How to Picture Frame a Window - EASY Casing Trim Install

[@TheFixerHomeRepair]

Subscribe to my channel: bit.ly/SubscribeToTheFixer Thanks for watching! 😃

[@jimaronson2323]

I felt that "oh crap" feeling when the nail shot through the wood. That's the kind of thing that happens to me all the time. Your 45s turned out really good, nice fit. Great video as always.

[@jaynouby]

What you have done so far to this old house is really phenomenal

[@lynnew5619]

I really like those window ‘frames’. We don’t generally do that in the UK, but when my kitchen was done, I asked my carpenter to do this to my window and everybody loves it. 👏 Now to do all my other windows….😂 You do have a brilliant way of teaching without making watchers feel stupid.

[@joanies6778]

I may never frame a window, but it was interesting to watch. I love learning how things are done.

[@Audiosyntax]

Liking for the Tom Silva reference. Also the screw trick is awesome

[@candicespencer2021]

That looks so good! Now it’s time for the twin baby cribs!

[@BillChecovich]

Outstanding explanations and descriptions of the process. Very much appreciated.

[@artislife7]

Well, you've put lots of confidence into this mama! Here we go! 🎉

[@amor7929]

My boy always making it look awesome!

[@TheFixerHomeRepair]

👍 Thanks! 😀

[@rachelacosta915]

“Mahk the orientation” now lives rent free in my head 😂

[@karencox3235]

I'm going to be framing a large walk through doorway soon, and now I feel more confident on how it's all going to go together. Thanks!

[@matthewmp111]

How did it go?

[@HawkXe]

Great video as always! Tom Silva and This Old House rules!

[@IllInformedHuman]

Thanks man! You are helping me out with my detached office build, I appreciate ya 😙

[@lindaroyal8161]

Yes - very helpful, you make it all look so easy. I like all your helpful "tricks of the trade" since you've been doing this for some time. TY

[@StevieTheScotsman]

This video gave me the confidence to tackle the job...cheers mate..

[@Paine137]

Looks great, and thanks for the workflow. Remember that brads can move left or right when fired, not up or down, so always orient the nailer horizontally and it’ll save some trouble.

[@TheFixerHomeRepair]

That is a good tip! Thanks!

[@ldqa2737]

Looking great!! Thanks for making the "mistake" on the frame. 😎👍

[@supayota7265]

Because you were super thorough and brought my confidence up, I subscribed! Thank you!

[@TheFixerHomeRepair]

Awesome to hear! Happy I could help! Thank you!

[@DorothyWood-n8t]

We are seniors, Thank You for making this project so easy for my husband and I! Our windows are so pretty now!

[@CorbinAce]

Yes. You make great videos. Completely covering what and why you are doing what you do. I couldn't have felt worse if the nail came sneaking through the front of my window frame. I thought things like that happen only to me. Thanks, now I feel a little better. 🙃 Nice video. I have watched a lot of your' how to vids. I like to see how others do things. I really enjoy your' remodeling vids. Thanks. 👍

[@TheFixerHomeRepair]

Thanks for watching, I appreciate it! 😃

[@brentmchenry9273]

Keep making amazing videos!! If nailing near an edge, I always try to angle the the nailer toward the window than at a perfect 90 with the piece since the nail will have more of a chance of blowing out toward the back of the piece than the front. Not a huge amount, only 2-3 degrees of angle off the 90. A hair, maybe

[@Zavala1631]

Very helpful video, i have seen many on this topic but yours was the best overall in my opinion. Gained a subscriber today and will recommend this channel to everyone i know that is interested in these kind of projects

[@TheFixerHomeRepair]

That is great to hear. Thank you, Fernando!

[@Millerman57]

Looks good. I have recently learned what this style and am doing it on a sunroom addition. Great video. Subbed.

[@stephmo371]

When the nail blew out the face of the trim i really felt your pain. Trim overall looks good though

[@TheFixerHomeRepair]

😁🤣 it is the worst when that happens!

[@golefevre]

Finish nails always bend to the left or right from the nail driver head. If you can rotate the gun 90 degrees before nailing, that can prevent nails from coming through the finished face of the casing.

[@clemgr]

Great video, well done explaining every step. Thank you.

[@Renatousa17]

This video helped me a lot, thank you 👍.

[@jennifermartinus4929]

Great video Mr. Fixer. 🔨 🤩

[@TheFixerHomeRepair]

Thanks, Jennifer!

[@tomschenk5148]

Thanks for the tutorial. I love screws for shims.

[@hellojohnhello89]

another thing about the 1 7/8 vs 2 inch difference, if someone has a hand router and a flush trim bit, they can simply cut them at 2 inches, then trim up the wall to make it perfect. the outer trim would easily flex to suit it. anyways, still loving your videos. been following you for ages. cheers

[@yasminowingfield9791]

This is a great video. You make window installation look easy. What is your advice for someone with no experience?

