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07/18/2001
Over Memorial Day weekend we finally painted our house.
When we bought it three years ago the inspector recommended that it be painted,
and so we finally did. What a job!
We rented a Terex (pronounced T-rex, as in the dinosaur)
50 foot articulating "knuckle-boom", basically a big heavy-duty cherry picker.
This is the perfect piece of equipment for a job like this. Don't paint
home without it!
Many thanks to all our friends that so willingly helped
us:
- John and Belinda BeGuhn
- Charl and Elsa Liebenberg
- Daniel and Nella Liebenberg
- Robert Glover
- Jay McDonald (for the loan of his sprayer)
An extra special thanks to the guys from Nations Rent,
Kevin and Mike, who spent several hours helping us get the Terex out of the
hole.
(Click on any of these pictures to see them
larger)
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Here's how the house looked when we
started, minus the shutters which we had already removed and painted in the
garage. |
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First thing was to pressure wash the
siding. I did this myself on the Friday afternoon before our crew
arrived. |
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Saturday morning, and Charl is busy at
work doing the prep. |
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The kitchen bay window needed to be
scraped and sanded, as the old paint was badly cracked and peeling. |
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Daniel doing his thing. |
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Charl and Daniel up on the boom caulking
the siding. |
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Nancy hard at work painting the porch
ceiling. |
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Oops! The Terex was so heavy
(23,000 lbs) that a sink hole nearby caved in and it got stuck. |
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After several attempts with smaller
vehicles, we called a wrecker service to help us out. |
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It's amazing what the right equipment
will do. The wrecker had the Terex out the hole in no time flat. |
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Here's the bloody hole! I'm going
to need a truckload of dirt to fill it in. |
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Joann and I take a short break to pose
for the camera while putting the shutters back up. |
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Painting the window trim has to be the
worst job of them all. |
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More window trim! |
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The porch looks so much better in white
than the old puke-yellow color. |
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Finally it's all done. A lot of
hard work, but the end-product is well worth it. |
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