Timeline for Have 2 windows that I need to replace - can't open to measure, but have jamb sizing - How to measure for replacement using window frame/case?
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| May 5 at 18:41 | comment | added | Aloysius Defenestrate | Price is Right rules: close but not over. It’s true that you don’t want a ton of gap between your RO and the window unit, but if you cut it too close, it might go bad. (Voice of experience, here.) As @RMDman said, take an accurate RO size to the vendor and let them size the window for you. (My opinion is that you’ll want 1/2” all around, but that varies.) | |
| May 5 at 3:09 | comment | added | RMDman | @helixdnb, yes . The new window will be sized as glass AND frame and you should be able to get the recommended rough opening for that window.....OR just take your rough opening sizes to the vendor and they will tell you what will fit. | |
| May 5 at 3:02 | comment | added | Helixdnb | So then as long as the rough opening size of the new/replacement windows is close to the size of the existing window + frame, I'm good? I assume I'd want to get as close to the rough opening as I can so as to not need to shim too much. | |
| May 4 at 15:41 | comment | added | Aloysius Defenestrate | +1 to “remove the trim”. And use a level to ensure that the opening is level and plumb. If not, use the shortest numbers. (If, for example, the opening is parallelogram’d leaning to the right, measure from the top left to a plumb line on the right.) | |
| May 4 at 14:53 | history | edited | RMDman | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 4 at 14:19 | history | answered | RMDman | CC BY-SA 4.0 |