The insulation of the first floor has begun.
From the looks of the framing, there used to be a west-facing 30″ x 60″ window in bedroom 1 (front bedroom).
They framed it in and paved over it with rock-dash stucco during the stucco craze. In its stead, they added a south-facing window. I’m not sure if the front porch was built before or after, but this new window opened onto the porch (a.k.a. sun room). So, if in the middle of the night you wish to get some fresh air, you can’t, unless you wander outside and open the screen door window. No other window in that porch opens.
So that new window is now called the old window. I’m moving it back to its original location. No, not the original window – it is only a 30″ x 24″ single-pane, single-hung, awning bottom-opening window. I am putting in a triple-pane 24″ x 60″ full casement window. (I’ve ordered six of them – 5 right-opening, 1 left-opening.)
Now I must patch up the exterior planks and shiplap siding.
The new window will take about two months to arrive.