Nice to see you back again; I look forward to your essays. How's your elbow/arm?
"... as cool as the suavest cucumber" heh! that's funny :-) I'm not a big sun-worshipper myself. To be honest, if unfashionable: I like the cold. It's fresh and clean, not like the glaring, tacky sun. I'm very un-catlike in that way.
I do like the playhouse project! and kids hanging around seing it being built. It plants a seed in their minds, shows them a possibility. I hope they can pilfer some discarded materials from some building site and build themselves a 'fortress' or a tree-house somewhere the grown-ups can pretend they don't know about. ( https://jonathanhaidt.substack.com/p/the-play-deficit )
Smart move, learning construction & renovation work! People are willing to pay real money for those jobs, and since most carpenters are louts (let's be honest ... at least they are over here) you girls will rule the roost in no time :-)
Regarding window easements ... I have questions ... so many questions ... Are these the type of windows that you crazy Yanks and the no less deranged Brits have that SLIDE UP AND DOWN ??? Slide, no hinge? Is the 'easement' the frame you attatch to the opening in the wall, that the glass-frame ('the window') slides up & down in? If so: how the hell to you get them tight and draught-proof? How do you keep the window open / from sliding down? Are there counter-weights hidden somewhere? I am genuinely curious about these kinds of windows. Do you know of any online resources / text book that could explain these intricacies?
- Please sir, may I have another easement?
- No! Be quiet, peasant, and enjoy your hot gravel!
Good to hear from you! I’ve had a hell of a day--I hear you about the construction work, that was my thinking (gain some skills that people do need, unlike fine furniture), but I have so much to learn and today was tough. **Edit—after a good night's sleep and some cool air, I think part of yesterday's challenge was working in the extreme heat. It pickled my brain and I ended the day feeling awful and full of doubt. But I think it's part of the learning curve and I was affected by the heat.**
Anyway, regarding the easements, my partner tells me he tried looking it up on the internet and couldn’t find anything about it. So maybe I made the word up?? But I’m pretty sure that’s what she called it. The windows are like you describe, they slide up and down. The carpenters before us installed them and what I made was basically a wooden frame that fit inside the opening in front of the window. I feel I’m explaining this poorly. 😬 The frame is then attached to the studs around the window. And then the wall material (which for this project is just 4’ x 8’ plywood) is attached to the walls and is flush with the front of that frame. The wall is insulated all around the window underneath that wall material. And then we still have to put 3 1/2” trim around the windows (covering the seam between the frame and wall). Does that make sense?
So the window is already installed and my easement is just around the front of it. The window does slide up and down and I’m not sure what mechanism holds it up, but when you slide it, it stays. The window is tight in the studs, so there’s no space for air/water to get through, as best I can tell.
Hope you’re staying cool. I was sweating buckets working this morning and can’t stop drinking water.
Nice to see you back again; I look forward to your essays. How's your elbow/arm?
"... as cool as the suavest cucumber" heh! that's funny :-) I'm not a big sun-worshipper myself. To be honest, if unfashionable: I like the cold. It's fresh and clean, not like the glaring, tacky sun. I'm very un-catlike in that way.
I do like the playhouse project! and kids hanging around seing it being built. It plants a seed in their minds, shows them a possibility. I hope they can pilfer some discarded materials from some building site and build themselves a 'fortress' or a tree-house somewhere the grown-ups can pretend they don't know about. ( https://jonathanhaidt.substack.com/p/the-play-deficit )
Smart move, learning construction & renovation work! People are willing to pay real money for those jobs, and since most carpenters are louts (let's be honest ... at least they are over here) you girls will rule the roost in no time :-)
Regarding window easements ... I have questions ... so many questions ... Are these the type of windows that you crazy Yanks and the no less deranged Brits have that SLIDE UP AND DOWN ??? Slide, no hinge? Is the 'easement' the frame you attatch to the opening in the wall, that the glass-frame ('the window') slides up & down in? If so: how the hell to you get them tight and draught-proof? How do you keep the window open / from sliding down? Are there counter-weights hidden somewhere? I am genuinely curious about these kinds of windows. Do you know of any online resources / text book that could explain these intricacies?
- Please sir, may I have another easement?
- No! Be quiet, peasant, and enjoy your hot gravel!
Power dynamics : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtYU87QNjPw
Good to hear from you! I’ve had a hell of a day--I hear you about the construction work, that was my thinking (gain some skills that people do need, unlike fine furniture), but I have so much to learn and today was tough. **Edit—after a good night's sleep and some cool air, I think part of yesterday's challenge was working in the extreme heat. It pickled my brain and I ended the day feeling awful and full of doubt. But I think it's part of the learning curve and I was affected by the heat.**
Anyway, regarding the easements, my partner tells me he tried looking it up on the internet and couldn’t find anything about it. So maybe I made the word up?? But I’m pretty sure that’s what she called it. The windows are like you describe, they slide up and down. The carpenters before us installed them and what I made was basically a wooden frame that fit inside the opening in front of the window. I feel I’m explaining this poorly. 😬 The frame is then attached to the studs around the window. And then the wall material (which for this project is just 4’ x 8’ plywood) is attached to the walls and is flush with the front of that frame. The wall is insulated all around the window underneath that wall material. And then we still have to put 3 1/2” trim around the windows (covering the seam between the frame and wall). Does that make sense?
So the window is already installed and my easement is just around the front of it. The window does slide up and down and I’m not sure what mechanism holds it up, but when you slide it, it stays. The window is tight in the studs, so there’s no space for air/water to get through, as best I can tell.
Hope you’re staying cool. I was sweating buckets working this morning and can’t stop drinking water.