Our big project last weekend was to replace the nook window. This would complete all the windows on the east side of the house, save the guest room, which we'll do when we get to that room. Replacing the nook window would allow us to reside, and so we ordered our window a while back and did it last weekend. The weather was fabulous, and the installation went pretty well. As you already know, we enjoyed the wallpaper discovery.
Here is the window as it appeared originally, in all it's single-pane, pellet-gun hole glory. Note the wood panelling. Gotta love it.
Luckily, the window wasn't very difficult to remove.
This is when we found all the cool wallpaper.
Oh, look. No insulation. At all. We weren't surprised, really. It just means that the entire front of the house probably doesn't have insulation, either. (Again, not surprised.) The paper they used to back the sheathing was very water damaged, but we couldn't really figure out why.
We ripped the paper out and had to reframe the window a bit, bringing it up to the same height as the new windows in the dining room. And we put in more of a header, since one didn't exist previously. It just seemed like a good idea.
And here we are with the window installed. Hooray! However, we really need to get out of the habit of installing windows at night. It's not fun. Ever. I think the only new window we managed to install during the day so far wasn't even a window-it was the sliding glass door. Still, we think the window looks nice. This one has a film over it to protect the glass, which we liked. The previous windows didn't have that nifty little feature.
Here's the outside of the house. We think it'll look really nice, once it's all wrapped up and sided.
We're trying to decide on siding right now. We've already done the de-siding, after all. Haw haw. (The blogging gets a little iffy around here at the end of the week, apparently.)
We're vascillating between 6" smooth-faced HardiPlank and 6" cedar. The HardiPlank is more durable, and cheaper, but you can't do mitered corners, which I LOVE. The cedar is more environmentally friendly, and you can do the nice corners. Since we're just siding a small portion of the house, the cost difference won't be that huge, which makes it a little more tough to decide. We'll have to make a decision soon. We need to order the stuff, and then we need to side as soon as we can so we can reattach our gutters. It's raining like crazy here with no signs of letting up.
With no insulation in the wall it was probably condensation forming between the heated house and the cold outside. I wouldn't worry about it, your insulation will negate the problem. You might staple a vapor barrier over your insulation before you sheetrock.
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