AboutBill Hutson Expertise Founder and President of Table Talk Foundation for Better Living Inc.
a non-profit organization aimed at making free home repairs for the elderly, the disabled and the disadvantaged.
I have extensive expertise pertaining to cost effective rehabilitation and repair in older homes as well as all phases of newer residential construction.
Experience Remodel and rehab contractor from 1979 to 1993 specializing in restaurant remodel and home restoration.
Jobsite troubleshooter assisting residential contractors through KA Components, Mid America Truss, and Kerkhoff Associates from 1993 until 2002. Contractors' consultant 1990 to present. Used as a construction expert in the local court system. Registered contractor with The Fedral Government, FEMA and several insurance companies. Master Carpenter at Table Talk Ministries a non-profit organization aimed at making free home repairs for those who could not ohterwise afford to have them done.
Organizations Table Talk Foundation for Better Living Inc.
www.tabletalkministries.org
Founder/President.
Publications Features have been published in
Fleet Owner's Magazine,
Trucker's News Magazine,
The Daily Clintonian Newspaper,
The Hoosier Topics Newspaper, and The Banner Graphic Newspaper several times.
We have also done features on WKJK and WREB radio stations.
WXIN 59 Indianapolis,
WTHI 10 Terre Haute
Education/Credentials Northwestern State University
Awards and Honors "Make a Difference Award" from
WTHI channel 10 in Terre Haute Indiana.
We have recently received the Fueling Good prize from Citgo where we won free gas for a year,
that will help us in our efforts to make homes warm, safe and dry for our elderly and disabled neighbors.
We were recently featured on WXIN 59 in Indianapolis on their "Paying it Forward" segment, mainly because I pay for 90% of the repairs that Table Talk makes from my own pocket.
Past/Present Clients We focus our attention to the elderly, the disabled and the disadvantaged.
We are receiving clients from 1 Federal and 5 State Agencies,
9 different public and private organizations plus multiple churches and hospitals.
Question Hi Bill
I am helping my elderly mom with the upkeep of her house. The garage door and a section under the front window of the house consist of some type of wood panels-square panels on the two car garage door and horizontal under the window.
When the house was built in the early 80's I bet it looked great-a golden color stain or paint with some type of clear coating.
Over the years the coating has weathered off, and most of the colour is gone, they are a dull grey.The wood is still good.
Several homes built at the same time in this suburb have the same design and they have all weathered badly, leaving me to think that this particular trim is not appropriate for the climate conditions of Montana.Besides, it seems like a lot of work to try to get it back to its original state-sanding, staining, coating.
Can you reccomend an easier way to renew it? Would I need to sand everything off? The door, with all its panels and corners would take days, and my bad back and arthritis are a hindrance.
Could I attack it with a scraper and then apply some sort of stain or paint with a brush? I would like to use a gold colour, if available, which is quite eye catching. The trim of the house is brown stain but the house would look boring if I used that.
Thanks!
Answer Bud,
You could use a scraper on that, but, try going to your local tool rental place and see what type of paint removal tools they have on hand, there are quite a few new tools on the market to make this job easier. Once you get the varnish off, try your new stain in a small corner, keep in mind the greying of the wood will have an affect on the new color, so make your color adjustments accordingly.
If you have to replace any of it, I would use cedar, it will last a long time and is naturally insect resistant.
