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My house in El Paso, TExas is a brick veneer with casement windows,
built in 1959. I'd love to replace those drafty single-pane windows
with good energy-efficient double panes. I could probably do the job
myself "IF" I knew how the present windows were installed. And "IF" I
don't have to take bricks loose on the outside of the house

In that era, were the windows usually installed from the inside, with
large screws going through the sides and into the framing of the window
opening, which was then hidden by the drywall in the window opening?
Or were they installed from the outside and secured with a nailing
flange on the outside of the framing, which was then covered with one
row of bricks?


This just a guess based on how it was done in the early 50's.

Mostly the windows are held in place by nails through the brick mold into
the jack studs. I doubt there are any nails through the side jambs. The
era of aluminum and vinyl was the start of the nailing flange which is then
covered by siding or brick.

BTW, most replacement windows are mounted inside the existing side jambs for
DH windows. Never done it with casements.

Colbyt