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The
Cassidy House
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Painting
Preparation 1 - Structural Issues |
| Intro,
Clippings,
Dining
room,
Doors 1,
Exterior,
Ext
Doors,
Front
Doors
, History,
Interior,
Painting 1,
Painting 2,
Peek
In,
Pocket
Doors ,
Porch,
Roof,
Stained
Glass,
Staircase |
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| 11/24/2002
We
have run into structural and surface preparation problems that are
making the exterior painting go much slower than expected.
We planned on priming the 1st floor and 2nd floor
front by snow arrived. It looks now like we will
finish only 3/4 of that. |
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Southside,
2nd floor
The
2nd floor south side has been resided and primed, but the
window trim still needs to be replaced, and the windows repaired or
replaced.
We hand build all replacement windows, which is a slow process, but
yields a window that comes close to matching the original.
The vertical trim above the windows may need to be replaced.
Hopefully the shingles above that can be saved.
The X trim below the third floor windows also has to be replaced. |
Around the
corner.
The
clapboard on the photo's left hand side is new and ready for priming.
Siding on the right hand side is heavily
deteriorated and must be replaced.
The windows need repair and the window trim must be replaced.
We hand create each piece of window trim from new poplar
using a router and a table saw.
Some windows need as much as 70% of the wood replaced.
All window parts are also fashioned with a router and a table
saw. |
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Worst
part of the porch roof. |
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Tin
Roof
The
old metal roof will be removed this fall, or next spring, depending
on the weather. We have nearly finished replacing the rotten wood.
We hope to strip the tin, redeck with plywood and cover the roof
with a temporary tarpaper surface. The tar paper will be
replaced after the house has been painted. |
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The porch
roof has to be made safe before the 2nd floor repair and
painting can be completed. Some
of the roof has serious damage.
Other portions are solid with minor damage.
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The
porch roof sags over the front entrance.
The
2nd floor bay windows and the porch above them, protrude several
feet over the 1st floor front entrance. Because of the
sag, the
windows' interior shutters won’t close.
To level the floor and windows, the overhang must be jacked
up slowly over a two-month period.
This
needs to be done before the 2nd floor is resided. By leveling the floor first, and thus straighten out the
windows, we eliminate the need to go back and refit the siding where
it abuts against the windows.
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