Aren't reciprocating saws wonderful?

Dave

"Art Begun" wrote in message
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By the way, only the better windows have the nailing/flashing strip
around the edges.

Thought I would mention a technique that I saw carpenters used to
remove a door with minimal damage. They pulled off carefully the
molding on one side, cut the nails that were then visible and the
frame just came out. Put in new door/frame, put molding back and
touched up paint. No sheetrock work at all.



"William W. Plummer" wrote in message
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Know the difference between "replacement" windows and "new
construction"
windows when you go looking for prices. It is possible to use
either, but a
new construction window has the flap of flashing material that
sticks out
about 3" on all outside edges. Replacement windows are just a box
that
slides into the hole with the molding intact. There is a difference
in the
price of the two designs. Replacement windows are available in a
very
limited set of sizes. I just had to settle on a new construction
unit for
my bathroom and it worked fine but i had to redo the molding on the
outside
which was more work than I had hoped.

Also, look out for NewPro salesmen that come to your house. They
are
selling financial loans and "windows" is just the excuse. You can
tell
because they tell you to have everyone present who signed the
mortgage on
your home. You can get the same quality vinyl window just about
anywhere
for a lot less and not have the 2nd mortgage.



"HA HA Budys Here" wrote in message
...
And remember - the people "selling" are salesmen and generally
know
NOTHING
about construction, quality construction or the process, codes,
etc. All
they
know how to do is sell, YOU, on their outrageously overpriced
windows.

Go to Home Depot and look at what a similar sized window or set of
windows
costs, brand new. Then try to get the salesman to justify the
price of his
"custom" windows.

I've never seen a "replacement window" job where the windows
didn't look
like
replacement windows. They often consider "repair" of stucco to
mean,
installing
a 6-8-or 10" wide exterior "moulding" around the completed window
to hide
the
damage stucco and eliminate the need for any real stucco
work.painting/
paint
matching, etc...