The problem: how to raise three 260 pound window sills 5 foot into the air in order to place them in their windows?
The answer: physics, creativity and a call to Dad.
The backstory: At last, the last of the main floor windows are ready to go in. (We aren’t QUITE done with the windows, but this is finally the end of the regular windows for each side of the school). But those sills on the north side are 5 foot up. First step: levers and inclines. Kevin used some left-over microlams as ramps.
Then a chain and pulley system was devised to raise the ramp to level-ish.
Add some brute strength, and before you know it, voila, sills are in (with a little fast-forward action)! Thank you Dad, once again.
On the other side of the schoolhouse, the view to the bell tower is opening up from the inside. Here’s a sneak peak, looking straight up. It’s getting easier to envision how it will look when it’s finished.
Last but not least, I’ve found a new friend in this crazy Schoolhouse-saving, life adventure. Jill is similarly saving and restoring a schoolhouse, hers being in New York and having family history, but with all the same challenges of balancing real-life with schoolhouse tasks. If you want, jump on over to visit her site too!
