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 old panels are down:
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:
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.
Love hardi-plank. It will give wood peckers a headache and a dull bill, termites tooth loss and laughs at dry rot. Good choice. Nice move on the mini-split. Did you guys ever go to a 24v inverter?
ReplyDeleteI just now read about Niki. I'm so sorry but what a wonderful life she had. I'll so miss reading about her adventures.
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Thank you. I miss her a lot the little pug, lol. It's weird doing a project without her but it would have been a bad year for her between the month in NY and the heat here.
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