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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Monday, October 26, 2026 - 3:44 pm 
The window replacement project has finally started! We have a backyard full of new windows leaning against the fences and the house plus my side of the garage full of the crew’s tools….I’ll be parking in the driveway tonight. Can’t say it’s a mess but very dusty and noisy today. Carey and I went upstairs and shut ourselves in the theater. Our cats hid somewhere and are just now coming out of hiding. Not really a part of the renovation but tomorrow new washing machine and dryer get delivered and the long awaited refrigerator supposedly will be delivered maybe Saturday.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-06-2000
| Monday, October 26, 2026 - 3:48 pm
A lot going on..
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Wednesday, October 28, 2026 - 6:27 am
Day three of the window install. They finally seem to be rolling but as of yesterday afternoon they’ve only installed 5 of the 38 windows. Even though the old windows were builder’s grade 26 years ago they were installed well and it took longer than expected to get them out. They’ve figured out how to get them out so hopefully the pace will pick up. We’d rather they take their time and get it done right so we’re thinking their initial 7 working day schedule was a little optimistic for 38 windows and 2 doors. The lead installer has been making runs back and forth to their warehouse to get all the windows, doors, and scaffolding they’ll need and he finished the last of that late yesterday. That means he’ll be here pretty much full time now which will help.
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Monday, November 02, 2026 - 5:37 pm
Good day on window replacement project. They did 8 windows and the garage service door today. Puts us roughly at a little over half done. The three mega palladium windows in the front of the house, the more standard dining room windows, the guest bedroom windows, one small window in the master bath toilet room, and the door to the patio from the master bedroom remain. Barring potentially forecasted rain tomorrow we should be done with the window install maybe as early as Thursday and certainly by Friday. They do have to do stucco repair outside but that was part of the contract and is all outside work so we can move on with getting the inside put back together.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Monday, November 02, 2026 - 10:40 pm
Seems like it is overall going well, Mack
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Tuesday, November 03, 2026 - 6:32 am
Kind of a RN post but it’s raining here this morning and they’ve delayed starting window and door replacement until 9:30 AM. Really only an hour later than their normal start time. Future radar forecast shows the rain front will move north and east by about 9 AM.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Tuesday, November 03, 2026 - 7:44 am
We're having 3 large, mature oak trees being taken down right now that are along the street. The 1st one ended up that it was completely infested with carpenter ants on the inside. Total loss of using for fire wood. Never would have known it was in such bad shape by looking at it.
The one they are going to take down is huge and branches growing over the street and its covered in ivy, and have to be careful of electrical wires. Can't wait for that one to be gone.
We also had the wood stove pipe cleaned out this morning.
My bf did hire the couple with the large estimate. They're nice. They did the atek (sp) around the house. Waiting for the windows to come in now.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Tuesday, November 03, 2026 - 7:48 am
BTW, Mack, does your new washing machine and refrigerator have AI in them and did you hook them up to the internet?
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Tuesday, November 03, 2026 - 8:22 am
Yes we hooked both the washer and the dryer to the Internet. The washer actually “talks” to the dryer and tells it to prepare for whatever is in the washer. We also tried the AI drying cycle and it works perfectly. Both machines report their status to the LG app we loaded on our phones and iPads. You can check and see how much longer the wash or dry cycle has and it alerts when the cycle is done.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Tuesday, November 03, 2026 - 9:13 am
That is so freaky. I need some time to digest the fact that the washing machine "talks" to the dryer.
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Tuesday, November 03, 2026 - 9:31 am
Yup. Carey did a load of her delicates and when she turned on the dryer it set itself to delicate dry. Same thing for towels, sheets, etc. That feature wasn’t a buying factor for us, just came with the models we bought.
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Tuesday, November 03, 2026 - 5:48 pm
Back to windows…..had a slight rain delay this morning but they did get four windows and the garage service door installed today. Ten windows and one door left. Eight windows make up the palladium windows and even though each is comprised of two or three actual windows they are monsters and two are basically on the second story. The other two windows are in the garage on the main floor so relatively easy. The remaining door is the door from our master bedroom onto the patio. Getting there and we already notice a difference. Hopefully done by Friday.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Tuesday, November 03, 2026 - 9:35 pm
atek = https://www.dupont.com/products/tyvek-homewrap.html ??
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Wednesday, November 04, 2026 - 2:32 am
Juju, its actually Azek. It's fancy molding outside the house. The first picture where you see the wide molding along the roof line.
Link
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Wednesday, November 04, 2026 - 4:40 pm
Holy moly! As of tonight we’re down to five windows and a door. Now when I say five windows that’s actually just two openings. One is the garage with two windows side by side and the other is the formal living room which is two windows side by side and the palladium arch on top of those. Our backyard that was a week ago full of windows is almost back to just grass. I don’t know when the outside stucco repair will start but we’ll be able to clean and put the house back together even if that isn’t finished.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Wednesday, November 04, 2026 - 9:17 pm
Grooch, oh, NICE!
Mack, yay grass! We have lived in many different grass climates in our lives. Our current one is sort of California Pacific grass, where you just let it go straw in the summer, and it comes back green the following spring. Or, well, we are in South Padre Island, TX now, and it is crunchy grass.
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