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Article by: John C. Baker It was the perfect spot. Our California ranch style house , Plastic Laminate Countertops Explained had a large picture window , Don’t Get Tangled With An Unlicensed Electrical Contractor in the front room. , Honda's Newest Portable Generators The window , Vinyl Siding - Adding Value to Your Home extended from a few inches above the floor , Getting Rid of Runoff Water to only a few inches below the cathedral ceiling. The walls , Home Improvements - Questions and Answers and ceiling were redwood stained knotty pine and the floor , Installing Vinyl Replacement Sliding Glass Doors was a matching hardwood. 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We just felt that our particular house , Fireplace Decorating looked better with three panel bay window , Rodent Proofing Your Home rather than the multiple panel bow windows. , Home Energy Audit - Fireplaces, Attics and More Our intent was to fill the seat board of the bay with potted plants , Furniture Down The Ages we had sitting in front of the current picture window. , Fantastic sauna equipment, accessories and heaters The new arrangement would give us a little more space in the room , Near Loss Of Life And Limb Averted By Miracle Device.. and improve the overall appearance of the house. , Western Style Decorating Tips It was time to go shopping. Scratch vs. Pre-built Bay Windows , Managing Your Winter Heating Costs When we first got the idea of installing the new window, , Furniture Down The Ages I began gathering plans , Air Cleaners for building , Installing Vinyl Replacement Sliding Glass Doors bay windows. , The Quick And Easy Guide To Kitchen Cabinets Thumbing through books and magazines, and the Internet , Home Inspection: Pre-inspected Listings search engines, I found several plans , The Benefits of Painted Wall Murals for building , Plastic Laminate Countertops Explained bay, casement and garden , The Quick And Easy Guide To Kitchen Cabinets windows from scratch. I also found that undertaking such a project was going to be unnecessary. Most of the major window , Home Inspection: Pre-inspected Listings manufacturers, such as Pella, Milgard and Anderson make both completely pre-assembled bay windows , All About Home Renovations as well as pre-built components for replacement windows. , Solar Projects – Should You Do Them Yourself? These days very few contractors , Fantastic sauna equipment, accessories and heaters will take on the project of building , Home Clean Up - Start in those Closets a bay or bow window , The Benefits of Juicers from scratch. It simply isn't practical when for the same or less money they can install a high quality pre-built window. , Log Cabin Fever If the contractors , Furniture Down The Ages use pre-built windows , Home Energy Audit - Fireplaces, Attics and More or components for new house , Log Cabin Fever construction or renovation projects, then we could do the same for our remodeling project, we reasoned. Installing a bay window , House Plans: The Best Investments can easily be a do-it-yourselfer project. Before you go the diy , Vinyl Siding - Adding Value to Your Home route, however, you may want to line up a contractor , Log Home Design Specialist - 3 Places to Find Designers to help out if necessary. This is not going to be a job that you can complete during a Saturday afternoon. Chances are you are not going to finish it in a weekend, for that matter. You are also going to want to line up some help. Bay windows , What Is The Best Way To Clean Carpet? and window , Furniture Down The Ages components are heavy. At least they are too heavy for one person to manage. Be sure and check out the weather , Vinyl Siding - Adding Value to Your Home forecast, including the long range forecast. Installing the window , How To Install Laminate Flooring – The Directions Are On The Package means opening a hole into your home. , Log Design Specialist - 3 Places to Find Designers It can take a couple of days to get the new window , The Benefits of Painted Wall Murals in place , Decorating a Mis-Matched Dining Room and sealed. The last thing you want is for rain to come pouring in on your floor, , Atlanta Heating and Cold Weather Alert walls , Ceramic Tile Flooring - The Healthy House Choice or furniture. , Caring For Your Suit Be sure and check your city or community construction codes. There may be special local , What Are Circuit Breakers? requirements, such as having safety , Log Home Design Specialist - 3 Places to Find Designers glass in low profile windows. , Solar Projects – Should You Do Them Yourself? You are probably going to need a building , Benefits of Cork Flooring permit anyway, so that is also a good time to check the codes. Tools and Materials Needed The tools , Decorating a Mis-Matched Dining Room you will need for this project include a tape measure, a framing square that you can also use as a straight edge, a circular saw or miter saw, crow bars, drill and bits, level, stapler, utility knife, tin snips and