Water Damage Behide Vinyl Siding

It all started when I saw a corner of the canopy rotted. The more I probed the more I found, termite damage also. Well I had to take down the siding & replace a 4X8 sheet of flake board. Had to tear out the side of the canopy & replace all the 2X4's , New flake board & drywall. I,m finishing the drywall now. Then all I have left to do is paint & I will be done. Woopy !










































Finished painting today 3/29/08

Garden Outside Kitchen Window

Everything was scrubbed with clorox & repainted. Newspaper layed down under lava rocks, to hold the weeds done. Works better then garden cloth. In the center it's mulched with paper from the shredder . Finished it today. Happy with it !

OLD PARK BENCH

This was a curbside pickup. The wood was all rotten & needed replacing. Hardest part of this project was removing the paint from the cast iron. White coat came off fairly easy, but there was a black rubberized paint under the white that was really tough to take off. Paint remover barely dented it, used a heat gun & blow torch to no avail, had to wire brush & scrape to get then rest off. they used that heavy black rubber coat for rust proofing. Mostly used to hide the imperfections of the casting, I think. I sprayed a primer on it, then a finish coat. I'm happy with it. Wish I could put these pictures in the order I want them, without uploading again.
The wood is Douglas Fir, it has two coats of stain & four coats of Minwax Poly. Then Armor All. Hardware soaked in grease & WD 40. Hope it out survives me.