[splat]

well these 2 windows are about 35 -40 years old, and rotting , so It was time for them to go. But my wife and I have never really liked the placement of those 2 windows. that is my living room and my Dining room, and as strange as it may seam but really could not see our own front yard from inside the house.

Fun with a sawzall

New Windows !

Now we have to paint the house, and the dry wall work and molding inside the house still needs to be done , but already it is soo different we love it!

 

[N8 v2.0]

Nice work!

What did you use to make a header above the window opening?

 

[splat]

2 -2x6's nailed together

I'd like to say I did the work. But the man who lives next to me is a GC so we hired him to do the work. this is a little beyond my ability

 

[JRB]

Nice. I want to put new facia boards on the house, but alas, it's been too long since I did any work. That, combined with the fact that the drunks in the 60s that built this place, didn't know what a framing square was. The bathroom window is 2 inches from the corner at the top and 3 1/2 inches at the bottom.

 

[LordOpie]

excellent!

we worked on the lawn and garden today.

 

[valve bouncer]

That looks about 200% better splat. Good job.

 

[brungeman]

right on Splatman! looks good. I do commercial and residential entry doors, & residential windows in addition to general contracting during my summers off.

I agree that the original window placement was rediculous.

nice job!

 

[BadDNA]

Looking good Splat, much better than the old ones.

 

[Dartman]

2 -2x6's nailed together

I'd like to say I did the work. But the man who lives next to me is a GC so we hired him to do the work. this is a little beyond my ability

It helps that it's not a load bearing wall. It looks much better now. I bet the inside is going to be great.

Mike

 

[splat]

I agree that the original window placement was rediculous.

I don't know why those 60's archetiects loved corner windows, something about Frank Llyod Wright doing it or maybe they were just smoking too much dope.

 

[jimmydean]

I approve (but I can't). It looks a great deal nicer with the windows in. Good call. Plus, any job that involves a sawzall is a bonus.

 

[N8 v2.0]

Splat, Did you snap any photos of the inside framing..?

 

[brungeman]

I don't know why those 60's archetiects loved corner windows, something about Frank Llyod Wright doing it or maybe they were just smoking too much dope.

the thing that is funny is on most of Wright's designs with corner windows, there wasn't a corner! the window had no corner structure. the loads on Falling Water, were cantilevered over the windows so they didn't need structure to bear loads. but on all of the stinkin copies of his designs as you said they still stuck windows in the corners but butted up to a corner. How are you supposed to put up drapes or anything like that with the window directly in the corner?

anyway, again looks great!

 

[TreeSaw]

Nice work Splat!!! I was out doing some lawn work this weekend too but nothing as drastic as you.

 

[splat]

Splat, Did you snap any photos of the inside framing..?

yup We have those too, I can post them when I get home

 

[If_Rider]

Looks great! More windows to wash too

 

[splat]

Splat, Did you snap any photos of the inside framing..?

ask and you shall recieve .

 

[maxyedor]

The first thing I thought when I saw your old windows was "how ugly", but man what a difference! Slap some paint up there and call it a day.

 

[Rip]

Looks much better.

 

[N8 v2.0]

Thx for the framing pix.

I love seeing framing... its a lot of thought and detail that no one else gets to see or appreciate.

 

[maxyedor]

Thx for the framing pix.

I love seeing framing... its a lot of thought and detail that no one else gets to see or appreciate.

Framing is a little seen art for sure, my parents just added 1100 sqft and the guys doing the framing were fanatical about everything being square and level, then came time to start joining things to the existing structure, not a straight and square 2x4 in sight. It was really cool seing the progress, as I was only there every 3-4 weeks, it sort of hapened in chunks, the progression was cool to see.

 

[Trainwreck]

Very nice job, enjoy the view!