So,...I had lots of plans for the house this summer. But after waiting all summer for the windows to show up, this is the only accomplishment worth showing off...
It all started when the oil tank started leaking the first time I filled it (shortly after buying the house.) Turns out the bulkhead was hidden away under this deck.
So, I took the deck off to replace the oil tank, and that's when I discovered the rotten sill below the trashed french doors. Whoever put the deck on lagged it hard up to the sil, with no space and no flashing.
Anyway, this project finally filtered to the top this year. I was hoping to do this at the same time I remodeled the rest of the kitchen area, but it just wasn't in the cards right now. But the French door leaked EVERYTHING, and it needed to be taken care of before this winter. So, we decided to replace the French doors with windows, and fix the sil at the same time.
French doors after deck removal. Notice the old doorway next to it covered with a sheet of plywood...
New sil in place.
New wall and windows.
I used 14'x54" gypsum to minimize joints. I would not do it that way again unless I hired someone else to hang it.
Obviously, my walls are taller than 9' here. But its hidden behind the baseboard, and I can pull it later when I finish working on the floor.
And this is the finished project.
Except for the floor....
The rest of the kitchen is on the long term remodel plan, but it's at least a year away, so the floor will stay the way it is until then.
And the bulkhead. I just haven't decided whether to replace the whole thing from grade, or cap the existing with a new door, or whether to use steel or cedar.. But for now that piece of PT plywood seems to be holding up ok...
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