Windows Day
Windows Day
This has felt like it’s been a long time coming but after a bit of rescheduling, four of our new timber sash windows and our rear patio doors are ready to be installed.
Another contact of Donald’s, Richard Hayhornthwaite has been making our timber sashes and patio doors in his workshop for the last few weeks with a view to getting them in before the weather turns nasty.
We’ve spent a long time choosing the finished colour, trying to make sure they’re in keeping with not only the local area but aren’t a million miles from the original too and as they are unloaded from the van, they really look the part. I’ve got the day off to help out, or more likely, make as many cups of tea as necessary to get the job done but as the first old window is carefully removed and placed to one side my excitement starts to build.
As loathed as I am to admit it, the quality of the windows and door are in a different league to the ones I knocked up some months ago now and it takes two people just to lift each one into position. The chunky frames feel really good and I’m already excited to get on the phone to Rachel with an update and a few photos.
Richard and his lads are all working really well together. They just get stuck in and it’s clear they take a lot of pride in their work. The catches to the sashes need to be swapped out as the supplier has sent a dodgy batch but he’s going to bring them once the front door and small rear window are ready so it’s not a problem.
With the first one down, they have a bit of a system going where one removes and cleans ready for the installation, another installs and levels then foam-fills. There are a few areas where the uneven stone needs more filler than others but overall they’re a really snug fit and, once pointed up, will really look the part. With the windows in, they turn their attention to the patio doors and have them in, square and level fairly soon. Then it’s all about the clean-up as they go over everything and give them a good clean.
We’ve just got the small rear window and the front door to be built now, so once they’re installed, we’re secure and watertight. They have done a great job so far so I’m really looking forward to the next bits arriving.