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BEHOLD
Eric Taylor and Dave Shearer
1025 North Temple Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana
Craphole, looking eastward at front, c. early fall 2001
The Goal
Replace enitre roof, full tear-off, overlay original skip-sheathing with CDX plywood (not OSB)
Replace all overhangs, 2nd floor flashing and siding (dormers)
Replace gutters and spouts
Replace front porch ceiling
All repairs meant to be as sensitive to the old lady's 104-year-old pedigree as the budget allows.
Overhang underside ("soffits") will be replaced with beadboard as is original, not boxed in by an aluminum tomb of shame.
For perspective, the loan for all this is a few hundred dollars more than the original purchase price of the entire property in 2001. Yeah.
BEHOLD PHOTOS
August 10th
Maintenance deferred as shown above when Dave bought the place.
23 years later, still a wreck. Neglect and petulance of age is palpable, offensive,
shrieking and stinking of a 104-year-old, unfortuntely-dog-like Jack Russell Terrier.
Satan, looking hellward, c. spring 4,999,997,976 BC
August 30th
Big day. Much brickwork accomplished. Delivery of bulk of materials to back yard.
Why — one might ask — are we doing brickwork and foundation maintenance when we're supposed to be having our roof done?
The answer is, with all things at Temple, because it needs done. We're also impatiently waiting for the roof cataclysm to gel.
So? Let's paint bricks again.
Original foundation, porch and most everything that couldn't run away was painted this color.
First attempt at painting brick in 2002. It was brick-colored then. 20+ years later it's psoriasis-colored.
New, extry-fancy multi-colored brick accomplished by randomly mixing deep brown, light terra-cotta and an odious violet.
In keeping with this momentous, er, moment in Temple's long history, it will take 104 years to complete.
All snark aside, the picture doesn't quite do it justice. The mixture of colors is really quite lovely
and nods to the brick around the fireplace (not shown because there are two bags of mortar and a random length
of treated 2 x 8 sitting in front of it).
There has been significant foundation repair also. Dave has done a bit of "tuck-pointing" that he's come to learn
is a misnomer in most cases. It's just pointing. No matter what it's called, he hates it. Dave sez, "I hate masonry. There, I said it."
We hired some guy (Jon) to come and do the bulk of the work. He accomplished in one day what would have taken Dave weeks.
Therefore, Dave also hates him.
Dave sez, "Oooh! Look at Jon! Isn't he special? He's 22 and can knock this pointing out it 45 minutes.
I wish I could be like Jon without having to be such a mortar-dust-eating bastard."
The white blocks on the left are wonderfully crafted and beautifully installed supports for downpouts
that super special Jon can't even conceive of because he's a tool.
September 3rd
We could subtitle this, "Things Best Left to a 30-Year-Old"As mentioned in the previous post, part of the project is replacement of the front porch ceiling.
Why — one might ask — are we doing the porch ceiling when we're supposed to be having the roof done?
The answer is, with all things at Temple, because it needs done and the material to replace the ceiling is the
same as the material that will be used to replace the roof overhangs: beadboard, and lots of it.