The Back

Before the weather got too cold or I should say unbearably cold (Mike was definitely out there working in less than desirable weather) he worked on the back of the house. He resheathed the entire back side, removed the sliding door and added all new windows. For a little reminder, here is the back before....

 

 

Then the back after the deck was removed

 

 

 

Then per a friends recommendation we hired General Concrete Cutting Services, Inc. (I couldn't find a web page, but here is a link to their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/General-Concrete-Cutting-Services-Inc/217046531658663) They were done in a few hours and we had a true daylight basement, which we had to quickly cover up!

 

 

Then Mike started on the upstairs. First the entryway window came out. Talk about dark, he had to remove the electrical in that room for some reason, so we didn't have a light in there either.

 

 

This little boy so badly wanted to help...

 

 

 

 But instead I talked him in to helping us do this...

Love these two! Can't resist adding a few cute pictures in with all these fun house renovations!
 

I missed getting a picture of the bathroom window and kitchen window coming out. Then the slider! This came out on one of the first really cold days of the year! Makes sense right? We were freezing, but it had to get done! It was so cold, that our lovely neighbors saw what was happening and knew we had to be freezing and invited us over to warm up! Needless to say though, there was so much excitement going on here, we just couldn't leave!

 

 And then there was darkness and we lived with it for a couple months while we waited for the new windows to come in.

I was so happy to see these babies comes in...

 

The next weekend all the back ones went in! I never thought I would love windows as much as I do, but when you go from terrible windows to, no windows, you really appreciate them! They are wonderful! They look so nice and they are so easy to open and clean!

Let there be light!!!

The wall still needs a little work, but the windows look great!

 

 

That is as far as we have gone with the back as of today. After this we moved onto inside projects as the weather did not allow for more outdoor projects...winter in Maine! Next project the chimney!