I am getting ready to remove a window (4 year old K&K) in order to install a new direct-vent coal stove. In the attached picture, it is the big one one in the middle on the first floor. I have fiber cement siding with a combination of Miratec and pvc trim. I would like to leave the trim intact and infill the opening with more siding and paint all to match the house.
My concern is how to remove with minimum damage and more importantly, how to properly flash. I had flashed over the nail flange on the side and head in proper “fine homebuilding” fashion. I am having a hard time getting this figured out in my head and I was hoping for some good advice. I don’t want to tear the window out and stand there scratching my head while I have a big hole in the side of my house.
I had also considered leaving the window intact, but framing behind it and drywalling over the whole thing, but after reading everything I could find on this site, I wasn’t comfortable with doing in that way.
Any thoughts??? Thanks in advance.
Craig
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Reciprocating saw off the nail flanges, CAREFULLY!
The more I think about it....if I remove the trim first, I wouldn't have to worry about cutting through the nailing flange. And that would make flashing the infill that much easier.
Maybe I answered my own question. Any other thoughts???
I'd take it all th e way out and clean siding over. That window does absolutely nothing for the appearance of that side of the house.
But if I had a customer who absolutely wanted to keep the trim there for some strange reason, I would leave the window too and maybe replace the scree with MDO painted to look like a window, remove the sashes from inside to allow for insulation, and get with the program.
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You are probably right, I should tear it all out and re-side, but even though I put the siding up myself, I'm a little nervous of trying to tooth in the new siding.Any suggestions on doing that???