Color Consultant Anya Moller

I just found that I forgot to record Anya Moller's contact information in the blog. She created the exterior colors that we used, and I want to ask her for an interior palette.

Anya Moller
Architectural Color Consultant
Anya Moller Color Design
Voicemail: 206.947.3187
Email: amcolordesign@gmail.com

Posting this on September 5, 2024 (back-dating to my Yelp review of her exterior colors).

In November, I realized that I forgot to record the exterior colors!

• Upper wall: Escape Gray
• Lower wall and drip cap: Evergreen Fog
• Trim: Origami White
• Brick: Peppercorn

Painting

Working out the contract with Hate to Paint, I discovered co-owner Chris LeBeau is very flaky. He lives around the corner on 3rd Ave at about 117th. He said he'd come over in 10 minutes on two occasions and never showed. I haven't seen him since March. Co-owner Una Manushka, however, has been in touch. The issue was the extra charge to have them paint the soffits and fascia--I had planned to do it myself, but I changed my mind. Instead of an updated contract, Chris finally just said, "Uh, $2,000 more." 

Thursday, both Chris and Una said "We'll be there Friday morning at 9," so I prepped for a contract discussion--I didn't have the colors when the contract was first signed, and I now wanted to paint all the brick, not leaving out the living room.

Friday morning at 9, here's Una with Mona (a guy) and Tamir. Una doesn't want to talk contracts, he wants his crew to get started, which they do. Una and Mona came out Monday, 8 April, so Mona could pressure wash all around the house. There was some concern that he hadn't pressure washed the living room brick, but Una decided that they could wire-brush the green stuff off.

The patch at the old storage closet at the Laundry Room

Patching the brick veneer at the garage doors

I continued trimming the soffits, making repairs--such as at the metal plate the furnace installers left. Mona and Tamir returned Saturday, 13 April. Mona primed all the brick (except the post light) with white Loxon. Mona didn't want to paint the inside of the planter, but I insisted--I don't know when I'll have plants bubbling over the edge.

I think the brick looks great in white, but it will be Peppercorn. (As Una said, "Once you put the [Loxon] primer on, you can do anything." So Peppercorn is maybe not the final color.)

On Sunday, I excavated around the brick at the NE corner of the garage, replaced the old fascia board I could see from the kitchen window, and removed various nails and screws. I also tested and covered outlets in the porch ceiling (there's power switched with the porch light, but the outlet was dust) and the porcelain socket on the west side soffit (no power). The WP outlets at BR1 work (open ground), so I left them. I removed the porch light at the breezeway and was reminded that they installed it without a box. I should probably replace the fixture anyway.

Tamir on the ladder, Mona on the ground

My repair for the notch above the sheet metal patch

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Prep work all around looks like this.

Removed the BR1 deck, then the painters prepped the wall.

When Mona and Tamir came back Monday, 15 April, Mona saw that I had not trimmed the west side soffit. "Too high?" he said and I said yes. "I'll do it," he said. I used up my supply of quarter-round--he measured, I cut. I set up the nail gun; he installed. It would have looked like crap with a wide bead of caulk, even though they're using "Big Stretch" caulk. It rained for an hour or so on Monday, but Tuesday was supposed to be dry. Tuesday, it rained between 8 and 9 and again between 1 and 2, roughly. Nevertheless, they began painting the fascia and soffits Origami White--it looks great.

Sunny weather is forecast for the rest of the week, and Una dropped by on Tuesday (during the rain) and mentioned he expects to be done by--I think he started to say this week, but he caught himself--early next week.

Roofing

We had aimed for 25 March, but rain was forecast. Tuesday, 26 March, was dry, but I had already agreed with Mauricio (aka Odilio) that we would target starting on 29 March. It rained Wednesday, when I gave Mauricio a check for 25% ($5,000 and change), and again on Thursday, when ABC Supply showed up and unloaded tons of shingles, rolls of CertainTeed Diamond Deck and other miscellany. 

Shingles delivered and stacked all over the roof.

But Friday, 29 March, was clear and sunny and Mauricio showed up with 3 helpers and got to work. The four worked 30 March as well, but not 31 March--that was Easter Sunday. They left the big truck parked here.

Mauricio was surprised by the extent of the rot and had to bring more lumber with him on Saturday. I was actually pleased that so much of the OSB sheathing was in good shape.

Notice the wide metal valley flashings on the ground

Monday, 1 April, Mauricio was back with one helper--I think it's his son. Only the three west side roof planes remained to de-shingle. The Diamond Deck is already up on most of the main house.

Mauricio and (I think) his son standing behind him, working over the front porch

CertainTeed Diamond Deck

Carport Roof

Update: 16 April 2024 Design

We have a 4x4 frame holding up a grid made of 2x6 @ 24" with 2x3 purlins spaced about @24". The SunTuf panels are solid blocked with plastic supports "horizontal" on the 2x3s (including the top and bottom edges) and "vertical" plastic closure strips at both shed rakes. The 2x6s have little bird's mouths to rest on a high and a low 4x4 beam, square cut at the top to align with the edge of the SunTuf, but plumb cut at the bottom. The roof structure is sized for exactly (10) 26" x 144" sheets of SunTuf--10 @ 26" = 240" with overlaps.

I considered wrapping the post bases with GenStone, but the pieces needed would cost about $2,500. One side of a pillar, 24" high is $50, so $400 for the 36-48" high pillar shown in the rendering. The pillar cap is $50 more.

Previous post (23 March 2024)

The carport roof looks like 12' sections of corrugated plastic, resting on 1x4 purlins @ 24" o.c. We'll need 10 sheets for 20'.

Suntuf installation tips: 

• Pre-drill a hole 1/16" larger than fastener diameter
• Tighten fastener until snug--if the EPDM washer becomes deformed, it's too tight.
• Never step on the panels. During installation, use a crawl board supported by 3 roof elements.

