How to Make a Window Bigger (For a Brighter Room)

[@SlayAtHomeDad311]

I’m exhausted just watching you do all this work. I don’t know how you have the energy

[@itskelvinn]

You sound lazy

[@MarkOhanesian]

I'm guessing he makes good income from fixing up and selling houses so when you are making good money you find the energy

[@thiccchungus588]

And that's why you're a stay at home dad. Get a job.

[@SlayAtHomeDad311]

@ “Slay” at home dad. I’m self employed and I work from home after 40 years of construction. I make too much now to go back to having a”job”.

[@charlesmitchell9647]

Thank you Jeff for all that you do. Your videos are always entertaining and educational.

[@michaelkay3945]

You should do a video on all your cheaper power tools from the mobile home series and tell us your opinion

[@mromutt]

I love videos like that because these days it normally ends up the tool is great for the money, saving DIYers a lot of money on things they dont need to be pro grade or use everyday.

[@kittyvenven]

Perfect timing. I’m planning to replace a window. Don’t even have to resize. Thank you.

[@daveyboy8907]

Don't go by this guy, he is a hack..I recommend you learn elsewhere.Coming from a professional installer.

[@blisteringdisc]

My kids (3 & 4) just laughed their heads off at you poking your head through the window saying "DADDY'S HOME!" 🤣

[@mcanultymichelle]

Sweet

[@jeffreysalzman1497]

So did I

[@JohnAnderson-kt4mb]

I’m 34 and I was laughing my head off as well! Jeff is such a goofball! Always a good time and quality Canadian edutainment! Big fan from UTAH USA! Or SL,UT!

[@mcanultymichelle]

@@JohnAnderson-kt4mb yep 🙌🏻

[@cpboyter583]

had to rewind that also! so awesome! 😅

[@beniyolaviola]

as always your video was immensely helpful and well done. thank you!

[@MrPrecision86]

Excited to see how your bathroom finishes. I'm doing a bathroom reno and i want to open the window and move the shower to that wall. I have replaced windows but never in a shower

[@mromutt]

lol when he was trying to disengage the siding it sounds like he was fighting a balloon animal and I just lost it hahahaha XD

[@SophiaAphrodite]

I have mentioned it before. LOVE the Harbor Freight 20v Bauer tools. They have so many options.

[@deannasparks996]

I love your videos! Have been watching for a few years now, wow tie flies, I just think, man you are so smart! Will be joining when I can get caught up ($) on stuff. I just feel like I’m missing out on so much knowledge! Thank you for what you do…I wish this one was a little longer….

[@Dingle1234]

Aaah, the stupid off-center window. At least in the smaller bungalows, every room was on a corner, and the corner windows are charming. I'd love to see you do this on a brick house.

[@joemully6666]

I imagine it’s a lot more difficult on a brick house, with all the extra masonry work to get the outside to not scream DIY!

[@JohnAnderson-kt4mb]

How about doing this in a foundation wall? With an existing window that’s installed sitting in a steel window buck?

[@AceEverett]

Brick or concrete isn't really that hard. You'll just need to rent a large wet saw and account for the wood framing you're going to put in before cutting, tapcon the framing in, then the rest besides aesthetics is just like doing it on a stick house.

[@cafemolido5459]

Instead of using those 9.5 inch spacers, would it not be better/easier to use a piece of 2x4 all the way across. Make it like a header.?

[@Thee-AmateurAn94]

Unnecessary in this application, it would only serve to expand the scope of work while adding no benefits.

[@weekendhomeprojects]

Plan on adding a few windows to my gable ends. Very useful information.

[@rpaasse6453]

Do as i say, not as i do. Well, youre not lying ...... I'll do as you say 👌🙂 Onother great one, thank you.

[@Pallidus_Rider]

Curious about flashing before window is screwed into framing

[@kathyusa-iowa5137]

I saw another utuber put butyl tape along the window flange before screwing it to the window hole.

[@pats4211]

Thanks for sharing very informative.

[@sszogg]

Jeff, can you please link the video you refer to of doing the more precise work on the living room windows? I'm missing it in the list of the Double Wide Trailer Home Renovation. Thanks!

[@henshawmom]

"That was just floating there, ay? That was ridiculous" 🤣

[@bradbaker9856]

Damn ur good Jeff!! I love your channel!!!!!!!!

