How To Install A Window
Here are some basic instructions on how to install a window in your home, if you need assistance or guidance please contact us for a free consultation, and our professional staff with be happy to help.
After you have set-up an unfinished opening in your wall where you want your window to be, installing a hung window is fairly simple to do.
The following precise procedures rely on the specific type of window you plan on installing and the install method changes from one window make to another.
The instructions offered here are meant as a useful guideline, but be sure to follow the specific instructions that come with your new window.
If you need help, don't be shy and contact our professionals for a free quote, so we can do the job for you, Click Here Hung windows are packaged and fastened to avoid breakage from shipment; in many cases, you should not remove the fastening until the window is attached in place.
Once you have the unit installed, the window sash should operate freely well before you start to establish the inner trim or begin caulking the outside.
Setting up a Hung Window A hung window comes complete with a frame sash, a sill, trim, and hardware.
When buying a window, you will want to know the exact measurements of the wall it will go into so that the window will be the proper size to fit within the wall.
It is usually best to set-up the window from the exterior, (even though you can move a workable window from the opening from the inside.
) First open the window, and lean through to securely anchor it.
If you want to install the window from the inside, make sure you are safely harnessed so you do not fall out the window! Please contact us to get a free consultation and have our professional team do the job correctly for you.
Clear Out the Outside Opening Following the lay out, where you want to put the new window from the interior room, bore holes at the corners, and then bang nails into the holes so they are viewable from the exterior.
With a level, make lines on the outside attaching the corners.
From the external, using a power saw, slice through the siding & the sheathing along the lines you made; lay the cut material to the side.
Safety first, please wear eye protection.
If needed, please feel free to contact us for a free consultation so our professionally trained staff can install your windows for you.
After you have set-up an unfinished opening in your wall where you want your window to be, installing a hung window is fairly simple to do.
The following precise procedures rely on the specific type of window you plan on installing and the install method changes from one window make to another.
The instructions offered here are meant as a useful guideline, but be sure to follow the specific instructions that come with your new window.
If you need help, don't be shy and contact our professionals for a free quote, so we can do the job for you, Click Here Hung windows are packaged and fastened to avoid breakage from shipment; in many cases, you should not remove the fastening until the window is attached in place.
Once you have the unit installed, the window sash should operate freely well before you start to establish the inner trim or begin caulking the outside.
Setting up a Hung Window A hung window comes complete with a frame sash, a sill, trim, and hardware.
When buying a window, you will want to know the exact measurements of the wall it will go into so that the window will be the proper size to fit within the wall.
It is usually best to set-up the window from the exterior, (even though you can move a workable window from the opening from the inside.
) First open the window, and lean through to securely anchor it.
If you want to install the window from the inside, make sure you are safely harnessed so you do not fall out the window! Please contact us to get a free consultation and have our professional team do the job correctly for you.
Clear Out the Outside Opening Following the lay out, where you want to put the new window from the interior room, bore holes at the corners, and then bang nails into the holes so they are viewable from the exterior.
With a level, make lines on the outside attaching the corners.
From the external, using a power saw, slice through the siding & the sheathing along the lines you made; lay the cut material to the side.
Safety first, please wear eye protection.
If needed, please feel free to contact us for a free consultation so our professionally trained staff can install your windows for you.
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