Wow - its been too long between posts and time to catch up! Repair on the house began in June 2007 and continued through November - just working on the exterior.
It all started because we needed a new roof. Small hole = big problem - so we needed to replace the rotton wood decking and fascia and soffit - so while the carpenter is here - also replace the rotton wood around all of the windows and doors, and while your at it - replace the rotton doors. Whew!
Long journey to new roof has begun. Now that the new wood is in place better get some paint on it.....
Roof company also installs gutters -
What color do you want??
Need to know that before we paint. After three trips to the hardware store we finally found the right shade of brown.
So we paint - the exterior trim and windows.
Did we mention there are 36 windows?
Also need to choose shingle color - journey to new roof continues. In the mean while new doors are installed. Also found some craftsman style lanterns for the front entry.
And after much deliberation on which shade of brown we wanted for the paint, gutters and shingles and a three month waiting period for the roofers - we started to get a roof and the sky turns dark and it looks like rain - and the race is on...
But wait -- the old shingles are gone - the rain held off and the new shingles went on - and the house had a new roof. Yeah! No more leaks and no more buckets in the house to catch rain water......-
......and the peasants rejoiced!
We decided to keep the exsisting lightening rods and cable that where original to the house but we added some decorative glass-ball-rods to the front and rear of the house just to keep a bit of character.
The painting continued for several more weeks -
Did we mention the 36 windows?
By Thanksgiving we had the main house exterior complete
and we were indeed giving thanks!
