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How to Straighten a Window | Ask This Old House

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Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shims a window that has fallen out of parallel due to improper installation.
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Time: 3-4 hours
Cost: $20
Skill Level: Moderate
Tools List for Straightening a Window:
Utility knife
Pry bar
Nail gun
Shopping List:
Shims
Nails
Window and Door Expanding Foam insulation
Wood glue
Steps:
• Use a utility knife to score the window casing from the wall and from the jamb.
• Carefully pry the casing away from the wall.
• Cut a small amount of the wallboard with the utility knife to see the rough opening.
• Place shims in the gap between the window and the rough opening. Repeat this process on their other side of the window until the window becomes parallel again.
• Check the window for parallel by measuring the width of the window at the top, middle, and bottom. If the measurements aren’t equal, adjust the shims accordingly.
• Nail the window and the shims to the rough opening using a nail gun.
• Cut the excess from the shims off with a utility knife.
• Fill the gap between the window and the rough opening with spray foam insulation designed for windows and doors.
• Reattach the casing with wood glue and the nail gun.
Resources:
The materials Tom used to fix the window gap, including shims, the hammer, and the utility knife, can be found at home centers.
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Комментарии : 134

@fakeascanbe423 6 лет назад

Classic ending. Tommy thanks the guy for his nonexistent help and just walks away. Nice power move Tommy!

@kingmusic8133 5 лет назад

Yea that was kind of disrespectful lol

@luckyvet 4 года назад

He passed him a shim. If he's a millennial, he'll probably call it a day.

@Nathaniel_Peterson 4 года назад

What are you talking about? He removed the curtains. I bet he's exhausted.

@NobleNobbler 3 года назад

@@kingmusic8133 It was awesomes

@whyisblue923taken 3 года назад

It's his house.

@thirdeye7611 3 года назад

Tom is such an unassuming, master craftsman. Thank you Tom. You make any job seem easy. After years of paying people that don't know what they're doing, I now follow them around on the job and teach them or just watch Tom and do it myself. The "dumb blond" that woke up, here.

@AStanton1966 3 года назад

I hired a contractor to replace a window that had rotted away because the original window had no aluminum drip cap above it. Do you know that when the contractor was about to put the replacement window in, he also had no drip cap and told me that it wasn't important. I said, Wait a minute." I drove to the local lumber yard and returned with one. I think the drip cap cost about a whopping $1.65.

@mammothfilms 6 лет назад

Great video. I wish we got to see a window that wasn’t quite level or plum on the first try and the steps needed to rectify it.

@jamesklein7997 3 года назад

Useless TV. My window is level, plumb, but not square... Diagonals are at .5" difference. What now?! These are NOT DIY shows. They are "Look at me! I'm a carpenter"

@verdatum 6 лет назад

Gaaaah, I had this problem in a previous house and it drove me nuts. Good stuff.

@pawelgatorade 6 лет назад

I really like his hammer skills

@timtrainage 6 лет назад

Who could have possibly 'disliked' this video?

@saulgoodman2018 6 лет назад

Contractors who don't want you to know their trade secrets.

@TheKrillWillRule 6 лет назад

I do like the Lego space shirt! SACCCEEEEEEE!

@mrswolls 4 года назад

I always wonder where tommy goes after. Does he just keep walking to the next house?

@whyisblue923taken 3 года назад

lol They probably have ads to fix a small problem in a house as a demonstration for the show and hit up two or three houses for the day.

@aliinarousu 2 года назад

😂😂😂

@Yellow.Dog. 6 лет назад

Waiting for the real experts to show up in the comment section!!

@electricalron 6 лет назад

LOL

@Engineer9736 6 лет назад

You’re a comment section expert i see.

@Yellow.Dog. 6 лет назад

Et tu Richard.

@cup_and_cone 6 лет назад

Expert reporting in. They forgot the other window that probably has an identical problem.

@Tablesaw818 6 лет назад

diver dave Couldn’t agree more. Nothing is more accurate than a plumb bob.

@GK5_ 6 лет назад

What year was this filmed? The guy in blue dressed like someone from early 2000's but the video quality is top notch

@joerivera9106 6 лет назад

Brad Howard i thought the person in blue was a kid

@joerivera9106 5 лет назад

@Tom G lol. No doubt

@FriggOff361 4 года назад

@Tom T i thaught the same thing

@mrswolls 3 года назад

Lol he's in his 2001 summer gear

@damianogaeta3750 5 лет назад

Well done !

@florascent9ts 6 лет назад

i've always loved the acting in these it can be so awks especially with tommy

@muskaos 6 лет назад

Old school Lego Space Tee shirt! :D

@rickyrick9328 6 лет назад

How to straighten a window - Hire Tom.

@sbiggs10 6 лет назад

what about checking the diagonals being level alone the top and sides should be as well

@AStanton1966 3 года назад

Good luck changing that after a window is in.

