The picture above is of our initials in the exterior parge coat of the foundation: mine, my husband's, and my Dad's.
7 years ago
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Happy Birthday Dad!
Happy 70th birthday Dad! Without your expertise, help, and patience, this addition would still be just a thought bouncing around in my head.
The picture above is of our initials in the exterior parge coat of the foundation: mine, my husband's, and my Dad's.
The picture above is of our initials in the exterior parge coat of the foundation: mine, my husband's, and my Dad's.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Windows have arrived
The windows were delivered this morning and are now stacked in our sun room until we're ready to install them.
There are seven boxes here; six windows and one box containing all the screens. One of the windows is actually three double-hung windows joined together (the whole thing is just under 9 feet wide), another is made of two joined double-hung windows (about six feet wide) , and the rest are single double-hung windows (most of these are the boxes at the front of the stack that you can see in the picture).
There are seven boxes here; six windows and one box containing all the screens. One of the windows is actually three double-hung windows joined together (the whole thing is just under 9 feet wide), another is made of two joined double-hung windows (about six feet wide) , and the rest are single double-hung windows (most of these are the boxes at the front of the stack that you can see in the picture).
Thursday, June 24, 2010
I am a bad blogger...
I have no good excuse for my lack of posting; other than work and normal life stuff I haven't been particularly busy (sadly I have not been away on a spectacular vacation and thankfully there has not been a crisis).
Since I last posted, Dad and I put up the interior wall for the addition (also the support wall, so it's kind of important) and installed the ceiling joists. At some point I will even get outside during daylight hours to take pictures so I can post them.
The windows arrived exactly as scheduled (June 15th) and will be delivered tomorrow.
Dad has been out of town on a trolley move for the past two weeks (but he should be back this weekend), so there's not much else new to report. With the heat and humidity that we've been having, it's just as well that we haven't been outside working. Cross your fingers for me that it will cool off starting this weekend.
Since I last posted, Dad and I put up the interior wall for the addition (also the support wall, so it's kind of important) and installed the ceiling joists. At some point I will even get outside during daylight hours to take pictures so I can post them.
The windows arrived exactly as scheduled (June 15th) and will be delivered tomorrow.
Dad has been out of town on a trolley move for the past two weeks (but he should be back this weekend), so there's not much else new to report. With the heat and humidity that we've been having, it's just as well that we haven't been outside working. Cross your fingers for me that it will cool off starting this weekend.
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Sheathing is halfway done on the walls
Dad came up here three days last week and worked on the framing for the two shorter walls of the addition, so today we finished the last of the framing on the front wall and installed about half of the sheathing on the exterior walls.
You can see where the new front window will go below (circled in orange). The window that's circled in blue below will be removed (the other half of it is already gone). The window that's not circled is going to stay in the location it is, but we will be replacing it with a new and more efficient one.
When we put siding back up on the front of the house, I plan to use white siding. It has always bothered me that all the siding on the house what white except for the front, which was green. I also want to put in a new front door in black and repaint the shudders black. The other option was dark blue (not quite navy, but close) door and shudders, but ultimately Chuck and I decided on black.
You can see where the new front window will go below (circled in orange). The window that's circled in blue below will be removed (the other half of it is already gone). The window that's not circled is going to stay in the location it is, but we will be replacing it with a new and more efficient one.
When we put siding back up on the front of the house, I plan to use white siding. It has always bothered me that all the siding on the house what white except for the front, which was green. I also want to put in a new front door in black and repaint the shudders black. The other option was dark blue (not quite navy, but close) door and shudders, but ultimately Chuck and I decided on black.
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