQIUglQs/s320/6+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500999730950816722" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Looking South along the line of the original septic system repair.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Jb_01_81x0EgtT1_x3u09vk_hO95Q1xPmf4smQAPkOGLhK97t1Rd16i1AFhR4LyYjbhJIAIRcmaZAQQsWpfsWmfYoFgXpvgOc5YmYxYcIHQb32K32eWroueMVHb-3rXUEuMrQGpsszI/s1600/7+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Jb_01_81x0EgtT1_x3u09vk_hO95Q1xPmf4smQAPkOGLhK97t1Rd16i1AFhR4LyYjbhJIAIRcmaZAQQsWpfsWmfYoFgXpvgOc5YmYxYcIHQb32K32eWroueMVHb-3rXUEuMrQGpsszI/s320/7+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500999533916197250" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And here is the area where the contractor removed the last of the foundation from the building we had to tear down.<br /><br /><br />Now we have nice, flat, spots. It will make mowing a lot easier!!<br /><br />As an afternoon project I tackled something interesting - a porch column.<br /><br />Remember a couple of posts back when I said we needed to plan in case the porch could not be re-done next Summer? Well, I spruced up one of the columns so SWMBO would get an idea of what I want to do.<br /><br />The new columns will be similar to the experimental one and will give us an idea of the 'over all' look.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfL2etC1K8MzSkD47FBcHtASppfJQQqKP6t9Wl06etbiig4p084Ztv2shqYIQ9fgN4iYXb7IMDNpB5qCtyC97dItNM2nQxu4-M52F-bDvZUZKwiixPXNreAot-mM8mwlbfel9dHlxZ6iw/s1600/8+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfL2etC1K8MzSkD47FBcHtASppfJQQqKP6t9Wl06etbiig4p084Ztv2shqYIQ9fgN4iYXb7IMDNpB5qCtyC97dItNM2nQxu4-M52F-bDvZUZKwiixPXNreAot-mM8mwlbfel9dHlxZ6iw/s320/8+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500999362465174434" /></a> This is one of the columns as they are now. <br /><br />Not to whoopee looking is it? At least this is one of the 'better' ones.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLGRN37jnUIVFI819iVm5c-QA44W2pbL9i5oKjP2LjP0QhQTJtK9iOzN7n6ZGf8k7iIL3HJNYFO6kCyFvYB31N4zllApJ9RV6_KeDiVAb-GOMWT080_YcZMi4oxcu4spYhszf6oRF6mIw/s1600/9+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLGRN37jnUIVFI819iVm5c-QA44W2pbL9i5oKjP2LjP0QhQTJtK9iOzN7n6ZGf8k7iIL3HJNYFO6kCyFvYB31N4zllApJ9RV6_KeDiVAb-GOMWT080_YcZMi4oxcu4spYhszf6oRF6mIw/s320/9+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500999194139716770" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Here is the new, enhanced version.<br /><br />It is missing the quarter round for the base as well as the crown-moulding for the top. I thought I had a stick of quarter round but was mistaken and the crown-moulding will be attached the closer we get to painting (I don't want to scrape around it).<br /><br />Hopefully you all think it looks 'okay', I think SWMBO is not too sure. She thinks the top doesn't look quit right but it will look better once the moulding is attached. All-in-all it looks better than what's on the porch now!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9RDRH15bAimTDCMohSneH42FPgWEvF3tF2_ovt2rxS0EtVuqXKubo9K7ZjddXIB3Ys8dpk4n-V3JGvaJTVDdqg3OsgE2VEjQW0WP0dh6wXKRXeKOd9YRp-kG1H-LuvELeqUjFrp6Dco/s1600/10+R.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9RDRH15bAimTDCMohSneH42FPgWEvF3tF2_ovt2rxS0EtVuqXKubo9K7ZjddXIB3Ys8dpk4n-V3JGvaJTVDdqg3OsgE2VEjQW0WP0dh6wXKRXeKOd9YRp-kG1H-LuvELeqUjFrp6Dco/s320/10+R.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500999022635121458" /></a> Base close up - not yet finished.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7_PLJ_QOACVraqAeHyF9CDebhD1NSHdAv9s4GzPWEVE3_hrrM57K9ehEQXdm_4DfYM1yc2Ibvbasv-iaSO1QOFaIuUJCr2TgAnsulPSrfGqeOuY0UbUBpPUoG2fIkqZz-qRqq1VdiJk/s1600/11+L.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7_PLJ_QOACVraqAeHyF9CDebhD1NSHdAv9s4GzPWEVE3_hrrM57K9ehEQXdm_4DfYM1yc2Ibvbasv-iaSO1QOFaIuUJCr2TgAnsulPSrfGqeOuY0UbUBpPUoG2fIkqZz-qRqq1VdiJk/s320/11+L.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500998834214322754" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And the top.<br /><br />I do need to add a second, support piece, for the crown-moulding, but this will have to wait till I'm done scraping.<br /><br />Well, that's about it for today.<br /><br />Let me know what you think of the column.<br /><br />Till next time...<br /><br />Cheers!<br />Larry ~Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05618832228050099757noreply@blogger.com3