Weatherboard Painting - Oh Yeah.

 After finishing off the ceiling battens, we cleared out the 'living room' space of the house to prepare the area to paint the weatherboards under cover. 
At this stage, we also got rid of all of the temporary braces within the house (except for the ones up against the walls).

Once the floor area was clear, it was covered by building paper & stapled down (to provide an extra measure to decrease the amount of stain getting on to the floor sheets.  

A frames were then stood up & braced with a length of timber down the bottom to make the structure more stable.  The frames were also attached to the wall frame for extra support.The frames were then stacked up with weatherboards ready to be painted.

It is important to do this as it primes the weatherboard & helps to protect it from elements such as water.  The most important area to cover with the stain is the edges & grooved section where the boards butt up against each other.  This is because

the edges are most likely to be exposed to outside elements & the grooved section is subject to capilary action.  Once a weatherboard was fully painted on both sides, it was stacked up on the rack, with small wooden spacer blocks placed between each board so that it allowed them to dry better & so as not to disturb the paint on each board as well. 

Whilst we were doing this, some of the crew started putting the building wrap up around the house. 

As we are off on break after tomorrow, this is a good thing to doto try and help protect the particle & ply board on the floor of the building as it will stop the outside elements from getting in & sitting on the floor for long periods of time whilst we are not there.