Sunday, May 1, 2011

Ch-ch-ch-changes

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 ...



Sad to see it go



The crew carefully and meticulously completed the demo work



After some alterations to the brick, the new window was installed



Almost there!



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.



Upstairs - before



Upstairs - new and improved



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 ...

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