Alisha's New Window

As part of becoming a Certified Family Home we needed to put in an egress window in the basement so she had a 2nd exit incase of fire.  She will eventually move into the bigger room as her bedroom so we arranged to put in a large window at the north end of the house.  We contacted Blake Ellsworth since he is a concrete cutter and he actually put the project all together for us.  He hired a man from the Spanish branch who had recently put in an egress window in his own home.  Blake said he had done a great job at home and thought he'd do a good job for us, too.  We also hired to young men in our ward, Chet Ellsworth and Nate Gunderson to do the shoveling for the hole.  It was quite a project!
Blake cut the cement from the sidewalk so the boys could dig the hole and then they all came over one Saturday.  Bernardo checked out what we needed and then left to return when the hole was cut and ready for his work and the boys started digging.  It was quite a job and they dug all day long.  Blake went with us to Lowes to get the lumber and supplies and then we all took a break for lunch.

 
 

 

By the end of the day, we had a large hole at the side of the house and a HUGE pile of dirt beside it.

 

 

Within the week, Blake had cut the hole in the side of the house and Bernardo had put the window in. 

It was long after that when they had the window in.  Dan and I got a large window well and Blake put it in place.  Bernardo finished off the inside and waaalaaa; Alisha has a new window in her new bedroom.