So, now I can show you pictures of things I've mentioned before and also show you more of Tallulah House (TH is now preening-- she loves being shown off!)
I'll start with the Hardiplank project, because its the most major thing (visible thing anyway) we've done. Tallulah was built in 1949 as a wooden frame house. At a later date, asbestos siding was put over the original structure-- yes, asbestos: nasty stuff when it breaks, and this added a considerable cost to the whole project as we had to hire a company just to remove it and dispose of it properly. Even later on, someone put vinyl siding over the asbestos siding. This was done badly, as, apparently, so was the asbestos siding. The result of poor installation was that water made its way to the original frame structure and began rotting it.
Chris and I knew that there was rot, but we had NO IDEA how much rot was involved. When we finally found out the extent of it, we were absolutely horrified. The good news is that all of the rot was ripped out and new boards put in place, new flashing was put in place around the windows and new gutters were installed. Ain't no water gettin' in no way ;) Plus, Hardiplank comes with a 50-year guarantee, so if anything happens to it the company will fix it.
So, here are some pictures:
Tallulah House about a year after we bought her (the only changes we'd made at that point were adding the window boxes and putting in new bushes); we did the Hardiplank project during year three.
Examples of the rot:
A wall where they fixed the rot-- the lighter wood is the newest:
The moisture barrier that was put on after the rot was fixed:
Tallulah's new spacesuit (the insulation wrap):
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The day when Tallulah looked like a crack house:
The whole front door frame was rotted out and had to be replaced. Here's a pic of somewhere in the middle of the process:
The last day of the project, after Tallulah was painted. I honestly tried to consider other colours, but Tallulah wanted to be yellow!
I hope you've enjoyed these photos :) I'm going to do a separate post about the front yard.
Kimberley
2 comments:
Wow,what an accomplishment. I plan to remove the ugly asbestos siding on my house next summer. Hopefully not much has rotted underneath.
Hey, Durf!
We were soooo pleased that we were able to do this for Tallulah. She has essentially always been a "starter" house for people who seem to have done only the bare minimum needed in order to sell her to someone else. We feel like the Hardiplank was something that would ensure she sees another 50 years :)
Good luck on that siding removal!
Kimberley
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