It's a hard decision to alter the feature that first attracted you to your home, but after 43+ years our front window unit had gone past its prime. After much research and deliberation, we had a new double-pane, aluminum-clad window built and 3 months later it was ready for install.
Our original window ...
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Sad to see it go
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The crew carefully and meticulously completed the demo work
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After some alterations to the brick, the new window was installed
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Almost there!
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It was a TRAUMATIC day for the cats, but Elvis is now enjoying the expanded view. Poor boys were moved from room to room as the work was completed - over 12 hours to replace "the office" window, french doors upstairs and the windows in Ike's room.
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Upstairs - before
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Upstairs - new and improved
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And now the windows are covered at night with poster-sized "post-it" sheets, because our shutters have to be ordered and won't be ready for install for several weeks. It's a process ...