a caulking gun. The materials you will need include the bay window , Benefits of Cork Flooring unit, the support brackets, nails, , Getting Rid of Runoff Water roofing , Furniture Down The Ages paper, shingles, roofing nails, , Decorating a Mis-Matched Dining Room exterior grade silicone caulking and fiberglass insulation. You will also need 1X6 inch boards for the window , Log Home Design Specialist - 3 Places to Find Designers skirting. If you are enlarging an existing window, , Decorating a Mis-Matched Dining Room or if you are installing the window , The Quick And Easy Guide To Kitchen Cabinets in a space that was previously the wall, , Vinyl Siding - Adding Value to Your Home you will also need 2X4s for cripple studs and additional framing. Basic Installation Steps 1. Establish window , Ceramic Tile Flooring - The Healthy House Choice position in the wall. , Rodent Proofing Your Home Remove the existing window. , Hammocks Are Perfect For Lazy Summer Fun! Measuring the bay window, , Furniture Down The Ages mark on the exterior of the house , Fantastic sauna equipment, accessories and heaters the opening needed for the new window. , Vinyl Siding - Adding Value to Your Home Using your circular saw, cut the required opening. 2. Framing. Build the framing for the new window. , Decorating a Mis-Matched Dining Room This will likely include cutting through existing studs and putting in a new header, rough sill, jack studs and cripple studs. 3. Install the support braces. A window , Rustic Log Furniture: The Magic of Wood up to five feet wide will take a minimum of two support braces. A wider window , Log Cabin Fever will need three. 4. Set the window , Honda's Newest Portable Generators in place. , Furniture Down The Ages Lift the bay window , Home Clean Up - Start in those Closets on the support braces and slide it into the rough opening. Shim as necessary to level the window. , Air Cleaners Anchor in place. , Benefits of Cork Flooring 5. Build the window roof. , The Benefits of Juicers Set the roof , Air Conditioners, What Could Be More Important Than A Good Brand Name frame on top of the bay window , Home Inspection: Pre-inspected Listings unit and nail , Don’t Get Tangled With An Unlicensed Electrical Contractor in place. , House Plans: The Best Investments Fill the space between the roof , Log Cabin Fever and the top of the bay window , Atlanta Heating and Cold Weather Alert with insulation. Fasten the roof , Managing Your Winter Heating Costs sheeting to the frame and cover with roofing , Home Energy Audit - Fireplaces, Attics and More paper. Install the drip edges and the flashing and then shingle. 6. Install the window , Don’t Get Tangled With An Unlicensed Electrical Contractor skirting around the bottom of the window. , Home Inspection: Pre-inspected Listings Fill will insulation and then attach the skirt bottom to seal the underneath side of the window. , Fantastic sauna equipment, accessories and heaters 7. Seal the edges with silicone caulking. This is a list of the basic installation steps and they have been abbreviated in the interests of simplicity and space. The window , Water Treatments unit you buy will have complete installation steps. Take it from the voice of experience; it really makes the project go much more smoothly and it will be completed in much less time when you read and follow them. In our case, I had two friends helping with the project. We have worked together on other projects and work together well. We had the old window , Honda's Newest Portable Generators out and the rough framing completed on Saturday afternoon. We buttoned up the hole with plywood overnight and went back to work the next day. By Sunday evening we had the new window , Getting Rid of Runoff Water installed and the roof , Don’t Get Tangled With An Unlicensed Electrical Contractor and skirting completed. On Monday afternoon I finished sealing up the outside , Rustic Log Furniture: The Magic of Wood and completed the trim work for the inside. , Air Cleaners And, we were right. It was the perfect spot for a bay window. , Rodent Proofing Your Home It looked great from the outside. , Benefits of Cork Flooring Inside, , Choosing A Down Comforter it became the focal point of the room , Rodent Proofing Your Home and added a special charm to the house. , Water Treatments The window , Decorating a Mis-Matched Dining Room gave the house , Log Home Design Specialist - 3 Places to Find Designers added character and value. When it came time to sell the house, , Hammocks Are Perfect For Lazy Summer Fun! it was one of the features , Furniture Down The Ages that were particularly attractive to the buyers.John Baker contributes very often to http://www.replacement-windows-tips.com an online , What Is The Best Way To Clean Carpet? source of information. , Fireplace Decorating Within his publication he is working on topics such as bay windows , The Benefits of Painted Wall Murals and garden , Rustic Log Furniture: The Magic of Wood windows. |
  
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