Yesterday was window day. We pulled out both the extension ladder and my adjustable ladder from the garage and set them up on opposite sides of the window. DH had gotten a new glass sheet cut at the hardware store (they did a CRAPPY job), and we were reusing the aluminum framing from the old window on the new pane.
This is a photo blog post today - pictures and descriptions only. Easy, peasy - LOL.
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#1 - The wood panel has been removed and as he removed it, he started putting in some new plastic tabs for the new window pane. My ladder is on the right, you can see the top of the extension ladder on the left. If you recall, this is the upper section of the house, so ladders were essential. There's a large bush directly in front of the window which made reaching to where we needed to work challenging in some cases. |
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Here we've put the new glass panel into place. It fit fine (a little short, but fine) from top to bottom, but was a total PITA to get in from left to right. It took a LOT of pushing to get everything positioned correctly, and DH fully admits, after working on it, that we NEED new windows. THAT will be expensive! |
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Here we're almost finished. This time I'm on the extension ladder and he's on mine. You can see that there's a rather large gap at the top. We ended up cutting some clear plexiglass tabs and using those instead of the white plastic tabs. The window won't be going anywhere now. You can also see how VERY bad the window frames are - they really need replacement. |
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This Grandmother Dragonfly was watching us from the new fencing for more than an hour. She was perfectly content to just sit in the sun and bask. She was quite large - we get very big dragonflies up here. I'd estimate her length at about three inches and her wingspan at about three inches as well. She was perfectly contented to let the "stupid hoomans" do their thing on the house. LOL |
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Just to the right of my ladder is the drop down to the lower patio area. The windows to the left are the computer room windows, and then everything takes a steep drop down to the den windows and back patio door. See the green cage in the center front? That's where my pea trellis is. We've been having a big problem with critters digging up our peas, so DH finally broke down on Friday and put a cage around them. Hopefully they'll get a chance to grow, now. |
So, that was our Sunday. Originally we were going to clean the gutters from the patio side too (since we had the extension ladder out) but, our one-hour window replacement turned into a three-hour major chore, and we decided to skip the gutter cleaning. We'll probably regret that decision, but it seemed wise at the time - LOL.
Here's hoping you have a fantastic Monday. We're in the middle of thunderstorms, so I suspect people are swimming indoors today and everyone will be disappointed - at least until noon or so. I'm grateful that I don't swim on Mondays, so I missed getting caught by the rain and lightning this time around. Have a glorious day and I'll be back tomorrow. Slava Ukraini.
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