Project #2

No one tells you, or at least you don't fully realize, just how much of a money pit it is to own a home.  It's the gift (of spending money) that keeps on giving.  This Fall we tuned our piano, and within a month is was completely out of tune.  The window had lost its seal and you could feel cold air seeping through.  All the windows are original to the house, and several of them had come up on the home inspection with issues.  That particular window wasn't one of them, but with cold air coming through all Winter we knew it needed to be addressed this Spring when the weather improved.  We put it off because of Covid, but then we finally started getting price quotes, and then we had to wait for the windows to be manufactured.  Our house happens to have a lot of large windows.  It's fabulous for light, but it's a lot to replace.  We have 27 windows, and windows are expensive!  Since we didn't feel like selling a kidney on the black market we decided to only replace a portion of them for now.  We chose to replace all the North and East facing windows since they get the most exposure, and it also included 4 of the windows that had issues. 

Of course, it's the largest window in the house that's next to the piano, and the front is covered in bushes, so that was a nail-biter install.  A couple of the storm windows were stuck and wouldn't come out on the second floor, so they had to kick them out, and it was also extremely hot and humid.  The poor installation guys earned their money for sure! 
Joel is the most excited about the windows of anyone, because it included the 3 windows in our master bedroom.  Our room is by far the hottest room in the house, because it's over the garage and the windows get quite a bit of sun exposure.  He's always so miserable up there when he works from home even with 2 fans going.  You can already feel the difference after a day of the new windows, so he's one happy guy!