"Removing" the plate-glass window . . .

. . . rather, taking it out with a brick!

Monday, May 9:

After considerable deliberation, I decided to remove this window by destroying it. I probably would have broken it anyway while chipping away all the stucco on the outside.  And even if I had gotten it out intact, how would I dispose of it? Waste Management wouldn't take it, so I would have had to waste time and gas hauling it to the dump, where they would charge me a disposal fee.

To catch the glass, I stapled a trough of double-thick plastic out on the scaffold.

Next, I took a brick and smashed the plate glass.  That was fun!

Then I took a yard hoe and knocked out the rest of the glass.

The glass pit: Everything worked as designed.  (Note the red brick!) The glass fell neatly into the pit.  I continued smashing the large pieces with the hoe and then rolled up all the plastic and tied it with a rope.  It's quite heavy.   On trash day, I will push the tied-up bundle of glass off the edge of the scaffold and drop it directly into the trash cart.

Once the glass was out, it was easy to pry the vinyl window frame out of the wall and break it into small pieces.  After that was removed, I chipped the rest of the stucco out.