@jeremyprovonsil7886 2 года назад

@@AStanton1966 Exactly. To go as far as checking diagonals for square you’re basically at the point of full removal and re-install with a lot of paint and patchwork afterwards. I agree that’s the right way to call it good, but sometimes you have to weigh out time & money vs diminishing returns. Tommy parallelized the sashes and equalized the reveals making this as about as good as it gets being 95% installed already.

@umpokitomaurice6780 6 лет назад

Mr. Silva, you should make a video on how to choose a level at the store, because half of the levels in sale are off!

@iLikeC00kieDough 5 лет назад

Umpokito Maurice what do you mean “off”? Like the level isn’t flat? Because a level is a level; the bubble won’t lie.

@2aminitials 5 лет назад

Put the level on the shelf and see what the vial reads. Turn the level end for end and see if the same vial you just read reads like your first reading. If so the level is accurate. Plumb can be checked about the same way except you flip the level edge to edge.

@jerrywooton2043 6 лет назад

Most windows have a set screw in the track that have small flat screwdriver slot u can use them to keep the window from bowing

@TheAnetmusik Год назад

Thank you! Thank you!!!!😀

@akashdeepsingh-qc9sh 6 лет назад

Happy new year ur always doing it the right way keep it up

@maxpower2511 3 года назад

I do not think the homeowner even knows what a screw driver is

@azizbah555 6 лет назад

Very good job

@BlackSwan912 6 лет назад

Isn’t gluing those miters going to bring grief to the next person who has to disassemble this? Like in 15 years when the window needs to be replaced? Any vinyl window has a lifespan of 15-20 years tops.

@MOONRAK3R23 5 лет назад

Haha Classic Space LEGO shirt, sweeet

@mikejustice1196 3 года назад

FYI Roofing nails are worthless for brick ties. When you bend them over the heads break off

@MarioCasco0 Год назад

Can this be done with a Double Hung window where respective sashes aren't "meeting" the top jamb nor the sill properly when closed? Side jambs are parallel, window runs well, but top jamb and bottom sill aren't level; so, when closed a gap is left on one side (i.e. where the sash meets the sill). Can an installed window be shimmed on the horizontal plane as opposed to the vertical as Tommy did? Thanks for replying, I've been trying to solve this problems for a while now.

@RufflesMcGee Год назад

Did you ever find the solution to your problem? I have the same problem I just don't know how to fix it.

@Guillotines_For_Globalists 5 лет назад

I have this problem with more than a few of my Pella vinyl windows but it only seems to affect the top sashes, not the bottom. You can see where there is air leakage as the "felt" weather stripping is not white anymore but is dark in the same spots where you can feel a draft. Windows are about 8 years old and I would say that I first "noticed" this issue about two years ago. Is this due to the contractor installing the windows incorrectly or other causes that developed throughout the past 8 years?

@8BitNaptime 2 года назад

Same boat as you, different brand. I feel this type of double hung guillotine windows are the lowest quality junk that are used for contractors to save money. And poor installation doesn't help.

@Guillotines_For_Globalists 2 года назад

@@8BitNaptime I should have updated. I contacted Pella before the 10 year warranty expired in June of 2019. They sent someone from Pella to verify the issue and he verified that installation was true and square. So they mailed me 15 "enhanced weather-stripping" kits that I installed in September of 2020 over the course of a few days which consisted of a variety of stick on felt and foam gaskets to add in certain places. This seems to have cured the issue, no more air leakage. Anyway, rubber window seals and gaskets are far superior to these felt gaskets as far as I can tell. Installation took about 20-30 minutes per window for a total of probably about 7 hours to install on all 15 windows. I did this myself as Pella said only parts were warrantied but not labor. I'm gracious that I contacted Pella before the 10 year warranty expired and also for Pella sending me the kits. PS - the glass warranty is for 15 or 20 years I believe, hardware is 10 years.

@conqwiztadore2213 5 лет назад

This guy is a carpentry God...

@Tiswas2010 11 месяцев назад

Are the majority of houses in the US wooden framed?

@chrstphrdyer 6 лет назад

Nice LEGO shirt

@jeandollar3595 3 года назад

Homeowner looks like the biggest tool around

@1806StoneHouse 6 лет назад

Great video.. we’re renovating an old stone house and the windows are a little out of square.. not bad for a 211 year old house. Haha

@oldhandyluke 6 лет назад

What ever you do don't replace the original windows

@1806StoneHouse 6 лет назад

I can fix that lol, we feel the same way.. the stained glass windows are beautiful! Thanks

@phyllisargennia899 6 лет назад

1806StoneHouse 0

@AdamAarts 6 лет назад

Wondering how to do this if you don't have window trim like that. My window is just drywall.

