Container Weld Shop build -

[BukitCase]

"Whats the update is the house all rap up yet, any before and after pics? I want to make sure there aren't any runs or streaks on this professional paint job."

Nope, guess it's true when they say "The older I get, the faster I USTA BE..." everything I open up looks worse than I hoped it would be, so I figured out a way to survive this job, which is DEFINITELY gonna take me well into the "horizontal rain" season - we typically get anywhere from 20 to 80 mph winds on this hill most of the winter months, and LOTS of rain - and I HATE seeing buildings worked on in the rain, it's just BEGGING for dry rot, etc... which is just what I've been finding; it's now lookin' like I will need to replace ALL 62 feet of the south side sheathing, at least up to 4' up from the foundation, BEFORE I can put the new siding on - so here's my survival plan


That's one 12'x16' Costco tarp, today I got a second one up (not shown in that pic) - each one's held out from the house by 5 12' 2x4's, clamped to every other rafter tail (up UNDER the roof) and to a second STAKE driven into the ground at the outer end. That gives me just over 9 feet from house to bottom of the tarps - I'll extend that "lean-to tent" clear to the other end of the house, so EVERYTHING I do will stay bone dry til the paint's dry. (Including ME...)

I also have enough of the led lights to run them full length, then they can get used elsewhere when it's done. Not clear in the pics, each pair of lights hangs on a 10' stick of 1" conduit, which is clamped to the 2x4 "tarp rafters" and angled out toward the house - Those give me enough light I can work til bedtime if I'm feelin' frisky (Ever seen a frisky 73 year old? Me neither

I'm gonna use one of the tall containers as a "paint booth", pre-prime EVERYTHING including the replacement sheathing (already in hand), then when it's ALL nailed up I'll spray the final color. This time it's gonna be a medium gray (few shades lighter than the mil-spec "lego blocks", with a slightly darker than sky blue trim.

By leaning 4x8 sheets up on both walls of a 40' container, I can spray up to 18 sheets at a time without worrying about rain before they dry... (as long as I remember the respirator, and my "tenny-runners"

BTW, this ain't gonna go FAST, but it's gonna be a dang sight closer to RIGHT than it useta wuz - so far I've found wrong nails, not ENOUGH nails, ZERO flashing around windows, big odd-shaped gaps in sheathing (mud daubers LOVE these, so does dry rot), some siding hung too low (about 8" of "bug tunnel" below the sill plates for 62 feet) and there's a fair possibility (haven't looked yet) of dry rot in some of the sill area framing...

Did I mention that the NEW title of this thread's gonna be "Steve's everything BUT a container weld shop build" ??!?

But hey, at least we got all the firewood we need for the next couple years, so yay :laughing: ... Steve

 

[Oldpath05]

("Steve's everything BUT a container weld shop build")<<<<<<<<<<<<Sounds good to me but dont think it's possible although on the other hand I kinda got that idea after I been through the few pages, I never really cared for topic police anyways.

On that second picture what's wrong with that sheathing.........looks good to me, caulk and paint make it what it ain't. I see the best part about your extreme house makeover is it's a single story house.

I have a upstairs and makes exterior work a nightmare. I went through that 7 years ago on the front and north side, I got to repaint the south side sometime soon, might as well forget that for this year. On the back side wife wants a downstairs bedroom, that anit happening this year either, a 14x32' at my age is atleast a 2 year project then the worse part is if I add on the house taxes will go up, I'm already paying $1800.00/year on 25 acres and last month the town had property revaluation done for next years taxes now that's already scaring me.

 

[BukitCase]

"On that second picture what's wrong with that sheathing"

Nuthin' wrong on the gable end; it only gets maybe 20% of the "horizontal rain", had a few voids I patched and caulked and THAT part's ready to wrap and side.

It's the LONG side that gets most of the action - as I mentioned, NONE of the windows or sliding door were flashed AT ALL, the tar paper was done kind of a "lick and a promise" - as a result, EVERY opening has dry rot from near the bottoms of windows down to the foundation.

I'm hopin' to make it another decade or two, and this is NOT beer, sex or pizza so I NEVER wanna do it AGAIN

So it's gonna get done the best way I know how...

The GOOD news - it rained all day today (still is a little) and my "mil-spec lean-to tent" is completely dry and 99% breeze-less for the whole 30+ feet :thumbsup: so a few more 2x4's, couple more tarps, and I'll be able to get things closed up ENTIRELY before I prime and paint the entire (half) of the house. That'll mean that I'll need less than one 5 gallon bucket of primer to do the end and long side, same with final coat.

My airless can use up to 5 gallon bucket, and with one of the larger tips

Amazon.com: Graco 221617 Reversible Airless Spray Tip, RAC IV, 617: Home Improvement

it can spray up to a 14" fan, so once everything's masked each coat should take maybe a half hour for the actual spraying. With a 50' hose I'll need to move the bucket ONCE to do the back and one side (all I'm doing THIS year)

I don't envy you your 2-story, don't even like gables but with my 10' "super plank" on the loader (up to 11' off the ground) and a 36" gun extension on the airless, I can do the high part of the gable from the plank, and reach the rest from the ground, so it won't be too bad.

The long side can get done ENTIRELY from the ground with the extension. A wide roller on a 3' or 6' pole will let me smooth out the (expected) runs here and there; all in all, it shouldn't be too hard to finish well before the insurance co's Dec 8 deadline.

That's what I keep tellin' myself anyway, and so far I'm still gullible enough to BELIEVE it :laughing: ... Steve

 

[Oldpath05]

What does that paint tip fit this>>>Graco Magnum 26285 X7 Cart Airless Paint Sprayer - Power Paint Sprayers - Amazon.com ,,,,,,,,,,thanks for the updates.

