Plastic Sheeting

Obviously that picture was taken before I cut out for the window and outlet :)

The plastic is slower than I would like as I have been finding issues (or creating them) that need my attention before the install. I found nails and sheetrock that I had not completely removed from behind the FHW fins - took my 2 hours to get out 4 nails and about 8" total of sheetrock. Not an easy job when you only have 2" work area and are trying not to cut the hell out of you hands with the fins (now I remember why I left those for later :) ).

Also switched out the insulation above the windows in the office. That space is very shallow, When I had installed the insulation over the plywood inserts, I had to strip the R13 insulation down to about 1/3 of its thickness before installing it. After consideration, research, and having a bunch of pink insulating XPS insulation pieces from my work in the basement, I decided to redo it.

The XPS, at 1" thick, almost completely fills the space available. The XPS also has an R5 insulating factor for that thickness, where as 1/3 of fiberglass insulation is about 4. So, the XPS will insulate better, plus I will fill the space left with fiberglass, so may get the isulating factor a bit higher. After gluing the XPS up, I calked the small gaps, so had to let that set up overnight - hence the delay in getting plastic up. Still have to do that over the living room bay window too.

I did manage to get the plastic up over both bedroom walls, and the bare wall in the craft room yesterday. Today I hope to be able to get the 2nd craft room wall and office wall plasticed.

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Personally, I'm really, really glad that you were able to get pros to install your windows. Struggling with the insulation and plastic sheeting are enough to prove valor!!
Thanks for all of the photos with your status updates. Beautiful shots of your bike and Tory.