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Okay, you're thinking about replacing the windows at your house. Is it really a tough project? Well
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it can and it can't be. What do you need to do to get the job done? The first thing you have to
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realize is you have to get prepared. You have to make sure you have everything you need to do the
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entire project so that you can get it finished right away. Now, what do you start with? Well
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on a wood frame house, one of the things I like to use is a wide pry bar, and you first start by
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taking off this wide trim on either side of the window. Now, once you take that trim off
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I generally go inside and do the same thing. Take the interior trim off and make sure you
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take off any window sills and any other trim that's in the way. Next thing you'll start
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with is a sawzall, which has got a metal blade on it that will allow you to slide it along
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the sides of the frame inside the room and cut any nails that are attaching the window
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to the rough framing. Once you cut those nails, the window should be free. Now, if it isn't
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what you do is I like to take the window sashes out next. You've just got the frame in place
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Then go ahead and take the sawzall and use it to cut the bottom sill of the frame. Now
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after you cut that bottom frame, it basically frees the whole window up and it allows you
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to completely take the frame out and you're ready to go. Oh, yeah. Look at that
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I told you there was nothing to take out the old window
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It's really pretty simple. And all we got to do now is put the new one in. Oh, no
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