Ok granted, these windows may be a little hard to see but my clever apprentice chippie Bikeman installed them today. In between the normal four panel window, and the very top stripy bit of wood (how technical am I .... not) - are actually windows! One above the front door, and the other two above the rumpus room windows. The story of the rumpus room windows.....Installed them where they were designed on the plan (where they are now). Looked a bit strange as there are 11 foot ceilings in the rumpus room so there was a lot of room above the windows which will end up being wall. So Bikeman and Beam me Up (the chippie) went through a lot of grief moving them up so the windows were up higher. I'm trying to upload a past photo but it keeps putting it in the wrong spot so you'll just have to use your imagination.
Anyway, we left it like that for a while to try and get used to it but it really looked wrong. The windows were just in the wrong spot and were way too high. So much to Bikeman's charign... we decided to move it back down again. This time he didn't have the assistance of Beam me Up so he did it all by himself. Pops suggested that perhaps we could put a window just above the windows and the door - to balance it out a little. So that's what we have done. Ordered these lovely, double glazed, little pieces of glass (and paid $1.2k for the privilege) but they do make the facade look much better. So Bikeman and I (well all I did was hold them up due to my super human size) put them in today, with much banging and swearing they were finally in and level and in line with the inside windows. Until we went outside to check how they looked and discovered that the reveal (wooden frame around the windows) was a different depth to the other windows... so they are sticking out the front. Crap! So (another day) we will have to fix it, bring them back in line from the front and then plane them down so they are the same width as the others. Damn!
Next handyman project: Installing the sisalation (foil wrap) around the house. I'm off now to search the internet for some 'how to' tips .... amazing! PS don't stop reading now.... photos of the roof are in the next post....)
Roof looks great Mel (looks like a real house now) and good idea to bring the windows down. Even if the little ones do stick out. Will have to leave coming back to see it in real time until finished. Although if Tim can't handle the Navy then I might be back again.
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