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Sunny day, installing exterior casings on the windows

Sunny day, installing exterior casings on the windows. South side of course, sun on our backs. Lots of snow, we’ve hardly seen the sun. Up and down the ladders. Behind the brick we removed for the new kitchen window we found a yellow marble in the mortar. Drip cap over the top window casing.

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Sunny day, installing exterior casings on the windows

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  1. Sunny day, installing exterior casings on the windows

  2. South side of course, sun on our backs

  3. Lots of snow, we’ve hardly seen the sun

  4. Up and down the ladders

  5. Behind the brick we removed for the new kitchen window we found a yellow marble in the mortar

  6. Drip cap over the top window casing

  7. Preparing to build the new kitchen window box

  8. Eyebrow windows replace one old window

  9. Preparing the dormer for siding

  10. East side faces the morning sun

  11. At Dashwood Industries to pick up new windows for the kitchen

  12. Dump trailer – we’re going to take apart the old kitchen

  13. All of this is coming out

  14. Remove the cabinet doors/drawers first

  15. Old plaster requires plastic to stop the migration of dust

  16. Pluck the upper cabinets

  17. Help arrives

  18. Pulling down the ceiling tiles and plaster

  19. Separate the lath from the plaster

  20. This is only part of the removal process

  21. Wood goes in the trailer, plaster in the tractor bucket

  22. Dust masks required

  23. Even ‘Pop’ gets to help

  24. We found this copper tray between the ceiling joists. No drain so it’s a mystery what it was used for.

  25. The copper tray sat on the 2x2 cleats between the joists

  26. Plumbers love to cut away joists to fit pipes leaving no strength in the joist. A repair will be required.

  27. Supports to level the ceiling joists while changes to the window opening are made

  28. The window box is framed in and the new window installed

  29. Now we take away the temporary supports

  30. Carter finds a new lookout

  31. “ Did you build this for me? “

  32. New header over the wide opening to the link

  33. The lintel has to be big to support a beam when the center wall is removed (on the right)

  34. Temporary supporting walls to hold up the ceiling joists while the old partition wall is removed and replaced with a beam

  35. A maze of wood

  36. Original partition wall removed

  37. New built-up beam replaces the wall

  38. Remove the temporary support walls

  39. Opens everything up for the new kitchen

  40. From the link looking into the new kitchen area

  41. New awning window installed in the kitchen

  42. Ryan cleans up

  43. An awning window allows ventilation even on a rainy day

  44. Filling in the gaps where the old entrance was

  45. Time to trim the inside of the window box

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