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Month: September 2001

27Sep/01

Bedroom 1 – Stripping the Woodwork

September 27, 2001Bedroom 1jeff

We used a heat gun and a scraper tool to begin removing the paint from the woodwork. One pane done… Some trial and error testing on the more difficult areas of the

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26Sep/01

Bedroom 1 – Exterior Painting

September 26, 2001Bedroom 1jeff

The decorative trim pieces painted and ready to be installed. The decorative trim pieces installed. Entire tower side, completed. Checking the other side of the tower to make sure that there wasn’t

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25Sep/01

Bedroom 1 – Wall & Ceiling Patching

September 25, 2001Bedroom 1jeff

After cleaning all of the loose plaster out of the damaged areas, we then used the drywall that we pulled down from the drop-ceiling to patch up the areas that were missing

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13Sep/01

Bedroom 1 – Exterior Priming

September 13, 2001Bedroom 1jeff

All of the replaced/repaired area was then primed. Detail of the upper area. I also added a bit of flashing to divert any water that may leak in the future. The decorative

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07Sep/01

Bedroom 1 – Wall & Ceiling Repair

September 7, 2001Bedroom 1jeff

The first step was to replace all of the rotted out lath with new lath.  This is the south wall/ceiling with the new lath. Detail of the south wall/ceiling new lath. The

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06Sep/01

Bedroom 1 – Exterior Repair

September 6, 2001Bedroom 1jeff

After removing all of the damaged wood, it was time to replace it with new wood. The remaining shingles were removed from the part of the tower that had the water damage. 

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06Sep/01

Bedroom 1 – Exterior Demolition

September 6, 2001Bedroom 1jeff

The culprit for the west wall/ceiling leak appeared to be a leaking eavestrough on the upper part of the west wall where it connects to the tower. Removing the shingle siding to

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06Sep/01

Courtyard – New Plantings

September 6, 2001Courtyardjeff

We cleaned out the flower bed in front of the breezeway and put in some fall plants. View from the other direction.

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