The Summer 'Fun' Files (Part 2- Days 4 & 5)

Monday

Monday was the start of Chantal's holiday so what should we do? Paint of course. After all is that not what the summer holidays are for? In any case, who needs to go away on holiday. Particularly, as we still feel like we are on an extended one, even though we have been here nearly two years. Anyway, I digress.

The first job was to give the garage its final coat which we duly did (see previous entry for the end result). Garage done but not job done! After practising on the garage, it was time to start the main job: the house.

To hone our skills a little more, we have started with the side of the house that nobody sees. Logically, we will finish with the side that everyone sees. This may end up one of two ways though. Possibly, our skills will be sharpened to such an extent that everyone will ask how much we paid to have it done or we will be so pissed off painting that the end result will require us having to pay somebody to fix it!

As we are doing the job properly, the first task was not sanding or even washing the paintwork. It was to apply the moss and mould killer. It was quite incredible to see the grime and mould spores running down the house so we're pretty glad that we have not skipped that step!

Tuesday

After a 10 km morning run, it was time to scrub and then rinse the moss and mould killer off the side of the house. That was the easy part of the day's jobs.

As I type, my arm is sore and aching from the hours spent sanding and filling. Why did we buy a weatherboard house? And to think that we still have three more sides to sand!