Still making progress!

The last couple of weeks has been a lot of fun at The Jerome because we really feel like we're making headway!

There are only four windows left to remove on the alley side of the building.  Dale needed a little break so he continued removing plaster from brick.  Now you can see all the exposed brick along the alley-side of the building.

Dale can't wait to rip out that wall with the lathe on it!

Another time consuming task is recycling what we can out of the building.  The aluminum pile came from all the screens that were on the second-floor windows.  The wood pile behind the aluminum will be new window frames upstairs.

Since Dale was bored with windows, he decided to take on the back roof over the deck since it too was leaking.  Notice that the far right side of the building still has shingles on it since we don't own that section.  All the shingles were removed and Dale is working on patching in the bad areas of the roof.

Geeze.... I hope he's careful up there!!!!!

Our friend, Al Utsch, came by to lend a hand.  See all the cracks where the wood joins together?  This is the BEFORE pic.

And this is the AFTER picture.  All the cracks have been filled in with caulk!  Now if only my nail filling looked as nice.  I have found that I SUCK at filling nail holes.  I'd like to say it's the material I used, but I have a feeling that isn't the case.  Haven't decided how to address this issue.  

With the help of Jean Kunz, we managed to get a start on painting.  The lower left is now painted.  That same green color will go all the way up to the metal beams above the first-floor windows.  Only the wood will be painted.  The brick will go untouched.   I went back to the building today to paint around windows since it's so tedious.  One large front window takes 20 minutes and to paint along the brick pillars takes another 10 min.  Jean is coming back tomorrow and Tuesday to give me a hand with the painting.  I'm taking a couple days of vacation to get this kicked out.

In addition to the painting, Dale will start installing windows!  The building should be looking pretty amazing by the end of the week!