Installing Double-Hung Windows | This Old House

Tom and Charlie Silva install new energy efficient windows.
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Tom and Charlie Silva install a new header to support new framing. After framing out the new rough openings, the exterior wall is properly flashed all around the window to prevent water from running in. They caulk the bottoms of each window as they push it in and center it. The windows are tacked, measured, and nailed in place.
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[@sirkid8553]

Great work! Guys like this are rare, almost no one does this type of work these days probably.

[@WouterZtube]

Seeing the way American houses are built still amazes me. Nails? Foils? Seals? Framing? All looks to me like starting out with cheap building materials and spending a fortune on finishing it. We in Europe just build with bricks, wood and Terra cotta roofs. No need for all those tricks to get it water tight. No need for treated wood. No rott in the construction. Only thing we have to take care of are the window sills. They need a light painting every 3-5 years and some bigger work every 10. That's it. Mine are 85 years old and are still in great shape.

[@sidd0123]

There are a few reasons. It's readily available due to large swaths of forested land which also makes it cheaper and readily available when compared to bricks. Wooden houses are easier and faster to build, so it keeps up with levels of demand, and they are less prone to failure from earthquakes and tornadoes. There are a couple other minor things, but those are the major components.

[@WouterZtube]

sidd0123 not the whole us is earthquake area? And with large areas of land you also have large areas of clay, sand and rocks. If you see how fast concrete and brick houses are getting ready here by modern building methods the quick argument doesn't stick. I'm just wondering what the price difference would be: building cheap with wood and adding all those precautions to make it waterproof and rot resistant or building in concrete and brick and don't have the need for all that

[@factidraw]

I wish they would’ve used stretch tape of some sort on the bottom of the window because the Vycor doesn’t stretch and has a small cut in it at the corners.

[@quaz18]

They didnt mention the bottom of the window. It often gets overlooked that the bottom doesn't get sealed like the top to let any potential water get out from the bottom of the window.

[@3110luigi]

Agree. I could swear that on a past video of theirs they say not to caulk the bottom, just the top and sides.

[@Clark-Mills]

@@3110luigi Yup, caulk the top and sides but not the bottom. If any water does get in you need a way for it to flow out rather than dam up.

[@nestor8369]

first
i like the old stuff much nice than today's stuff

[@barbaraferron7994]

My new double hung window has a device that must have been used to keep the window shut during shipping, it is stuck between the locks between the top and bottom window. How do I remove it so that I can open my window? I posted a picture of the device on your Facebook page.

[@albertstrong5516]

Its never the same. They use what ever the highest paid sponsors telling them to use.

[@EMBer3000]

I still don't get double hung windows, a sliding seal will always be harder to get air tight compared to a compressed seal like you have on normal windows (I live in europe). Is there some reason beyond tradition that you Americans use these?

[@ElJoeRN]

For all I know, they could be explaining complete BS and ill buy it. I don't have the first idea on how to install a window. But it makes sense.

[@lachutequimarche8074]

Agreed! I’m like whoa Tommy, I’m gonna have to rewatch this three times to understand even half of what you just explained.

[@rawbacon]

This looks familiar.

[@justinwoods240]

It is

[@nighthawkj30A4]

Each time they use different methods on how to seal around the window openings.

[@DanBurgaud]

How do you protect wooden houses from termites?

[@borys444]

Tarus SC.

[@borys444]

Y not just put 2 bigger windows in there versus 4 small ones?

[@sirkid8553]

Larger windows cost more. It’s cheaper to have 6 large windows then it would to have a custom window. My house has a custom window that would cost probably $8-10K to replace. Putting in 8 windows the same size would be cheaper.

[@kylerichard7459]

I really like the video, however this is extremely complicated. I work on doors and windows for a living, and there are just way too many steps to this

[@SlabbinNCabbin]

Kyle Richard don’t be silly. It’s not complicated... some clients are worth the hassle.

[@charlesgemas3183]

Installed wrong didn't seal back behind with sealent it will leak with in 3 years

[@KJEThompson]

Wait?! No sketchy flashing rubber tape?!

[@seanmacdonald280]

Who installs windows with screens already on? Just waiting to get ripped before the job is done.

[@tsidekick]

SHOW US MORE COOKING FOOD VIDEOS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@duph73]

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