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