Pennsic house version ~1.5

[cellio]

We built my Pennsic house in 2000 and it's taken a beating over the years -- from harsh weather, from being moved and I suspect at times bumped, and most especially from sitting in a field with waist-high grass between Pennsics. The folks in my camp have been great about helping to make repairs, patching the wood and doing other work, but the accumulation of patches was starting to get problematic. It was time to strip the exterior sheathing and redo it.

The work is almost done now, and with luck this version will be more durable. That is in large part due to a new material that is supposed to be more moisture-resistant and durable. See that stucco look in the picture below? That's not a paint mixin; that's part of the fabrication. The siding is infused with cement somehow, but doesn't weigh too much more than the plywood we took off. (It's heavier, yes, but not problematic.)

We also got my "stone" corners back.




As you can see the window trim isn't back on yet, but it will be. (New pieces.)

Off-topic: uploading to the scrapbook doesn't work for me in Firefox (I had to use Safari), which doesn't encourage me to use the feature.

Comments

[ariannawyn.livejournal.com]

I'm seeing this belatedly - I haven't been on LJ in ages because it became one thing too many - but I'm glad to see the work is getting done. It looks great! Glad to see the quoins are back on, it looks much better with them. Based on the background, I assume Fintan got the Coopers to move it to open ground? And what color would you paint the motif over the door for contrast? We could paint it this Pennsic if you want; I'll have some time during Peace week. Might as well do everything this year, or that task will end up back on the "Someday" list. :-)

BTW, can you send me the trailer number for the purpose of registering it to move this Pennsic? They always ask, I never know the number, then they grump before finding it based on your name. I'd kind of like to skip the grumping part if I can. I think you may have provided the number after the fact in past years, but I don't have it written down anywhere. This time I'll stick it in the ziplock with the key so I have it in the future. Thanks.

[cellio]

I asked Dave Cooper to move it out from the row so Fintan could work and he moved it down to an open stretch at the end -- without 3-foot-high grass, even. :-)

Thanks for the painting offer! I need to attempt some quick research; I don't know if they would have painted the stucco carvings but I'll do some digging. If they would have I'll follow that; if not I'll decide whether to do it anyway. The tree looks much better this time, BTW; the one that was on there, which I cut with a jig-saw, broke when he pried it off, so he made a new one. His is more even.

[ariannawyn.livejournal.com]

Ah, that explains it. I thought the design looked nicer, but I attributed it to the contrast. Is it the same? Now that I look more closely, the design of the leaves looks different. It's sure more striking with the contrast between it and the background.