Thursday May 28, 2009

 

 

New Windows

An Extreme Makeover For Our House

 

Daryl Bollinger’s three sons arrived about 10:00 yesterday morning, and by 4:00 p.m. all but the window at our kitchen sink was installed.

 

 

It was time to remove our forty-two-year-old windows. 

The two large windows in front of the house have been “foggy” between the panes for many years, which means I kept them covered with mini-blinds.

 

 

The guys started by distributing windows to the correct room, then removing old ones and installing new ones.

 

 

The “grandkid’s room”

 

 

 

 

Our bedroom

 

 

The garage

 

 

Daryl (the dad, standing next to Cerwin) stopped in to check on the job just in time for coffee yesterday.  I enjoyed watching and hearing these brothers working together. 

 

 

Removing our large living room window.

 

 

Putting the new one in place.

 

 

I love standing here and looking out the window.  I think I don’t want to put the mini-blinds up again.

 

 

The bow window in the kitchen was next.

 

 

 

 

This was the end of their day on Wednesday.

 

 

They were back again this morning at 7:30 to install the window at our kitchen sink.

 

 

They spent the rest of the day putting the finishing touches to the exterior of each window.  I’m sure there is a correct term for “wrapping them with aluminum.”

Thanks to pianowithjen for giving me the right word.  It’s called “capping.”

 

 

If you ever need new windows, I highly recommend the Bollingers.

 

 

My favorite windows are in the kitchen.

 

 

 

It feels like our house had an “extreme makeover.”

We are leaving for Pembroke, New York, for a ministry-related trip on Friday morning, but I just want to stand here and look at (and out of) our windows.