Victorian painting finished

RELH · Jul 16, 2018

Eel finally finished the painting and restoration work on the 1884 Victorian farm house we have on the Sacramento River farm. This Victorian reminds me a lot of the ones you see on the CA. redwood coast as it has a lot of "gingerbread" that most in our area does not have. The home is solid redwood with cedar shake roof that was replaced about 3 years ago.

RELH

Homer · Jul 16, 2018

that is beautiful RELH......I am so happy there are families like yours that maintain those old houses...... is it occupied??

Homer · Jul 16, 2018

...must have been a huge tree to carve into a house that size......lol

RELH · Jul 16, 2018

Homer our youngest son, the school teacher and his family reside in the house. The redwood was bought up by a river barge when the house was built in 1884. All the framing timbers are redwood heartwood that would cost a small fortune to buy today if you could get it.

As for trees, just to the right of the house is a huge walnut tree, 75-100 feet in height that was planted by the original farm family when the house was built. That tree is still alive and doing well. The arborist we had check the tree told us it was the largest walnut tree he has measured in the three surrounding counties. His tape measure was not long enough to measure the circumference of the tree.

There is another Bastogne walnut tree in back that has limbs that measure over 38 inches in dia.

RELH

Homer · Jul 16, 2018

wow on the walnut trees...they are not known for staying healthy that long....post some pics of them if you can

wetmule · Jul 16, 2018

Sweet little shack Relh! Thumbs up to Eel.

eelgrass · Jul 17, 2018

>Sweet little shack Relh! Thumbs up
>to Eel.

I think that was a typo. I had nothing to do with painting the house. I'm afraid of heights, and work in general.

Eel

BOHNTR · Jul 17, 2018

Beautiful.....well done!

BOHNTR )))---------->

PleaseDear · Jul 17, 2018

Very nice!

Robb

OutdoorWriter · Jul 18, 2018

That house is spectacular.

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kilowatt · Jul 21, 2018

Really nice looking home, makes me jealous. What green color is that, if I ever get my place rebuilt leaning towards same color and trim.

Brian
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RELH · Jul 21, 2018

Kilo, the wife could not remember the exact color of green except that it was a light green and it was Sherman-Williams paint and she picked out the color from the Sherman-Williams paint samples.

That light green was a favorite color for many Victorian homes on the exterior and interior.

RELH

overton · Jul 22, 2018

That is a beautiful home

bullskin · Aug 2, 2018

Very Nice. Is the siding and deco work also redwood? I have never seen redwood hold paint. If so, then how did you do it?

RELH · Aug 2, 2018

Bullskin, I believe the siding is redwood, the deco "gingerbread" is redwood. We had the home painted by a professional painter who used a 100 ft. boom to get the high places. They also re-oiled the roof shakes.
They removed the old paint down to the wood and the siding did appear to be redwood. A good coat of primer paint and then the finish paint on top of that. Was not cheap. After bringing the wiring up to code, new roof, paint and restoration work, and now installing new ductless air condition, these old Victorians can be a money pit.

The wife was approached about having the house listed as a "Historical landmark" but she nixed that ideal as they have too much say so on what you can do to the house.

RELH

Sierra · Aug 3, 2018

Just out of curiosity, what benefit do they offer you if they list it as a Historical Landmark?

RELH · Aug 3, 2018

LAST EDITED ON Aug-04-18 AT 01:44AM (MST)[p]Sierra all I can figure you have a bragging right if listed as historic landmark similar to bragging about owning a high dollar custom rifle.
If listed as a historic landmark, the historic society has way to much say so on what you can do the house, even what color you may want to paint it. It also stops certain development of the land and building.

If it had been listed, all the improvements we did to the house would have to been approved by the historic society and my wife does not need another agency telling her what she can do to her property.

You can get a tax break on any restoration work if you jump though the hoops and they approve it. Was not worth it as we get a tax break on any improvements since it is considered a rental that our son rents from us.

RELH

eelgrass · Aug 4, 2018

The key to getting paint to stick to Redwood is to first make sure the wood is dry. Kiln dried or air dried for at least a year. RELH's should be dry by now.

. Next is to use a good oil base primer. Water base primer will just flake off. Now days you can use a water base finish coat over oil base primer, but if available, I'd use an oil base finish coat too, at least here in the rainy fog of Humboldt.