Now all the windows are done downstairs I have made a start on the pergola and weatherboards.
I started on the back of the house first, as I wanted to make sure I liked the grey before I painted the front and revealed it to all the passers by!!!
First of all I worked on the pergola and the lower guttering. The guttering was in bad shape, so that took a little while to scrape off and get it back it its original state ready for painting. I then primed it with a galvanised primer and put two coats of Alabaster White paint on.
Once the pergola and guttering was all done Dave and I then washed down and scrubbed the weatherboards with warm water and sugar soap.
First of all I worked on the pergola and the lower guttering. The guttering was in bad shape, so that took a little while to scrape off and get it back it its original state ready for painting. I then primed it with a galvanised primer and put two coats of Alabaster White paint on.
Once the pergola and guttering was all done Dave and I then washed down and scrubbed the weatherboards with warm water and sugar soap.
As the paint on the weatherboards is still in pretty good condition I just lightly sanded each board, chipping away the paint where it had become loose.
I then wiped the weatherboards down again to remove all the sanding dust and primed the areas where the wood was showing.
Once the primer had dried it was ready to receive its first coat of paint.
After a lot of deliberation we chose the colour Delta by Resene. The white window frames look really crisp against the grey... really really happy with how its starting to look.
Summer has been and gone unfortunately so its now being a bit of a challenge to get the painting finished outside!!! Were now into Autumn and the weather is beginning to be unpredictable!!! Hopefully we will get some fine weather again soon so we can finish off the weatherboards.
After a lot of deliberation we chose the colour Delta by Resene. The white window frames look really crisp against the grey... really really happy with how its starting to look.
Summer has been and gone unfortunately so its now being a bit of a challenge to get the painting finished outside!!! Were now into Autumn and the weather is beginning to be unpredictable!!! Hopefully we will get some fine weather again soon so we can finish off the weatherboards.
We also need to get scaffolding up so I can do the upstairs window frames!!! You wouldn't believe the expense of scaffolding in the Wellington Region, its certainly an area to print money!!! So we are exhausting all options, i.e., purchasing, hiring, borrowing!!! Watch this space!
Well we decided on buying our own scaffolding unit. We sourced it off Trademe. Earl, who we bought it off delivered it and very kindly installed it for me that day. Great service!!!
Now to tackle the first of three dormer windows!!
Not a bad job if we say so ourselves!! The roof looks quite brown in the photo below, but it isn't!!! Its more like a charcoal colour.
One dormer window down two more to go!!
Now on to stripping and painting the side windows and weatherboards now we have the scaffolding...
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| one coat of Delta so far |
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| half of the side finished |
Getting there...
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