Step 1. Power wash. i don't have pictures of that, because the house looked the same, but just had less dust and cobwebs.
Step 2. Caulk. It took 2 full days of two guys working full time to caulk the house. Tom estimates that they used upwards of 50 tubes of caulk. Afterwards the house looked pinstriped
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| House Paint, Caulking 12/12/07 11:35 PM |
Simultaneously we also had some masonry work done. When we first bought the house and had it inspected, there were all sorts of hazardous brick situations. Getting rid of the curry scent was a higher priority in our world though. Tom found a lovely mason to fix the decaying brick around the house.
Sadly, the brick is still ugly, despite now being in good repair
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| House Paint, Masonry work 12/12/07 11:45 PM |
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Also simultaneously we had the lovely Craig fix the rotting woodwork around the back of the house that had been damaged by sprinklers, and something unknown on the side of the house. We managed to not have to buy any new cedar, which is great, because it's special order, so you have to get a bunch, and it's a real pain.
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| House Paint Carpentry 12/12/07 11:54 PM |
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Lastly in the "prep" phase, the house got masked and primed. This all got done in one day - a Saturday. There was a period of time when all the doors had been masked off, and they were priming the front door and garage door, and so we truly were trapped in the house.
As I type, it's been raining since this was done, so we still have all of our windows masked and covered. It's VERY weird to not be able to see out of the house. Tom keeps having to run and open the front door or walk around the house to see what the cause is of a noise he's heard.
The house however has made the all important transition away from being "poo brown". Now, since the house has a light white primer coat, it's "frosted poo brown"
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| House Paint, Priming 12/13/07 12:00 AM |
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