Row hedges like those date a house and hurt curb appeal.
Remove awning from house contractor.
200 roseville ca usa tuesday june 01 2010 tearing down wood awning attached to house.
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Remove the screws from the awning support brackets braces or arms attached to the building using a screwdriver.
They may be more reasonably priced than you imagine.
Repeat the process until all the awnings have been taken off.
It s an adorable beach house.
Hard to tell.
You lllikely find that even after unfastening the retaining screws the awning will remain stuck to the exterior ofyour home with caulking.
Take down the awnings and remove the hedges.
As you unscrew the awing from the house attach it with bungee cords and nylon rope to the cherry picker.
Once down to be cut into 18 inch pieces.
You will need a hdx wire brush amazon hdx scrub brush this scrub brush really came in handy when cleaning the awning amazon dawn soap amazon and rustoleum hammered paint primer in one color.
Black i used about 5 of these so i was glad i got them at such a good price.
The first awning from lowes ended up being defective and had to be returned two weeks later after being installed by rbi.
One option is to rent a cherry picker.
Hired them to come back take it down to replace the defective awning with the replacement paid them another 300 60 for materials due to a different type of bracketing system for an upgraded version of the awning.
Use a putty knife and wire brush to remove dried caulking from the wall.
Paint the house and the iron on the porch.
Approx 450 sqft approx 8 2x6s 12 ft long with 1x2s attached on top for shade covering.
The cherry picker will hold the awning in place as the repairs are completed.
I would remove all the awnings and replace them with shutters on each side of the windows and eventually remove the wrought iron porch railings and replace with new fencing.
Choose a good front door color too.
If necessary ask a contractor to recommend the best.
Allow the awning to gently swing to a closed position and place the pry barbetween the awning and the exterior wall then carefully pry it off.
Patch the holes where lag bolts were removed with stucco patching compound or wood filler.
Taking another look at the house before you paint you may want to take down the hedges.