June 16, 2006. Location: Hanford Public Library. Time: 8:09 a.m. The boys from Hanford Glass have arrived on site. The scaffold is up. Two windows will be replaced. Each pane of glass weights in at 350 pounds. Keep in mind that when dealing with a large sheet of glass that there is nothing to hold on to. Gloves are definitely required when touching the edge of the glass. It will take roughly three hours to install one window. Please keep in mind that this is mid-June in the central valley. The outside temperature is in the high 80s.

Up goes the first glass pane on the north side of the library. The glass is lifted into place by six men with suction cup handles.


The scaffolding goes up on the south side of the library.




Meanwhile, the painters are continuing their work on the outside of the building.




The old glass is removed.


The glass gets closer to its final destination.



Getting the glass out of the wood crate.






Around 3:10 p.m. The second and last pane is installed. I was told that the second pane was harder to intall than the first simply because the men were tired out from dealing with the first window.