Off with the 1952 aluminum 60 years later!! (pics)
We ripped off a small corner of the aluminum siding (finally! Took a lot of convincing and cajoling to do this...about 9 years worth!). Here's what we found...in the process of getting quotes from painters and seeing if it's in good enough shape to paint.
-Sarah
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11 years agoHere's what the home a friend of mine grew up in looked like after the same era aluminum was removed a few years ago.
It's the only home for miles that faces towards the four-lane arterial that was a dusty country road when the home was built in the mid 19th Century.
The 18-inch thick rubble stone walls of this Toronto, Ontario farmhouse were covered with aluminum for 50 years.
Restored in the 1990s, the house barely escaped demolition and is all that's left of the 160-acre farm that once surrounded it.Clarion
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11 years agoWell, this picture from the 40's shows what we think we're going to find underneath...question is, what condition??
This week and next are our last before school starts (both HS teachers), so we WILL get it off soon and post pics. We're very close to a recylcing plant that will take this, so I'll let you all know what the final total is once it's all returned! :)
Amazing how this project polarizes people's opinions--many family members/friends think I am NUTS for even attempting a paint job ("just put up vinyl!") on this beast while others think it's awesome and can't wait to see it painted.
Got a good quote to paint it two days ago, so I'm pretty sure that's the track I want to take. Hoping the other parts of the house are as well preserved...fingers crossed!
-Sarah
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11 years agoA color card from 1952--are you nuts? The house was built before the turn of the century, why use a mid century modern card?!
Sarah, your house was probably painted several colors, white appeared later as a reaction to the multi-color schemes, and was cheaper...
The picture below is of the house on the cover of Moss' Victorian Exterior Decoration...a bit darker than the one on the cover, and the inspiration for my own paint choices:
Here is a link that might be useful:
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11 years agoAre the horns cut off on the window sills? Looking at the pics it appears that the windows never had them as the siding looks intact. They often get hacked off when the siding is installed. I'm mentioning it as its sometimes overlooked when pulling siding but it's obvious once it's off.
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10 years agoHere I am :)
I'll take some pics for you. I just posted this one of our porch.
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