Installing a window on corrugated tin
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newbury
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You did say a chicken house right?
My experience:
Pondering:
Find suitable window (I have a bunch of "pulls" from a house remodel, they had moisture between one of the panes). Cost $0
Find where you are going to put it/them. I had a metal angle iron running at waist height I had to go above.
Study a couple of window frame cross sections - pay attention to drip edges.
Find suitable scrap 2x4's.
Piddling/Puttering:
Build frame, cut hole. Put in drip edge.
I've a BUNCH of pieces of Corian sink backsplash pieces about 6" wide. They will NEVER need painting. Excellent drip edge, I just shimmed it to ensure a slight angle so water runs off outside.
Install window.
Seal w/ appropriate flexible sealant - This was the biggest cost, must have spent $10 on sealant and screws.
Put in a little spray foam above & below window in the "bumps" (ridges) in the siding. May not be needed for a chicken house.
BIGGEST problem - deciding on tool(s) to cut siding. Best for me is a combo of HF 14 gauge 4 Amp Heavy Duty Metal Shears and manual tin snips for the bends where the HF's wouldn't do. I tried circular saw, reciprocating saw, jig saw, metal nibbler, just snips, angle grinder and that combo works best for me. Couldn't justify a plasma cutter
Yet.
/edit - this was for the apartment in my 40x60 workshop.
My experience:
Pondering:
Find suitable window (I have a bunch of "pulls" from a house remodel, they had moisture between one of the panes). Cost $0
Find where you are going to put it/them. I had a metal angle iron running at waist height I had to go above.
Study a couple of window frame cross sections - pay attention to drip edges.
Find suitable scrap 2x4's.
Piddling/Puttering:
Build frame, cut hole. Put in drip edge.
I've a BUNCH of pieces of Corian sink backsplash pieces about 6" wide. They will NEVER need painting. Excellent drip edge, I just shimmed it to ensure a slight angle so water runs off outside.
Install window.
Seal w/ appropriate flexible sealant - This was the biggest cost, must have spent $10 on sealant and screws.
Put in a little spray foam above & below window in the "bumps" (ridges) in the siding. May not be needed for a chicken house.
BIGGEST problem - deciding on tool(s) to cut siding. Best for me is a combo of HF 14 gauge 4 Amp Heavy Duty Metal Shears and manual tin snips for the bends where the HF's wouldn't do. I tried circular saw, reciprocating saw, jig saw, metal nibbler, just snips, angle grinder and that combo works best for me. Couldn't justify a plasma cutter
Yet./edit - this was for the apartment in my 40x60 workshop.
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KennyG
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Given that these windows have nailing flanges, I would cut the flanges down to a minimum, cut the siding opening slightly oversized and then install the windown and slide the trim in. Of course this depends on how the siding is attached. Any reason not to just remove a panel and then reinstall it?
Tractor Seabee
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I have done several of these projects; everyone had different challenges. Provide inside and out side pictures of your building and how tight you want it sealed and I may have a simple solution any DYIer can do, no promises.
Ron
Ron
