How to Install a Casement Window in a Kitchen

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Wish I could work like Ron! He makes it seem so easy...

Ms D

Mar 5, at 2:06pm

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I WOULD LIKE THE PLANS FOR THE SILL AND TOP CAP.....

STRONGMANOX

Mar 4, at 4:55pm

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that foam is messy and if you ever have to replace(another baseball) a nightmare to remove.call me old school but you can also see how the water is shed when the opening is prepped properly.

shellie

Mar 3, at 8:32pm

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I'm glad I finally got to see this video. I've seen the part where you hit the ball into the window in the opening credits on your TV show for years now, but never the whole video, until now.

John

Mar 3, at 3:33pm

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I like how easy this looked to do....

Ernie White

Mar 3, at 4:45am

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Line drive down the right field line Fair! Home run and the crowd or wife go crazy

Guardduck25

Mar 3, at 1:55am

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I don't understand why you would ever use fiberglass insulation around the window? Spray foam is SO much better. Fiberglass won't stop the drafts at all. In fact, I removed/reinstalled the interior trim around all my old windows so I could dig out the fiberglass and replace it with spray foam. You could see evidence of all the years of leaking with the black stains on the fiberglass (it acts like a filter, cleaning out the dust as the air flows through). In fact, due to the "stack effect" (the natural tendency of air to flow inward on the lower levels and rise through the house and flow out on the upper levels), the stains were on the outside on the first floor and on the inside on the second floor. Stuffing fiberglass around the opening seems like an old fashioned, inferior way.

Dirk Bowen

Dec 6, at 5:11pm

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The one thing which I didn't get was that the window opening was prepped to the right size and made water proof, however then three shims where added to the bottom sill to level it which looked like it would have reduced the overall opening by around 3/8". Is there a certain amount of 'fudge factor' when figuring out what size of rough opening is needed?

Mike Cunningham

Dec 6, at 6:36am

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As always, I enjoyed your tip. I have a question. Could you show us how to install the retrofit windows? The ones that you do not take the window frame out. Mine are plastered in and would be a bit much to take them completely out. Thank you so much. Jim

Jim

Dec 6, at 1:05am

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Great video. I need to replace some window. How would the project be done when the house it covered with vinyl siding?

Bill Juhnke

Dec 5, at 8:21am

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Remember, when you take a government subsidy you are getting your neighbor to pay for it.

ElRushbo

Dec 4, at 5:37pm

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perfect timing I'm putting in a new window shortly good info

paul kelley

Dec 4, at 12:47pm

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Love your video's they are always full of much needed info. Since I have a kitchen window to replace, got locked out of house by grandkids, I will use it to keep husband on track.

Carol Watt

Dec 4, at 11:41am

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Why don't you use spray foam instead of fiberglass insulation? After my energy audit I actually removed all my interior trim to dig out the fiberglass and replaced it with spray foam to stop the leakage around the trim on my old widows (without even replacing them). There was much evidence of leakage with the black stains indicating the filtering effect of the fiberglass as the air moved through it. The best window is easily compromised if the air leaks around it. I simply can't see any situation where I would forgo spray foam for fiberglass for this application.

Dirk Bowen

Dec 4, at 5:00am

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That was great. I love to watch some your video's. My son is putting windows in for me soon. I will make sure, he sees this video. It made it look so beautiful and so easy. Thanks. :o)

Lana

Dec 4, at 1:24am

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