We spent all day Friday cleaning up after this weeks work on the windows. It’s quite amazing just how much dust is generated when a small wall is knocked down 😉
I was quite concerned by the amount of broken glass still hanging around. They did, of course, clean up after themselves, but there were quite a few pices of glass they missed. Either pieces which had fallen underneath or behind things, or else pieces of glass which had flown up and were not actually on the floor. With Jamie’s habit of walking round the house in bare feet, I wanted to get it cleaned up as soon as possible.
Saturday, was a strange day, I had to get down to the bank in the morning, but apart from that we didn’t do much all day. Steve, Kim and Megan came round and stayed till late on. Paula and Pete came round too.

Wow, the windows are all finished now (well nearly). The first worker to arrive this morning was the guy to do the lead waterproofing, who arrived before 8am. He did an excellent job, and the lead flashing looks really nice. I wonder whether he is still classed as a plumber?

Plumber (n.) One who works in lead; esp., one who furnishes, fits, and repairs lead, iron, or glass pipes, and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage in buildings.
from Brainy Dictionary

The window fitters finished off the bay window today including all fitting all the trim and making good round the outside of the frame. The only thing left to do now is the plastering inside and the rendering outside.
Unfortunately the builder cannot come back to complete that until Tuesday, which is NOT what we were told when booking the appointment for the fitting. In fact we had to wait until this time (it should have been the end of May originally) in order to fit in with the builder!
We took some pictures before, during, and after the work. I’ll post them in the gallery when I get a chance.

We got up bright and early this morning ready for the workmen coming to start fitting the new windows. Unfortunately we received a phone call just before 8am to say that they would be delayed as they were “still waiting some of [our] frames”, and they wouldn’t be arriving until around lunchtime. Hmmm, not a good start.
Anyway, the builder turned up early, measured up, then disappeared for an hour (he told me he would do this). In the end the window crew turned up by 11 and got to work.
So far the builder has removed the old brickwork in the bay, and laid the footings for the new brickwork. The Window crew have completely fitted three windows. A pretty good first day really.