Comments on: Adventures of installing a second story window

By: Still making progress » Farm Folly

Still making progress » Farm Folly — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:08:16 +0000

[...] we’ve given up. Slow progress is still being made on the future master bedroom. After the window was installed, I started on some structural details. This picture provides an [...]

By: New window installed » Farm Folly

New window installed » Farm Folly — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 20:32:59 +0000

[...] finally told Lee just to hire the installation out, because he scared me to pieces when he did the other upstairs window. Lee doesn’t enjoy working on ladders so he wasn’t that hard to [...]

By: Recreating historic window trim » Farm Folly

Recreating historic window trim » Farm Folly — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 06:57:40 +0000

[...] Monday the window that Lee installed back in February had its trim installed. We hired out this work because Lee hates [...]

By: lee

lee — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:37:58 +0000

Benita – Yeah, I was holding my breath too. I’m not a fan of ladders, especially tippy 28 ft extension ladders. For most of the work, I had a 2×4 screwed across the window horizontally on the inside, and the extension ladder ran up through the window opening and rested on it. The idea was that there was no way for the ladder to fall, so I just had to hold on.

By: Basically Benita » Blog Archive » What we read on-line

Basically Benita » Blog Archive » What we read on-line — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:04:36 +0000

[...] us – fixing up our living space in a time of recession to make it more efficient and livable (Farm Folly, 5 Acres and a Dream and Thrums). I think more of us are staying at home rather than traveling [...]

By: Benita

Benita — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:43:44 +0000

Whew! Just seeing Lee hang out the window made me hold my breath. I don’t mind heights, but I’m a worrier when it comes to someone else.

And it works properly on the first try. Congrats! Let me know when I can borrow Lee, will ya?

By: robin

robin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:33:38 +0000

Lynn, it’s the same here. Winter came and our get up and go went with the cold weather. That and Lee and I are always somewhat slow in our home projects.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:06:53 +0000

The window is looking good. Everything on an old home seems to take so much work to replace, at least it does to me. Our home projects have been slow since winter hit…

By: robin

robin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:09:38 +0000

Yup, that’s why we are putting them in ourselves. It will save us a mint. That and doing them all one at a time makes it seem not so expensive as the cost is drawn out.

By: Leigh

Leigh — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:49:25 +0000

Wow, I would have been nervous too. Still, if you can do it yourself, that’s more affordable windows! All our windows should be replaced too, but thats not for now. The only ones I have my eye on at present is the one in the kitchen, when we do the remodeling in there.