Today, as part of our continued West Wall construction (see here), we needed to figure out how the existing kitchen window was constructed so we could replicate it properly in our extension wall. It was also very important to figure out exactly what width (and height) we needed to allow for a window in the extension.
So, Tom got to work with his trusty crowbar and started pulling apart the window frame.
And of course we preserved all of the pieces to be reused.
We took out the windows and stored them in the room that will become the bathroom (more later on what we plan to do with them).
And this is what we were left with (on the North wall of the kitchen).
Getting back to our window on the west wall, a major part of the how-do-we-build-the-frame equation was to go window shopping (literally) again to get a pair of windows that were as narrow as possible (and hopefully as high as the other kitchen window). So off I went.
As we discovered previously, windows in the configuration that we need are rare. Finding them in the same height as the existing windows AND as narrow as possible is even more difficult.
I discovered that 400mm wide (per window) was as narrow as I was going to get, and I had to settle for the tallest of those that I could find - 1220mm tall (which is less than the 1360mm that the others are, but we can work with it).
So I paid my $50 and brought the windows home with me. They only came with the mottled/bevelled glass on all the panes (not clear in the middle like the rest of our windows), but I figured that wasn't necessarily a bad thing, because the window does face West after all (so any extra sun barrier is a good thing), and our eventual plans to build townhouses in the back of the block means that we're not likely to want to gaze out of that window too much.
So there you have it. Yet another step closer to having a west wall (complete with window) on the kitchen again.
Until next time!
Bec
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