Summer in February and other animals.....

Its been G L O R I O U S down here on the coast this last week, its been sunny, sunny, sunny and warm, shorts and t-shirts weather and the promise of things to come!

So, Mr M was able to crack on with the big windows on the West side of the house.  Its like the West Wing only slightly smaller!  prior to this week he really hadn't done much on this window, the framing wasn't completed and neither was the sheathing.  Take note the top is just square, no curve, and the bottom window has been boarded up for the winter.....

First job was the put the posts in between each window....

Then he had to finish up the sheathing and cut the curve into the top for the windows...

 

He then had to add blocking to ensure the upper "hole" was strong enough for the windows to sit into and to give something for the windows to be attached to....

Then the posts and the side of the house got wrapped....

The sills got taped......

And finally the upper windows got fitted......

This week the two lower windows and the glass door will be fitted.  We thought about having a bi-fold (tri-fold?) door going into this space, to enable us to have this wall open all through the summer days, sitting out onto the deck (which will be there eventually) sounds amazing right? .... we even got as far as pricing it up, and that is where the idea fell flat! Not only was it crazy expensive, it wasn't approved for use on the coast and wouldn't have met code for wind loading...

So like I said we have been having summer in February this past week, and the upcoming week isn't looking too shabby!!!  Just going to leave these here for you to enjoy...