Flying solo

Jeff worked on his own this weekend while I was visiting my best friend in Spokane before she moves to Texas. (Thanks for the great visit Kati! Love you guys!) He replaced the window with the bad seal, he ended up using a slightly smaller window so he had to re-frame the space. He found it on craig's list so it was repurposed, but with a good seal of course! :)

So it's official, we have zero matching windows in the whole house.

In the picture above, you can see the beginning of the bathroom wall framing up.

Interior with the new window in, you can see the added framing below it which Jeff had to add.

The final window all sealed up!

Jeff also installed the rest of the electrical outlets and light boxes, but hasn't run the wire yet. We'll post more information about the electrical plan and pictures later this week.

-M.

A victory and a setback...

Today, we got a few hours in after Margo got off of work.  We had to squeeze in the time because we went to celebrate our friends birthday later this evening.

Anyways, the victory was that we completed installing all of the window and finished the last section of the ridge cap.  We also put some more caulk on the ridge line to ensure that there wont be any leaks in the roof.  The windows turned out great and we are really pleased with the outcome.

Notice that the skylight is not installed yet because of the ridiculous price for quality flashing on a metal roof.  We are continuing with everything else and will come back to the skylight when we save money for the flashing set.

And the setback...  

We were not so excited to see that condensation had taken place in between the panels in one of the large windows on the side of the house.  This means that the seal has a leak somewhere and the "gas" in between the window panes is over saturated with moisture.  Since we got these windows for about 10 dollars it will be more cost effective to take the window out and replace it with another one.  Luckily, we found a nice lady that just did a remodel and is trying to get rid of 3 of the same size window.  The new one will look a little different but we both think it will be kind of neat and typical to the project to have no matching windows when we are finished.  

It was a bittersweet day to say the least but we are excited to get started on the bathroom wall and electrical/plumbing this weekend.  

-Jeff

 

Beautiful siding!

We are SO pleased to have purchased beautiful secondhand western red cedar siding today for about $.30/linear foot! Jeff found the siding on craigslist, and drove less than an hour away to pick it up the same day. It is 6", beveled, clear grade cedar, even better quality than we hoped for, for less than we planned to pay! We are more than pleased! :)

Packed up in the back of Carlos. (Thank you Arrie!!!)

Jeff holding samples up against the side of the house.

A closeup of the wood's grain.

A public budget....

So we've finally pulled out all of our receipts and tallied up how much we have spent on the project so far. (Emphasis being on the phrase, SO FAR) If you're interested, feel free to check out the page link right up at the top near our header, titled "Project Cost Summary."

On a progress note, this week a lot of planning for the electrical, heat source, and plumbing are going on. Behind the scenes work, but very important.

Thanks for reading!

-J & M.