Over Memorial Day 2016, we spent the weekend taking out the old windows that were falling apart and replaced them with new Jeld-wen windows from HOME DEPOT.
Cottage BEFORE
Cottage with new doors and windows AFTER
We replaced the top two windows in the front of the cottage with a door wall and smaller windows along the sides. This change will even allow us to put on an upper deck off the master bedroom. The smaller windows allowed for a change in the layout of the upstairs master bedroom,changing the entry from the stairs , and eliminating the large closet and adding a small master bathroom in it’s place. Below is the pictures of many of the modifications that needed to be made.
We rigged a pulley system to get the large door wall up to the master bedroom. Three on ropes pulling it up, both Jim and Rich(our friend and contractor) on ladder ready to stabilize the door before lifting it into the door rough opening.
Jeld-wen door wall going into place
door up
Master Bedroom door wall
Master bedroom window changes