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littlesista06
10-14-2008, 12:48 PM
Dh and I will be back at painting the house this weekend.
We're on the side of the house where the chimney is and I've got to figure out a way to cover it so it won't get sprayed white. I can probably hold a piece of cardboard while dh sprays the bottom half, but when he gets on the porch roof, I'm not goin' up there!

Any ideas at all?
TIA!
PamE
10-14-2008, 12:52 PM
Would there be any way he could tape the cardboard up there? It's a pain to use tarps, but that might work better in the long run.
littlesista06
10-14-2008, 12:59 PM
I'm not sure how he'd secure the tarps around the chimney.
Diane
10-14-2008, 01:46 PM
Maybe use a lighter grade of plastic... not half as heavy as a tarp would be. You could probably use duct tape to hold it up.
vea29
10-14-2008, 02:41 PM
Maybe use a lighter grade of plastic... not half as heavy as a tarp would be. You could probably use duct tape to hold it up.

that's about what I was thinking!
littlesista06
10-14-2008, 04:46 PM
Yah, but imagine trying to manuever around your chimney (on a ladder) while trying not fall off a roof! :) That's the issue.

He's going to have to nail 2x4s into the porch roof to hold the ladder, I'm sure he doesn't want to do that all the way around the dumb chimney. There's got to be another way.... (scratching head).
Diane
10-14-2008, 07:22 PM
Yah, but imagine trying to manuever around your chimney (on a ladder) while trying not fall off a roof! :) That's the issue.

He's going to have to nail 2x4s into the porch roof to hold the ladder, I'm sure he doesn't want to do that all the way around the dumb chimney. There's got to be another way.... (scratching head).

hire someone else to deal with it... ;) :lol:
Melody
10-15-2008, 11:52 AM
hire someone else to deal with it... ;) :lol:

LOL (message too short)
littlesista06
10-15-2008, 01:37 PM
If we could do that, we wouldn't be out there doing the whole thing ourselves.

:)
Melody
10-15-2008, 04:03 PM
If we could do that, we wouldn't be out there doing the whole thing ourselves.

:)

sorry, I would have offered a solution but didn't have one. lol I can only think that duct taping the plastic is the way to go. Is there a large company there that you could call? I bet they could offer you some good advice :)
Diane
10-15-2008, 04:59 PM
If we could do that, we wouldn't be out there doing the whole thing ourselves.

:)

I know how that goes... (just like with our renovations ;) )
RCT
10-16-2008, 09:47 AM
Ok I have to ask what did you do? I had no answers or solutions but am curious to know what you did
littlesista06
10-16-2008, 09:01 PM
it's THIS weekend, so we haven't done anything yet
Diane
10-16-2008, 11:53 PM
it's THIS weekend, so we haven't done anything yet

good luck with whatever you decide to do. ;)