Friday, August 31, 2007

fascia replacement

Look way up and you will see a section of fascia missing. Another piece to the right was also missing but I replaced before taking picture. You can also see the rest/bracing, for the ladder
, on the lower edge of the porch roof.



I measured the section of fascia to replace at 11 feet. So to make it easier to install I ordered 2 pieces of 6 feet each. It is easier to handle 2 short pieces instead of 1 long piece.
The fascia pieces were delivered to the farm house being that the company was working on a job very near by.


After having installed the aluminum fascia, with galvanized roofing nails. I need to brush a small amount of paint on each galvanized nail head. Here I am climbing the 1st part.

I then needed to pull up the extension ladder onto the porch roofing to reach the peak of the fascia.

Notice how the foot of the ladder is against the rest/bracing. This way I can climb the 2nd section to reach the peak of the front of the house.


After the nail heads have been touched up with paint. Here is the final look. Just like new.

window glass pane replacements

There are 8 glass panes that have their seals compromised. They have all been replaced. I called in the measurements to a window supplier, they placed the order and I then picked them up. Then I replaced the double glazed glass panes myself. The vinyl frames were easy to disassemble, to then remove old panes and insert new panes.


We can now see much more clearly outside.

garage doors

The large and small garage doors have been sanded and painted. Looks much better than previous as the paint was worn off and some rust spots.

mail box

This is our repatriated mail box. The rust spots were sanded and then painted. Check out the bright (fluorescent) orange lift flag. Also needed to improve the securing of the mailbox to the post.

We also added a solar LED light hanging above the mail box.