Installation of wooden windows with your own hands

Installation of wooden windows with your own hands

Plastic windows gradually crowded traditional wooden windows. This is understandable, because the installation of structures is performed faster, and the windows themselves do not need to paint, open with varnish and warm up for the winter. But not all plastic structures are made in compliance with technology and from high-quality materials. Most manufacturers to cope with the plan and satisfy the demand of the buyer, make windows from cheap materials, low quality. Such windows, despite the convenience of operation, can significantly harm the health of a person, so most people began to return to a well-forgotten old old and install wooden windows in their homes and apartments.

The massive popularity of window PVC structures is quite explained, because besides the fact that it is not necessary to pay attention to the window frames every year, putting metal-plastic windows in any opening, even in an old private or apartment building. Since the simplicity of installation bribes, many owners prefer expensive PVC windows. But if you compare windows from a tree with metal-plastic, especially when it comes to installation of windows in a wooden house, then modern metal-plastic structures will spoil the entire appearance.

Install your own windows made of wood is quite possible if you prepare the necessary tool and know how to install a wooden window.

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Preparation of window opening

Let's start with the fact that you first need to get rid of the old window, especially if the tree has long become unusable. You must first remove the window frames from the loops and remove the window box. What will be waiting for you - even an experienced specialist cannot say, because you first need to get rid of the old window to navigate and find out if there is a pitch in the window opening. This is a portion of the carrier wall that can "lie" on the covench window. This is often found in old houses, so masonry tried to save on building materials. Experts recommend paying attention to the materials from which the house was built, if it is a stone old house, then surely where there are no sodes, it is unlikely to get new window wooden structures. So that you still cope with the task and change the old windows to new, you need to invite specialists who recommend how to eliminate the defect in the window opening to continue the work. If you just encountered such a problem, you need to know that in such a house there is dangerous to live, if, of course, the role of the Podolok does not fulfill the brick or stone castle. This design is just reliable, so you can proceed to the installation of wooden windows.

In multi-storey blocks of block type, too, it may not be squeezed, since the monolithic plates made of concrete are cast on plants with a finished opening for the window. Wooden houses are a separate conversation, it can be collected by a frame method or from a log cabin, in this case no load on the wall does not carry the window, so it is not needed, and you can easily put the windows in a wooden house.

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With this moment, we figured out, further than an important task - after you removed the frame, you must remove the slopes outside and inside the window throughout the perimeter. Next you need to dismantle the windowsill. We need to know if there are mortgage in the wall (for fastening the window frame). To do this, insert sequel to the tree on 1/3 and dragging the handle on yourself. If shilo does not enter this depth, or if it does not work out, it is just very good, because the mortgages are durable and nothing happens with the windows. If they turned out to be harvested, you can replace the mortgages. When they are not at all, it is also not a problem, because you can insert windows in the opening and without them.

How to make measurements

To perform measurements of the window opening for all the rules, it is important not to miss the following:

  1. Measure out the outside (from the side of the street) and from the inside - from the side of the room.
  2. Both measurements will allow you to determine the depth of a quarter of the opening, once again check your calculations so that it does not turn out that the size of the window will be less than the size of the outer openings, then it will not hold on and outward.

Look at this drawing, so you will be clearer how to do the frozen of wooden windows:

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What to do if the opening is strongly seated? It is impossible to correct such a defect, so it is necessary to increase the size of the window 20 mm in height and from 25 to 40 mm wide. You can act differently and install an additional profile in the window opening around the perimeter. Thus, it is possible to simultaneously avoid slots when installing wooden structures in the place where the windows are too large.

There is another way to get rid of the skew - it is to increase the dimensions of the window, but this part of the work is best done independently, but to resort to the help of professionals to make everything according to the rules.

How to perform measurements and install the window in the opening with distortion, you can look at this image:

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Ideal when the internal dimensions of the opening are less than 25 mm. Here the stock is needed in order to install the gasket (any layer of insulation). In addition, it is necessary to take into account the thickness of the window sill, so for the bottom of the window opening you need to leave a stock of 60 mm.

The following is important to determine how the window will look from the street. Each person has its own concepts on this matter, one believes that the window box needs to "plant" in the wall so that it is not visible outside, while others, on the contrary, want to set the window outside. Both options are not suitable, it is necessary to find a golden middle and not forget that if you want to do in your own way, you may appear throughout the opening. Best when the window box is open outside.

Pay attention to the drawing:

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What you need to consider when installing wooden windows with your own hands

After you have decided on the size of a wooden window, do not forget that outside the window should be installed, so that the rain water does not fall on the wooden box. Sometimes the sampling must be installed not only at the bottom, but on top.

At the bottom of the drain should be installed necessarily, and the connection site is carefully filled with a sealant so that water does not succeed.

