Talk me out of trying a crazy idea I have for painting my house!

You mention a tyvek wrap. With your technique you have all those nails still in the walls. Putting the tyvek over them would be a whole other pain.

Slow ride wrote:

Pretty decent idea. "Flipping" them over would be the word... Get a price to paper, lath and stucco right over your shingles.

Stucco is really expensive.

I looked into it before painting a large brick house that had a lot of bad areas. I ended up mortaring the broken brick and caulking the joints. Painted it with a very thick paint from Sherwin Williams made for masonry.

That cost me around $1,000 compared to what looked like 10-12 thousand for stucco.

labor intensive.... wrote:

Slow ride wrote:

Pretty decent idea. "Flipping" them over would be the word... Get a price to paper, lath and stucco right over your shingles.

Stucco is really expensive.

I looked into it before painting a large brick house that had a lot of bad areas. I ended up mortaring the broken brick and caulking the joints. Painted it with a very thick paint from Sherwin Williams made for masonry.

That cost me around $1,000 compared to what looked like 10-12 thousand for stucco.

Another idiot painting brick

OMGno wrote:

I looked into it before painting a large brick house that had a lot of bad areas. I ended up mortaring the broken brick and caulking the joints. Painted it with a very thick paint from Sherwin Williams made for masonry.

That cost me around $1,000 compared to what looked like 10-12 thousand for stucco.

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It would have cost thousands of dollars to replace all the bad brick (if you could even get a close match) and repoint. There are a few other old brick houses in this small town and mine looks 10 times better than those do. There are also a few other brick houses in this town that have been painted and also look great.

I painted it gray similar to this house.

http://mit24h.com/1Uwo824_8842du8/

There was a brick plant in town and my house may have even used seconds or rejects.

Stunning!!

https://headlinercreative.com/painted-brick-house-color-schemes/painted-brick-house-color-schemes-beautiful-painting-brick-house-painted-brick-houses-paint-brick-painting/

idiots lose money trying to remodel houses wrote:

OMGno wrote:

I looked into it before painting a large brick house that had a lot of bad areas. I ended up mortaring the broken brick and caulking the joints. Painted it with a very thick paint from Sherwin Williams made for masonry.

That cost me around $1,000 compared to what looked like 10-12 thousand for stucco.

Another idiot painting brick

It would have cost thousands of dollars to replace all the bad brick (if you could even get a close match) and repoint. There are a few other old brick houses in this small town and mine looks 10 times better than those do. There are also a few other brick houses in this town that have been painted and also look great.

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From my point of view this is a little bit crazy but i guess it worths that, because it doesn't matter what people think about that, if you like it than take a try. I remember when i was in the same situation, this company https://www.floatingstyles.com/products/diamond-painting-make-your-own-paint helped me a lot and after some good days of waiting the results was stunnig. You can also ask them for help, i guess that you will find a good solution for solving your issue with your 100-year old house, and by the way don't forget to post a pic when you'll finish the work good luck!

I know that this idea has been around since at least the 1980's in Pennsylvania. I heard that there were issues with a mossy or dry-rotted outside of the shingle being concealed on the inside. Also, chemicals to treat this dryrot are usually for outdoor use only (carcinogens), so locking the chemical treated side on the inside may cause cancer or stink up the house. Here's a link where someone suggested doing the same:

https://www.doityourself.com/forum/exterior-paneling-all-exterior-sidings/346510-cedar-siding-labor-intensive-paint-strip-flip-over-use-unpainted-side.html

sounds like you have a pretty cool house!

As someone who has worked in construction, and painted my own house (70 years old) recently, here's my 2 cents:

--dont flip the boards. just leave them there. sand, prime, paint, relax.

1. Prep work is the biggest hassle, but pays the best results. (Just like running, i guess!)

2. Sand it down with 60/ 80 grit and make sure you have a respirator (3M, $35 or so). Use a good shop vac to clean up. Replace/ clean filter every few minutes. If you have a blower attachment on your shop vac, blow off your house prior to painting. Caulk: look for oil-based. Spend the extra bucks on getting good quality, so you'll keep bugs out, and prevent moisture/ rot.

