On a Scale
On a scale of one to ten, Dennis and I feel we are at a twelve today. We are free of a handyman that wasn’t quite as handy as he thought. We bought paint that cost $42.00 a gallon to put on buildings that were in need of sprucing up. We had the scrapping done before the handyman came. Yes, the wood has given all it can and now it was asking to be painted over and having its cracks sealed up for this next round. When our handyman had painted both top peaks and the front and sides of the 40′ long garage, thus using only a half gallon of paint we knew what we needed to do . . . get rid of him. He needed to come back and paint the peaks a second time putting on a goodly amount of paint, take his pay and his leave.
We are giving a second coat to all that the handyman painted. Today with Dennis on duty for moral support, I painted the east wall of the pickup garage that was under the gable peak. At a time in the past, I think it was ten years ago, that wall had pushed off of the concrete foundation. The wall was jacked up with a new sill installed and new 2 x 4s put in for the wall. Dennis had gotten 4′ x 8′ cedar wood panels as the exterior covering of the new wall. At that time it was painted white. And at that time, the cedar wood had really sucked up the paint. Looking at it this morning, we knew it would take quite a bit of paint to seal up the wear and tear. As luck would have it our small ladder fit right in between the garage and the potting shed. By twelve noon, the wall had been refreshed and I had cracked open the fourth gallon of paint. It looks sharp.
All that remains to this summer painting season is both of the four foot tall sides of the potting shed. As I painted this morning, Dennis washed the walls of the potting shed off. Tomorrow morning, I know the east wall will have been given a fresh coat. Painting the west four foot wall of the potting shed is a tight fit and Dennis wants to get in there and brush off the siding, letting the newly painted east wall of the garage that is 24″ away have a chance of really drying the painting of today. It’s all about taking the painting in stride and not over doing what the body can take. This fall when the Koi pond has been drained with the Koi safely in the horse tank, that north end of the potting shed will be tackled. I think the buildings look as if the owners are proud land owners and good stewards.
Another good day on Stauffer and supper will be tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. Sweet! Soon the blog will be other than paint related.