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Metal lath is installed in the windows. It will be redone sometime because the frame is really vulnerable; it is soft, knotty, and not treated in any way but it was laying around in the way. And because we made them square before we realized the rough openings are not square. And the mesh needs to be painted black so the mesh is easier to see through. And because the rain will run down the mesh inside the siding boards and pool between the siding and the frames of the lath and the frame of the building.
I nailed the lath onto the framed using the left over roofing nails through washers. Then we slid the frames in with the mesh against the wall boards so that the nails/washers are out of sight from inside and outside. They fit very tightly. A few nails are driven into the studs and beams just inside of the frames.
We went back to plan A (lath inside) even though we will redo it because we didn't want to put nail or screw holes into the siding boards until we figure out how to handle the battens being in the way. And we were tired when we started it yesterday.
Today, I sealed all the knots on the inside by painting them with Kilz premium 3 primer. It would be overkill, I think, except so many of the knots are really, really, really big. I'm hoping this paint will help hold the knots in place. I'll use caulk and maybe filler or glue too.
I bought 5 gallons of barn paint for the finish coat (its latex). Acrylic would be much better for raw wood, for rough sawn wood, and for knots. But it costs twice as much. My better half is making a case for better paint because paint is one of the things that you get what you pay for. We will decide by tomorrow.
The chicks have been exploring the tops of the cardboard walls of their space in the garage for several days. And the top of shelf beside their spaces for two days. Hence, our willingness to stop gap the window construction.
The second picture is on a couple of them discovering a chick toy I hadn't thought of - a half full 2 liter bottle - between these two chicks and a couple of others all pecking at different heights on the bottle, they had a reasonable tune going.
I nailed the lath onto the framed using the left over roofing nails through washers. Then we slid the frames in with the mesh against the wall boards so that the nails/washers are out of sight from inside and outside. They fit very tightly. A few nails are driven into the studs and beams just inside of the frames.
We went back to plan A (lath inside) even though we will redo it because we didn't want to put nail or screw holes into the siding boards until we figure out how to handle the battens being in the way. And we were tired when we started it yesterday.
Today, I sealed all the knots on the inside by painting them with Kilz premium 3 primer. It would be overkill, I think, except so many of the knots are really, really, really big. I'm hoping this paint will help hold the knots in place. I'll use caulk and maybe filler or glue too.
I bought 5 gallons of barn paint for the finish coat (its latex). Acrylic would be much better for raw wood, for rough sawn wood, and for knots. But it costs twice as much. My better half is making a case for better paint because paint is one of the things that you get what you pay for. We will decide by tomorrow.
The chicks have been exploring the tops of the cardboard walls of their space in the garage for several days. And the top of shelf beside their spaces for two days. Hence, our willingness to stop gap the window construction.
The second picture is on a couple of them discovering a chick toy I hadn't thought of - a half full 2 liter bottle - between these two chicks and a couple of others all pecking at different heights on the bottle, they had a reasonable tune going.