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We've been promising the pix of the front window and bathroom window.......... Here are some of the front window....
This was a solid pane of glass when we started...

Will is starting to take the old casing away from the window.
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The window coming out......... That thing was heavy.
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Nick looking out the window hole........... "I see you"
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Leon in the open window hole.
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It got kinda cold in the living room while this was going on. We put up a blanket to block the cold from the rest of the house. :-D
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Here's the frame work being started for the new windows.
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The first window of the double window is in. From inside.......
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From the outside...........
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This what the old window looked like..............
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This is what the new window looks like..........
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The "finish work" will be done when we do the siding.
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Great stuff, man!
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Thanks all.

We can't wait until the siding is finished.
:shock:
Oh yeah, and the new deck covered front porch thinger we are planning also. :-D
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Looks like lots of fun, I missed working in contracting type work.
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Wow, check out all those pics! I'll bet you save a mint on heating and cooling after the window change.
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Then the siding, then the 90% efficient gas furnace and new ducting, and the attic insulation and wiring redo, and and and.


Yes, after the money is spent, it will be all good. :-D
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Those new windows look great! :-D
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The last window was the bugger of them all.

Willy measured this one super tight, and had to bust out the "SAWS-ALL!"
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Here is try to fit #1..............................and nope!
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He was cussing at this point. :-D
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So up goes foam board to stop the major debris from getting in whole the saws-all does its thing.
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Walkinghairball wrote:Then the siding, then the 90% efficient gas furnace and new ducting, and the attic insulation and wiring redo, and and and.


Yes, after the money is spent, it will be all good. :-D
Ooooooooh, wiring is fun. Remind me when I have a little time to tell you about my wiring clusterfuck I found in my basement. :x
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Try to fit #2.
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Todd holding the foam board while Willy was on the other side.
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It's in! It's level!
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Build a new sill for it.
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Then cap the hole with ply wood, the siding will pretty that all up.
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A new shower wall will fix this side of it.
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YYZ30 wrote:
Walkinghairball wrote:Then the siding, then the 90% efficient gas furnace and new ducting, and the attic insulation and wiring redo, and and and.


Yes, after the money is spent, it will be all good. :-D
Ooooooooh, wiring is fun. Remind me when I have a little time to tell you about my wiring clusterfuck I found in my basement. :x
I'm not too sure how labor intensive it will be. Attic too small, Leon no fit.

I just know the inspector when we bought the house said the fart fan was venting to the attic, not out the roof, and the wiring was not right. So I will hire out on this one and get it fixed.
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Walkinghairball wrote:
YYZ30 wrote:
Walkinghairball wrote:Then the siding, then the 90% efficient gas furnace and new ducting, and the attic insulation and wiring redo, and and and.


Yes, after the money is spent, it will be all good. :-D
Ooooooooh, wiring is fun. Remind me when I have a little time to tell you about my wiring clusterfuck I found in my basement. :x
I'm not too sure how labor intensive it will be. Attic too small, Leon no fit.

I just know the inspector when we bought the house said the fart fan was venting to the attic, not out the roof, and the wiring was not right. So I will hire out on this one and get it fixed.
You're lucky. My dad and I (Labor day 2005) were going to put in an outside light to replace the old nasty one and put in a ceiling fan. The ground broke in the outside fixture, and I pulled on the wire to get a little bit more, and it undid all the wiring inside the wall. We took the wall aprt to find that the numbnuts who owned the place prior had runs 4 sets of wires into a single switchbox...it was a mess. We had to reroute all the wiring and put it into a new junction box about the switch mounted to the stud.

We didn't get the ceiling fan in that day... :lol:
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I am hoping my wiring nightmare will be minimal. :shock: :o

You will all know after I do. :-D


As long as the missus and I aren't boring you all to tears with this house thinger.
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