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Window Placement and Installation on a Colonial

Bob looks at the order and placement of the windows on the fa�ade of the modern Colonial. Upon closer inspection, the classically inspired fenestration � size, type, and placement of the windows � differs slightly from floor to floor. On the first floor the windows are larger than the on the second floor, allowing more light into the living spaces of the home. The windows are from Andersen's 400 Series with energy-efficient low-E glass. They have solid wood frames with a low-maintenance Perma-Shield clad exterior for resistance to rust, pitting, and corrosion. This makes them especially well suited to coastal environments. The interior surfaces are available prefinished in white or unfinished pine. Bob Ryley and Kevin Parquette install what is technically a triple-hung window in the great room on the front fa�ade. Ryley applies a bead of vinyl caulk to all three sides but not the bottom of the window. The rough opening has house wrap and felt paper around it affording a double moisture barrier against driving rain.

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Window Placement and Installation on a Colonial

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" If you look at the whole. Facade of the fenestration as it's called. Which really refers to the order and placement of all the windows you've got a classical array five windows on the top five windows on the bottom traditionally they're all spaced evenly and traditionally the upper floor windows hug the roofline while the lower ones in the parlors tend to be closer to the floor but here the the builder has taken a little bit of -- liberty you can hardly see it yet because in the house is not finished but. Actually the windows on the first floor are a little bit larger. And the idea here is because we've got 21 century window technology we can allow more light to. That the colonial houses were worried about allowing more cold air begin this is an Andersen 400 series window that we're putting in here it comes with. Low emissivity thermal glass argon in there. It's a solid wood core with Andersen's Permashield vinyl clad exterior and it comes with -- an unfinished pine interior or can be prefinished -- And this time the window allows for all sorts of construction. And design variations. -- while we're putting in the family room the great room. -- is really a triple hung window it's it's effectively three different sash. It's a good sized bead of vinyl caulking is one of the essential things to add on to the nailing flange before you bring the window up to. The rough opening. So this gets applied on all three sides not on the bottom. A rally before you guys covered all up the rough opening here has the the home wrap on it and then it's got felt paper around it as well right is that pretty standard. Patsy did a lot of different ways sometimes they go right over the tyvek everybody has a way that that they use to an end and not who works for them. And now Kevin this is the way you traditionally do -- we traditionally do this affords us a double moisture barrier against driving rain. Yeah the main thing that you're concerned about here is water infiltration yes OK well I don't hold him. OK I got the window. James. It's spaced eight that. Act. That OK yeah now act. OK right there right."

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