Rebuilding Cottage Porch

Cottage Porch Outside

Uniberp is rebuilding the porch on his cottage.

Cottage Porch Inside

Fallout from an email coversation:

California Bob is contemplating painting: . . .  need advice on paint sprayer.

• Would like something to do a large quantity of trim, baseboards. 
• Would like something portable and self contained -- not one you have to hook to an air compressor.

I seem to recall you used one to paint the inside of a garage. Suggestions?

Uniberp replies: 

Battery airless came out this year. Several to choose.

Harbor Freight, Avanti, Graco

• https://www.harborfreight.com/20v-cordless-handheld-airless-sprayer-tool-only-58520.html
• https://www.graco.com/us/en/homeowner/product/26d280.html

But the most important thing is the paint. Oil based enamel is the most durable, and flows so well that spray is overkill, plus it takes a whole day to dry and you have the vapor to deal with.

If you do it before it's installed you still have to fill nail holes or clamp it in place with adhesive.

I'll work up to painting this whole place at some point.  I delay because painting is my least favorite part.

Click on the Muskegon label to see other posts about this project. It's been going on for years.

Flight

Michigan shoreline seen from the nose of the B-25

Uniberp took a flight on a B-25 with Air Adventure. He reports:

You can't see it in this picture, in fact that's not the Muskegon channel at all, but as we were flying over the flight officer painted down out the window and said "submarine" pointing to the USS Silversides at dock. Sitting duck.

There are a couple of other lakes just inside the shoreline like Lake Muskegon within a few miles. 

USS Silversides in the Muskegon Channel

Since he didn't get a shot of the sub, I thought I'd take a look using Google Maps.

B-25 Rosie's Reply

In case you didn't know:

The B-25B first gained fame as the bomber used in the 18 April 1942 Doolittle Raid, in which 16 B-25Bs led by Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle attacked mainland Japan, four months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. - Wikipedia

 

Demolition

How to remove layers of flooring tile subfloor
Uniberp is tearing out the old flooring in his cabin by the lake. Reminds me of when the boys and I were tearing out multiple layers of old flooring from the house on North Swenson. I even bought an identical crowbar. It's some kind of Stanley super bar.

Uinberp's Progress

Uniberp at his Muskegon Cottage

So here is what I've been working on, 3rd year. Finished (nearly) the new steel roof this past weekend.
In reality it only took like 6-8 working days to strip  and replace the roof but i had long periods of recovery between so the roof took about 6 weeks.
The 5th and 6th pics show some the extent of the gutting inside, and all new sewer, plumbing, HVAC, 2 additional bedrooms upstairs,
It's still gonna take a lot to make it habitable. Siding done on 2 sides, the 4 sides showing are left to be done, about the same sq footage as already done.
18 foot cathedral ceiling. 1.5 bath. I demolished and removed ~30,000 pounds of debris (300 barrels, 10 at a time, to the county dump). Demolition is pretty much done, one section of ceramic floor to go.
Some floor joists had to be replaced, I may replace them all at some point. The upstairs is all new anyhow, so new joists and flooring.
It originally had 10 foot ceilings with a tall attic  kneewall as well.
Double lot. 30 x 30 garage on the alley. 2 blocks from Lake Muskegon.
I got a DIY Foam-It spray insulation kit  for the crawlspace foundation wall.
For the cost of a 2014 Chevy Suburban.
Plus $1500 property tax annually. Not really using any significant amount of utilities.
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He has a zillion times as much energy as I do. I might have had that much energy once, but it was a long time ago. Previous posts on this project.