Exterior painting project

[cgrutt]

All about the prep... lol.

Been sanding/scaping/replacing cracked and/or rotted boards for past three weeks getting close for paint!

Put oil based wood primer on three sides of house yesterday. Puttyied today. Hopefully get back primed and two sides and front painted tomorrow. Trim on Friday!

That's the plan anyway lol...

Don't have alot of pictures on this project this is what front and side looked like.





This was as of tonight.





Can't really tell all the work that went into this but coming out nice!

 

[cgrutt]

Back is primed and three sides painted today. Back and trim tomorrow...

 

[cgrutt]

Paint is still wet in pics it should dry darker and flatter tomorrow.

 

[redtail]

Looks nice.
I hate paint. Hard pass.

 

[Steal2B]

Looks nice.
I hate paint. Hard pass.

 

[BDinPutnam]

"Can't really tell all the work that went into this"...

I have an inkling! Nice work. Like the others said, I hate painting!

 

[cgrutt]

"Can't really tell all the work that went into this"...

I have an inkling! Nice work. Like the others said, I hate painting!

Painting was the easy part lol...

 

[stokes]

Ok, Chris,lets stop looking at the cell phone when you are driving,lol.Now that it has dried the color is spot on,like you said it would.This is my house Chris is doing right now.He is doing an amazing job here.He's a fantastic worker.Doesnt take any short cuts,explains everything along the way.If there are 2 ways to do something and I tell him its ok to take the "easier" way he will take the harder way because it looks better.He takes much pride in his work and I havent seen him not working when he is here.Doesnt take breaks at all and puts in a full day.He isnt close to me at all,at least an hour and a half or more each way.If you have a project,I highly recommend Chris,he will be my go to guy for any future projects,I've already got a few lined up for him.

 

[cgrutt]

Thanks! Cannot confirm or deny the posting while driving bit lol. Stopping at SW to pick up some more paint... it was bothering me lol. Will be there usual time lol...

 

[1075tech]

Hoping he hurries up. I got work that NEEDS to be done.

 

[BDinPutnam]

Loves me some SW since I hate to paint.

 

[Steal2B]

Thanks! Cannot confirm or deny the posting while driving bit lol. Stopping at SW to pick up some more paint... it was bothering me lol. Will be there usual time lol...

So are we going to start a SW vs BM thread in the shades of "9mm vs 45"?

 

[cgrutt]

So are we going to start a SW vs BM thread in the shades of "9mm vs 45"?

Nope lol. Both are great IMO. Using Emerald on this project when it comes to paint you get what you pay for!

 

[cgrutt]

So still working on this lol...

Caulked windows, seams and splits and sprayed another coat of main color.



Sprayed foundation and working on trim.



Taking longer than expected but coming out nice hopefully wrap this up this weekend...

 

[BDinPutnam]

Looking great. You may have mentioned this but what did you use on the foundation?

 

[cgrutt]

Looking great. You may have mentioned this but what did you use on the foundation?

Thanks all the paint (except primer) is Sherwin-Williams Emerald exterior. The main body is satin, foundation flat and trim semi-gloss (urethane enamel). Concrete was already painted and in decent shape so was able to paint right over it otherwise would have used a concrete primer first.

 

[Blimey]

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Ok I think I finally got that one hehe

 

[Steal2B]

Ok I think I finally got that one hehe

I got a small brush, it took awhile to sink in here too.

 

[meketrefe]

WOW. Amazing job!!!
what a difference after that paint and trim.

 

[Saltwater60]

Looks amazing.

 

[cgrutt]

On track to wrap up tomorrow coming together!

Added some hangers for flower pots to help keep the water off railing.



Porch looking clean I accidently hit some of the ceiling with overspray so painted it with the flat trim paint used on foundation came out nice.



Painting the peak was fun... between ladder being too short, a/c directly underneath and working around the electric service lol...



There was no trim above three of the windows so I made it faux with paint. Same for the beam above porch. Came out better than I expected lol.



Pretty sure I'll be done tomorrow...

 

[BDinPutnam]

You know she wanted blue, right?



J/k, fantastic job as always.

 

[stokes]

You know she wanted blue, right?



J/k, fantastic job as always.

Dont even go there.We had that fight before Chris started.She wanted a dark gray with a light gray trim.I really didnt care about the color, but I drew that line at making it look like something out of the Addams family.
Hopefully be finished today.Chris does great work,he breaks his ass and doesnt settle for less than perfect,takes extreme pride in his work.Throughout this project he would point out something he wasnt happy with,I'd say "its fine,dont sweat it".Every time, he'd say nope,not good enough and change it.I think I said it before,but if you need something fixed,painted,built,Chris is the man.

 

[cgrutt]

Thanks for kind words! Be there shortly lol. BTW @stokes is a great guy it's been a fun project and my pleasure to bring his home Improvement vision to reality. Appreciate the opportunity and happy to help!

 

[masterswimmer]

Not sure how I missed this project. Better late than never.

As always, exemplary work CG.

 

[Chevusa]

Looks nice. I'll stick with vinyl siding though.

 

[Saltwater60]

You know she wanted blue, right?



J/k, fantastic job as always.

I’ve been there and done that on landscaping projects. It’s a bitch when the husband handles the entire project and bids then the wife comes out and says I’m that’s not what we talked about.
I walked off a job when that happened once. I talked with the wife and the had an I level spot in the backyard. I said it rototill and rake out the high spot then spread 4 yards of soil to level out a few low spots. I got there for the job and the husband came out and said your rototilling the entire yard right? I said hell no not for that price. I quoted $400 for labor. Back yard was 250’ long by 40’ wide. I said what are you crazy and left. It was completely clear I was tilling the high spot. Written quotes have saved my ass a few times.

 

[stokes]

Well.its finished.Chris worked his ass off on this job.He was absolutely determined to finish this today,and he did.Worked an hour in the dark,lol.Cant say enough good things about this guy.He will be the first call I make with any future projects,and I already have a few lined up for him.Thanks, Chris.