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Tower is saved…
The project I started last weekend… Well, the windows are IN! Woot! Flashed, signed, sealed, and delivered. Some 6 months after the storm we are weatherproof! These are high-end, custom, “hurricane” rated, wooden windows and should last a lifetime, barring … Continue reading
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What light through yonder window breaks?
Y’all may recall we got seriously clobbered by a couple of storms last March…seriously damaging pretty much everything we owned. This shut down a lot of project work as we tried to get things dried in and start to repair … Continue reading
Oh hail…
We had an intense storm roll through Clarksville on St. Patricks Day, doing severe wind and hail damage across the city. We took serious damage at Cupola Art
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And *only* 44 more to go…
Yesterday, after having it out for an embarrassingly long time, I put it back in. Glue, clamps, sandpaper. 5 rounds of Linseed oil/Turpentine mix. 1 coat oil based primer. 2 new sheets glass (both were broken) 14 glazing points. 1/2 … Continue reading
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There be DOORS here!
From this: There be DOORS here! The 3 inches of rain Saturday night and Sunday got in the way so I haven’t done the weather stripping or threshold yet…and I don’t have any door knob hardware…but by golly…DOORS! We’ve got … Continue reading
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Starting to look…actually…like I’m accomplishing something!
Sooo…window trimmed in…siding up…you’ll notice the bottom glass is clean…SO clean in fact, that air hose and extension cord pass right through it! (a situation I’ll possibly correct next weekend). I WILL have the French doors mounted next weekend… CUAgain, … Continue reading
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Stairway Windows (part 7)
Alternate title: “Destruction, mayhem, windows.” Oooookayyy…a bit of a LONG overdue update here…sorry about that. Several things happened to put the window project on a back shelf. 1) I got the sills/etc rebuilt and water tight. 2) The worst window … Continue reading
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Warp Factor?
Sooo… We have this Sunroom you see… At some time in past generations one of the windows was removed and AC was installed: Now, I can’t blame them…here in Texas…and especially in east Texas…without AC you would simply burst into … Continue reading
Stairway Windows (part 6)
Alternate title: “Destruction, mayhem, windows.” Got a chance to use the Paint Crew pro this weekend. Finally, it wasn’t raining on the weekend! Spraying Sherwin Williams A-100 oil based exterior primer. It worked outstandingly. Astoundingly. As in, I’ve used one … Continue reading
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Stairway Windows (part 5)
Alternate title: “Destruction, mayhem, windows.” Well, after spending several weekends of rooftop acrobatics getting this dormer ready for paint…lots of scraping, manufacturing new and repairing some fish-scales, reattaching many of the rest, repairing the trim, and rebuilding the sills, I … Continue reading
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