Here are my options:

ePlastics.com - 0.031" Bronze Greca 26" x 144" $62.94 (or $56.70 if you buy 10-24). Greca describes the hex corrugation, also called Suntuf, Palram, Dynaglas.

ePlast.com - 10mm Policarb, 2 walls clear 26" x 144" is $107.52. Needs an aluminum "H" connector (Poli-Lok). 

interstatePlastics.com - .032" 49.6" x 144" (4' x 12') sheet $100. Sunsky 12 Clear 0.039" x 38" x 144" is $132.37

Lowes 

Suntuf 26" x 6' corrugated Solar Grey polycarbonate $172.05/10

Tuftex Multi-Wall 6mm Panel Clear 4' x 8' corrugated clear polycarbonate $55.78. UV coated on one side. Made by Onduline.

Tuftex SeaCoaster 2.2' x 8' corrugated clear, white, tan, green PVC $19.48

Tuftex plastic closure strips, cross link polyethylene vented roof panel closure strip $6.97/6

Suntuf 26" x 6' corrugated clear polycarbonate $177.10/10

Sunsky 38" x 6' corrugated white polycarbonate $173.39/5

Ondura Premium 3.16' x 6.58' $20.98 Brown, Red, Green, Black. Like corrugated steel, but quieter.

Home Depot

Suntuf 26" x 12' corrugated polycarbonate clear, gray, green, white $35.98 - hex profile. 0.032" 6.4# 35% light transmission

Suntuf Polycarbonate panel in Solar Grey

Sunlite 2' x 8' Multiwall polycarbonate panel in clear $44.98

Suntuf 26" x 8' corrugated polycarbonate in clear, grey, white, green $24.98

Suntop 26" x 12' Corrugated foam polycarbonate in Castle Gray $31.98 0.063" thick. 7.7# per panel. 10 year manufacturer's warranty.

Palruf 26" x 12' corrugated PVC roof panel in clear $24.98

Suntuf 24" horizontal plastic roof closure strips $6.98/6

Palruf 24" horizontal plastic roof closure strips $6.98/6

Woodtite 1" hex-head wood screw with EPDM washer $5.98/50. 2" is $6.98/50

Staying ahead of the contractors

The roofer could start the week of 25 March--ten days from now.

Before then, I need to:

• Move garden shed
• Put money in checking account; order more checks
• A Call 1 or 2 masons to talk about the chimney and the post light
• A Visit the attic
• B Clean Fiberon decks; protect them
• B Clean up and protect the Workshop against falling debris
• Take down the carport at the last minute

The painter will be here sometime in April. Before then, I need to:

• Move porch couch
• Remove (4) solar path lights
• Fill in the bricks at the garage
• Decide how to/whether to paint the water heater pipes
• Remove downspouts
• Repair the drip line all around
• Detach fiber optic cable from Comcast, remove Comcast
• Pull back the basement tarp--clean the door
• Clean/repair BR3 door

Masons

Pro Modern Masonry - info@ProModernMasonry.com Slavic and Vitalie Scolnic. Seems high-end residential. No reply.

The Brick Masonry Contractor

Ed's Chimney Service & Repairs - phone, no email. Doesn't seem to do masonry other than fireplace repair.

Excel Chimney & Fireplace Repair and Services excelchimney@comcast.net 3/19 visit and bid.

Bricksmith Masonry - North Seattle. Chris. bricksmithco@gmail.com. No reply.

Pioneer Masonry Restoration - giant jobs only, it seems

Masonry Specialties - Shoreline

Cascade Chimney - Taylor Germann 3/19. $2300 + $900 for post light bid by text.

Fiberon Inventory

We're not done with Fiberon decking. I have three more decks in mind--the two front doors and the BR1 deck replacement.

I have (2) 16' and (7) 12' boards with many smaller 3' to 6' pieces. That's about 120 LF, maybe 60 square feet. Roughly $600 worth of material.

From earlier posts: Fiberon boards are 5.25" with 3/16" between them.

I think I bought the lumber and decking from Marine Lumber, now Alki+Marine Lumber, and a salesman named Larry Johnson, who seems to still be there. Need to find the receipt from June 2020.

Home | Mysite (marinelumbermarket.com)

206-767-4730
525 South Chicago Street
Seattle, WA 98108

I got the blues

Here's the 20th post about exterior color anxiety. I'm leaning toward blue--not green, not gray, not anything light (30+ LRV). 15-Distance looks dark and moody on the swatch, but not on the house.

15-Distance is capital-B Blue in daylight. One shade darker on the S-W card is 8-Indigo Batik. There are other gray blues--in the direction of the existing lower panel, and then there are blues that bend toward teal. I spent some time driving around Maple Leaf noticing that there are three groups: Blue, Navy, and Dark Gray with blue undertones (like the existing lower panel). Always with white trim. 

I think I like Navy.

12203 4th Ave, painted blue since Google StreetView (was beige)

So, if 15-Distance is too blue, too Fisher-Price, do I go 15-Smoky Blue or 4-Naval? Or maybe teal is more exotic?

15-Distance (2nd from left, middle row) looks gray

In the array of color chips, 19-Refuge (lower left) heads teal. Darker teal: 5-Rainstorm (top row, left). 4-Jasper (top row, right) is full-on green, but it's so dark it's hard to tell. 7-Sea Serpent (top row, 2nd from left) is true blue, but seems green here.

8-Indigo Batik is the color to beat--it's less gray and more definite than 15-Distance.

Test square is 8-Indigo Batik (15-Distance on each side of 30-African Gray)

Here are our finalists:

(l to r) 11-Tempe Star, 15-Distance, 8-Indigo Batik, and 4-Naval