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Replacement Window dressing
Lets get creative and learn how to install replacement windows
with a stool and apron on the inside, paint or stain grade diy window treatments that say “OH YEA” that is how we roll. After the windows in place you will have removed any existing treatment. Pick the moulding you’ll be using and some 3/4″ flat stock to cut and install for the stool, this little decorative shelve notches around the finish wall and goes beyond the casings, as well as hangs into the room about an inch past the front lower moulding. This is known as the apron, the stool separates the casing from the apron and sets flat on top of the stool. Take note to measure accurate and see where and what’s to take place. With the new moulding, cut some small tester pieces and mark the layouts so you can facilitate there spots. A miter saw and table saw will be of great help but a handsaw and a good angle square can do this as well, diy your new replacement windows before all the guest show this holiday season, and show off all you want…..good job again!!
Insulate Life
The Inspector just left and signed us off on the rough electrical and rough plumbing, without requiring insulation in the walls and ceiling, we’re going to anyway. So effectively the city building department has given us the go ahead to cover up the walls, because all has past the minimum standards of building and safety regulations for a residential remodel. So insulate we will.
All these walls are interior, that are not required insulation in California. What we gain for the extra material costs and labor is incomparable. The noise reduction alone is worth it but also this slabbed floor bath area will stay cooler and warmer when the conditions outside change. Paper backed R-11 is inexpensive for it’s comfort qualities and value that it brings. 16″ stud and ceiling joist bays get staples to fasten and hold the insulation in place nice and fluffy like, do not compress or mash it while installing insulation. Next up is the drywall application.