3. (assuming you know about tarping and masking already)... paint sprayer: go with this one from Harbor Freight:

https://www.harborfreight.com/airless-paint-sprayer-kit-62915.html#tt-reviews

. HF has really stepped up their game in tools in the last 3-5 years! Also, read the comments of success people have had. I bought one, had never used an airless sprayer before, and I love it. My wife and I painted our house together, and it was actually pretty fun. I bought a Graco tip (505 or 513 I think) and Graco extension wand. I also ran a small amount of paint thinner through the machine prior to use. HF now sells paint sprayer tips, so you may want to try those. Take the time to read reviews--there is abundant info for what tip to use, how to thin, how to clean, etc. I printed out a few and had them ready in my garage.

4. Paint: I love Sherwin Williams. I was able to get a contractors discount, and did 2 coats of primer, then 2 top coats. It was about the same price as Behr, but SW is much higher quality.

good luck man!

Missing nothing as far as i can see wrote:

It sounds like a great idea and please let us know when you finish!

+1

The Dudes gotta be on meth to try this.

This will absolutely not work. First, the new side will have water/dirt/stains/etc... Second, you will undoubtedly find a million things you'll need to fix while the shingles are removed. Dead raccoon family in a crawlspace you didn't know existed? Oh, this knob and tube circuit has been running through a damp, water infested part of the wall? Wow, the ancient builder attached the lath to the house sheathing before plastering?

Those are the type of things you can expect and they WILL add weeks/months to your schedule. Ask me how I know.

I do not think it's a good idea. Yes, in words it sounds quite interesting, but do not forget that this is very old material and you yourself wrote about it. If you start dismantling it, then I'm sure there will be mechanical damage - various cracks, breaks. Also, the attachment points will no longer be so reliable and will allow moisture to pass through. This is actually a terrible idea. You can use various online simulators or even games that allow you to transfer your home to the virtual world. There you can see how your house will look like if you change any of the components or what will happen if you make some changes. And in order to immediately start modulation, then use cheats. For example, the last site where I downloaded the cheats was https://wallhax.com/hacks/dead-by-daylight/. Perhaps you will find something interesting there. But I would advise you to save some money and completely redo everything. This will be more reliable and will serve you for a long time.

You're in the Northeast or Northwest, right?

Never put more holes in anything on the exterior that you don't have to as it's a very bad move.

As someone mentioned, remove them and put up vinyl siding.

Wood shingles mean one thing, repeated maintenance. Do you want that?

Siding with tyvek underneath it only needs to be pressure washed every few years depending on your proximity to trees, mainly sappy trees.

I do a lot of home renovations for a living. The shingles may indeed look nice, but mother nature will always win and if you have a 2 story house, it's a pain in the a$$.

Good luck.

Expensive???

Remove them and buy vinyl siding, it's not an expensive material at all and easy to install if you're even half competent on the handyman side. Heck, you've got YouTube, it's easy.

If you're staying there for many years, good luck as the nasty weather will take a toll and it'll be rinse and repeat.

Painter wrote:

I know this is a crazy idea because I Googled it and there were no hits. This has never been done before.

OR, noone who has done it has lived to tell the tale on the internet.

Norm Abrams wrote:

Expensive???

Remove them and buy vinyl siding, it's not an expensive material at all and easy to install if you're even half competent on the handyman side. Heck, you've got YouTube, it's easy.

If you're staying there for many years, good luck as the nasty weather will take a toll and it'll be rinse and repeat.

Vinyl siding?

Eeewwh!

Joanna Gaines wrote:

Norm Abrams wrote:

Expensive???

Remove them and buy vinyl siding, it's not an expensive material at all and easy to install if you're even half competent on the handyman side. Heck, you've got YouTube, it's easy.

If you're staying there for many years, good luck as the nasty weather will take a toll and it'll be rinse and repeat.

Vinyl siding?

Eeewwh!

JOANNA, you're a witch:):):)...because you don't really do any of the work! Trust me, if there's actual work, aka painting or prepping to do on a project, you ain't touching a brush JOANNA:)

Sorry, but I had to get that off my chest.

Remove them, throw them away and put on new shingles. "It is time"