A new vantage point, opened in Meadhouse just now.
UPDATE: I loved the temporary vista, but now:
March 17, 2020
This is not a window.
A new vantage point, opened in Meadhouse just now.
UPDATE: I loved the temporary vista, but now:
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Gaslighting!!
If you didn't live in Wisconsin, I'd say you were installing an air conditioner.
Yes it is (from Wikipedia):
Window is first recorded in the early 13th century, and originally referred to an unglazed hole in a roof. Window replaced the Old English eagþyrl, which literally means 'eye-hole,' and 'eagduru' 'eye-door'. Many Germanic languages however adopted the Latin word 'fenestra' to describe a window with glass, such as standard Swedish 'fönster', or German 'Fenster'. The use of window in English is probably because of the Scandinavian influence on the English language by means of loanwords during the Viking Age. In English the word fenester was used as a parallel until the mid-18th century.
So you're not hermetically sealed in yet?
I had to ask Mayor Pete.....the etymology of window is Norwegian....vindauga....the eye through which the wind flows.
So it is a window, but it won't be a window.
It's an egress
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Anybody who watched My Big Fat Greek Wedding knows this.
FullMoon-- The egress exited the window with the egret and lived happily ever after.
The first one is art. Name the artist.
At first I thought that you'd sprung for a trompe-l'œil painting. I was going to compliment you on how well done it was, but I suspected that I was being set up.
I was right. Nice try, though.
Replaced a window air conditioner semi-permanently installed in a dedicated opening with central air.
I know I’m at last half right. But am I 100%?
"Gahrie said...
If you didn't live in Wisconsin, I'd say you were installing an air conditioner."
We have plenty of need for AC in Wisconsin. And I'm guessing they are removing an AC unit.
It's an egress
I see that some of us have read Piers Anthony. :-)
I'm with Big Mike
It's nice to see plaster. Gypsum board is so declasse!
It's an egress
I see that some of us have read Piers Anthony. :-)
Also a P.T. Barnum fan..
"Barnum would notice that at many of his attractions people would linger too long at his exhibits. Time is money, and gawking people could and would hold up others that wanted to see the exhibit. Playing on words and ignorance, PT Barnum erected a sign that said this way to the egress. Obviously egress means exit, but not many people actually knew that, and would go through the door expecting to see another display. To their amazement, they found themselves outside, with plenty of the exhibit still remaining unseen.
So here we now have two outcomes that are of benefit for the enterprising PT Barnum. Firstly, by tricking his patrons with an honest, but misleading sign, he has moved the queue along. Secondly, if they wanted to see the rest of the display, they had to pay a second time. Brilliant.
You don't want that Hole in the Wall Gang sneaking up on you. Especially Flat Nose Curry, that guy is a walking pneumonia.
I've had the central air conditioning for something like 20 years. Removing the wall air conditioners... I just didn't get around to it. I've been busy.
From the wikipedia entry for Barnum's American Museum:
"At one point, Barnum noticed that people were lingering too long at his exhibits. He posted signs indicating "This Way to the Egress". Not knowing that "Egress" was another word for "Exit", people followed the signs to what they assumed was a fascinating exhibit — and ended up outside."
In my isolation at my sumptuous digs, I have a beautiful view of a large area of Florida wetlands. That “egress” comment brings something up. I took a picture yesterday of a roseate spoonbill, a wood stork, and an egret, all standing together. So I think
“A spoonbill, a stork, and an egret walk into a bar, and the bartender says....” But I got nothin.
Here is what a spoonbill looks like flying over my back yard. It doesn’t capture the real beauty though, but it does capture the ridiculous bill.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseate_spoonbill#/media/File:2019-02-15_074_Roseate_spoonbill_(Platalea_ajaja)_at_Sian_Ka'an_Biosphere_Reserve,_Mexico.jpg
Lovely neighborhood. I trust your neighbors' view of your house is as pleasant as yours! Stay safe.
I’ll call myself 65% right. ;-)
She came in through the AC window
Protected by a silver spoon
But now she sucks her thumb and wanders
By the banks of her own lagoon
FullMoon-- The egress exited the window with the egret and lived happily ever after.
Egrets - I've seen a few. But then again, too few to mention.
OK, A spoonbill, a stork, and an egret walk into a bar. The bartender says “Let me guess, shrimp cocktail, frogs legs, and a grasshopper”. “Racist!” replied all three, and they huffed and stomped out the door. A minute later, the stork pokes his head back through the door and says “We were wondering... Can we get that to go?”
It’s the best I could do, I am afraid.
They should have added a stud vertically in the middle.
And removed the receptacle.
The illuminated frame and the overall light of the picture reminds me of an Andrew Wyeth watercolor
It also looks like the sheetrock panel is recessed slightly which is not unusual. Usually the plaster is slightly thicker than drywall. I usually shim the 'rock to make it flush with the plaster, so much easier to finish and looks better when done.
Looks like gypsum to me. Where's the evidence of lathe?
p.s. Good one Aunty Trump!
IMO that wall cries out for more windows; it must have been lovely to have a new source of light and a different view for the brief period of time that hole was there at Meadehouse. The very best home improvement we made to this plain-box of a house when we moved in 20 years ago was to cut open windowless walls and put in windows for light and air and views.
recessed slightly
It's possible they'll do a skim-coat of "plaster" over the whole piece. I've done that successfully on smaller patches.
It’s not plaster but wallboard, because you can see a vertical joint closer to the window, if the wallboard patch is too thin use 5/8” or screed it full of joint compound with a short 2x4, let it dry and shrink then fill again, you will need to prime it good to make it take paint like the rest of the wall did.
Actually, I think I will claim 80%.
That's a big ass tree right close to your house. Lots of fun, if you like cleaning gutters.
Okay, Meade, we need a call: plaster or wallboard?
Wallboard in this part of the house, plaster in front, The front is 100 years old, the back 50, but I redid the back in 1991.
Tree isn’t as close as it looks. It’s a very big tree. We live in a forest.
Filling it in should reduce the noise from your neighbor's A/C unit. Kinda odd they put in a concrete patio surround. I hope they like it.
Quite lovely
It's gypsum and yes we added a stud vertically in the middle.
How many studs does Meadhouse need?
"How many studs does Meadhouse need?"
...before you call him a man.
The answer, my friend, is blowing' in the wind...
"Wallboard"
Ah well, that's okay. Plaster is SO 19th century!
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