FHES Construction

New windows installed in the building, and old ones waiting to be taken away.

Have you noticed they’re upgrading the windows and the siding on the Elementary School? (Probably not, right? It’s summertime – who goes to school in the summertime?) Anyway, Dwight from LIWOL (Light WIth Out Loss) at tells me that energy savings was a big factor in the selection of new windows. These new windows have a U Value ranging from .17 to .20 which translates to an average R value of better than 5-1/2. Most houses he says have an R value of about 3.3. The old windows in the school were about R2. Don’t ask me what any of that means, but I think it’s good.

There is new siding going on as well. The work is being done by H.B. Hansen Construction out of Lynden. Dwight said no local contractors submitted bids. He also said it was quite a feat orchestrating this whole thing – they only had a narrow “window” of time (yes that was intended) to get this done before school starts, but everyone came together – Architect John Gresseth, Supplier LIWOL and contractor H.B. Hansen – and pulled it off.

And it looks like the contractors are giving away the old windows judging by that sign there…

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