It's window frame time in TENNESSEEeeeeeee

After waiting and waiting the frames came for the windows in the great room, the whole house was on hold until these frames were delivered. Two weeks later but at least they came this morning.


This is a 40 foot semi that they came on, and of course we had to rent a crane to get them off the trailer and be able to set them.


The load was actually loaded upside down so they had to set some of the pieces off to get to the first one that needed set.


The first time around I used Marvin windows, and was not to happy with them because I asked the salesmen at least a dozen time to come up with something special for the great room....talk to this people at Marvin and so on.....I got 4 square windows. Another salesmen had tried to sell me windows so after the fire I called him and asked him the same question. The Marvin salesmen didn't want to come out but just submit the same order again. The other salesmen not only came out, but brought a window designer from his company. Needless to say which one got the job......close to $250,000.00 in windows in this house. Short Marvin, Long JeldWen...ROTFL.


Then came the big momma, remember this is a 40 foot trailer and this sucker was 2,600 pounds of raw steel.


each piece bolted to the other and after everything is in place they will all be welded together so that a 110 mph wind couldn't blow it down.


Just one problem, who is going up there to take the straps off....any VOLUNTEERS out there....?


Then came the last piece of the frame work......give me an "E".


Amazing enough....it fit, to within a quarter of an inch. But it did take a while to put this final piece in since the steel doesn't bend and neither does the wall.


Within 3 hours, everything is ready for a welder to come and make some sparks.