Painting Trim

Business cards arrived today. Very pleased with the way the cards look.  Spent part of today mowing a yard.  It was nice mowing today, weather is cloudy and cool.  Tomorrow is supposed to be hot again.

I will be working tomorrow painting trim.  The trim will be painted a rust color.  I have a piece of the old trim with the original color and will be using it to match the paint color for the trim.  This is the same building I worked on last week.  I think it will look really good when it is finished.  

Storefront in Dalton

Spent several days this week tearing out and replacing old wood trim on a storefront in downtown Dalton. The challenge here was finding trim that was close in shape to the original trim.  The original was approx. 4 inches wide.  Could not match it exactly, but we were able to get close. I used a 1x2 and a 1 inch wide trim piece on either side of the 1x2. This gave us a look similar to the original.  Also the moulding I used was made from plastic/vinyl.  This was used because it will hold up to the weather well and will require less maintenance than wood.

Spent part of today cutting up fallen tree limbs at a house in Chattanooga.  Will be back there tomorrow to finish trimming some low hanging limbs. The limbs block the view of the house from the street.

My house

I spent most of the next 2 weeks working on our new room at home. It is almost finished.

We added a sunroom/den off the master bedroom. This is part of a larger project started almost a year ago.
We needed a new roof, old one was 20 years old. As part of this project we added a new section of roof for the new room.  It will be a 12 x 16 ft den on the back of the house. This room has 3 walls of custom windows. When it is finished I will post some pics.

June - Project 1

Lots of work for a nice lady in Dalton.

First installing bathroom fixtures (towel bar, tp holder, towel ring, hang a heavy mirror - that was project 1

Project 2 - Remove old caulk and re-caulk two bathrooms

Project 3 - Pressure wash deck and rails

Project 4 - Stain deck rails, floor and posts

Help for Helpless Holly

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Dear Gary, 

Here in North Georgia is it H-O-T!   Are ceiling fans really that beneficial in “beating the heat”?

Your friend,

Helpless Holly

Dear Holly,

We have several ceiling fans in our own home.  I have installed all of them myself.  My wife thinks they should be turned on any time the temperature is above freezing, but she and I disagree on sooooo  many things..............but, I digress...............

Here are things to consider:

1.       Are you installing a ceiling fan to replace an existing light?  If so, electricity will already be there  – you will not have to run  a separate electrical line.  This will be less costly than putting a fan where a fixture did not previously exist. 

2.       You should consider the size of the room and the size of the fan. 

3.       Do you want a fan with a light or without?

4.       How high is your ceiling?  How low do you want your fan to hang?  Are the blades reverseable?

5.       Astethics:  what color and style floats your boat...another point my bride and I disagree, but again, I digress................

According to Eartheasy.com celing fans can also help with heating your home...but who wants to think about that right now...also, the article  states that "ceiling fans use less than 1/10th the wattage of air conditioners".    


For an in house quote on ceiling fan installation or any other home remodeling project, please call me directly at 423-309-6179 or email me at cgarythornton@windstream.net

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