Sunny day, installing exterior casings on the windows

South side of course, sun on our backs

Lots of snow, we’ve hardly seen the sun

Up and down the ladders

Behind the brick we removed for the new kitchen window we found a yellow marble in the mortar

Drip cap over the top window casing

Preparing to build the new kitchen window box

Eyebrow windows replace one old window

Preparing the dormer for siding

East side faces the morning sun

At Dashwood Industries to pick up new windows for the kitchen

Dump trailer – we’re going to take apart the old kitchen

All of this is coming out

Remove the cabinet doors/drawers first

Old plaster requires plastic to stop the migration of dust

Pluck the upper cabinets

Help arrives

Pulling down the ceiling tiles and plaster

Separate the lath from the plaster

This is only part of the removal process

Wood goes in the trailer, plaster in the tractor bucket

Dust masks required

Even ‘Pop’ gets to help

We found this copper tray between the ceiling joists. No drain so it’s a mystery what it was used for.

The copper tray sat on the 2x2 cleats between the joists

Plumbers love to cut away joists to fit pipes leaving no strength in the joist. A repair will be required.

Supports to level the ceiling joists while changes to the window opening are made

The window box is framed in and the new window installed

Now we take away the temporary supports

Carter finds a new lookout

“ Did you build this for me? “

New header over the wide opening to the link

The lintel has to be big to support a beam when the center wall is removed (on the right)

Temporary supporting walls to hold up the ceiling joists while the old partition wall is removed and replaced with a beam

A maze of wood

Original partition wall removed

New built-up beam replaces the wall

Remove the temporary support walls

Opens everything up for the new kitchen

From the link looking into the new kitchen area

New awning window installed in the kitchen

Ryan cleans up

An awning window allows ventilation even on a rainy day

Filling in the gaps where the old entrance was

Time to trim the inside of the window box