Join TheConstructor to ask questions, answer questions, write articles, and connect with other people. When you join you get additional benefits. By registering, you agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email. Sorry, you do not have permission to ask a question, You must log in to ask a question. Join now! Do you need to remove the ads? Most modern construction is brick veneer and windows are attached to the studs just as in a frame house.
The brick is only a siding. The windows are installed before the brick is placed. It appears you are really lookiong for how to attach replacement windows in the existing brick openings. There are very few contrators who will even try to correctly install windows into brick openings. If the house is brick veneer one layer the nailing tabs are removed from the remodel windows if they even have them and the windows placed and caulked to the existing brick.
If the house is masonry, tapcons can be used to fasten new windows into the masonry. Most of the widow replacement jobbers want to lne any opening with wood called 'bucks' inthe trade to simplify fastening the windows. Need to replace and reframe windows on brick knee wall. Fake brick doesn't match real brick! What to replace fake brick with?
Retrofit Window installation: Lowe's vs. Local window installer? Between 2 windows The homes original sill heigth's do not meet code in the BR's and we will be changing sizes and locations of some others. I anticipate and have started a brick removal from the sill's up, for the work.
I'm curious as to the correct way that the new window frames will or should be finished at the interface with the brick. I love the look of the windows having a minimal impact on the visual aspect as the retrofits I see mostly in white "stand out" with thier grids and muntins. The problem is how the house was originally built and it is still pretty much the same now.
The windows are inserted into the framed openings before the brick is placed. This effectively traps the window. The nailing flange is between the brick and the wood and there is not enough room to get the nails out. A lot of sawzall time is often needed to prep the opening and the window replacement guys do not want to bother. Even the window manufacturers for the most part stay away from brick openings. You can look around on the web for installation instructions for brick openings, but the last time I bothered all the sheets called out bucks.
I agree they often look bad if you do not have a house style that lends itself to brick mold to cover the bucks. Thicker aluminum can be used to cover bucks also. Either tapcons into the brick or nails into the wood framing hold things while the caulk sets up.
Polyurethane caulk is more than strong enough to hold the window in the brick opening all by itself once it cures. You are generally not required to make new windows meet the modern code when replacing them, but you can lower the openings if you wish of course.
Save some of the bricks you remove. You will need them since cutting bricks in half while they are still part of the wall will result in some that crack in the wrong place and have to be removed completely and replaced. It is better to remove the bricks one whole brick further than needed, cut them and mortar them back to get a clean edge. It can be a real mess to clean the mortar off when needed. As you mentioned there is little to no info concerning this matter readily available. Seems that it mostly was "tribal knowledge" by masons from a past generation, unfortunatley.
I have removed, cleaned and have in dry storage nearly bricks, I have that many again to remove. This will allow me to reframe and install my new aluminum windows in a proper and hopefully long-lasting manner. My munincipality regards window replacement as a permittable project being we have to install windows that meet STC38 ratings.
The homes windows fit tight to the bottom of the header or soffitt. My intentions were to brick up-to the window frames edge, atleast close enough that a bead of caulk at the frame would fill the void. Is this ok or even recomended?
The Sims will hold the window tight, let the spray foam dry and take out the shims and fill the holes with spray foam. No use some round backer rod and place that around all four sides on the exterior and then caulk the window to the concrete with backer rod preventing three-way sealing or attaching of the caulking. Spray foam alone can handle mile an hour cross winds that's 25 miles an hour more than just screws. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top.
Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Can I install windows into a concrete rough opening without wood buck? Ask Question. Asked 8 years, 2 months ago. Active 3 years, 11 months ago. Viewed 40k times. For reference I am in Anchorage AK. Improve this question. There are a bunch of factors - hard to go wider because the blocks on each side were poured full, so harder cutting, and if I remove the entire poured column, I need to re-fill the new side column.
Also wider brings up potential structural issues in needing a different header system which drops the top of the window closer to grade. If I go deeper, it is easy to cut, but then I have more below grade window that I have to worry about drainage in front of, stuff like that Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Justin K Justin K 1, 8 8 silver badges 8 8 bronze badges. Are you talking about the nailing flange of a new construction window?
I was talking about a window without the flange and would install in the middle of your foundation wall like your old window now is.
The window vendor I was planning on using does not sell a window without a flange. For retrofit windows, they recommend scoring and snapping off the nailing fin and fastening through the brick mould into the buck vinyl window with built in brick mould.
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