I own a home in Florida. It is cement block with the stucco applied to it. I have aluminum windows single pane and want to pu new windows in. I would use double pane vinyl windows. How do you remove the old windows and how do you hold the new ones in? I was told by a man at a home center that I had to remove the cement from around the old window first ? Any help would appreciarted.

Hi, I am looking to replace the wood siding on a very small section of my home with vinyl myself, but I have a few questions regarding this. I am new at this. I peeked underneath the wood, there is a layer of building paper and then a wood board. This is what I want to do: 1) rip out wood siding, and building paper 2) install a polystyrene foam on top of the wood board. Should I be nailing this in? and then sealing the edges with tuck tape? 3) Then I want to put building paper on top of the board. Is this meant to be glued in or nailed? 4) Now should I install strapping or is it not needed now? 5) Now I install the vinyl siding. This part my friend who knows will show me how. I had gotten some conflicting information from a how-to pamplet, where they said to caulk first, then install strapping, then building paper, then insulation, then side. So I just want to run by you guys to see if what I wanted to do makes sense. Thanks.