Dan Mages
12-02-2005, 11:38 PM
Renewal by Andersen came in this week to put in some new insert windows in my house. They estimated that the project will take 2 days, but they managed to do it in one. Overall, they did a great job. All of the windows work flawlessly and I no longer feel a cold breeze in front of some of them. No more triple tracks either!
Not all was good tho. I went down stairs to see how they were doing on the basement window only to discover that they were using my miter saw to cut the wood they took out of my pile of studs I plan on using for the basement. I talked with the installation manager for the chicago area and the foreman. The both apologized profusely for what happened and gave the installers a good chewing out for it. But in the end, all is well and I have some good windows.
Now the fun part... Install new stops and trim on all of the windows. Staining will be doubly fun. The trim will be oak, the window is a straight grained pine (quartersawn? I have never seen such straight grains!!), and maple on the grills. It will be fun to make these all match up.
Good night!!
Dan
Before
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v647/DanMages/Basement%20work/100_1006.jpg
After
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v647/DanMages/Basement%20work/100_1014.jpg
Not all was good tho. I went down stairs to see how they were doing on the basement window only to discover that they were using my miter saw to cut the wood they took out of my pile of studs I plan on using for the basement. I talked with the installation manager for the chicago area and the foreman. The both apologized profusely for what happened and gave the installers a good chewing out for it. But in the end, all is well and I have some good windows.
Now the fun part... Install new stops and trim on all of the windows. Staining will be doubly fun. The trim will be oak, the window is a straight grained pine (quartersawn? I have never seen such straight grains!!), and maple on the grills. It will be fun to make these all match up.
Good night!!
Dan
Before
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v647/DanMages/Basement%20work/100_1006.jpg
After
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v647/DanMages/Basement%20work/100_1014.jpg