Window Jamb question??
#1
11-28-08, 01:38 PM
Window Jamb question??
when you frame out a winodw opening with 2 x 4's, do we cover the 2 x 4's with any pine to form a jamb or does the new construction window have a 1/2 pine frame that goes directly over the 2 x 4's?
2) if we put in a new construction window and 10 years later wnat a new window,we rip the old window out but leave ion the pine frame; is that the original jamb that came with the replacement window?
2) if we put in a new construction window and 10 years later wnat a new window,we rip the old window out but leave ion the pine frame; is that the original jamb that came with the replacement window?
#2
11-28-08, 01:48 PM
New windows come with jambs. Replacement windows use the existing jamb.
Quote: 2) if we put in a new construction window and 10 years later wnat a new window,we rip the old window out but leave ion the pine frame; is that the original jamb that came with the replacement window?
I do not understand this.
Quote: 2) if we put in a new construction window and 10 years later wnat a new window,we rip the old window out but leave ion the pine frame; is that the original jamb that came with the replacement window?
I do not understand this.
#3
11-28-08, 01:57 PM
Well, vinyl new construction windows can come with or without jambs. It depends on what you order.
I don't get the second statement either...but..
If you get an extension jamb factory applied on a vinyl window, it's not coming off easily. They are normally stapled to the window.
I don't get the second statement either...but..
If you get an extension jamb factory applied on a vinyl window, it's not coming off easily. They are normally stapled to the window.
#5
11-28-08, 03:12 PM
Hey Bill62, I wasn't trying to argue. But if you just buy/order a vinyl new construction window without the appropriate depth extension jamb, you'll either be doing a sheetrock return or making your own jambs, at least in my experience. Vinyl N/C windows only have a frame depth of about 1 1/2" to the interior edge past the nailing flange. Thats all I was trying to say, not very clearly I guess.
#6
11-28-08, 05:05 PM
when you frame out a new opening and get a new construction window,the new window comes with a jamb frame(pine,which goes over the 2 x 4's in the opening. if ten years later i want a replacement window,i remove the old window sash's but keep that pine jamb frame in. we then install the new replacement window in the opening over the old jamb frame which i think is a 1 x 4. the 1 x 4 is what you are probably referring to when you say a "piece of pine over the 2 x 4.
