Windows are now installed

We finished installing the windows over the weekend. First you can see the asphalt flashing that was used around all of the openings on all three windows. 

A finished box was then constructed and installed in the roughed out window frame. The box is the actual dimensions of the window and will become the casing on the inside.

Here the box is installed in the opening with shims to make it true and square. 

Here is a picture from the outside showing both of the side windows flashed and installed. If you look closely you can see the flashing on the inside edge is not adhered down, it is waiting for the center window flashing so that it can overlap. 

Here is the same stage seen from the inside. You can see that there is still a small section of "wall" that had to come out for the center window to go in.

And finally the third window goes in.

The original thought is that we were going to use some of the small siding boards from the center section to fill in the gaps that exist along the bottom. When we removed them we realized that they would be way too small. We went around town to all of the different lumber spots any finally found one that had some drop-leaf siding that is close to ours.

After we put it up it looked pretty good, and blended in even better once a coat of paint was put on it. Now there will be some work to get the inside and outside trim up.