A replacement window brings new light into the bedroom.
Windows offer a welcome view of the world outside your bedroom, but if your windows are old, damaged or inoperable, you might want to conceal them behind heavy drapes or curtains. Replacement windows can change all that. Designed to fit within the frames of your old windows, you can custom order replacement windows to fit any size opening. You'll need basic carpentry skills to take on this project.
Instructions
1. Measure your old window, inside the jamb, from side-to-side and from the top to the bottom when you're ordering the new window.
2. Pry the old molding, or window stops, away from the inside of the window with a flat bar. These small strips hold the moveable parts of the window in place, and they cover small gaps between the window and the jamb.
3. Go outside and use the flat bar to pry off the old stops and any additional side boards (jamb liners) that cover the gap between the moveable parts of the window and the jamb. Not all windows have jamb liners.
4. Pull the old window out from outside. If you're replacing an old window with weights, you'll have to cut the cords that connect the window to the weights that are located in the sidewalls. If so, tie a knot in the end of the cord to keep the weights from falling down into the wall spaces.
5. Remove the screws on the side plates if your window has weights, and remove the plates in order to pull the old weights out. Squirt expandable foam insulation in the dead air spaces where the weights were, and then replace the plates.
6. Scrape away old glue from inside the before installing the new window stops that came with the replacement window. Install these with a hammer and nails on the outside of the window jamb. These will go in the same place where you took the old stops out.
7. Slide in the replacement window unit from inside the bedroom. Push it all the way back against the new window stops.
8. Position the window with a carpenter's level, using shims, if necessary, below and on the sides of the window, to make it level.
9. Screw the new window in place, using a drill with a screw bit and framing screws. Insert the screws on the inside grove of the new window jamb into the old window frame. Place a screw about every 12 inches on the sides, bottom and top of the new window.
10. Install new window molding on the inside of your window and caulk visible gaps.
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