{"id":12144,"date":"2023-07-01T08:44:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T13:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/?p=12144"},"modified":"2023-07-01T08:44:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T13:44:16","slug":"gable-painting-plus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/gable-painting-plus\/","title":{"rendered":"Gable Painting Plus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The main news this week involves painting. Gable painting began on Tuesday and the results are looking terrific! Other activity saw the power company working on the Main Street\/north side, burying cables. (This necessitated digging holes in the median.) More flowers are in bloom and I have a short clip of neighborhood cat Autumn Calico rolling around on the sidewalk. A quick medical update will round out the narrative. Onward!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Pam and I took a lot of photos of the painting work in progress. Here are a few work-in-progress shots and I will include finished results below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week I had included a photo of the power company putting guards around the power line that leads to the house. This photo below shows why guards were a good idea. The painter is in a bucket between the house and power line.<\/p>\n\n\n

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East bathroom window gable<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Above is over the east porch. The west side was somewhat more open.<\/p>\n\n\n

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West side work underway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The north and south sides had trees to contend with but the crew managed to get positioned OK. (Two guys, Will and Troy, each with a boom lift, did the work.)<\/p>\n\n\n

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North side between trees and house<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Troy works on the south side under tree limbs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Here are a few photos of the finished work. <\/p>\n\n\n

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West side done.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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North face<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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South gable<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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East side<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

As you can see, the painters were able to fulfill Pam’s request to paint the east gable under the electrical wire. We are very pleased we won’t have to try to negotiate rental bucket lift equipment under that wire. The house is looking better than ever. Now we just need to repair remaining [mint green] broken siding sections, and finish<\/strong> the second floor red painting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tower: One of the painters will do some photography of the tower to establish a scope of work. A wooden decorative “skirt,” about half-way up, could possibly be removed, depending on what is underneath it. Photos may confirm it was built over the cedar shakes which could stay in place while permitting the removal of the “skirt” with no ill effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The top “cap” of the tower is problematic. It looks to have quite a bit of rot – can it be painted? Does it need complete replacement? Replacement would be more than I can personally do. Whatever we decide, it may just be “lipstick on a pig.” Our resources are not endless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moving onto other topics…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the outside cats, mentioned before, is Autumn Calico. Here is a – shaky – 57 second video of her grooming and rolling around on the sidewalk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n