I managed to get window #2 in the other day. I think it looks pretty good, although I need to put some wood trim around it. Oddly it looks a bit crooked from the outside, however the window is dead level, so I’ll have to investigate if perhaps the shutters are crooked. The window went in pretty easily once I had the opening all prepped. Prepping the opening was a bit more difficult mostly due to the crappyness of the 2×4’s that I got from Lowes. The bottom of the old window sloped out heavily and so the outside was much lower than the inside. I wanted to frame up the bottom to bring it to the same height as the inside. Should be as simple matter of taking a 2×4 and nailing it down. Unfortunately the 2×4 was extremely warped, and even after throwing a handful of nails into it, and a few screws (breaking my bit in the process) into it, I couldn’t get it to lay flat. So finally I pulled it out, went back to Lowes and after going through a pile of lumber found a few boards that were reasonably flat. Once I got those in, it went pretty smoothly.
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