THE PLASTER MASTER

 

 

From here I will move down to the second floor windows.

 

 

This is the second floor left side set of

windows filled and ready for primer.

 

 

Here is the same set primed.

 

 

And here they are finished.

 

 

This is the second floor center set of windows caulked and filled.

 

 

primed ...

 

 

... and now finished.

 

 

This is the second floor right side set of windows filled and caulked.

 

 

primed ...

 

 

... and finished.  From here all of the upper house work is done but the

scaffolding and platforms I built will be left in place for the painter to use

for painting the house.   I scraped, sanded, filled, resanded and refilled the

windows.  Caulked them and primed them.  The home owner finish painted them and the painter will do the rest.

 

Now let's move down to the first floor front of the house.

 

 

This is the left side of the front porch.  Since people will always be enjoying the porch and being extremely close to see the finished

work, more detail will go into the prep involved prior to painting.

 

 

The right side of the front porch.   So, not only will I be sanding and filling the windows, but also all of the siding.

 

 

This is the left side set of porch windows primed.  It is hard to see

in this pic, but I added rounded moulding and a crown moulding

at the ceiling.   It will be obvious in the finished picture though.

 

 

Here you can see the added detail.

 

 

close to done.   You can see that all of the siding is re-nailed,

filled and sanded smooth.

 

 

... and finished.

 

 

As not to be too repititious, here is the right side of the porch

set of windows finished.

 

There would be one outstanding eye sore if this next project

was left undone.  So .....

 

 

Under the porch needs to be closed in.   And what would be more fitting than lattice work .....  nothing else will do !   So lattice it is.

 

 

All piping for the drainage from the roof has been painted flat black

so that it will not be visible through the lattice work.  A nice idea.

 

 

Lattice work needs a frame.  To me, frame means like in cabinetry, and cabinet 'stiles' as they are known means doweling.  So out come the doweling tools.

 

 

preset the square, drill some holes with the dowel jig and the stop set on the drill bit and the process begins.

 

 

these dowel center sets can be used to mark drilling locations.

 

 

The flutted dowels are tapped into place with glue.

 

 

pieces are test fillted ...

 

 

and set up to be glued and clamped.

 

 

They get glued and clamped ....

 

 

and set aside to dry over night.   I had enough sets of clamps to do four sets a day and since there were only eight sets, a mere two days went by.

 

 

All eight frames were of different dimensions, naturally ... so each set was

pre measured and labeled as to where they went, prior to assembly.  Each set was fitted in place prior to cutting the lattice to fit as needed.

 

 

The lattice was temporarily tacked to their frames because they had to be taken apart to be painted.  All were fitted in place again to confirm that they squarely fit there respective opening.

 

 

And of course they do.   The next step is to set up an area for spray painting.  Both sides of everything have to be primed and finish painted.

 

 

And let the fun begin ...  a priming I will go!

 

 

Everything gets primed two coats and laid out to dry.  Both sides are done

and there goes another two days.  Everything is labeled as to what goes with what and where.

 

 

By the end of the spray process it becomes quite apparent that

over spray can be an issue, but I love my new blue sneakers.

 

 

What is difficult to see is that the five pieces of pine to the right of

the dark blue frames are numbered showing what set goes where.

 

 

So to cut to the chase ... here is a set in place with the drain pipe behind it

and you can't see the pipe.   Nice, since the pipe was originally white PVC.

 

 

Here is the left side completed.

 

 

The right side done.

 

 

...and a front view.

 

 

 

Next...  I cleared , swept, vacuumed and  finally power

washed the porch to make it ready for the painter.

 

Here is the front porch siding painted.  The doors are sanded and ready for stain.  The deck has not been painted yet so don't worry this is not the finished color of the deck.

 

 

Here the doors are stained.  The screen doors will stay off for the winter.

 

 

An almost finished look at the front porch.

 

 

Now we are getting very close to done.  but there is still

more trim painting and the deck is not finished yet.

 

 

This is not the finished project but it is a nice overview

as to what the finished project is going to look like.

 

 

The porch is a lovely soft gray deck enamel.

The bands in the columns are trimmed with gold.

New lights have been hung in place.

 

 

And now it is done.  The corbels are trimmed in the dark blue.  The stair treads are gray and the risers are white.  Look close at the roof line and see the light blue pencil stripe the runs the perimeter.  A nice touch.

 

 

A few steps back ....

 

 

And a few more steps back says it all.

 

 

And here is one last close up shot for the details, thus finishing this page.