Twitchell-Rowland Homestead Painting Project

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October-November, 2007
October 6 & 7
October 13 & 14
October 20 & 21
October 23
October 27 & 28
October 31
November  4

 
 
Weekend of October 6 - 7, 2007
Maura Satkowski applies the first strokes of primer paint on Oct. 6th. (Paint donated by Oxford Paint & Hardware)
Maura still painting; Ed Rowland on ladder repairing shakes, Bob DeBisschop standing. (Oct. 6, 2007)
Primer coat applied to bottom third of the front of the house at end of work on October 6, 2007
Working their way up, left to right, Phil Rowland, Ed Rowland, Cathy Helm and Bob DeBisschop apply primer. Oct. 7th.
Fred Rowland, and sister-in-law, Loretta Rowland work to prepare side of house for next week's painting session. Oct. 7th.
Oct. 7th  work crew, having completed the primer coat on the entire front,  stands in front of house for photo by Cathy Helm.

 
 
Weekend of October 13-14, 2007 
Adam Kinkel, left, & Ed Rowland 
Faux dovetails for roof repairs
Closing in above old kitchen alcove
Roof being closed in from area where extension was removed prior to house move.
Ron Stebar (left) Ed Rowland & Bob DeBisschop (on ladder)
Ed Rowland, Fred Rowland and Ron Stebar work on lower siding.
Ron Stebar gets close to his work
Tinker Jaquette and Marlene Anderson on front.
Marlene Anderson starts on house side.
Becky Piorek paints front of house
Ralph McKinney goes for top of house/
Phil Rowland preps side for painting
Marcia Wrogg & Cindy Joy work on back of house.
Loretta Rowland works to prepare side of Homestead for painting.
Cathy Helm joins Loretta Rowland, starting with primer on another section of Homestead.

 
October 20 and 21
House at start of a rainy Saturday morning.  Workers concentrated on inside of homestead.
Note photo above left, with tar paper over plywood. Bob DeBisschop adds shingles
Nancy Farnum assists by passing up shingles as Bob DeBisschop nails them in place.
Ed Rowland works to cover new area of roof with tar paper.
Bob DeBisschop replacing shingles removed during sill repairs. Wife Dottie watches.
At end of work on Sunday, the primer and first coat of paint has been put on much of the east side.

 
October 23 & October 27 & 28
The house as it stood near the end of the work on the weekend of Oct 20 and 21 -- note plywood on back of house. On Tuesday, Ron Stebar and Frank Korn joined forces and installed a door for our walk-in basement. Rainy Saturday - work on inside of house - plywood covering removed from original flooring by Ralph McKinney.
Sunday, Nikki Martines, age 14, is our youngest volunteer for the home painting project. She and her mother Diane, put the second coat on the east side. Sunday, Bob DeBisschop and Phil Rowland worked together to put shakes on the plywood in the back of the house. Sunday, Cathy Helm paints the sunburst design over the rear doorway to the homestead. Cathy had been painting at the Homestead every Sunday in October. 
Sunday, Loretta Rowland (on ladder) and Cathy Helm (at cellar doorway) paint on the west side of the house,  Sunday, Diane Martines and daughter, Nikki, work at painting the foundation next to basement the doorway. Sunday, West side of house at end of afternoon work.  Thanks to all who have helped prepare the house for winter!

 
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Back of House, gray shingles installed on Sunday need to be painted. Primer and second coat are applied on Wednesday by Marge Fitzgerald (left) and Cathy Helm (right) What Remains for the weekend: The areas covered by black tar paper are spots where the shingles had to be removed for jacking during sill replacements. New shingles need to be installed and painted.

 
November 4, 2007
Ed Rowland finishes putting roofing on back corner of Homestead, assisted by Bob DeBisschop Marcia Wrogg and Dottie DeBisschop rode high enough in the lift to paint the peak of the east side of the homestead. (Dorie Petrochko Photo) The lift, kindly loaned to the Society by Tom Haynes of Haynes Materials, enabled us to finish the primer coat of the east side of the Homestead.