Roscoe Renovation: September 2009

Split Rail Fence

We put up a split rail fence to define the circle drive in front of the house on the south side.

After split rail fence is completed.

Before split rail fence.

New roof

The 'crew' taking a donut break.

Dave (here on one of his many trips from MN), Carson and Greg.

Stripping the old shingles off the garage area, the previous owner did NOT attach garage to the house so it was a 'project' to prepare it for the new shingles.

A picture of the house 'before new shingles'.

End of a long tiring day...

New shingles on back side of garage, chose the Heatherblend color.

Front side of garage done. I really like the look of the shingles.

Haley Mae O'Keefe peaking through the deck railing at me. She, her mom, dad and sister Zoe stopped by to check out the new roof.

Haley going to a ride UP in the air with her dad, Brad, and Papa Carson, she is NOT afraid of heights!!!

Zoe Anne O'Keefe

Later that day help showed up to strip old shingles off the detached garage, they were a welcome sight.

Later Carson put bundles of shingles up on the roof, its ready to shingle.

One of my jobs is to pick up the trash and run magnet over ground to get nails picked up, I am sure I will have a can full when we are done. Note: most of the nails are really old and have been in the ground for years. Each time wind blows or we get rain more old nails are uncovered.

Patio Door

Carson, Greg and Dave preparing to install.

More light shining through.

Carson and Dave cutting out the hole in the wall.

The new door, moved to the east of its previous location on north side of house.

Paint... "No Carson I didnt say it would be gray, I said green.....

Another sign that we are getting the outside of the house done is finally getting to chose a paint color. It was not easy. Carson wanted gray or brown, but it got a green color called Folkstone. I wanted to stay with natural colors that fit into what we already have done.

You can faintly see the difference of what has and has not been painted. Its a one person crew, so it doesn't happen real fast!

The two big front windows are original to house and have wood frames, so they needed a lot of attention, here they are getting the final coat of paint....for this year.

The good thing about painting and climbing the scaffolding is that I dropped two pant sizes!! So no more complaining from me!

East side of garage

Carson getting ready to enclose the old garage door space, later this will be where we install his office window.

A picture of all the rocks Carson has hauled home for me to use to form circle drive.

Garage Footings

The cement had to be put in wheelbarrow and taken to the footing frames. Not an easy job.

Carson building the footing frames in garage area of the house.

Dirt work done in the garage, now to get it ready to have cement footings poured.

Carson doing the dirt work.

Anytime cement comes, we have other areas ready to be poured also, here we are finishing the sidewalk on east side of garage.

...and on the south side of the garage, we changed garage from a two car to a one car.

We added some 'interest' to the front entrance area with some bricks in the cement, I did most all the work, but of course I am the only one who makes sure pictures are taken.