That American Craftsman Silverline owned by Plygem blue white extrusion turd of a window is horrible. Window pros consider anything by that company to be the worst windows in the entire industry. You want a hopper style for more ventilation, not sliders with pocket sills that will fill with water that have to irrigate through the sill to get out. You don't even need to pack the side with wood which can rot or use treated. Just measure tighter, get made to order windows, tapcon to the mortar joints and two screws at the top header to the plate. Shim and foam. Finish with cement/mortar to the exterior, or capping blind caulked faux to the surrounding and sealed with 50-year hybrid sealant like Quad. Never use that Dynaflex 230 in a larger gap exterior area, it will shrink too much, it's good for interior though. Use RWD extender peel and stick vinyl trim for the interior. The PVC brickmolding face drilled to the exterior looks terrible. At least utilize Cortex plugged face fasteners if you're going to butcher the face.
You need exterior caulk, sealant in particular, use tape for straight lines doing it with your fingers will result into bad caulk, also pressure treated wood !
Thanks for the informative video! I have a question: do you happen to add flashing to the window? If not, do you have water leak issues during rainy days?
This is an example of what NOT to do. Pressure treated wood is required any time wood contacts masonry. Those bucks will rot out in a year.
Great video. It gives me confidence I can do the same with 6 of the same kind of windows in my basement.
That American Craftsman Silverline owned by Plygem blue white extrusion turd of a window is horrible. Window pros consider anything by that company to be the worst windows in the entire industry. You want a hopper style for more ventilation, not sliders with pocket sills that will fill with water that have to irrigate through the sill to get out. You don't even need to pack the side with wood which can rot or use treated. Just measure tighter, get made to order windows, tapcon to the mortar joints and two screws at the top header to the plate. Shim and foam. Finish with cement/mortar to the exterior, or capping blind caulked faux to the surrounding and sealed with 50-year hybrid sealant like Quad. Never use that Dynaflex 230 in a larger gap exterior area, it will shrink too much, it's good for interior though. Use RWD extender peel and stick vinyl trim for the interior. The PVC brickmolding face drilled to the exterior looks terrible. At least utilize Cortex plugged face fasteners if you're going to butcher the face.
Great work, but I would just bought the window almost as big as the hole and just shim and spray insulation.
You need exterior caulk, sealant in particular, use tape for straight lines doing it with your fingers will result into bad caulk, also pressure treated wood !
should use an exterior rated caulk like QUAD
Love how you make it look so easy to do
Learned thing or two. I have similar window....Thank you for sharing the valuable info for people like me.👍
you used regular pine board for window trim. you needed treated wood
Nice i have same window and I'm going to do my thanks you
Thanks for sharing, excellent work
Thank you for showing it I was thinking about keeping the steel panels
Thank you! I will be doing a very similar installation for a buddy
Thanks for the informative video! I have a question: do you happen to add flashing to the window? If not, do you have water leak issues during rainy days?
Why the wood? Just tapcon the window to the concrete and a nice bead of quad all around.
I don’t know anything about installing basement windows. But to me it looks like a very sloppy job. And I don’t think it’s going to last very long.
Thanks for the video. I think I can do this now.
Nice job dude... thanks for your video, I’m about to do one on my house and needed some guidance
I just watched 4-5 different basement window installation videos and I would say yours is the best on technique.
Excellent video, thanks