Work on the house in Alaska.....

Yesterday, there was some work done on the house in Alaska.  As any of you who have purchased homes recently know, the buying process includes all manner of disclosures and inspections.  Makes it difficult for folks in older homes to sell, sometimes, as these homes usually have a raft of things that need to be fixed or should have things fixed.

The house I am moving to was built in the 1980s.  It seemed to be well maintained and one of the big ticket items that usually come into play is the roof.  Well, the roof on this house was only 11 years old and yet it was flagged by our inspector for bubbling shingles due to excessive heat in the roof area that Alaska is not used to seeing.... thank you Global warming!

We had extraordinary sellers.  They took the entire list of 22 or 23 items and immediately agreed to fix them all.  Along with the roof, our inspector had noted that the newer windows on the upper floor bedrooms (that had already been replaced with triple pane glass), were not proper "Egress" windows.  Never hesitating, the seller had made arrangements to get those two windows replaced with the correct windows.

As I am learning, getting materials to Alaska is not as easy as moving things in the lower 48 states.  So the repair had to be scheduled for after settlement.  The windows were on their way, but had not yet left Seattle when settlement happened.  Shipping is slower and much more expensive when going to Alaska.

Yesterday was window replacement day #1.  Rob had to be at the house early and prepared to stay there all day long.  The main contractor arrived bright and early, followed shortly thereafter by a work truck and another worker.  And they began the task if carefully removing the old, illegal bedroom windows and preparing the opening for the new legal bedroom windows.

It took them an entire day, and they are still not finished.  The new windows are installed, but there is a sealer that has to be installed to help withstand the 40 to 50 BELOW winter temps, and that had to cure for a bit before the window trim and all could be put on inside and outside.  So, they will be coming back today to finish that up.

Here is a picture that Rob sent to me of one of the windows in place and ready to be finished off today.

Nice job, right??  Please note the thickness of the wall.  This house had double thick walls, one of the reasons we jumped on it when we saw it.  All of the walls are around 10" thick.  They should help keep me toasty warm in the winter.  And triple pane glass, this will work, too.  This room will be Rob and Kate's bedroom when they come down off their mountain to spend the night.

This is such a beautiful house.  I cannot believe that I will be making this my final home.  So blessed in so many ways.