You have already done the measurements of the window, and now they need to be compared with the size of the opening, in order to prevent errors in the calculations and understand how many plaster you need to put on the inside of the slope so that they are compared. It is also important to take into account the window not "dug" in the slope and easily become in its place. In any case, make calculations of measurements as accurately as possible to easily cope with the installation of wooden windows.

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Choosing materials

To perform high-quality sealing of wooden windows, pay attention to the popular material in the construction market - polyurethane foam. It gently seals all the cracks and is an excellent thermal insulation material, in addition, foam will evenly distribute the load (mechanical and with strong wind). Insulating material is easy to use. But here they can arise their "underwater" stones. Under the prolonged exposure to direct sunlight and adverse weather conditions, the foam begins to gradually collapse, so after you install the wooden window, it is necessary to close this material with a layer of plaster, apply a sealant or coat the paint into several layers.

Remember that foam is not an insulating material and does not save from moisture, so it is so important to close it with a more durable material.

From the minuses of the mounting foam it is worth considering that when it dries up, it is lost up to 10% of the volume, that is, it turns out that the window box will constantly "walk", which leads to gradual destruction of plaster and window mechanisms (the window may well open and close, Especially in bad weather).

How to insert wooden windows

There are several ways to install wooden windows. In principle, the technology is practically no different from the installation of metal-plastic glass windows, wooden windows must also be installed correctly and secured.

Consider the installation options for wooden windows:

  1. The end-to-end method, when the window is first installed in the opening, and then fixed on the dowel and self-tapping screws. This installation is characterized by simplicity. By the way, the reliability of the end-to-end method is quite high, because at first the dowel must be inserted into the opening, and screw the screws into it. Such a design will stay for a long time and there is practically no chance that it is loosened. Set the window like this: the strokes need to be removed and removed the windows. To facilitate the weight of the design, you can remove the sash, it will also help to cope with the work, since nothing will interfere with you. Then it is necessary to outline the place from the inside, where you will insert the frame (at the top and on the sides) and drill several holes. They need to insert screws, but so far it is impossible that the window remains moving. You have to adjust the window horizontally. To do this, go to several wooden bars to put them under the bottom of the window frame and adjust the position of the box, exposing most of the outlook or hiding inside. It is important that the window does not get close to the wall, because it can be deformed over time from the load from the wall. The minimum indent from each side is 2 cm, and at the bottom - 5 cm to align the window block horizontally and leave a place to mount the windowsill. If you have a big window with a big width, then the windows are best put closer to the outer part so that most of the design remain inside, that is, it was warm.
  2. Installation of a wooden window on mounting pads. In order to mount the wooden window yourself, it is necessary to prepare the opening. It must be absolutely smooth. Not everyone has the opportunity to engage in its preparation. If you are too lucky and the window opening in your home is smooth, you first need to install pads on the waterproofing material so that they are located parallel to the window frame (on each side). Before installing the window, it is necessary to facilitate the design and remove the sash. When the frame is inserted into the opening, check how exactly it costs horizontally and vertically. It is best to do with the help level. If everything is in order, the window must be fixed on the wedges.

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  1. Installing the window to special plates (anchor). This option is most appropriate both for mounting metal-plastic windows and for wooden structures. On both sides of the sides, special plates should be consolidated in the window opening for mounting windows, retreating from the edge of the window frame 25 cm. Flap the plate so that it is facing the inside of the room, since we need to fasten it to the inside of the window opening. If the window is more than 1.5 m, then on each side, install 2 anchor and one more. Then you need to insert the window block in the opening and fix it with the wedges so that you have the opportunity to align the window in the level and only then it is allowed to be tightened to the end of the screw. After that, the support wedges can be removed.

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When the window is displayed in terms of the level, you can fill the openings of the mounting foam. This installation method is suitable for wooden windows for giving. In any case, regardless of which house you will install the windows, it is important to adhere to standard technology and install a tide. First you need to cut off the material strip of the desired length, plus reserves of 3 cm from all sides to then bend extra downwards. If you want, you can increase the dimensions and leave not 3, and 6 cm. The sampling must be screwed to the bottom of the frame on the screw (from the outside), and on the inside, fix using the mounting foam. Only not very abundant, as the foam has a property to increase in volume, so it will be best to put several points to fix the tump.

Installation of windowsill

Prepare the windowsill of the desired size in advance. If you yourself drink it from the wood massif, keep in mind that the windowsill should be started under the frame, and the outdoor part should perform.

We establish the windowsill in the available hole, from the bottom we substitute wooden bars so that we have the opportunity to align it in terms of the level and move it to the window frame as you can. So far, on this, the windowsill must be removed to fill all the space of foam and only then very gently insert it into place and again fill out the available space by mounting foam. When performing this part of the work, it is important that the windowsill "sat" tightly and did not move, so after you fill in all the cracks of the foam, put the load on it. The load must be distributed evenly, so there will be enough 3 bricks or put 3 bottles with water.

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To make it clear how to install wooden windows, we suggest watching a video: