Howdy everyone,
Well, I finally got some time to post again. Seems like it's been forever since I have posted anything new. We had 4 massive hail storms here in April which meant it was nuts for me trying to keep up with about 500 cliams over the last 6 weeks. I worked from April 18 to June 4 without a day off. I decided enough was enough!!! I've been off and working feverishly on some house/shop projects for the last 10 days. I gotta go back to the salt mine tomorrow so I decided I better post this now.
The shop was the original focus. The siding had rotted from water intrusion. No clauking or flashing and some general bad workmanship was the cause. Hopefully I have those issues solved now. Here is where we began....
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Cheryl and I stripped off the old and began to replace what was bad...
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As usual, I could not have done this without Cheryl's help. Here she is pulling about a thousand nails out of the trim and filling the holes....
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We were planning on changing the worn out aluminum windows in the house anyway so this was the time to get 2 new white vinyl windows in the shop as well...
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With the shop pretty much back the way it should be, we began on the house. I have a buddy in the window biz so he came down and measured every opening and provided solid vinyl windows with low E coating and argon custom sized to each opening . I sure hope this is all worth it!!!! Here's the new windows and doors freshly delivered...
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Here is how the house looked before any of this craziness started. The original bronze windows just made the window openings look like leaky, ugly black holes...
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Removing the windows was one heck of a JOB!!!! Lots of prying, cursing and lots of sawz all blades. This is one seriously nasty job. This is about the time I am wondering what I have gotten myself in to.
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And here is the finished product. 44 tubes of caulk and 17 gallons of paint later. I can tell anyone that is considering changing out there old aluminum windows that this is a very worth while project. I managed to change all the windows in 2 days with the help of a good buddy.
The first thing Cheryl and I noticed is the quiet. shhh.... Amazing how much quieter it is inside the house with these new windows and doors. I immediately noticed as well that the A/C was running about half as much as it was before. This is a GOOD thing!!! A VERY good thing!!!
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We also installed all new vinyl 2" blinds on all those shiny new windows, new vinyl screen doors and new ceramic tile in the main bath and the laundry room. I still have a bit of trim painting to do and lots of little details to finish but I'm pretty much done and certianly very pleased with the project over all. Other than that, I didn't do a thing on my vacation.
Thanks for looking,
Terry
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