First post of this year, yay!
I've added a paypal donation button on the top right of the page for anyone who would like to help us with our restoration! With just me and my mother doing everything by ourselves, it can be daunting to tackle such a large home, especially for 2 ladies alone and it is often expensive. All proceeds will go to painting, paint removal, staining, replacement of wood trim and crown molding including window restoration and replacement (replacement of plastic windows with wooden sash).
Recently, we removed the gutters off the porch, with plans to remove all the gutters eventually, sick of clogged, leaking mildew-filled gutters that are rotting my fascia board and molding, we removed them. Now, no more mildew and potential rot, just as well we had squirrels sit in the gutters and chew the molding (the patched sections) very sad!
I've added a paypal donation button on the top right of the page for anyone who would like to help us with our restoration! With just me and my mother doing everything by ourselves, it can be daunting to tackle such a large home, especially for 2 ladies alone and it is often expensive. All proceeds will go to painting, paint removal, staining, replacement of wood trim and crown molding including window restoration and replacement (replacement of plastic windows with wooden sash).
Recently, we removed the gutters off the porch, with plans to remove all the gutters eventually, sick of clogged, leaking mildew-filled gutters that are rotting my fascia board and molding, we removed them. Now, no more mildew and potential rot, just as well we had squirrels sit in the gutters and chew the molding (the patched sections) very sad!
I know at one point, the house had iron half round gutters from fragments I found under the house, but right now it has/had aluminum K-style gutters installed in the 1980's by the previous owner.
Since these gutters seemed to be "bolted" in place, unable to just unscrew them, I opted to use tin snips and cut the metal brackets holding them onto the roof. I believe it's called the "spike and barrel" system, which nobody uses anymore. If I am wrong please feel free to correct me in the comments section :)
We do plan to repair/replace the molding as soon as I can find a bead and cove router blade of appropriate shape/size, which so far is proving difficult.
Now, for everyone's favourite part, the pics!
Damaged sections, some patched with aluminum, the newest chew hole, I patched in a pinch with a piece of siding.
Once again, the beautiful bead and cove molding is visible as it was intended to be!
The constant moisture from these improperly installed gutters wore the paint almost all the way down and caused moisture buildup and mildew on the wood.
In one section on the east side, it even allowed moss to grow on the wood!
