Office Exterior Painted

Back side of my office...faded by the sun....now restored.

Besides being high on the 40 foot ladder...dealing with the wasp nests was challenging......a few times one landed on my arm...

Of course I knocked down three wasp nests before painting the top part.

 This ladder has quite a history. It was purchased from Williams Contracting for $175 in 1987 at cost. I was working on an audit of the company and got a deal knowing the controller of the company through my work. It is made of aluminum and is very heavy which makes it safe to be on way above the ground.

Painting the tear drops meant a steady hand and careful balance way up there.

Now finished

Dining Room Exterior Painted

From beginning to the end of painting one side of the back dining room.

Now for the back side of the dining room.

This particular area shows dark residue. This was from the bats that had taken up home in the dining room.

This video was taken 5 years ago. It shows the bats in action and the poop they had deposited in the back part of the dining room on the inside.

And now a recap of before and after for both sides of the dining room. Note the new windows from the old blue house vs the simple temporary windows!

Old Blue House Windows Restored

One important supply needed for the Hardy House was three windows for the dining room. Upon purchase there were simple temporary window sets installed. Apparently the original windows were in bad enough shape to just be thrown out.

 Picture from December 2007

The windows from the blue house fit the Hardy Windows fine in width but were too tall. Therefore the windows had to be cut down to size and the glass cut to fit.

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Here is the beginning of the process and the shape of the windows from the blue house. First item of business get the old glass out. This is a tedious process and a success rate of approx. 60% due to the difficulty removing the glass. This difficulty in part due to old seal like concrete!

Window out.

Pane outside of old window

Example of wood with the paint close up.

Had to resize the window down.

Down to bare wood

Joints for new size

Stained with a natural tone.

Window cleaned and ready. Fine steel wool gets old wavy glass clean.

Back from Dulbin Glass. They cut the glass for free for the Hardy House! One is for the top of the window and the other is for the bottom part.

Glass inserted and new rope for sash. Puddy hard to do. Takes a steady hand. This is the side facing the outside of the house.

Prime and black outside paint. 

Window area broken down. 

Restored sashes for the windows

Old timbers cut down for window frame missing parts.

More materials from the old blue house. Stair Bannister in the middle cut down to match the original window part on the left. New one on the right. Heart Pine!

Weights from old blue house.

Window lock hardware from old blue house

Pat. Oct. 1908. This helps date the materials from the old blue house.

Rotten Wood in window frame.

Old timber piece cut to replace rotten wood.

 Outside finished window top and bottom.

Another view of completed windows.

Inside windows done!