Replacing Old Awning, Siding the House and New Air Conditioner

We have a couple of projects going on.  First we want to take our old awning off and replace it with a more maintenance friendly one, add new siding to the house and paint it, and also install an air conditioner.  So let's get to it.

Mike is unscrewing the panels:

Using a shovel to help release the filler that we used:

The top view:

The old panels are down:

And we are ready for the new:

I am measuring and cutting the tar paper to put on the side of the house before we add the new siding:

and...Mike told me to look up:

Laying out the plywood sheets to be painted.  We are going to put these close to the house so we have a place to walk if we need to after we put up the new awning:

Just some more boards to be painted:

Painting is done:

And Mike is adding them to the top of our awning:

Nailing in just one row which is enough to walk on and work on the house from:

Putting the tar paper on:

First row of primed hardie board:

One side os finished:

Now to stat the next side.  Mike loosens the screws that he can:

Tar paper is up:

Finished with side 2:

Mike is cutting off the 2x4's to meet on center of the cross beams:

Installing the first of the hardie board on the front of the house:

And:

Our walkway and new 2x4's for the metal roofing:

White metal roof is screwed down:

From the top:

Painting the edges of the siding:

The first bottom rows on the front of the house:

Looking much better than the green:

Almost finished with the middle section:

The front of the house is finished:

Everything is now painted.  We started with lighter greens but didn't like any.  We went with a clay color which is very similar to how the hardie boards came.  Mike also installed a Pioneer split unit A/C/  Our new patio area:

We used a chocolate brown for the stairs and accents:

That is an improvement or we just got tired of the green.  Either way we like the final results:

That's all for now.

Well Issues, Cleaning Up and Prepping My Garden

Just taking some time to catch up on our projects for 2017. 

We called Jimmy to see if he could help us lift the well pump out of the ground to see what the problem was.  He has always been a good guy and sent Johnny over and then showed up later with Randy.  They had an awesome set up that was like a pulley system to pull the well pump out of the ground.  Sorry no pictures because I was getting parts.  Anyway when they got the pump put of the ground there was a hole in one of the fittings and it was completely rusted through.  Since Mike had a back up pump he decided to just swap it out for now.  How on earth a fitting that is supposed to be underground for a well rusted through is beyond me.  We will test and fix the old pump at another time but for now we have a new pump in the ground.


Mike digging for the water lines for our new well and tank set up:

Mike looks cold, lol.  He's making a new box to cover the well parts:

Our new set up nice and neat, just waiting for insulation and a cover:

Of course Niki girl making sure we do things right:

Taking out the hollies which never did anything for the house:

Mike using the reciprocating saw as these are stubborn:

Almost finished with all the bushes:

Covering the holes with dirt and we will let the grass grow in:

And then off the trimming Mike's hedges:

And on the solar building:

Little Niki:

We decided to change the outside of the house.  We want to make it lighter and cheerier.  He are some of our paint choices:

Yay...time to get my garden ready:)  Rotating the soil inside the cage:

Making it neat and ready for my plants:

Covering the walkways so i don't have a mess:

Just waiting for planting time:

Next up....time to change our old awning.