We've been away for the week and we stopped by the house this afternoon to see what kind of progress the guys have been making. The plan for the week was to get the front of the house framed so that we could begin siding early next week. While they didn't quite get there, they made good progress.

In a couple of photos you can see new windows on the left front of the house. These are the same kind of windows that are on right side - the only difference is that the sill is a bit smaller on the new windows. We'll have to fix that. It looks like a piece that can be easily changed out. We'll see.

So the new windows are only installed on the first floor. The guys spent quite a bit of time replacing two beams on the front middle of the house which was totally rotted by years of rain pouring into the house. The also framed the front wall so that the windows should be able to be installed on Monday. After that, we'll put the corner boards on and the footers and we'll be able to start siding. You can see a before and after shot here. In the first photo the new first floor windows are in - in the second photo you can see that the old windows are still in and there is still a large hole in the front of the house! Stay tuned...