i installed new anderson doublehung windows in my high ranch, after i trim the windows i will install new cedar clapboard. i would like to use 5/4×4 around the window,will pictureframing look okay if i add some sort of crown to the toppiece or do i have to make an oldfashioned sill ? please i need help, i cant find any info in any of my homebuilding magazines. thanks for your help
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If you live somewhere that rains, I would put in a sill. Picture framing the exterior means a joint behind the siding, with water sitting on top of it (hopefully).
Clampman
When you say 'picture framing" I imagine miter joints. I'd use butt joints similar to most wood windows. Don't forget the flashing. Your idea for a crown sounds great, just be sure your flashing (drip cap) covers that, too. You'll want to rabbet the back of your casings so they lay flat over the Andersen flange. A sill could be applied in the same way. Cut a groove in the bottom to get water to drip before it gets to the siding. (Gee, I'm getting old...I forget what that drip groove is called!) Consider rot- resistant wood like cedar or redwood.
People dress up Andersens around here all the time and they look pretty good.
Al Mollitor, Sharon MA
The exterior sill will have about a 12 degree pitch. This is dificult (read: impossible) to fabricate unless you have a table saw. It will get nailed to the rough sill with galvinized hot dip nails. It will also have "horns" which wrap around the siding. Yes, many exterior windows have casings just like those in interior areas. Side casings, head casings, crowns and the like. Taunton has a good book about installing windows and doors. Buy it. You sound like you need it and want to learn.
Boris
"Sir, I may be drunk, but you're crazy, and I'll be sober tomorrow" -- WC Fields, "Its a Gift" 1934
Boris I almost always cut my own sills using a circle saw set at 12-15 degrees and notch out for my ears I usually make them out of treated wood that I have kept around the house I pick thru for ones that haven't checked to keep from having problems down the road. I also cut my drip edge into the bottom of the sill by making two shallow passes with the saw.
ANDYSZ2I MAY DISAGREE WITH WHAT YOUR SAYING BUT I WILL DEFEND TO THE DEATH YOUR RIGHT TO SAY IT.
Andy, you are the man. Even when you sleep. It amazes me how some guys using basic tools can pull stuff off like that.
Most of the home I work on have fairly deep exterior sills, and the skillsaw doesn't have the reach.Regards,
Boris
"Sir, I may be drunk, but you're crazy, and I'll be sober tomorrow" -- WC Fields, "Its a Gift" 1934