The Window Job

This was Rick last Sunday,

just starting to take the blinds down

in preparation for the window replacement

project that's going on right now.

I broke my leg falling off a step stool,

so anything involving ladders

is Rick's job, especially when the ladders

are 22 foot extension ladders.

These guys are having more than 

a few anxious moments

cause every step that's taken up there

causes the lift to sway back and forth.

This job is not for the faint of heart.

There's been some problems to deal with.

I guess that happens with every contracted job,

but hopefully everything will turn out 

well, and the job is done safely and correctly.

(Please, pretty please.)

 One upper outside window

 cracked during the removal.

Another window shattered into pieces

with a horrific noise while it was being removed.

It was one of the 9 foot tall upper center windows. Nobody was hurt.

Thankfully.

There's one more window to remove. 

It's the other 9 foot window.

They saved the hardest windows

for last cause there was a problem

with the measurements.

Anyway, next week

they're pressure washing that

wall and will be coating it with

a heat shield coating and repainting

that one wall.

The rest of the house we can reach

and we will be doing the painting ourselves.

That western wall though...

  it's for these young guys to take care of.

I just hope they leave us 

with clean windows after 

the painter guy is done.