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DIY Installation

Many DIYers successfully tackle their ain window replacement projects. Hither'south how to become 1 of them, from assessing the job and learning the terminology to installing your own replacement windows similar a pro.

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Installation Instructions

Get installation instructions for your window or door. Instructions include preparing the rough opening, sealing, shimming, fastening, flashing and water management.

Project Examples

Sometimes you just want to know what to look. To assistance, we've created videos that provide an overview on the installation procedure for dissimilar types of products.

Should You Exercise Information technology Yourself?

1. Window Installation Skills
Exercise yous have the necessary skills to supplant your own windows? The level of skills needed to supercede your own windows can vary, depending on the replacement projection blazon. Installing a full-frame replacement window, for example, is more than complex than installing an insert replacement window. An insert replacement window allows you to keep the existing window frame and trim, whereas a total-frame replacement window requires a complete tear-out and replacement of the existing one. A good identify to start for determining the magnitude of a replacement project (and if your skills friction match the project) is to review the production installation instructions or watch our installation videos.

2. The Right Tools
Do you have the right tools to do the replacement task yourself? Andersen window installation guides provide product-specific lists of the required tools and materials, but nigh installation projects require a few standard tools:

Safety glasses
Caulk gun
Waterproof shims
Tape measure
Level
Hammer
Power drill/driver
Screwdriver
Putty knife
Utility knife
Small pry bar

three. A Realistic Schedule
Do yous have plenty time to set aside for your project? A full-frame window replacement requires at to the lowest degree 4 to vi hours per window on the ground level—and more than for windows on upper floors. Insert windows may crave less time. It's always best to gear up bated additional fourth dimension for reading through your installation guides thoroughly.

Insert Windows

All-time for:
• Preserving interior and outside window trim
• Situations where the original window frame is solid and costless of decay

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Full-Frame Windows

Best for:
• Modifying the size and/or shape of the window
• Replacing rotted or deteriorated window frame
• Adding or changing interior and/or exterior trim

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Narroline® Window Conversion Kit

Designed specifically to retrofit existing Narroline® windows (1968 and newer), turning them into like shooting fish in a barrel-to-clean tilt-launder double-hung windows

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Patio Doors

Almost all Andersen® patio doors offer custom sizing to fit about every awarding. Choose from inswing, outswing or gliding configurations, plus a variety of options and accessories

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Storm Doors

Choose from a pick of storm doors designed to be installed with basic skills and tools.

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Helpful Terms

Common installation terms are listed below. Visit the full glossary for additional information

Fastening: Windows/Doors must be fastened to a structural member in the crude opening. Fastener type and attachment method are dependent on a number of factors such as window/door type, assemblies, wall type, structure type, structural anchoring material, location, and fastener embedment depth.

Flashing: Windows/Doors must be flashed to integrate the window/door into the drainage plane. Flashing must be practical shingle manner to direct water to the outside. Flashing materials may exist directly or formable self-adhered tape or liquid applied. The h2o management arrangement may be of the drainage or barrier type.

Opening Preparation: Openings must exist sized to accommodate the window/door and to let adequate room for squaring, shimming, insulating the window/door or associates; and any additional allowances that must exist made to include flashing material stack-upwardly, and joining materials and fasteners.

Sealing:Windows/Doors must be sealed to the drainage plane and rough opening. Backer rod is used to limit the sealant depth between the window frame and the rough opening, cladding, or trim. Sealant is used to prevent water and air infiltration by bridging the gap between the rough opening, window frame, and installation flange. Low expanding foam tin besides be used to provide an air seal between the window/door frame and the crude opening.

Shimming: Windows/Doors are shimmed to plumb, level, and foursquare the window/door in the rough opening properly and to space the window frame off the rough sill.

Water Resistive Barrier (House Wrap): Windows/Doors must be integrated with a water resistive barrier. Water resistive barriers may be practical earlier or after window/door installation. H2o resistive barriers may be of the business firm wrap type or liquid application.

Disposing Of Your One-time Windows

You need to follow strict procedures during and after you lot remove your old windows. Contact local authorities or waste management companies for proper recycling and/or disposal of removed window or patio door.

Window And Door Removal Instructions

Detect: Buildings constructed prior to 1978 may contain lead paint which could be disturbed during window replacement. For more data on proper management of lead paint, visit www.epa.gov/lead.