The back mudroom only had storm windows (that went all around 3 sides) but had no insulation or heat ran to it. There was water damage from just having storm windows in. So we decided to tackle windows! The Habitat for Humanity Restore had these windows that we thought would fit perfectly (they didn't; we had our measurement flip flopped) but we made fit! We had to lower our wall a few inches to make them fit and had some trial and error. But we are pretty proud of them. Our friend Joe helped put the windows in with us (also no experience). While we were at the store a guy walking by had to tell us how you drill them into the walls and walked away shaking his head like "they are in for it; good luck". haha.
So on Friday with Joe's help we got the two windows in facing the backyard. Once we had them in I convinced Kris we wanted another one facing the driveway. So Sunday morning we put that one in. I had to keep Kris motivated after my brother-in-law's bachelor party that took place on Saturday night but after Joe took off I convinced him to tackle the 3rd wall. We went ahead and just put studs in to make it a solid wall. Definitely more work to do. The interior needs a little more demo work before we can insulate and add drywall. And we need to figure out how to trim out the exterior part of the window and fill in siding.
The pictures look like the paint job is really bad but there had been plastic stapled from the top of the peak down below the storm windows (a few were broken). So we think that extra moisture in there causing all the paint to chip up; the rest of the house isn't peeling like that.
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