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Placing Windows on a Home's Fa�ade

Bob discusses "fenestration" which is the placement of the windows and then meets Bob with Ryley to install a Marvin thermopane window with true divided lights (tdl). Ryley explains the installation process noting the flush casing and sheathing. Lastly, moulding is applied to the casing for a finished look.
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Placing Windows on a Home's Fa�ade

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" Fenestration is a fancy word for window placement on the facades of house if you think about a classic case. It always has a -- door flanked by two pairs of windows if you think about a shingle style house it pretty much is a different animal architects approached the whole issue window placement at random almost. And if you look at this house on the right hand side right over here. We've got a pair windows that doesn't really match the other pair windows below it and what we've designed for the kitchen corner of the house is again an oversized. Pair of windows right next to. What would be called French door right yes and this is so that we have lots and lots and lots of daylight coming into the kitchen area and it was -- when you see in a reality here you'll get to understand one -- that the architects were. Concerned about was keeping that shingle skin of the house. Uninterrupted kind of not too many shadow lines hi Ryley have I Danny -- you do it that well so are we. And painting the window as soon."

" A little bit premature well we're just back crime in this -- what we've just put on OK and we want to work make sure that everything that goes up against the house is going to be preprimed to seal it and this is an alcohol based primer that dries in Iraq. Dries iron -- minutes yes and now tell me about this window Riley this is doubled. Marvin windows to customize them right that's right is that it's of them -- pane window it has. Applied buttons to give it -- true divided luck yet this in it's custom defend our opening that the stock when no idea let's look at the one behind you it's already been installed here. -- It's an unusual installations and it'll -- it is what we're trying to do is. Duplicate what was here at the very beginning yet and had to do that what they've done is given us a window with a jambs have been a flash all the way around. Then we provide the casings and this very young rugged itself yeah and it's flash. -- it's clear from this evening listening. The casing and the sheathing are flush. Rear window well what we're gonna -- uncover this -- that's applied moldings -- And an architect was really thinking about keeping water out making sure the shingles kept the water out so that -- shingles come back are they cover over this joint in between. The sheathing and the case correct it's a very -- it's it's very time consuming it's very aren't concerning yet. All right what you guys get ready to it to bring that up in place this look at it. The inside of the kitchen here so we understand it. In order to create fenestration like this you have to first think about structure and up up above you can see that we had to. Replace much of the structure in this area of the house does it was damaged had been cut up and we have a built up engineered being that goes across the span. From here. Back to that point it's broken the span is broken by post here in another post here so there's a series of three shorts bands but look what happens over here okay. You got that. Sitting right here. With nothing underneath it and what's happening is that another engineered piece of lumber is helping on this load transfer itself. Down to here and come down this post. All the way to the foundation. That makes it possible to really have an opening that's almost ten feet and erupted right here but it makes it possible port structurally to work out just fine. That there wouldn't think that you've done some of this work already you've already got shims in place. And you dry fitted it right yes we have fifth. So it's in the right -- Friday when you're putting -- you gotta go back to about an inch. -- Thank you put them back and paint. -- As the casing butt up against the other casing in and that's the -- in between the witness right indicated installing these windows is being sure that she hands are underneath the pawns of the window because that's what's. -- that way inside the connect. The the the horns of the window or the structural part of the of the window right here that's right -- comes right there and this is what's gonna be carrying away. And when we nail that we nail it into the -- frame in the headers Galileo around. We wanted to be sure that we get some space in here so that the insulated to come behind us in pots and insulation -- them loosely tighten this is too tight. I'll have a and it's -- Hannity and cause the wind out of not opened absolutely absolutely as a very important point if they put too much and there in the end of the window. Gibson it is jammed up you -- you'll have trouble operating it what about the header that -- put the window straight up against the header up there not been through -- carrying through with the weight of the beam and everything about it is nine think structural for the window we. Try to do that when they had -- that -- moving around which it's gonna do eventually it may damage the windows yeah you have less likelihood of the of the structural lumber moving on you if it's an engineered piece of wood like this is -- its irregular dimensional two by twelve say that's it might -- it might move and if there is movement between that and the window you've -- hasn't cracked plaster that's all there is to it right. Just driving the nails through it and then we'll apply the moldings and we'll get the shingling all done."

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