I bought one of these offshoot brand Krebs 35T 25 years ago, very heavy on the hand, fast but uses a lot of paint with very little coverage/gal, so 4 years ago when painting my garage I used a paint brush, very slow with lot of coverage/gal. Wouldn't it be nice if they made a paint sprayer that was light on the hand, fast with lots of coverage/gal, then wouldn't it be even nicer if they made a paint never fades and never comes off.

KREBS SPRAYKIT 36 35T Electric Airless Paint Sprayer "WITH BACKPACK TANK" - $175. | PicClick <<<Dont think there in business anymore.

 

[BukitCase]

Yeah, that tip fits the one in your link - but that's the CHEAPEST one of their line that will handle that particular tip size. If you scroll down that page you'll come to a chart - one of the lines is "Maximum Tip Size". As the sprayers go up in price, they get bigger pumps, so they can handle bigger tips.

The bigger the tip size (hole, NOT "pattern") the thicker liquids they can spray un-thinned.

Their tip numbers tell you two things - it's a 3 digit number, the first (3,4,5,6) tells you the PATTERN width, the OTHER 2 digits are the nozzle size (in thousandths of an inch) so a 517 tip sprays a pattern 5 (10-12 inch fan) and has a .017" hole. A 617 tip has same size hole (last 2 numbers) but the 6 pattern (first number) means it's a WIDER fan (12-14 inch fan)

If you go to this link
Amazon.com: Graco 221517 Reversible Airless Spray Tip, Rac IV, 517: Home Improvement
Then click on the little box with the 3 digit number and choose different ones, (wait til the description changes) you can see how this works.

If all that's not confusing ENOUGH, not ALL their tips fit the SAME tip guards - that "RAC" in tip descriptions stands for Reverse-A-Clean, if it clogs you just twist that little T handle a half turn and hit the trigger - and (even more confusing) the IV is Roman Numerals, and so far all I know is that a tip guard that's "RAC IV" will (supposedly) also fit tips that are either size IV, or size V

I finally got it figured out enough to know what tips I wanted available, but if you think that makes me an "expert", then you probably ALSO believe Al Gore really invented the internet

The main reason I picked the sprayer I did (the X-17) is the "easily replaceable pump" (that's what died on my old one, only 38 years old and no parts available; dang) And it handles a big enough tip to do heavier exterior latex paint -

BTW, now YOU know why my friends NEVER ask me a question unless they REALLY wanna know - the above was the SHORT version :laughing: ... Steve

 

[BukitCase]

Made a little progress today, got all the old siding off that's under my "long skinny teepee" ; 1 sheet less than HALF of the south side -


There's enough punky stuff that my plan to replace the lower 48" of sheathing still looks necessary. The GOOD news; looks like no actual FRAMING damage :drink:

Guess it's time to start pre-priming CDX... Steve

 

[Oldpath05]

What's the update on this old house repair, need Norm Abram yet? Just a reminder winters coming and you might have to trade the fans in for heaters and snow shovels if this keeps going.

Right now I'm trying to get my firewood in before it snows, already a week behind schedule, forgot about all the pre-work that has to happen first, luckily my wood spliter started with just 6 pulls, so far I only got 4 loads in with 11 more to go then I'll be all set, nothing more satisfying in life then that all set feeling. I better take Friday off so I can get caught up and get that all set feeling.



What your thoughts on this air hose set up? RapidAir 1/2in. Master Kit, Model# 9 | Northern Tool + Equipment

 

[BukitCase]

Rapid air kit looks OK if you don't wanna go with hard lines, but I'd keep in mind it's only rated for 150 psi - if you ever decide to get a bigger compressor (like a REALLY good deal on an industrial version) a lot of 'em (specially 2-stage) shut off at around 175 psi. Mine does, and I don't use ANYTHING less than 300 psi rated without a regulator in the line - for example, most HF air tools will crap their pants if you go much above 100 PSI (DAMHIKT :ashamed

Did make a little progress in "getting ready to do stuff" Rest of the tenting is almost done as of a couple days ago



The gap in the middle is where the sliding glass door is, that'll get its tarp ONLY when the weather actually makes it necessary. (And I have no doubt it WILL before I'm done)

Yesterday I got one of the hi-cube containers set up with lights/masking, and got 8 sheets of 1/2" CDX ply leaned up vertical (spaced down one side) - new airless sprayer will go in the container NEXT to it - then prime one side, let dry, flip, do other side. In between coats I'll finish stripping the rest of the old siding (36 feet left to do) then cut the sheathing 48" above where the sheathing SHOULD have stopped - then the pre-primed CDX will replace the bottom 4 feet of sheathing. (Can't WAIT to see what's under THAT )

I'm using Kilz2 (un-thinned) for primer, I figure the anti-mildew can't hurt.

Then comes CORRECT flashing (as opposed to "NONE"/house wrap, pre-priming new siding (using same container "paint shop"), siding goes up (WITHOUT creating another "row housing for bugs" gap) and spray final color. Then new (pre-primed by me) trim, paint that, final caulk around windows...

Dang, I'm tired just TALKIN' about it ...Steve

 

[BukitCase]

The "browner" areas in front of the 2 containers are where I scraped some humps off with the Gannon box; third pic is after the 1-1/2" minus rock.



It's 'sposed to rain about an inch starting Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday, so about Saturday I'll "drive it in" a bit more with the 580B and smooth it a little more. Then it'll get a couple inches of 3/4"minus (the OTHER pile), so I can get around the containers WITHOUT pontoons ... Steve

 

[Oldpath05]

Your suppose to be working on the house now your back on the container shop, did your wife give you permission to wander off to the tin can garage? and whats those black piles of stuff? from where I sitting it looks like reclaimed hot top.