It's Friday, 6PM. This post is a follow-up to yesterday's post titled Windows Prep. Today is Friday. The window installers arrived at 9AM. The outside temperature was about 30°F. Soon, the inside temperature was the same as the outside temperature, because all my windows had been removed from the first floor. The installers went about their business and by about 3PM I had ten new windows. I like them, but I'm not going to use the old Venetian blinds with them, so Nuria and I will have to pick out some suitable curtains.
I think there were six installers but I could never count more than five at a time. There was one woman and five men. Three were from Peru, two (including the woman) were from Honduras, and one was from Mexico. None of the men spoke English, but the woman was fairly fluent in English. They wasted no time cutting out the old casement windows and installing the double hung windows.
Both sashes on the new windows slide up and down and can tilt inward toward the room. There is a screen that can slide from the bottom window to the top window. The installation looks nice. The installers also took down my front awnings and disposed of them. I'm left with some paint around the perimeter of where the awings used to be located, thanks to a fast and sloppy paint job a number of years ago. Not by me, in case that is what you were thinking.
The installers told us that they (the installers, not the windows) work all year unless it is snowing. Nuria spoke with them and told me that one of the installers has been in the US for fourteen years and still cannot speak English. He probably doesn't want to take the time to learn it, or he really doesn't have the time. Or perhaps he tried and found it too difficult and gave up on learning it. Some people seem to learn a foreign language easily and quickly, while others just never get it. I tried to learn Spanish in high school. I spent two years studying and learned how to pronounce the Spanish word for "no." It's pronounced "¡no!" in case you were wondering.
I hope you have a nice weekend. It's going to be 70°F here in central Virginia.
1 comment:
Greetings
Congratulations on your new and improved windows. Now you should see a huge improvement with your heating bill and your comfort level. I love the windows tilt inward to clean. It's a feature you will find impressive. I don't know if you have to clean the window sills or if they will be protected since you have the screen.
I guess the touchup painting could be done today since it's going to be so warm.
Lucky that Nuria speaks Spanish so well and could communicate with the installers. I find it odd none were from the US -- it's neat they were such good, hard working people with experience.
This gift to yourselves will keep giving -- you will enjoy them for years.
This reader is happy to know you guys will be warm and fuzzy this winter.
Enjoy and thanks for sharing.
Best, LL
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