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Kim and I have been out for sometime (a week and a few days) repairing and painting the house. Painting an old house (built in 1949) is a lot of work. As they say in these parts, “it’s a real piece.”
If the many previous owners were lazy (check), there’re so many layers of paint that you have to literally scrape off the paint to even out the surface. Plus, there’s all sorts of rotten and crap-wood to replace.
Other problems included:
A circular saw with a loose-wonky blade, so it didn’t work very well until I tightened it. Chalk that up as dumb on me.
Replacing a wood panel with a heavy-as-hell Hardipanel. This thing weighed a shit-load and almost killed Kim and I several times. Next time I’m buying wood. Fuck that silcate crap, good as it may be.
It turned out that we have a roof under a roof. We’re always finding whacky stuff in our old house from past owners and remodelings. This time, while fixing some rotten trim, I discovered that there’s a whole ‘nuther roof over our kitchen/dining room addition under the “current” roof. WTF, dude?
Working in 3-D
Despite all of that, I kind of like working on the house. Even though it can suck minute-by-minute, overall it’s rewarding. I’ve worked mostly in the “non-physical” (programming and now analysis and consulting) for most of my life, so it’s a nice switch-up to work in 3-D. Even the heat isn’t so bad once you get over the hump of how fucking hot it is in the Texas summer.
Pictures
Here are some pictoral highlights:
Putting in insulation where new panel will go.
Here’s the color we’ll use.
Sanding Madness!
Stripped House
Spraying on Kilz! primer, the official primer of ZombieCon 2007 (That jokes Kilz me! Kilz…Kilz!).
The Wagner spray gun. This thing is picky on how it works and clogs up easy where-in it kinds of post-bark spits out pant and makes a loud dying-robot sound.
More!
And, yes, as you can tell from the above pictures, we’re not done yet. Half the house is primered, so there’s plenty more painting. Plus trim!
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