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July 31, 2010
paint and repairs
it's definitely time for some paint work:
on one part of the house, the painter also found some rot. he's also a carpenter so on his recommendation, i asked him to take out the rot and repair the damage.
it started with just the corners and the top...
and then he realized that the brick veneer wasn't attached, it was just kind of balancing on the foundation and lightly held in place by the rotting siding that had been removed.
so i gave the go-ahead to take off the brick.
which is going to allow him to access all the water damaged structural areas:
it looks like bad flashing around the chimney allowed water to move along the chimney and soak the wood repeatedly. i think a bad gutter was also to blame - it soaked the ground, water moved up through the masonry and soaked the wood at the bottom.
the flashing has been fixed - in fact the rotted out wood was all dry despite a good rain the day before - and the gutters will be replaced.
i'll also be getting rid of the obnoxious herringbone brick veneer, which never looked right.
Posted by lisa at July 31, 2010 10:55 PM
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I continue to think that gutters are misguided. They seem a good idea, but they seem eventually to cause more problems than they solve. One needs to landscape one's house anyway to move water away, whether there are gutters or not. It's of course nice to have a section of gutter or diverter near entrances to keep water from running off the roof onto your head as you walk in.
The brickwork was at least different.
Posted by: Joseph H. Vilas on August 3, 2010 01:27 PM
ok, so a) your comment won't post right away because i have to approve it first and b) you might get a server error but your comment probably posted anyway and c) previewing doesn't work so i've removed the preview button.