Tag: Windows

  • House Painting is done

    House Painting is done

    Since September 25th, we’ve had construction and final painting going on until today. Today was brutal, doors painted had to be left open, had to put all cats into bedrooms with doors shut, and I had to baby sit the chicken (Madame Chicken-legs) … she kept getting paint on herself, being an inquisitive people chicken.

  • Windows were finished inside yesterday

    Windows were finished inside yesterday

    Two windows need molding around them on the inside of the house. (My office and a stubbed bathroom in the “basement.”) All windows then need caulking between quarter-round and casing, then prime, then white enamel. The house siding is nearly all installed. A very long job. The crew (sub-contracted) doing it got reamed out by…

  • New Windows and Siding

    New Windows and Siding

    Windows were installed on Monday and finished on Tuesday. We do have to foam fill the sides and top, and put additional casing all around the windows on the inside (except the kitchen window, it’s completely installed in and out.) These windows are triple pane, .25 U-factor (4) A super duper upgrade to what was…

  • Always Inquisitive

    Always Inquisitive

    Madame Chicken-legs’ tail looks to be feathering out more. She’s staying around all the time, sleeping on our front porch, or if she can get into the garage is happy to camp out there for the night. She is established as the “have to check THIS out!” thing. Always looking and following. Today’s picture are…

  • House getting better

    House getting better

    Our house was built in 1997. We moved into it new. The Windows Were Junk. Not good, and the screens weren’t easily replaced, so we have no screens for many years on most windows, and broken vinyl frames inside, and a few broken windows (double pane inside panes broken.) All sorts of things that needed…