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getting ready for painting

i've spent most of the weekend getting ready for the painter to come (with the exception of the system kid show). he's going to paint the outside of my house. i had to do a lot of prep work so he can do his prep work. pre-prep work if you will.

basically i had to replace all the plywood on the front of the house because it has cracks and rotting mainly from the sun. the house was built in 1987, so it's done it's job. now is the time to make it nice again.

i got my dad's trailer to go pick up some plywood first thing saturday morning. i got 7 sheets of 19/32" tongue and groove plywood and a couple of trim boards and some screws. after lots of cutting and attaching, it's all done. nice new plywood parts on my house, ready for the painter tomorrow.

the bad thing is that i had to return 3 sheets of plywood - those things were heavy. taking them back was just more work. the good thing is that it's money back in my pocket. each sheet was $24. we have hurricane katrina to thank for that.

posted by Evan @ 9:30 PM