Painting in different formats

Metal sheet and windows are usually among our favorite subjects when we want to "show off" how much we know about how to handle such things in old houses. Not that we can really compete with the real experts, but at least we can pretend to.

As we started the painting of the metal sheet in the roof this summer, we have seen some progresses.
We have got all the base paint done (well, almost, some details have casually got out of the plan) and a first layer of paint all around the cornice plus some details in the other shade of green.

Around the window it is dark green, while the cornice is lighter

As we have found out when going arond the roof last time, the cornice should have a stripe of pale yellow on the lower part. But I guess the exakt right color for the exterior of the house can ben analyzed for the next round of paint in 10 years time.

This is not the only painting that is getting partially done! This summer for some completely weird reason I haven't managed to make big progresses on the painting of the windows. Despite the good weather. I can only blame myself to it. I don't know where time has flied.
Anyway, since it was already more than a year that on a window in the attic the windowsill was missing because the frame was rotten and we had to remove it all, I thought it was about time to avoid getting more water in the walls, considering the autumn is usually a very mild season (no storms, no violent rain, no wind.... or rather, the opposite).

Mattias is studying the situation and trying to understand what to do

The first thing we did was getting the plaster under the metal. When we removed the plate, half of it went off.
Then, I took care of do some rust protection procedure for some rusty spot of the metal and Mattias finally had the chance to have few months for planning when to hammer all together.

High concentration for making this job right

I then took occasion, while he was hammering the metal, to paint the outside part of the frame on the other window. After all, it is just two years that that window has been missing and maybe it would be good to have it fixed before winter comes.

There still a layer to go and I have still to fix the inner part of the frame (and the window, of course)

When the hammering was over, I painted the first layer of rust protection on the new mounted metal. Next step is the next layer plus painting the first real layer of paint on the outer frame.

The day was possibly on the very tail of summer

Now, one has just to find few days in a row where it doesn't rain too much...