A Journey Of A Thousand Miles Begins With…A Third Step
BEFORE. Note window #3 covered with plywood, far right.
AFTER.
BEFORE. Window #3, under the plywood, was covered solid with spray foam on the outside.
BEFORE. Outside.
AFTER. I love the arch. The sash was salvaged from…somewhere…during the circa-1920 conversion.
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What a job removing that spray foam. The window and the basement look 100% better. And that makes Ross feel better.
Who
Sprayfoams
A
Window
?????
Considering the state of the basement they probably figured they’re basement windows, who cares?
Well, now someone cares very much.
It’s really a lovely little arch to the top of the window.
The hours of toiling on all threes (fourth limb used to scrape off the spray foam) was very worth it. That is a naturally bright basement. Bravo Ross!
Amazing what a difference clearing out the clutter and bringing back the natural light makes in that space. It looks sooooooooooo much better.
Again, I’ll bet you just stand there and enjoy! 🙂
Was the bottom of the (open) porch floor also covered in spray foam? I can see the logic in doing the basement wall (it wouldn’t be unlike the stay-in-place foam basement form systems), but the bottom of the porch floor seems very strange…
Ross, I’ve been power-reading this blog since last Sunday, having discovered it from OHD.
First, thank you for your amazing, heroic effort in saving this jewel of the midwest!
Second, thank you for having the willingness to document and share said efforts.
Third, I love the amazing groupies that have flocked to the blog. While I have skimmed some response sections, I have recognized many non de plumes repeatedly adding great insights and stories.
I would like to add a couple of thoughts at this point before I finish, in hopes they might help.
The “magic tool” with the vibrating end to plunge cut wood would be an excellent foam removal tool.
The reason for this foamy mess might have been simply to insulate the ducting, but also to provide a stop gap measure (Ha) to prevent leaking. Since you have handled each window from the crime scene, you would know if water damage was present.
Nice to meet you, John!
And thank you for the kind words!