The kitchen window has a completely unoriginal sash on the lower section, which will be replaced entirely, whilst the upper sash which is original will be stripped back and restored. Both sashes will have their glazing bars reinstated, making them a six-over-six configuration like they were originally.
This old picture shows the kitchen window as it stands in it's un-original one-over-one configuration:
It will be made to look like the refurbished front window:
As it stands right now:
The return windows, with the sashes removed for refurbishment, frames stripped back and primed:
The back door and door frame of the return is being replaced entirely, as it's beyond repair and not an original piece. It's being made in a Victorian style to match the period of the return.
And finally, the massive sycamore tree in the back garden was chopped down. It was much too large for the space it occupied and blocked out huge amounts of light during the summer months. It came down in under 45 minutes.
This should feed the stove at the end of the year for a few months:
It always bothers me to see a tree come down, but it was far too close to the garden wall and the garage wall. But certainly in the summer why WOULDN'T you want shade? I wish my back yard HAD shade. During the summer it's hot as hell back there and I even put up a gazebo to provide shade for myself - but it's on a large concrete patio - giant size patio - that I inherited from the prior owners. It's a beautiful back yard with garden beds and a nice lawn area too, and fully fenced for privacy. But the prior owners didn't like trees evidently, they had 2 removed, one from the backyard and one from the front yard that would have provided nice protection from the Sun as it swings around to the south/southwest and especially in the summer, it gets HOT HOT HOT in the front room through a large picture window, even with black-out curtains I put up in desperation to try and keep out some of the solar gain. So I'm partial to trees, even trees that are growing in an inconvenient place. Bye, poor sycamore tree. At least you won't get dumped into a land fill, you will be put to use to heat the house.
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