Great job, Carmen!
Not only did you save a pile of money, I can almost guarantee that you have a much better job than you would have got from the contractors you mentioned.
John
--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, John and Carmen Stuart <johnandcarmen@...> wrote:
>
> I just wanted to tell the group that my husband and myself installed 5
> large Simonton casement windows in our 1955 built home.
> The estimate from Home Depot was $9,000 and the one from sears was
> $11,000.
> We figure it cost us $2,800 including the added purchase of trim and
> all adhesives. My husband and I both are retirement age.
> I would encourage everyone to really be careful in the measurements as
> one window was off-plumb and we had to remove 1/2 inch
> of old plaster to make it fit.
> He had done a plumb line on all windows but that one.
> Measurements were taken from three vertical and three horizontal
> points including the middle for accuracy.
> We specified the windows built to our calculations.
> Now we are on a roll and are going to retile behind the kitchen
> counters as what is there is dated and worn out.
> I still do love my original formica counter tops and we have tried to
> upgrade the house without clashing with the old feeling the house
> portrays.
> A bundle of money can be saved by tackling projects ourselves.
> carmen s. / Ga.
>
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