As the actor Jack Hawkins says in the movie The Bridge on the River Kwai, “there’s always the unexpected, isn’t there?” If you look at this photo from day 2 of the porch project, you will see the shingle siding intact on the back of the house. We didn’t plan on removing it to make the outside wall of the house look like an inside wall, but that is what’s going to happen.
Click to enlarge
The small window in the left photo doesn’t open, to avoid conflicting with the kitchen casement window. In the middle photo you can look through the left window to see the new window in the living room. Whoever built the porch framed it too close to the window, so a smaller one has been installed, allowing the wall to meet the house properly. And the blue dumpster seen through the window at right belongs to the house next door, which is for sale.