Window #2 is in

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I managed to get window #2 in the other day.  I think it looks pretty good, although I need to put some wood trim around it.   Oddly it looks a bit crooked from the outside, however the window is dead level, so I’ll have to investigate if perhaps the shutters are crooked.  The window went in pretty easily once I had the opening all prepped.  Prepping the opening was a bit more difficult mostly due to the crappyness of the 2×4’s that I got from Lowes.  The bottom of the old window sloped out heavily and so the outside was much lower than the inside.  I wanted to frame up the bottom to bring it to the same height as the inside.  Should be as simple matter of taking a 2×4 and nailing it down.  Unfortunately the 2×4 was extremely warped, and even after throwing a  handful of nails into it, and a few screws (breaking my bit in the process) into it, I couldn’t get it to lay flat.  So finally I pulled it out, went back to Lowes and after going through a pile of lumber found a few boards that were reasonably flat.  Once I got those in, it went pretty smoothly.

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