It stopped raining for a second so I pulled out a multi-tool (aka, colloquially, a Fein tool which I thought was “fine tool” forever) and roughed out the siding.
I’ll go back after the sheathing is cut and make enough room for flashing and casing, which will be another two inches cut off the beveled cedar planks, but for now I just want to get the rough opening finished and finalize frame sizes, assuming the weather cooperates.
Window roughed in and blocked – the blocking is a little cockeyed here and there but it should suffice. And I think it’s even level!
Now for the rest of the owl…
Flashing on, for certain very narrow definitions of “on”
In related news I’ve discovered something else I’m worst at! If you look closely you can see the ghosts of everyone who built this house rising from the foundations to bemoan my attempts, often in unison, with satirical verse
No visible progress on the windows today. Turns out putting the blocking in very slightly changed the width of the bays, as they nudged the studs one way or another. Also: turns out the flashing tape has a thickness.
The upshot: my tolerances were so tight I had to resize three of the frames – shaved a quarter inch off of the widths and deepened the side notches.
Just battened down in advance of the weather band sweeping up from California. Taking tomorrow off.
(#officewindows 👈 mutable)
Took a couple of days off to have a cold. #officewindows
Took the flapper disk to the last two frames for the #officewindows and coerced them to fit into their bays, then fastened and sealed them. Mistakes were made, and covered up. No one will be the wiser.
Picked up a drip cap etc. from the big box, then finished painting the #officeframes. The atmospheric river outside convinced me to add a third coat to the exterior faces.
Became weirdly nostalgic for certain cheap rentals of my youth. This is what car people would call a “20-footer,” in that it only looks acceptable from at least 20 feet away.
The rain never really stopped, but the wind died down, and this is our last day of spring break, so: IT’S HAPPENING
Fastened, spray foam in the gaps, caulked, drip cap on, and tarp back over while everything cures. Now I have to try to remember what my plan was for trim.
Last piece of exterior trim on, wonky spacing, fingerprints in the wet paint and all, in the last ray of sunset. (We had sun today!!) #officewindows
@vruba You can easily tell the difference: that one has four panes, this one has five.
@meetar @vruba Charlie,