Shims are not needed for window jambs. Get your reveal marked on window and you can align jamb and nail then window foam the window and jamb and its not going to move.
As a finish carpenter I keep a bucket full of 1/8 th, 1/4, 3/8, 1/2, & 3/4” scrap ply for doors and windows cut in squares 3.5” some smaller but 3.5 x 3.5” is perfect to shim most doors and windows. Why? Those cedar shims split quick over time & move around, within a couple yrs they are gone as far as useful !
Everyone builds differently everywhere so i'm just trying to understand... why on earth are the window boxes installed seperate of the first phase of trim work? that's the trim carpenters gig and I know it would drive me batty following someone elses work. not to mention all the coffee cup stains, mud from the tapers etc that's going to get on it.
Awesome video I wondered how you guys did these I guess they have a flange it gets nailed on outside
Yes, they do
Shims are not needed for window jambs. Get your reveal marked on window and you can align jamb and nail then window foam the window and jamb and its not going to move.
As a finish carpenter I keep a bucket full of 1/8 th, 1/4, 3/8, 1/2, & 3/4” scrap ply for doors and windows cut in squares 3.5” some smaller but 3.5 x 3.5” is perfect to shim most doors and windows. Why? Those cedar shims split quick over time & move around, within a couple yrs they are gone as far as useful !
I agree, I am always dealing with the shims splitting out on me.
Everyone builds differently everywhere so i'm just trying to understand... why on earth are the window boxes installed seperate of the first phase of trim work? that's the trim carpenters gig and I know it would drive me batty following someone elses work. not to mention all the coffee cup stains, mud from the tapers etc that's going to get on it.
That's how they don't here. I came from texasx years ago, and it took a while to get used to it