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Wendigolake
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# Posted: 25 Oct 2016 11:32am
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My cottage was built in the early 50's by my grandfather. About 7 years ago I assumed the full ownership of the cottage and have been renovating and adding to the main cottage. I have always wanted to replace the front windows for more modern windows. Finally this summer in August the weather cooperated and I was able to get the job done. Basically I removed the whole front wall and rebuilt it with proper headers, king and jack studs. Pictures kind of tell the story.....demo first
original windows
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demo starts
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opening wall
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wall out
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Wendigolake
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# Posted: 25 Oct 2016 11:38am
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Rebuilding the wall was made easier by precutting all the replacement studs and headers the day before. This made things go a lot faster since it became just a simple case of installing the kings, jacks studs and headers in the right order. Reconstruction pics are below...
wall going up
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outside view
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windows in
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new windows finished
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FishHog
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# Posted: 25 Oct 2016 02:26pm
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nice job, I'm sure you will be very happy with the new windows.
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paartisan
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# Posted: 25 Oct 2016 02:34pm
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Top-notch job, will be well worth the effort.
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Wendigolake
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# Posted: 25 Oct 2016 02:50pm
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Thanks guys for the kind words! That was a project that needed to be done for a few years. I am also in the final stages of adding a 20x20', 2 story addition to the cottage. Doing most all the work myself. This is a water access only cottage in northern Ontario near Englehart.
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