Instructions for installing wooden windows

Wooden windows are a number of advantages for the owner. First, they are comfortable in operation, secondly, they will serve as faithfully for many years, thirdly, they are functional. In order to fully evaluate all the advantages of wooden windows, you will need to correctly install them at home. In principle, the installation of wooden windows with your own hands is even a newcomer, the main thing is that everything is smooth, it is necessary to act strictly as well as manufacturers recommend.

Stages of installation of windows

When going to install wooden windows, clean the following steps:

1. It is necessary to prepare the window opening to the installation of windows (here, including the measurements).
2. Install windows in the prepared opening.
3. Secure the box in the wall.
4. Check the insulation device all over the perimeter of the window box.
5. Work out and adjust the window mechanisms for opening / closing.
6. The final stage is internal and external finish.

Preparation for work

The technology of installing wooden windows is as follows:

1. Release the room from furniture and technology.
2. Release or cover the carpets, carpet and those furniture items that are impossible to isolate.
3. Compare a ready-made window with old measurements (compare with measurements on a piece of paper).
4. Remove the old window.
5. Install a new window.

Installing wooden windows - it is not difficult

The cost of installing wooden windows varies, depending on the specialists who will do this. This process may cost expensive, so if you wish to save, you can perform installation with your own hands - this will not be much difficulty, because the main thing is to take into account all the rules for installing wooden windows.
To install windows from wood, mainly use the method of end-to-end installation - it is performed using a dowel. This method is indispensable when windows are installed in the country. The main advantage of this method - the window box in the opening can not "move" and, accordingly, somehow change its position, even if the window is subject to some external mechanical loads, whether it is beggars, breaks, displacements, etc. Such troubles occur due to the fact that the dowel and the hollow sleeve is a natural stopper that does not allow a screw to enter the wall too deep.

This method has another important advantage: if you install windows, following such rules, you will not need any special tools, means and nozzles to install windows. It will be enough at the end of work the screw head is simply closed with a decorative plug, for example, from plastic. This will help keep the appearance of the window and hide its disadvantages - whether there are cracks or chips.
As for the features of this method - you need to select a place where it will be necessary to drill holes to install a dowel. And since the four-stage profile cross section will be able to allow it in the window box only on the same level - this means that you need to take the inside surface. It is also worth noting that drilling in other places and install a dowel is unacceptable.

How to prepare the opening for the window

1. To make the ability to adjust the windows while you are engaged in installing them, you need to do the opening a little more than the size of the window box is not much, but about 10-50 millimeters on the sides and from above, as well as 50-60 millimeters at the bottom. Compliance with this procedure will allow minimizing factory defects (if they are, of course, there is): the irregular shape of the frame, throughout, size, and so on.
2. After reading the instructions for installing wooden windows, it is necessary to study the design for the presence of various factory defects - before you take up the installation of the windows.
3. Do not use window openings as an already finished formwork design in order to build wall pests. The fact is that after such a procedure, the window seems to be "littered" into the way in himself, and this is completely unacceptable, since it causes some "pressure". And due to the fact that in this version there are no clearances, it provokes and no insulation, as well as the inability to use the window in normal mode. Do not forget that the load from the walls will also go to the window.
4. According to the rules, when installing wooden windows, as noticeable in the video, the difference between the diagonals of the frame should not exceed ten millimeters - and, this is an approximate tolerance, since the actual distance directly depends on the window.
5. To determine the correctness of the angle, you need to use a tilter or laser roulette. In extreme cases, you can use a regular centimeter or even a rope to measure the diagonal.

Installation of wooden windows

Fastening

1. On the perimeter of the entire window opening, it is necessary to drill mounting holes - a pitch is not more than 80 centimeters.
2. Using the level to install a wooden window - so that there are no deviations - neither vertical or horizontally.
3. The deviation from the central point is no longer more than 1.5 millimeters per meter.
4. It does not matter how much a large window, the maximum allowable deviation is three millimeters.
5. The wooden window must be consolidated by construction dowels - for this it is necessary to make special holes in the frame.

Seam

1. To protect the windows from moisture and freezing, it is necessary outside the opening of a compressed self-disruptive vapor-permeable ribbon - psyl.
2. Seam, which is formed between the wooden window and the opening is best close with the help of a mounting foam.
3. So that the seams did not suffer from moisture, which comes out of the room, it is necessary to close them with a vapor insulating ribbon, which is made of reinforced foil.

Sash

After sealing seams, it is necessary to check the sash for opening. At this time, you can adjust all the fittings.

And, finally

1. Do not forget about the landscaping of the window not only with the inner, but also from the outdoor side - do waterproofing with modern silicone lubricants.
2. All metal - windows accessories, lubricate with special solutions so that it does not suffer from dampness and bad weather.
3. If the installation of wooden windows was performed on all the rules and with full responsibility, it doesn't matter what the price of your acquisition, the windows will serve you for long-to-years, giving you comfort, warmth and comfort.