Here is our little house after the windows and siding. Everyone seemed to balk at my black and forest green color scheme - but I really liked it, and I think it turned out really well. The windows are
all double hung and have some freakish R-value (for insulation). They all tilt in at the top and the bottom for cleaning (do you think that will actually cause me to clean them?) We are really excited to see what they do for us this winter as far as insulating. When they installed the siding, a layer of insulating board was installed over the existing siding, and then the new siding was placed over the board. That should really help this winter too, as we have had no insulation to speak of at all.
The screen door that Terry made for me fits a lot better now and looks great as well. The garage door (be sure to see the "before" picture of that mess) looks so wonderful now! I tried to refinish the existing door, but it was so rotten that when I started scraping it, earwigs came out! OMG! Nas-tac-ular! I found the door at Second Chance Building Materials (they are in the Linen District - they give jobs to people recovering from substance abuse, and recycle old building materials and construction waste. Good deal all the way around - support them if you can!) and refinished it. It is SO beautiful! I love, love, love it.
All the sills have been rebuilt and wrapped in metal. No more rotted sills! They look so nice!
It was also very cool that we did not encounter any ants in the walls. I was thrilled about that. The contractor cut out the windows with a chop saw that was extremely loud and violent. If there were ants to be found, they certainly would have noticed that disturbance and come out in droves. Thankfully, I never saw one of the little S.O.B.'s.
Anyway! This chapter of the house is closed. Thanks to Randy at Airetite Windows and Siding for such a great job! We highly recommend him!
all double hung and have some freakish R-value (for insulation). They all tilt in at the top and the bottom for cleaning (do you think that will actually cause me to clean them?) We are really excited to see what they do for us this winter as far as insulating. When they installed the siding, a layer of insulating board was installed over the existing siding, and then the new siding was placed over the board. That should really help this winter too, as we have had no insulation to speak of at all.
The screen door that Terry made for me fits a lot better now and looks great as well. The garage door (be sure to see the "before" picture of that mess) looks so wonderful now! I tried to refinish the existing door, but it was so rotten that when I started scraping it, earwigs came out! OMG! Nas-tac-ular! I found the door at Second Chance Building Materials (they are in the Linen District - they give jobs to people recovering from substance abuse, and recycle old building materials and construction waste. Good deal all the way around - support them if you can!) and refinished it. It is SO beautiful! I love, love, love it.
All the sills have been rebuilt and wrapped in metal. No more rotted sills! They look so nice!
It was also very cool that we did not encounter any ants in the walls. I was thrilled about that. The contractor cut out the windows with a chop saw that was extremely loud and violent. If there were ants to be found, they certainly would have noticed that disturbance and come out in droves. Thankfully, I never saw one of the little S.O.B.'s.
Anyway! This chapter of the house is closed. Thanks to Randy at Airetite Windows and Siding for such a great job! We highly recommend him!
1 comment:
What a cute house! I really like the green and black. I'm all for the darker house colors, any darker color for that matter. The 10 shades of white and beige are really dull. Thanks for posting the before pictures, too...since I'm so lame and have never seen your house in real life!
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