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| Ventilation holes on bottom of old storm window... |
Every fall, Dad would get the wooden storm windows out of storage in the shed, and swap them out for the screen windows; he did both the downstairs and the second storey. It was during one of these bi-annual chores, up on a wooden ladder doing an upstairs' window, that
the accident happened.
Another winter preparation chore was insulating the foundation with tar paper and lath. There was even times that windows were additionally covered with plastic and lath. In 1966, during the period when we were still doing this (all the way until 1977 when my folks replaced all the windows), the house was already 60 years old. My grandparents
built it themselves in 1906. It needed some seasonal tender-loving care to cut heating costs and keep us nice and cosy!
Another winter preparation chore was insulating the foundation with tar paper and lath. There was even times that windows were additionally covered with plastic and lath. In 1966, during the period when we were still doing this (all the way until 1977 when my folks replaced all the windows), the house was already 60 years old. My grandparents built it themselves in 1906. It needed some seasonal tender-loving care to cut heating costs and keep us nice and cosy!