In With The New - Out With The Old

I know the title is backwards, but this is how it went yesterday. After a long day I got the new window in and the old one out, and the siding back up. Here is how it went, enjoy.

This is what it looked before I started.

The siding come off and I was able to use some of it to replace borken sections.

This is with the Styrofoam insulation removed.

The window is in, the blue is a rubber sill gasket.



Out with the old, notice the size of the hole compared to that little window size.
Inside it was built up on the sides by about 4 inches, and had to be removed.

Reused the Styrofoam insulation and sealed it up, after a bit of framing inside.
 

And 9 hours later with the siding back up we're done.
Did you notice from the first picture to this one the sun coming around.

The inside look and you can see were the old window was.

A New Look

We were successful in finding a window for the kitchen, it doesn't have an arch but it still looks good. You'll see what it looks like after it's installed, for now you can see what I've done in preparation for the window. Today I had to do a little rewiring, I moved a plug and switch to make room for the king and jack posts for the window and header. As I was in the wiring mode, I took out a couple of old wires from down stairs that needed to be removed because of their age. It's amazing how much time this takes, it's done though. I put in the temporary jack posts to cover the span of the window, as I'll be cutting into three wall studs, I want the support before I put in the header and make it safe again.

The top and bottom horizontal boards are temporary to show you
where the window will go and the size.

Another Look

Here is another possible look at what our kitchen window will be. It is 36 x 55 and of course it has an arch. This will be a little challenging to install but it will give us lots of light, and it does look good.