This Flippin’ House – Painting Grand River
Ever priced out painting a house? Been taken back by the four figure number? Trust me, its not unjustified. However, if you know myself or my family, you know we’re not about to fork over fistfuls of cash when we could buy the tools, do it ourselves, have the tools when we’re done, and have a huge sense of accomplishment.
When we bought Grand River, we invested in a Wagner Paint Crew airless paint sprayer. The thing literally paid for itself in the first hours of use, and it has only gotten better. We have refinished the kitchen cabinets at Grand River, refinished kitchen cabinets at my parent’s latest flip, and embarked upon saving a healthy sum of money by painting Grand River ourselves.
The project began last Fall with a trial run on the back of the garage. It went well, but I wasn’t entirely certain about the color. We got a new color, and started again this week. Instead of arduously masking off every window, trim piece, inch of foundation, etc, I opted for using a piece of cardboard (pizza box to be specific) to mask as I went along. Long story short – I will never mask of anything with cut up garbage bags and painters tape again. In a few short hours, I was able to paint as high as I could reach on both the front and side of the house.
Assuming rain holds off, we’ll be renting a hydraulic lift to reach the upper areas of this mammoth 1916 Colonial, along with painting/repairing the fascia boards and possibly installing gutters.
Right now the color isn’t sitting right with me, it just doesn’t seem to jive well with the rest of the house. I’m sure once we’re done, have the shutters mounted and the foundation repainted that it’ll be perfect though! I’m certainly not shelling out $130 for another bucket of paint, nor am I going to spend the countless hours it would take to repaint the entire structure.
