I noticed by our stats that folks might be looking to see what Eric and I look like (I know I do the same when I visit other people’s sites…it’s nice to put a face with a blog). In Flickr pictures of Eric are among the most viewed. So I added a picture to our “About Us” link on the right.
In other news, I’m tired of working on house projects in the cold, and wish the weather would hurry up and get warm. If it were warmer, it would be so much easier to paint the double-hung window. Although Eric brought up a good point…how do we get the top part of the window down? I’ve never really done much with a double-hung window, besides open and close it. I guess we should try to figure out how it works. I guess I’ll visit my favorite site: answers.com. Maybe they’ll have an answer. I doubt it - but google always works. Or another houseblogger.
Next week I will be out of the house on a business trip - so Eric will have to go it alone with house projects. I hope something amazing happens while I’m away. Like a fairy godmother visits the house and finishes the kitchen up. Ah…the dreams. It will be a tough decision for Eric, “Should I rock climb or should I do a house project?” Yesterday I reminded him that I want a closet in the master bedroom - he told me the landscaping comes before the closet
January 23, 2006 Posted at 7:21 pm
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The top sash should slide up and down just like the bottom one. If not, then it’s painted shut.
Comment by ben — January 24, 2006 @ 4:26 am
I’m not exactly sure what you mean by down. I assume you mean that you would like to take the whole top sash so you can paint it, correct?
With out double hung windows, we had to take out the bottom, interior window first. We had to carefully pry the side trim off the window to free the interior sash. Behind the interior sash, the is a stop (I forget if that is the technical name for it). The stop is a narrow piece of wood that runs between the two sashes. These can be pried out if the previous owner hasn’t nailed them in or painted over them 20 times. If the have, take your time working them out. Once you’ve pried one (or both) out, the upper, outer sash should pull free (thought it helps if you untie or unchain it from the weights).
I hope that helps some.
- John
Comment by John — January 24, 2006 @ 8:49 am