Good Morning All. I am James, also known as exlrrp
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I wrote the diary below about a month ago but never got it published. Here it is at last.
I'm leaving Monday for the Ranger Rendezvous and Reunion in Ft Benning GA. When I get back a week later I'm tearing off the metal roof of my garage (just to the right of the wall rebuilt below) replacing all the sleepers (which are rotten) and replacing the metal roof. Then its back to painting and putting the siding on the rest of the house. I'll diary about all this when it happens
I started this project last week. [...actually mid June...] I've been meaning to start this for some time, oh, say, 6 years and this year I finally started it. Notice that stupid looking little corner that sticks out and stops out in the middle of nowhere? I always hated it and now it is no more.
I'm residing about 3/4 of my house with Hardiplank. This is being applied over the old 1x6 T&G siding, which was in such bad shape it would have been impossible to resore it. Real old plus the previous 6 coats of paint weren't applied well and were peeling.
The pictures below show the progress since last week.
This first one shows how it looked 6 months ago.
I finally took out that shitty garage door, burned it and put in a door and window. It then sat like that for about 6 months untll recently
Then I got to work on it. I went and bought a new roofing nailing gun this Senco. Ive always rented these when I need them but I'm doing so much for so long I had to get one. $200 at Home Depot and worth it.
I've never worked with Hardiplank before but it goes really well---cuts easy, not tooo much dust. I got a blade for my Dewalt battery saw and used that for cutting--it worked fine. one blade is lasting this whole part of the job. I use the yellow square for a guide.
I did this differently than ever before. I cut and painted all the pieces and then put them up. I started with the corner trim, got it all up and in place, then put up the hardiplank. Then all I had to do was go back and touchup
this is how it looked at the end of the first day
This is how it looked the 2d day
I am SO glad to get rid of that awful orange color. Ive hated it since I moved here.
OK, this is how it looks now. Today I'm finishing the last strip on the left. That little wall goes 10 more feet higher than where it stops now.
I am REAL pleased with how this is coming out. It's going to look like a new house whan I'm done. I can stop and start, do a little bit at a time, which is good beause I have other things to do in life.
well, that's my project du jour. What are YOU working on?