Modern Window

I’m installing a window in a place where there used to be a door. It’s a bit of a challenge both because I’ve never installed a window before and because it’s on the second above a bad surface. Yet I am approaching the task with some confidence.

I’m doing it because of the internet. Used to be when faced with something like this I would run to the library, dig out a bunch of books, struggle with the jargon, and with a sense of incipient disaster give it a whirl. Now I watch it done on Youtube, find schematics online, and look up any jargon I can’t easily figure out.

The difference shouldn’t be that great, yet I find it substantial.

So far we have removed the old door and doorway, replaced some sub-flooring, and put in the studs. We would have put up the exterior wall, but I forgot the plywood substrata.

I’ll let you know how it goes from here.