Windows

[galadhir]

Here we are again - 7.55 in the morning and workmen all over the house. I mean, it's our own fault, we booked them to come and change our windows. The windows that came with the house are now over 20 years old, and on many of them the double glazing is compromised, and on several of them the wood surroundings are moldy and black mold is beginning to creep into our bedroom.

This was a situation that needed something doing about it even before we had the heat pump put in. But the heat pump people said that if we were going to be properly efficient with the heat pump we should make sure the windows were insulated to standard, which our rotten old windows were not. So that precipitated us to finally do something about them.

In theory therefore we are pleased that they are here and doing their thing. However, 'an Englishman's home is his castle' etc, and this always feels like an invasion. Plus there is a lot of banging going on, plaster is raining down on us, and we're afraid to go to the toilet in case they take the window away while we're in there.

They're here for four days. I wonder how we'll hold up. Our tempers got frayed very thin during the heat pump installation but we managed to hold on to them. I hope it will be like exercising a muscle - we'll do even better for the practice - and not like having Covid, where the damage mounts up.

Still, I am looking forward to windows you can see out of and window frames you can't put your hand through. Plus a new front door with stained glass panels. Worth waiting for? I hope so.

Comments

[lucy_roman]

I feel your pain at having your castle invaded. My new windows were put in two years ago and it was horrible! Not sure if the worst bit was the installer smoking right outside the open front door or when he asked me if he could cut down one of my favourite bushes!

[cairistiona]

Home improvement projects are definitely stressful. It helps me to keep the end goal in sight when I start to grit my teeth over all the noise and mess. And by all means, talk to the head of the crew about the bathroom window--you shouldn't have to hold it all day because you're not sure when they'll get to it, and I'm sure they don't expect you to. Crossing fingers they don't discover any deeper mold issues when they remove all the old windows.