Today Peter and I spent the day taking off the bracing, removing the window patterns and straightening the site. Today would be the first day we would really see how the windows and doors would look in the house. I could hardly wait!
We finished the entrance (west) side of the house first. The pantry window suddenly looked huge with the pattern removed. The buck would stay in place to hold the window in place when it arrived.
With the patterns removed from the window bucks the front door suddenly became magic. We could see just how big the front door would be and how the sidelights would curve around it.
The big front window was the one I was really waiting for. Peter worked on the outside while I worked on the inside. There was a lot of bracing and strapping to remove. By mid afternoon we had this part of the project done. The view from the inside was spectacular.
The outside was just as cool. Finally we could see where the glass would go and how the timbers would intersect the window space. I liked what I saw!
At last we could see how the big window will fit into the house as a whole. Next Tuesday the first of the roof trusses will arrive. The roof will quickly change the look of the house in a big way. In a few days we'll be figuring out how to build the eyebrows over the windows and how the fancy trim will fit on the walls.
Inside things opened up as we removed the braces, scaffolding and straightened things up in general. Thanks to Peter's great efforts we accomplished a great deal today. Next week will be another fabulous week of progress as we start in on the theme work while Harold's Contracting crew get begin the roof. It's going to be fun!
-grampa dan
