New windows

Putting in a window doesn't seem to be rocket science. The most difficult bit was measuring the size of the aperture and making sure the window was ordered the right size to fit it.

Here's the opening:



I had previously cast in place a new concrete window sill, as the old wooden one had pretty well rotted away. A small part of the old sill is in the middle of the concrete.

The windows I ordered are designed to fit within a wall, rather than applied up against a face. So the drip moulding wooden sill was a shade too long.



The window has the outside face up in these pictures.



It was a little tricky to mark and cut correctly, as the wooden frame doesn't sit square - like everything else in the fort, of course.

But after trimming the ends off the bottom part of the window, it went in quite easily.



The present safety arrangements - to stop the grandchildren falling out of the window - are quite simple. I am leaving the handle off the window, so it can't be opened. Eventually we hope to get locking handles. Or more sensible grandchildren? Hmmm ....

Anyway, the window-fitter felt quite happy with the work: