Doors and dirt

This is what happened this weekend.  The weather was  pretty nice so we spent both days outside.  In order to get to putting up the decks - necessary for getting the upper windows put in - we need to side the area under the deck .  In order to get to siding, we need to trim the windows.  So that is what we did.

The metal colour contrasts the trim.  We have piles of it and so that is our story.

2 bits of metal on the bottom around the trim

Two more at the top 

Finished, sort of

The ends of the trim need painting  and we need to shoot foam around it but otherwise the window is done.  Meanwhile, Cath was shoveling and raking the topsoil that Len dumped using the backhoe.

The black earth is the good stuff

More piles to go.  Also, note the supports for the deck in place.

 The next trim to go up was around the basement door.  In order to do that, the door needed to be fit and leveled and the hardware installed.

After much jimmying the door is level all around

Scary to drill such big holes in the beautiful fir door, but it all  worked out.

Yes, he chiseled it all by hand

Now the trim, and metal bits too

Ta da!  A beautiful door.

Len moved the temporary front door to where it belongs.
Right now it is a door to no-where between the garage and the main house..

To get the front door in, Len needed to complete the front porch.  Here the last screws are put in place

A shot of the new front door in place but not stained yet and without its hardware.  It was already dark and time to quit.

So that was the end of the weekend - lots accomplished and lots more to do.  Talk soon!
Cath