First exterior job of the year

Finished a large exterior job on Wednesday with a little help from Ryan spraying.  Pulled and sprayed the front steel door and also sprayed the garage doors. The house is exactly like one I owned several years ago. It took six days including pressure washing and preparation.

Note: The front door looked so good after Ryan sprayed it out - almost like glass. Probably his best effort.

Used Sherwin Williams top of the line exterior paint called Emerald.  I normally use Duration but got a special discount on Emerald to see how I liked it. It is much thicker paint than normal exterior paint and it covers well. It also applies a little smoother than Duration.

Steps:

1. Pressure washed all the wood and car garage doors. Let dry for one day;
2. Sanded and scraped all failing paint using electric orbital sander and other tools;
3. Removed all failing caulk around windows, brick, and wood trim;
4. Caulked using both white and clear caulk (around brick). Used 8 tubes;
5. Sprayed painted the front steel door and garage doors;
6. Removed rotting boards and replaced them (not part of original quote);
7. Applied 4 gallons of paint on all the wood trim;
8. Painted the two shutters;
9. Touched-up a lot of areas from the last paint job to make the job look more professional; and
10. Cleaned up areas I worked around including roof, front porch, and driveway.

Challenges:

• There were two difficult peaks to get to because of the height and roof line;
• The failing caulk in some areas was hard to remove because it was so hard.;
• Had to replace some rotting boards.

Photos:

Back side with chimney

Upper peak very difficult to complete

Front door with window side lights - used to be blue

 Front with garage doors sprayed out

Side of porch

Ryan after spraying out door

 Screened in porch

West side

 Door again

Ryan masking out door before spraying

Carmel ceilings and walls

Finished ceilings in an upstairs hallway, stairwell, and entryway. I also put two coats of "Ancient Marble" in a flat finish on the walls and touched up the stained trim. Painting ceilings in a high stairwell takes additional measures for safety and getting to the top. I brought in my 12 foot ladder along with levelers in order to get to the higher areas.


Steps:

1. Removed electrical plates;
2. Sanded walls;
3. Washed the walls with simple green; 
4. Spackled all the holes and nicks in the walls;
5. Masked out floors with durable paper in order to keep any drips off the carpet and wood floors;
6. Lightly sanding all areas spackled;
7. Painted ceilings;
8. Taped out baseboards and door trim;
9. Applied first coat on walls - let dry;
10. Applied second coat on walls;
11. Pulled tape and masking paper;
12. Did touch-ups requested;
13. Cleaned up and presented to customer.

Photos (pictures not very clear):

Downstairs hallway

Entryway

Upstairs hallway