Week 22 March 27 - April 2

Week 22 and we're working on installing windows and making window trim.

The above picture is of the window trim and it is assembled so that the bottom and sides are glued and kreg jigged together, the trim is then put in place and the top piece is added last (glued and screwed.) This makes installation of the window trim, easy, sliding the bottom assembly in place and then adding the top piece last will keep it locked snugly around the window.

Here the window is waiting to receive trim.

Window has trim installed. Before installation of the trim, it is given a coat of paint and allowed to dry.

And the last part of this week I moved onto squaring the jamb for the doors that were about to be built. This allows the door to hang correctly in the frame, preventing sagging, dragging or rubbing. In the picture above I had secured pads, which would later be used for flushing of the doors with the exterior trim and siding.

In these two pictures you can see a little more clearly how the jamb is being shimmed out in some places, attempting to bring the head jamb and side jambs into plumb and level alignment.

Next I worked on some furring strips. These strips will allow our bevel siding to have ventilation and a water drainage plane behind the siding. The furring strips are installed on every stud and along all corner boards, window and door openings. This will also give us something to fasten the clapboards to.