[@AdvantureRoad]

Gutting the interior of my 1900’s house and 1 out of 15 studs might be a solid piece top to bottom. The majority so far are scrap pieces they nailed together. Doorways? We just cut the studs and added no support of any kind. Even on load bearing walls. Bent over nails holding electrical wires to studs. How this house has stood this long without burning down is a mystery

[@93theproducer47]

That’s crazy dude. Im not sure they even had home inspections back in the day so they could probably get away with nearly anything lol what year house is it?

[@AdvantureRoad]

@ 1901

[@fresnelpaul3295]

Thank you teacher

[@cinders302]

Was the mismatch of color sequence in the siding intentional? The short yellow piece was placed where the white should have went.

[@jruiz1996]

How would you do this for a window on a brick wall for a 2 story home? The window is on the first story.

[@donaldpainter956]

Use the multi tool to cut it and you won't damage anything

[@tmiklos4]

You have the same ugly brown on your awnings that my Florida home has. And you know the individual slats can come out of the awning very easily. Painting is much easier when they are not installed.

[@sfl6307]

Any updates on the new heating system you talked about a couple of months ago, I believe the inventor was from Montreal.

[@troybasarab7622]

Foam behind the siding to stop any noise from the plastic siding flapping against metal siding in the wind?

[@Allurade]

Makes as much sense as anything else, especially with how terribly cheaply they installed the siding.

[@donaldpainter956]

I would use blocks onto studs so you can nail straight into and not toenail alot stronger and it looks like a professional framer did it because you cut blocks to go all the way up and down so it's strong

[@RorysonTV]

This is DIY, but most of the time there will be headers with jack studs, which are not DIY for people not knowing how to rebuild structural framing for windows.

[@thesandman775]

That polystyrene might be there for sound dampening the siding against that aluminum.

[@TheSeriesofTubes]

Every exterior wall is absolutely structural, that’s why the original windows are so narrow, so they fit in between the studs. You also don’t attach framing members with screws you need nails, nails don’t shear when there is a racking force.

[@JimWatsonTheframingMagician]

You forgot to check the window for plumb, level and square after you installed it.

[@Thee-AmateurAn94]

It’s an old, manufactured home. You go off of reveals unless you want to tear the entire thing down and start over to make everything perfect.

[@JimWatsonTheframingMagician]

@@Thee-AmateurAn94 the age of the house is irrelevant to proper window installation. The rough opening is oversized to allow for adjustments because of bad framing. All window manufacturers state in the warranty that a window must be hung plumb, level, and square, or the warranty is void.

[@Thee-AmateurAn94]

Welcome to the real world 🤣

[@plilp]

The amount of screws on that tiny window :D

[@msheart2]

I think I would of left the second narrow window for the light. I like new large window.

[@DeanMeilken]

Ok, so here it is, when i tile a bathroom shower, i always lay the floor down along with the bench tile down first......then the wall tile, so when water/moisture runs down the wall to the tile floor/bench tile itll hit the tile and run off to drain. With modern systems, is that still needed? I noticed you ran the wall first an butted the floor and bench to the wall. My only thing is; that if that grout or silicone line fails.....the water/moisture has an easier route to go underneath/behing the tile. How good are the new waterproof systems? I lay the durock down mud tape seams then roll and paint the rubber waterproof membrane on, never tried the newer systems.

[@jadejasmine315]

It makes sense now why these houses are seen 50 feet in the air in tornadoes...

[@678friedbed]

because they are built well but light and not tied down.

[@kathyusa-iowa5137]

I saw another utuber put butyl tape along the window flange before screwing it to the window hole. Might be overkill, but windows are a key source of water leaks in a mobile home. Easier than silicone and will last longer than the window.

[@Young937phoenix]

This was done half ass just because you was covering it up. I thought you was all about doing it right the first time.

[@DaveKurchinski-dm6kq]

No caulk or flashing?

[@nvwilderness6902]

In these mobile homes they use the thinnest - lightest products possible to construct due to weight limits when transporting over the roadways - especially on the older ones. Hence - all the thin cheap stuff you are running into. We remodeled our 1982 double wide after the tenants we had for 5 yrs trashed it. We had to take the whole thing down to the studs and sub-floor. We had no choice - still had a mortgage on the thing and our state now has a law that you cannot move a mobile after a certain age - you can only tear it down or remodel it. We needed to sell - so remodel it was.

