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Installing Anderson Skylights

Bob discusses the installation of the Anderson skylights. The framing is adjusted to accommodate the openings and the windows are attached.
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Installing Anderson Skylights

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" All right so what we've got here's an opening for. Essentially a retrofit into a new construction situation which is now is what you want but. The skylights were not specified by the architect plant and so we're putting -- after the fact and what Russell and Kevin have already done is they've started off by stiffening. The whole set of rafters here with a couple of temporary two by fours and these make sure that the whole rafter system won't. Shake and rattle when we're cutting a whole lot and they removed the rafters that were in the way of the skylight and in their place and headed off at the top and at the bottom. -- doubled up members of the same dimension and then did the same thing either side at this point we've got a framed opening. For the skylights and the rest of the work really gets down from up here and down there. But let me check in with Kevin to take a closer look at the type the skylight reusing -- Okay got a skylight itself is a new type of Anderson product that has. This patented snap thoughts -- us. Political. And so it makes installation a lot easier because we can remove. The sash. And just deal with the printing them. I know it's high performance glass. And so it's got all the energy requirements that we normally worry about and case of the sash snaps out exactly how does that happen. -- undo these plastic. Chipping clips OK these little screws. Gonna flip out these little -- from."

" And they are poor are. Four attachment points onto the repeating that recollect we'll add screws to these other couples can afford -- Up to scrutiny of these clips. We set it on the roof these brackets are recessed on the back side and -- them exactly that they pass and congress. You going up on the roof had a concern right."

" All right so the little brackets each have the extra screw in on the backside which. Makes it rigid. And that's -- you attach it to the -- itself."

" All right -- you ought to pass up the sash. And now the snap but what's to keep it from popping out again if there's some sort of I winners situation because they stainless steel clips Bob here and ransacked. And that's that sets that was gonna snap right into. So that holds it in place that's correct and if it ever broke and you had to replace it from the inside you could you could loosen up. If they've solved that with holes on the inside right okay."

" It now when the roofer comes to finish up here -- kit comes with. A top and bottom flashing. As well as with all the step flashing that will go underneath that's correct but this will be covered by the red metal roof right. That's correct everything except for just this -- the colors look good together of the."

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