Painting the exterior of your two story house sucks...

[Jugernot]

I painted the T1-11 siding on my two story house with a roller on Monday and Tuesday and have been in severe back pain ever since. I had to paint the upper half with a 14' extension pole which was killer on my shoulders and lower back.

Currently taking Beare Back and Body along with an occasional Flexoral... which is helping, but I'm still in a lot of pain.

Everyone keeps telling me to go see a doctor, but all they are going to tell me to do is take it easy and take OTC medication for the pain.

This sucks!

 

[dainthomas]

Hopefully the physical agony is worth whatever you could have paid someone else to do it.

 

[HannibalX]

With a roller? Christ. Spray that sum'bitch!

 

[Jugernot]

Best quote I got was $3k and I did it myself in 2 days.... was it worth it? I'll let you know when my back stops hurting.

As for spraying it, yes it would have been much faster, but I don't like ladders. As stupid as it sounds, I am always afraid of falling. Stupid, yes, but it's reality. I didn't want to rent scafolding because I'm doing it all myself, so that's kind of hard to setup alone.

Rolling was my own avenue.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

i bet falling would not hurt as much

 

[dainthomas]

3k? I would've gone into town and hired a few "undocumented workers" to do it for a few hundred bucks. If it took just you two days, three guys should be able to knock it out in a day easily.

 

[Lumathix]

Originally posted by: dainthomas
3k? I would've gone into town and hired a few "undocumented workers" to do it for a few hundred bucks. If it took just you two days, three guys should be able to knock it out in a day easily.

Yes, because only positive shit can come from this down the line. :thumbsdown:

 

[dartworth]

:thumbsup: for DIY

 

[Jugernot]

We have very few undocumented workers here in Fairbanks, Alaska....

 

[Capt Caveman]

You're friggin painting the second story of your house from the ground using a roller on an extension pole? Wow. Hope you're able to get things painted evenly. How are you getting the soffits and other hard to reach spots painted?

 

[Jugernot]

It helps that I was painting it the original color, which was faded in a few spots. Luckily the soffits were in good shape, but the eaves of the house are going to need to be done. I will get on a ladder (I have a 20 footer out back) for those, as they can be done rather easily with a 4" roller. I am also going to use a ladder for around the window & shutters, but that should be simple with a 3" cut in brush.

It looks very good if I say so myself. I have gotten lots of compliments from my neighbors already. It looked old and faded before, now it looks crisp and even.

My back is getting better, a pillow for lumbar support really helps!

I leave for a 3 week trip to Hawaii saturday night (business trip), so my next project won't be till mid sept.

Jugs

 

[jackace]

If you don't like ladders why didn't you go rent some scaffolding? Around here you can rent the stuff for about $100 a day. It makes painting so much easier, quicker, and safer.

scaffolding and a paint sprayer makes life so much easier when painting your house. Both can be rented for pretty reasonable rates as well.

 

[MrPickins]

Originally posted by: Pale Rider
With a roller? Christ. Spray that sum'bitch!

Even if you spray it, you should still roll it in. Otherwise it doesn't fill the surface texture adequately.

 

[Passions]

You could have hired a few undocumented Eskimos.