[@sleepyancient6655]

A bathroom window that needs to be changed... that brings me back (trauma). Seriously, listen to the advice about leaving the sledge away unless you have no other choice. They built the bathroom like a bank vault, I wasn't able to tell the wall was cinderblock (but the screwdriver did gently go through the 2 by 6 that framed the window), and by the time I was able to know what the walls were made of, it was already too late. Concrete and steel mesh everywhere. x_x I definitely would have done things differently had I known then what I know now... would have saved me from taking a pickaxe to the walls for 2 weeks after my college classes. A small circular saw with a diamond blade would have been ugly (window was being filled in), but way less work. Needed to cut into the tile to remove the old wood. And, again, I was expecting a wood framed wall so I thought taking force to it was an okay idea. Turned into a full bathroom reno... I feel good that I was able to do it and make it look nice thanks to this channel's videos, but that was such a pain since we had no shower and I only barely passed my college classes. Keep in mind, I'm dizzy 24/7 so it takes me way longer to do that stuff.

[@JimWatsonTheframingMagician]

You've heard of the stone age and the bronze age...the 70's was the plastic age.

[@CalebGibbsAvenue]

Yes.. the no vapor barer is a problem. I fixed the majority of my home.

[@tatsumaru12345]

Single/doublewide? They're the only places ive seen quarter inch drywall.

[@allannielsen4901]

Silicone in siding sucks! In addition to your siding tool a red devil bar is your best friend.

[@donaldpainter956]

Mobile home sheetrock and batton molding

[@timscanlan1466]

I'm from New England but have a place in Florida. I find that most of the construction in Florida is subpar. They have a whole different work ethic in Florida.

[@CalebGibbsAvenue]

18:24❤😂

[@francoiscouillard5266]

Eye protection!

[@robertkennedy4541]

Those look like dirt dauber not wasps. They don't sting

[@PsychNurse.]

More light. More skin.

[@BM-gq3fb]

😂😂😂THE BEEP

[@stevewilliams7852]

Think about that your going to be the next guy.

[@oldfortyfive-tt1ir]

Where's your safety glasses Jeff?

[@MegaRainbow12345]

Epic

[@veno8mm]

Safety Squints Engaged

[@PpoOop-m2b]

Hello. What state are you from. Hire me for a couple of month so I can do what you do... I do have experience but need to improve it

[@donaldpainter956]

Always do everything up to or over the code requirement then nobody can say anything at all

[@griznatle]

Wheres your safety glasses

[@Alphasig336]

The permanent building have more mold than the portable building. OSHA and Health departments could care less.

[@amalias8888]

I can see the dust wafting up into your face and you are NOT wearing any kind of mask!!! Whaaa....?

[@JOIHIINI]

Welcome to home renovations lol

[@jeffreysalzman1497]

Safety 3rd!

[@kingbee4474]

He NEVER wears a mask...NEVER!!! PLEASE HIT THE LIKE BUTTON IF YOU SEEN HIS OTHER VIDEOS AND AGREE!!

[@AceEverett]

He's got his safety squints on, he's fine Karen.

[@geetarwanabe]

American houses are literally just paper, wood and plastic

[@sintram10]

That house is made of carton and silicon

[@averagealice8877]

You could put more informative titles on your videos so people can pick the ones that are relevant to their structure, most of the time NOT mobile homes or portable classrooms like this . Our house exterior bearing wall requires a header and supporting the roof when installing. Plus stucco and waterproofing.

[@robertapreston4200]

Those are mud dawbers........ I've never seen or heard of them attacking people.... those nest are all over the place

[@criticalmass181]

It's funny. I live just under the snow line. More windows equals LESS happy at this elevation. I've removed all I can, and made all I can't smaller and double glazed.

[@stephenbrickwood1602]

Your $200 window is USD $253/m2 30 inches x 52 inches. Which is interesting for me because in Australia rooftop solar PV 6.6kw system covers 32m2 of roof. And can cost as little as AUD$3,600 installed on the roof with the inverter and wiring and fixings and paperwork..... That is AUD$112/m2 = USD$74/m2 Rooftop solar is cheaper than windows $/m2. The State governments do not want to spend money on the old fossil fueled generation plants. Or garrentee private owners cash flows to do maintenance that the owners know will not have enough time to payback the investment. State governments and private investors are building big batteries and encouraging home owners to go independent on electricity generation and feed into the grid with cheap electricity for others. You made me think, Hahaha 😊

[@stevestone5524]

You really should wear safety glasses. A piece of wood or plastic can jump up and get you in the eye. Better safe than sorry.

[@kingbee4474]

He NEVER wears a mask...NEVER!!! Please HIT THE LIKE BUTTON IF YOU SEEN HIS OTHER VIDEOS AND AGREE!

[@DouglasBass-h5m]

It makes sense now why these houses are seen 50 feet in the air in tornadoes...