Oooohhh. Can't wait to see :) I sort of make this up as I go. Do you already have an account at one of the image hosting services? (I use Photobucket, but there are several. Most, maybe all, offer a free account.) Anyway, if you haven't already done so, open an account at one of the hosting sites, upload the pics you want to share. I usually edit mine (cropping, compressing, etc.) on Microsoft Office before uploading. (Compressing is especially important. 5-6 megabytes per pic seems to be a no-no for the web.) When you have your pics uploaded to the hosting service, you'll have options to share them. In Photobucket, when I scroll over a pic, a drop-down menu appears with links I can copy. Copy the one labeled "HTML code." It starts out with "Come back to the message window in GW and paste the link here. Sometimes it takes a bit of fussing to get everything right. The preview button is your friend :) I'm bad at instructions. I saw where someone posted some really great ones a while back. If my sketchy instructions don't help, please post back, and I'll go find the real deal for you. And if someone else can help, please do chime in :) Lastly, here's a cheat sheet I use when I want to do "clickable links" like the ones on my trade list.

Stairs and code are tricky. If it's a new build, the stairs have to meet the code. However, in older houses, they are grandfathered in (like in my house) because the stairs were built around the structure of the house that was already in place, before the new codes. So, for example, I did have a builder come over to look at the stairs to see if they could be pulled out in order to have deeper treads, but it cannot be done. Cape Cod has a LOT of these kinds of stairs, so it's kind of expected. Ironically, they're safer for children. But adults have to come down them sideways. So far, no one has fallen down the stairs, and like I said, they're not slippery because they've been treated for that very purpose. You have to deal with what you have! But, stairs are almost impossible to "bring up to code".

A competent fabricator could fill it with a plug cut to fit on a waterjet. We once had a large commerical cafeteria job where the hole locations supplied to us for the sneeze guards over the food were all wrong. A HUGE mistake and potentially very expensive. We cut plugs for the holes on a waterjet that were very slightly (thousandths of an inch) smaller than the existing hole. It was a little tricky getting the plugs to perfectly flush with the top but it was a VERY successful effort and only took about 10 minutes max. per hole. I had difficulty even finding the filled holes. Even a fabricator without a waterjet can use this approach because they can easily get someone with a waterjet to cut the plugs for them.

Windows on washington, is it more common to install sheetrock to sheetrock during a replacement? If using a nail flange, the siding would have to be cut back or any exterior casing would be removed. The reason i ask is my guy is going sheet rock to sheet rock. Another company mentioned they do a replacement but with a flange, quite frankly,i dont know how that would be a replacement.