LittleHouse – Window Installations

 

LittleHouse – Window Installations

by admin on Nov.11, 2007, under Windows & Doors

Windows Install
12 October, 2007.
We actually brought our windows, housewrap, insulation and back door up in mid-October, when we had a spare weekend.

We were a little nervous about driving down our bumpy road with the windows flat like that, but we didn’t have time to build a proper window carrying apparatus.

By going slow and easy, they survived the trip.

 
Windows Survived Trip

Windows Install
05 – 11 November 2007.
We installed the windows one at a time, to make sure we had time to finish each one before the next was started. These were BetterBilt windows from Lowes, but we found the Pella instructions to be clearer and more thorough, so that is what we followed.

Step 1 in each case was to mark and cut the housewrap.

 
Cut the Housewrap

Windows Install
05 – 11 November 2007.
Step 2: Fold the top up.
Step 3: Fold the sides and bottom in.

 
Fold the Top

Windows Install
05 – 11 November 2007.
Step 4: Tape the bottom.

 
Tape the bottom
 

Windows Install
5 – 11 November, 2007.
Step 6: Install 1/4″ spacer.

For this step, we used 1/4″ shims, sitting on top one-another, such that the thickness was constant.  The Betterbilt guide said to leave these in place, if these were gliding windows, so we did.

 
Bottom Spacer

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