The large living room window was turned up-side-down, and I put a bead of Flex Paste in the interior gap. This stuff is hard to squeeze out of the tube. But, for $22 a tube, it is likely better than simple caulking. Now I must wait for it to cure.
In the mean time, I fitted the small living room window framing with exterior sheathing of 1/2″ OSB. It is a smaller window than previously, so the gaps need to be filled and sealed.
Next, tape flashing to seal up the gaps.
Next, the window was fitted and, once levelled, mounted.
More flash tape was added to the mounting screws.
This is how it looks from the inside. Spray foam insulation will be squeezed into the gaps tomorrow.
But, for now, I wanted to sort out the cable (TV, internet). There was a coaxial cable string across the front of the house. I really didn’t want that. As well, there was an old 8-strand twisted pair telephone wire running from the telephony box, through a hole into the basement, and across the ceiling of the basement to various connection boxes. Tenants don’t usually hook up land-line phones, so out it came.
It took me almost an hour to drill out the hole and feed the coax cable through. Finally, when through, I connected the internet modem / router down in the basement.
This is how it looks outside now. There will be a second cable running from the cable box, up the wall, and into the 2nd storey suite for anyone there wishing to connect up.
I thought of making the connection downstairs and running the cable through various places, but that’s a lot of work. I know running another cable along the outside of the house isn’t pretty, but it is the side of the house, not the front, and there are already a bunch of utility stuff there.