@blairybums 6 лет назад

If your window is drywall, then you have a wall not a window. The good news is it shouldn’t be draughty

@wabashstudio 6 лет назад

Whats "draughty"?

@gieslebt 6 лет назад

Add trim! ;)

@cochbob 6 лет назад

wabash Daughtry is a singer

@gieslebt 6 лет назад

wabash probably an autocorrect from drafty?

@greenbuoy40 2 года назад

Is there a way to straighten the inside glass muntins? New house and they have some that are crooked

@alarikaguilar7543 5 лет назад

Goodbyes at the end seemed a touch awkward. Both seemed like they hesitated for a handshake.

@eliseoaguilar6337 5 лет назад

Chingon tom silva

@hyperuben 5 лет назад

Si awebo!

@ozziesheppard17 6 лет назад

I was just waiting for him to miss the nail and hit the glass with the hammer.

@user-bw5xf3yr3m 2 года назад

You will be waiting a long time cause this man is a master with tools

@japan-e9j 6 лет назад

Beautiful

@mrkattm 6 лет назад

You might as well used framing nails when you put that window trim back on, were they big enough.

@fettyguapo 4 года назад

Michael Katt framing nails on trim? Lol relax bud

@vinylsoup 5 лет назад

it's important to make sure the two sashes meet up horizontally where the latch is . Windows are not always built square and door units rarely built square. You have to compensate for the sloppy workmanship....

@jonathanguadarrama3886 6 лет назад

This old House can you help me put some wall plugs or wall socket

@killerdonkey5750 6 лет назад

I would end up sticking the hammer through the window by mistake.

@RoxStar1968 6 лет назад

Are we really going to pretend to not notice that the homeowner’s shirt is eerily similar to Chuckie’s from the Rugrats?

@donc-m4900 3 года назад

I'm going to be seen by hundreds of thousand people, what should I wear? Something that makes me look like a minor.

@mr.average2115 5 лет назад

Any idea how this would be done with a recessed window? My window has a gap that needs shimmed but the window is recessed into the wall 5”. Can I still remove the trim and do it like this or is this an outside the house job?

@diamondback2085 Год назад

Aaaaaaaaaand im in the position of fixing a bad install for a client. This vid got closest but holy crap dont leave thos to later.

@yongminhuh146 6 лет назад

Sometimes needs to use nails, sometimes needs to use screws. Can you tell me when to use them?

@LateBoomer1964 5 лет назад

Nails for cosmetic and screws for strength. Trim gets nailed studs get screwed. Hope this clears it up for you.

@Marc-iw4gw 6 лет назад

Nails...😱 Why not using screws!?

@LateBoomer1964 5 лет назад

Trim is highly visible, and screws would just shred the shims. Nails are thinner so they provide the hold needed without damaging the shims.

@samsngdevice5103 4 года назад

All that hammering next to glass has me worried

@veronicabe1961 3 года назад

Do you know how to get into a locked window with this type of lock same as the one in the video, and and side slide lock. and the burglars get in with no problem. do you know they can rock it out of frame or the clips on the screen have big holes in it, without hiding anything from me. help? does anybody knows? he ought to be a lock smith instead of hitting someone like me for a living. thanks so much for your help!!

@gangisspawn1 3 года назад

How do you have a house? You sound insane.

@stephenirwin2761 4 года назад

Nice! First show us how to install a new window properly and then how to fix one that wasn’t.

@donready5259 3 года назад

Did he say “thanks for your help” or “thanks for no help”?

@gangisspawn1 3 года назад

Thanks for no help

@mr.wizeguy8995 6 лет назад

We have similar windows in kids playground houses.

@cillyede 6 лет назад

German windows - nothing else!

@Engineer9736 6 лет назад

Why hang up the curtains when you still have to fix all the nail holes and paint it all again.

@augustreil 6 лет назад

A couple holes. Just fill with Spackle and you're good to go !

@Engineer9736 6 лет назад

august Of course.. But you don’t want spackle in your curtains. Nor paint.

@ProfEngywook 6 лет назад

They do these very quickly, obviously. Probably without much notice on materials.

@gfriedman99 5 лет назад

So your neighbors cant watch you frolicking with panties on

@iPickBadUsrnames 5 лет назад

You don’t have to fix the holes if the curtains cover them. Come on Richard! You know that!

@askurmom1 6 лет назад

I love 2 things... 1) he is more red than any drunk I have ever been on a site with. I know the signs. 2) these guys know almost everything, rarely do they "call in a expert," and when they do they showboat like they didn't need them. Otherwise, I love the show.

@boxsterman77 6 лет назад

Clearly this is a McMansion--demonstrated both by the absurd dimensions and the poor craftsmanship. Tom appreciates old style craftsmanship and usually never fails to mention these characteristics when visiting other homes. In this case he said "Wow, that's quite an opening (perhaps a bit ostentatious?)" and "Wow. Big room." It's very telling what he omitted.