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Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva helps a homeowner select and install energy-efficient "replacement" windows. SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse About Ask This Old House TV: Homeowners have a virtual truckload of questions for us on smaller projects, and we're ready to answer. Ask This Old House solves the steady stream of home improvement problems faced by our viewers—and we make house calls! Ask This Old House features some familiar faces from This Old House, including Kevin O'Connor, general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, and landscape contractor Roger Cook. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseIG http://bit.ly/AskTOHIG Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr For more on This Old House and Ask This Old House, visit us at: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseWebsite How To Replace Your Windows | Ask This Old House    / thisoldhouse   ...more
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measure the middle

0:31

measure at the highest point of the sill

0:56

hold the tape tight up against the stop

1:24

cut the paint all the way around the perimeter

3:31

remove this parting bead right up the top

4:00

run a bead of caulking

6:16

run two beads across the sill

6:35

look at my spacing on each side

7:00

install the screw through the new window into the jamb

7:26

move the window over an eighth of an inch

8:05

seal around the perimeter with some caulking

8:41

installed on the exterior of the window a good bead of caulking

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How To Replace Your Windows | Ask This Old House
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Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva helps a homeowner select and install energy-efficient "replacement" windows. SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse About Ask This Old House TV: Homeowners have a virtual truckload of questions for us on smaller projects, and we're ready to answer. Ask This Old House solves the steady stream of home improvement problems faced by our viewers—and we make house calls! Ask This Old House features some familiar faces from This Old House, including Kevin O'Connor, general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, and landscape contractor Roger Cook. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseIG http://bit.ly/AskTOHIG Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr For more on This Old House and Ask This Old House, visit us at: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseWebsite How To Replace Your Windows | Ask This Old House    / thisoldhouse  

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