Yup,
We're finally remodeling this little house. It's been a long time coming. It's a total exterior makeover. The interior will have to wait 'till sometime around the middle of this century.
All the old drafty, "never come clean" windows.....gone. I don't know where they've gone, I'm just happy they're gone. The new ones are wonderful! It was incredible the difference it made just changing the windows. This house is 30 by 60 and has 19 windows. 12 of them are double width. The house is considerably quieter and 'tight' feeling. We're anxious to see the difference in the energy bill.
No more cedar shingle walls!!! They are all off. The whole time I was rippin' them off, I was saying to myself,"I've wanted to do this for YEARS!!". We're wrapping the house with Tyvek barrier and I'm filling every gap with that sticky, nasty, expanding foam-in-a-can stuff. Yesterday I was filling one little hole and the darn thing would'nt stop spraying. I just threw it toward the trash cans. One of the dogs picked it up and now he's all bloated up and goofy lookin'. OK...the dog part did'nt happen, but it sounded kinda funny!
We are having the house rocked up 8 feet to the roof. It's not totally white rock. It has a little tint and some color mixed in. They should be finished some time next week.
The last few days I've been pricing metal for the roof. It's a toss up whether or not we can afford to do that right away. I do look forward to stripping the old one off. I found a company in Phoenix that makes corrugated panels that are already aged and rustic. That might look kinda neat. Good thing is, we've got the tools to install it ourselves.
That about does it for me this morning. I'm gonna try my hand at installing an exterior door. It may end up upside down and opening the wrong way. I'll give it a shot anyway.
Until next time......
Larry Dean
aka - Tool Man
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Hey ToolMan, the house looks great. Good luck with that door of yours. If the door does end up opening the wrong way, then just add on another room and try again on the other side of the house. I check your blog everyday and even showed my co-workers the mud sledding video today. It's always fun to see what you guys are up to. Mickie and I are interested in hearing how D is doing. Bobbie says he is still going to school. That's great.
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