We Painted the Lower Barn Roof

I shouldn't say "we", because Marty did it pretty much all by himself. He was looking for a project, so I suggested this, and the rest is a really good looking job. We also did the machine shed roof, because it really needed it, and for practice, as it was not nearly the challenge the lower barn roof was. Sarah bought us a pretty cool paint sprayer at Home Depot, and we found the paint in 20 liter pails at Dulux paints. Ryan gave us a gas powered pressure washer, and we borrowed Everett's hose, and pressured washed all the old paint and birdshit off first. Then a coat of primer and a coat of paint. Being very safety conscious, we tied Marty to the Gator while he was doing the top half of the roof.

We had tried to rent a thingy to lift Marty up, but that was a no go. Way too much money, and you needed a course and licence to operate the thing, so we made our own. A 110 liter barrel, a set of come alongs, and the old excavator.

Just got going good, and Workplace Health and Safety flew over.  Actually, it was a fellow taking aerial photographs. He came in the next day and offered to photoshop the finished job in. He might of had a deal if he'd offered to photoshop in green grass and all new tractors too. How about a new barn and an extra silo?

The excavator was fun, but you couldn't beat the good old ladder. We finally found a good use for that 40 foot ladder we bought back in '98.

Good job, Marty!