Fishers exterior trim

Ryan and I finished another large exterior trim job in Fishers. The house had not been painted for 11 years. It included all the wood trim, shutters, gutters, front steel door, and 3-car garage doors. It took us five days, which included pressure washing, prepping, and applying the finish coat.  We worked until 7:30 p.m. the last day to finish up.

Details of the project:

• We pressure washed all the wood trim and also the siding that was dirty. It wasn't part of the estimate but it doesn't take much longer to hit the siding;
• We applied 11 or 12 tubes of both white and clear caulk. They had a lot of brick on the front so we removed all the failing caulk and replaced with clear caulk around the brick;
• We scraped any failing paint that the pressure washing did not remove;
• Applied four gallons of Sherwin Williams Exterior Duration paint in a satin finish (Summer White) on the soffits, overhang, fascia boards, 3-car garage doors, man-door, and gutters;
• Applied Sherwin Williams Exterior SuperPaint in a satin finish (Tricorn Black) to the shutters, planters, and front steel door; and
• We sprayed both the 3-car garage doors and the front steel door and used a mini-roller (1/2 nap) and a brush for the rest.

Challenges:

• We had to use our steel deck boots on one of the high peaks that was very steep in order to reach the overhang. You can see the high peaks on the first photo. We had to use our 32 foot extension ladder to reach the highest peak and also to step onto the lower peak to get to the overhang. As mentioned, we used a deck boot (http://www.provisiontools.com/roofboot.asp) and Pivit ladder tool (http://www.provisiontools.com/pivit.asp) to stand on the steep roof line;
• We had to apply two coats of the Tricorn Black to the shutters because they were not covering the green color in one coat;
• Our small sprayer would not work with the Tricorn Black because it was too thick even after thinning.  We eventually broke out the large sprayer again to spray the front door;
• A lot of the corner boards on the wood trim were cracked or had large gaps. We had to re-nail and apply caulk before painting; and
• We had rain on two of the days so had to work around the rain. Also, it was very cool and cloudy the last day so the front door did not dry as fast as we liked.

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