Day 60 - Withering Heights

When Bruce told me he was going out to the ranch to trim a few trees near the pool house, it never crossed my mind heights would be involved.  My heart withered when he came home for lunch and showed me these pictures.  We had a small discussion about walking on a roof - with a pole saw - after retirement - in the middle of a building project - and you can only imagine the rest of the conversation......................

Up On High

Cutting Limbs

Man in the Trees

Thanks to our neighbor, Marie, who happened to be visiting and steadied the ladder and took these photos.

Meanwhile on the ground, Miguel and his crew were installing our windows.  Below is a sequence of installing the windows over the master bathtub.  I've never seen windows installed and it is fascinating to see these guys do their work.

Prepping the opening

Passing the window to the outside

Starting Placement 

Placing the Window

The crew is just amazing handling the awkward windows.  The windows come packaged with handles to help manage the smaller windows.

Window handles

Here's another window installation sequence -  for the entry way transom window.

Preparing the transom opening 

Moving the window

Lifting the window

Window in place

Before the big windows across the back of the house could be installed, more detailed framing was required to shore up the surrounding structure.  The windows are very heavy and the vertical pieces of wood under the sill will support their weight.

Shoring up structure

Note window leaning against beam

Window before installation

After installation; the bottom windows slide open

In the picture above, you get a peek of the clerestory windows.  Here's a better shot.

Three Clerestory Windows

Hope you enjoy these additional shots of our beautiful windows.  We are so thrilled to have them installed!!!!

Banquette and Kitchen Windows

Bruce's Study on left - more framing to be done

Entry Way Windows

Mud room, garage, and upstairs

Day 60 of our project was a fantastic day - our windows were installed and Bruce is safely on the ground.  We will have visitors tomorrow - so stayed tuned for pictures!!!

Featured Flora of the Day
This pretty little primrose is in our front yard.  It looks like it is growing out of rock!!!