Week 32 – Joe Apparently winter is arriving a little earlier this year. An abnormal “polar plunge” is dropping the temperatures below freezing and will continue for the foreseeable future. I don’t mind cold weather. In fact, I normally embrace it… but it’s too early! We have been preparing for the inevitably of cold temps, but…
Tag: window glazing
Window resolution and forward progress! (part 4)
Week 29 – Joe Amy and I are in the middle of a fall break from work. This means we have been able to make much more progress on the house. A couple weeks ago I finally figured out how to make the new windows match the old windows. The amber shellac that I had…
Window Standoff – Part 3
“The windows have been an ongoing project.” I feel like I say that in every blog post. Now that my work schedule has ramped up I don’t have time to run over to the house just for an hour here or there. I moved the whole window project to my basement, which is great because…
Window rehab – part 2
Week 16 – Joe Window rehab has been an ongoing project all summer. It is something I can work on in between big projects. Realistically, it will take me months and months … and months. My previous post about windows was all about the trials of removing, stripping paint, scraping paint, breaking windows, sanding, and…