Phil is replacing a window in a difficult area. The previous owners built out the wall to install the window. We’ll need to pull down the wall, cut an area for the new window, and then put it all back together.
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00:00 Intro
00:12 Here’s the second window in the kitchen
00:25 Putting a larger cabinet in there
00:38 Outside starting to pull out the window
01:00 Measuring for the new window
02:08 Going to mark and then cut the window out
02:30 Cutting it out with a Sawzall
03:00 Will finish it cutting up with the skill saw
03:30 Now to tear that out
04:45 Usually you want to check where your electrical lines are
05:00 Prying the boards out
05:15 Hit a nail or screw with the saw
05:40 Removing the 2 by
06:55 Won’t put a full length 2×4 in there
07:40 Put a 48″ in there
07:52 Installing the 2×4 to support the window weight
08:45 May need to shim it up
08:55 Will need to support upper boards
09:18 Question is: Is it level?
09:40 Securing the top 2 by
10:40 Measurements for the other boards needed
11:10 Putting the 2 bys in
11:40 Even the best have boards drop
12:05 And our camera man need to lend a hand
12:30 Is it square?
12:55 Remeasuring the window to make sure we have enough room
13:20 Looks like the wall is angled, things you run into during remodels
14:20 We need to fill in one side of the window
14:45 Decided to put two layers of drywall
15:15 Back after checking the fit of the window
15:35 Got the window in. Now to screw it
16:15 Shimmed, still need to do corner bead and finishing
16:38 A larger cabinet that was special ordered
16:50 If you’re shorter, you can look up and see the bluff line
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But I’ve moved over to even tougher one where this window here was going to go here. And we’re going to put a larger cabinet in here right now. We’re going to go outside and take the siding off and make the opening the same size as this. And that’s quite the journey. So here we go outside.
Yeah. All right, you got. All right, Now I’m going to get this little head. Three screws on each side. All these windows, nothing on the bottom and nothing on the top. Just caulking. So now,
Six inches over here. Order up. I’m going to mark and cut this right here. And then mark across here and from here to here. Cut this out and then I’ll see what I got to do with the two by right here I got to cut. It’s quite the journey anyway. We’ll show you as we go along.
Way over the line. Okay. I’ll do the rest of it with a skill saw. Set the depth so it’s not very deep. Look, all animals can going back and forth or water. I don’t think it’s water. All right, let me get the saw behind you.
Back to tearing up stuff.
Let me hear it from the inside. Now I get my favorite pry bar. Your favorite ones? One and dropped in the sewer tank that was beloved but is gone. Like all things. The only thing stays the same as everything changes. Like the weather. Like the weather. You got a screw up thing? Yeah. Just smack those boards out behind. We’re not going to need them.
I don’t know if I cut all the way through. Got a saw right next to you. Yeah.
Now, usually you want to do that before. You know where your electrical lines always look where the electrical is. I don’t like surprises that way.
Metal? Hit a nail or something. That’s going to run that blade
All right. I need to cut that off or I’ll just pry this apart. Right. So I’m not going to put a full length 2×4 in here.
I’m going to put one up to about here. So I’ll measure to here. I’ll fasten that all off and then I’ll put another one on top of that sort of weight will go all the way to the floor. It’s not gonna let me… I think I’ll do 48 inches and that way I can hit on that one by that they put on it. So he’s going to go cut me a 48 inch two before and bring it on back. Well, screw it all.
This is going to go up here. I may end up having to shim this up a little bit. I also need to fasten this. Which uh.. bottom up. 33 and three quarters. 33 and 7/8 about right. Might go up a little bit on that. That’s providing this is square or level. Which it probably is not. You can come up more if you want to. It’s up high. So, this one just a little up high too and I’ll put one right there to. All right. Now let’s see. 33 inches have him go cut that and we also need one six and a quarter.
Six and three eighths. 33 and six and 3/8. We’ll put those in. Looks like you got to come down on this end. Yeah, I’ll have to cheat a little bit. Put a handle on it. But let me get this side done first. And it came out. Oh, now I need a handle on the other side, probably. You look good there. I’m sure dropsy. I’m going to say it’s going to come out. And then… Looks good. It’s like I need to come down.
Mm hmm. I can see a lip the whole way. Does it look straight through here? We’ll square it off here in a minute. I mean, this is lower. Well, we’re at three and three quarters. Measure that window. I want to have a little bit of room around it, but 33 and a half. Okay, So we’re at 33 and three quarters there, probably need to change this. So. Need to come down? Probably, let’s see here. No, it’s pretty good. It’s showing like it’s right. This might need to come down. Maybe this is angled. Yeah, easily. So I got to pull this down a little bit. That looks better. Yeah. All right.
Measure the let’s measure the width of this thing. As I recall it was 30 no less than 32. And I think I’ve got to fill in this side almost an inch. So we need to build this up. Probably, put some plywood in that. Or I could just put drywall. Two layers of drywall is half inch. Okay, ten and a half. All right, take a break. We’ll have the drywall. I we’ll bring you back, see what it looks then. Looks like then.
All right. So what we’ve done is put this thing up to make sure we didn’t look too terrible on film. I’d do it anyway. Decided we wanted to raise it up a little bit to center it. We put these shims in. Seems to work pretty good. Now we got camera on it. It won’t. Hey now, put screws on it, and we’ll just screw it all the way off. Go inside, hang drywall, see what it looks like. We’ll let you see what it looks like. Then.
So shimming and such. Still got to do corner bead around it and finishing. But if you notice this is an inch seven-eighths inch and that’s two inch. I think it’s something like that. Two and 7/8 and two and 7/8, actually. So this is a larger cabinet that was ordered to fit that area and make it look even. This is lined up with the sink.
And now if you’re shorter, you can see up in and see the bluff line, which is what the goal was that and to line it up with the sink and make the cabinets all fall out. So it’s going to end up looking good. It was a good choice on their part. And it’s only my job to make them happy.