Great news, we have some ACTUAL progress here in the house. The new Jarrah windows have been installed! We installed four windows and a sliding door. Lets start with the sliding door.
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I had to take the photo outside because whenever I try to take it from inside, it is really dark. Do you like the wood? We both LOVE it! The back of our house isnt currently rendered but will be in future when we do the back yard. That paving will also be replaced eventually.
Now the door was not without issues. Check this photo out:
See the one-brick height gap? when they knocked out the old one, there was some weird issue in that the door was a brick lower on the outside than the inside! They used foam to seal it then went away and got more wood to box the outside to cover it up.
Next up is Emma's bedroom. It has a weird, high window that was absolutely the most rotten wood in the house. When they took that one out, they discovered the lintel had rusted and was pushing out the brickwork and they had to remove a row of bricks! So right now the new window is fitted and on the outside of the house, there is an open gap between the two rows of brick! It needs fixing ASAP! Such is the way with an old house that no-one has bothered to repair! These windows wind outwards to open.
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The yellow bedroom. When they knocked out these windows, they discovered that the wood shelf above it, was built into the window frames so when they knocked those out, down came the shelf! As a result we have some patching up of paintwork to do but nothing major. Note how these windows have a vertical half and half and lots of wood surrounds? Wait until you see how wide the new ones look in comparison!
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I did have to get the man to do a few things since the photo above was taken. I had him remove the foam stuck on the lower right corner and put a wood trim along the bottom to hide the surrounds that he chipped during removal. If you look, you can see the thin line where the shelf was.
The spare room was the third room to get a new window. Outside, the brick had crumbled so we need brick work done to that window too! Oh well, at least then it will be done lol. The 'after' photo was taken from the outside, hope you dont mind!
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As you can see, they have fly wire on the outside. VERY necessary in Western Australia!
This is a photo I took just to show you how they open. They meet in the middle and allow a breeze above and below the glass. That breeze is heavenly compared to how the old ones opened, they never created through-draft and these are fantastic at it!
A side view down three of the windows that were replaced. I have no idea why half the house is rendered and half you can see bricks but we will remedy that lol.
Pool update:
The pool plans finally got submitted to the council for approval today! Due to the design we want, they have to go through the planning department (for the wood decking and retaining wall). Once that is *fingers crossed* approved, we then apply for the actual building department. How fast the planning stage is, depends on whether it is required to go through a council meeting (only held every 8 weeks) and whether they require us to get permission from our neighbours. We'll just have to wait and see!
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