After reading all about windows and shopping around, we picked out our windows; Milgard "Tuscany." They are vinyl, which made me suck in my breath (think: "manufactured home"). But they are considered very good, low maintenance, and will have the highest rating, energy-wise. Anyway, all of the lovely old wood trim will go back up. We will use wood clad ones in the main part of the house.
Right now, Don is removing eleven windows, the first batch to be replaced. He takes off all of the trim – gently, gently! Also the cords, weights, and stop strips. Then he puts the windows back in a temporary mode, so our house isn't open to the elements while we wait for the new windows. Thus far, my part of the job has been to loosen painted-closed pieces and to pull nails out of the trim that we will use again (the trim, not the nails). I didn't know that there was so much finesse needed to pull out finish nails. They must be carefully pulled out from the back side, using pliers and a piece of wood as leverage. That way, no blemish is made on the front side and no wood putty is needed when the trim is refinished. There are a lot of details to this remodel thing.
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| Good-bye double hung windows (sniff!) |
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