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The house is finally air tight again.  I have one of the clerestory windows done, with the raw glass in place, the rest are framed in their final form.   The vertical window is also framed, it's now properly framed in with a good 15 degree sill angle as it's likely to get wet.  All but the one window have hard plastic in them, the same type that's used in large florescent fixtures, as it's a cheap way to get a cover that can be seen through.  This is temporary so that at least I don't have bugs coming in while I'm waiting for the rest of the glass to come in.
Doesn't look too different from the last shot but a lot of work to get it right.  Turned out I couldn't do the last open area above the door, so I had to redo the wall there, and the window above the door needed some additional framing above it as it was a junction point of the tongue and grove in the roof.  Only the outside framing is done.  I may want to integrate the inside framing with the drywall, so there are temporary blocks holding the glass in place.  It's likely it will stay this way for a while until I start doing the interior drywall.

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