wrote:
bob wrote:
Firstly thanks for your replies to my other recent posts; I now have1
SDS driil and frame fixings on order. Now on to the project itself -
replacing a side hung timber casement window. I have the process down
as:

1. Remove glass
2. Remove old frame*
3. Offer up new frame
4. Wedge frame in place ensuring it is square
5. Fix frame through sides with frame fixings
6. Glaze
7. Seal around frame
8. Make good inside

* My question is looking at the frame on the outside it is resting on
the layer of mortar above the soldier bricks - how do I remove the
frame without pulling soldier bricks away with it - how do the double
glazing guys do it?

As always any advice greatly appreciated.

hate to say this Bob but you dont really need the drill.
a few steel nails would have done anyway because you will be sealing
the new frame on the inside and outside with cement. if you take the
old frame out and the new one is measured correctly it will fit in that
space and screws are unnecessary.
when you put in the new frame, use timber wedges to secure it and
plaster it up all round.

sorry Bob forgot to say cut the old frame in the middle and yank it out
in bits. Just be careful you dont disturb the bricks. The frill could
come in handy for making a line of holes in it until its cut in a few
places to get it out because its hard to saw it.