" Hey, Ron."

" Hey, Bob."

" You got a head start on me."

" Right."

" Now this was once a bedroom and that was the window."

" Right."

" But it's now gonna be a kitchen, and we don't need a huge window like that, do we?"

" No. We don't need a huge window and we're bricking it up right now. We've asked Yan, who is a Polish immigrant, working across the street to come over and give us a hand here."

" He's doing moonlighting for us."

" He's doing a little moonlighting. He doesn't speak any English, but he knows this very, very well."

" Look that way."

" Really going gangbusters here."

" Now, what's the thinking here? This was a 3-course brick wall, and you're only putting up 1 course?"

" Right. Now, we have, as you can see, 3 courses here, Bob. Okay?"

" Yeah."

" But we don't need to brick this thing up all 3 courses there."

" Uh huh."

" Alright. And the reason being is that we have a support header still in place right here."

" Sure."

" So we're not in any danger of losing our wall here."

" Sure, that was a window opening so it's all been a lintel up there."

" Right. Okay. And what we're doing is we're choosing in about 3 spots, 1 up at the top, 1 in the middle, and then 1 down the bottom, which we've already taken care of here."

" Don't you have to do it eery other course?"

" For what looks right?"

" Well, we're not concerned about how it looks. We're in a small narrow gangway here. Nobody's ever gonna see anything."

" Yeah, the view is the brick wall across the way."

" Right."

" 3 feet away. I've never been able to figure that out why they put these huge windows when, you know, you couldn't see anything."

" Well, remember, this used to be a bedroom."

" Uh huh."

" Okay. And we needed to bring in some lights and some ventilation, mainly ventilation."

" Yeah, mainly, you could get some fresh air through this."

" Right."

" But that's going to change. This is gonna be a wall of overhead cabinets here."

" Alright."

" What we'll do is we'll insulate the cavity here. We'll attach some drywall to our metal studs."

" All across all across the way."

" All across the way here and hang our cabinets on this wall and it's gonna be real nice."

" Now we're reusing the bricks that we tore down last week from the back wall of the house, and they're a soft native brick. Isn't this what you call a Chicago brick?"

" Chicago brick."

" Don't you need to soak them in water before you start putting them up?"

" No, all you do is knock off the old mortar----"

" Uh huh."

" mix yourself up with some good flurry, you know. We're using a regular bag mesh right here."

" Yan, we're in his way."

" Okay."

" Here you go."

" And the way you go."

" Yeah."

" And right into place."

" Let's take a look on the other side of the house because I know that we had a similar opening here in what will be a final bathroom."

" Right."

" And the window opening that existed wouldn't have allowed the installation here of a regular tub shower."

" Right. We needed the poll for the shower rod would have been right in the window."

" Yes."

" So we're removing the window up a little higher."

" And you've done a nice job with this."

" It's a beautiful job. Now, we've done something a little different here, Bob. Outside here, our neighbor has a double wide lot."

" Right."

" He's getting ready to put in a beautiful landscaped garden."

" And he's gonna be looking at us."

" He's gonna be looking at us. We wanna be good neighbors, so we've choose in every 3 courses here. We've kinda weave the brick----"

" Yeah."

" Making it look like it was an original installation."

" Exactly."

" Okay."

" And of course, we're using the used brick from the house so it matches."

" Right. Right. We had in limestone sill right here."

" Uh huh."

" We've moved it to a new location right here."

" Uh huh."

" And now we have the window frame and ready to go, and Mohammed is ready to install it. Mohammed, you can install the window."

" You gonna him on the outside there?"

" Right."

" Good. I love the height of the window now because we've got 9 foot ceilings or better, and it's a good idea to put the window up high where you'll have privacy, but you'll still have lots of lighting ventilation."

" Right."

" And this is an awning window, which means it's hinged from the top. It can swing out, and I think in the summertime, you can keep this window open all the time, bringing a lot of fresh air, and a lot of light, and still have your privacy here."

" Yeah. Now you've made a framed casement basically there----"

" Uh huh."

" to put it in."

" Right."

" we made the opening to make it so the window would fit perfectly."

" Of course."

" And then we'll put some insulation, some bed insulation inside here to fill up the cavity, and we'll caulk the outside of the window, and it will be a nice tight feel, and then that will be it."

" That's great. Why don't we give it a test, Bob?"

" Oh, that will be nice."

" Okay, because it's way up there, we've got privacy, but you can practically leave it open in the summertime, and the rain won't get in."

" Right."

" Nice job."