[@ArgonKripton]

beautiful work

[@d.j.robinson9424]

Very nice work Mr. Fixer 👍👍💛🛠

[@leslieapplegate65]

Just what I needed to know. I have a bunch of windows to do and have never done it before....

[@katsthoughts8171]

Great, detailed video. I'm glad I stumbled across it.

[@deannaoverstreet4146]

Great job! Thank for sharing!

[@djs9702]

I'm watching before bed, after taking my ambien so I can accomplish this tomorrow- and I am major confused about his term of rip it. I thought he meant cut, but then he used it when he was back at the window saying you can just rip it this way... and now I'm clueless af again. I'll have to watch again in the morning

[@briansmith9258]

Ripping is cutting.

[@wildwoodtop]

Excellent Work Son! 🤟 Thx! 👍

[@ryand5482]

Great video, love the tips

[@phrontendclassics1977]

Nice job on the reveal

[@jsaysyay]

somehow i've never considered a window not having a sill, my brain just went like "oh of course its the bottom of the window which = sill" lol always explain and show so well what you're doing in each, like i could do it even though i have literally no need to put a window in

[@Crazy_Space80]

I'm watching a video from another continent. It is interesting to study American architecture and construction. Work as a painter-plasterer. Here winters are up to -12C /10F Here, too, before the gap between the frame and the wall was caulked with various materials. But polyurethane foam has shown better efficiency, space filling, less wind blowing + it perfectly glues, fixes the frame in the opening. The mounting foam inside the room is covered with a self-adhesive, aluminum-coated tape.

[@Darryl603]

You can use your combination square set to 1/4" to hold your reveal even as you follow the trim up with your nail gun.

Very well explained, thank you 😊

[@carlagrs]

Great job, but the important thing is that it passed inspection by Mr Little Fixer 🥰 🧒👷‍♂️

[@jodifinnegan4453]

Little fixer is just so adorable❣️

[@tommycho9068]

Great video... Well done. Thanks.

[@j.d.1488]

Work very similar. Very nice video clear precise instruction. Your explantion and comments are point on. Did throw me off when I heard you refer to 18 gauge ad pin nailer. I'm accustomed to Brad for 18 and pin is 23. Wondering if you ever used 23 gauge for that corner, where you had it angle off a knot and needed that repair.

[@junebug1081]

Nice work bro 💯

[@henrythe83rd18]

00:50 Windowsill is what you see from an exterior view looking at the lower part of the window. Window stool is the interior view of lower horizontal part at the bottom of a window opening while looking at it from the inside of the structure. Apron is the flat surface part on the wall.

[@jodifinnegan4453]

Wow! I've never heard the term window stool. Thanks!

[@henrythe83rd18]

@@jodifinnegan4453 YVW! Yeah many use the term windowsill for both but the industrial proper term is sill for the outside and stool for the inside section.

[@yamxt550]

Great imitation of Silva!!

[@melaniefann2378]

Thanks for the information and what is the name of those floors? Your floors are beautiful.

[@buckchase1]

Like we say in the trades "Putty and paint make me what I ain't" LOL....Great tip with the screws! Then I'll use expanding foam insulation for windows and doors. Best $50 I ever spent was on the Pro foam gun with the screw on cans. If someone doesn't have one, they need to get one . Even for the do it yourselfer!!

[@dustinboyce25]

Simultaneous crowd arrrgggghhh as that nail popped through in the corner

[@TheFixerHomeRepair]

😂

[@josephromond]

So helpful. Thank you

[@TheFixerHomeRepair]

Happy to help!!

[@chipfisher6775]

Awesome video. Great, detailed instruction. Loved the nail mistake...and the repair. Tom Silva's quote was gold; "Maak the orientation". Haha.

[@Kil7witch84]

Great tips!

[@OkOtChA]

20:05 Dude... LOL

[@TheFixerHomeRepair]

I know! hahaha

[@alesiaw4364]

Ok after 10 minutes I was thinking about which window needs this the most lol

[@MysticalMe131]

TOTALLY AWESOME

[@autumnknight8710]

Glad to see that you're precision aware -

[@michaelplays2449]

Great video !!! thanks

[@TheFixerHomeRepair]

Glad you liked it!

[@SierraOne]

Really great video! Easy to follow the process, for sure! What size nails were in the pin nailer? What size finish nails were in the Ridgid nailer? Curious...

[@TheFixerHomeRepair]

Hey, Paul! Thanks! 18ga in the pin and 15 in the ridgid!

[@nolongeramused8135]

Next up: some really nice blinds

[@SkemeKOS]

MUCH better!!

[@jaysato]

new video yes!

[@twowheelvalle]

Thanks, now I've watched a video on how to frame windows, but I'm sure I'll never use it. 😂

[@JOHNNYGIX]

Use a smaller 23 gauge nailer for the corners and to set the piece. Its easier to adjust it for the reveal then use the 18 gauge to set it I like your flip trick!

[@melindamosbey8257]

Love YOU! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💕🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@frankb1]

This is great

[@davidwostrel]

Imma keeps saying it... Because it will change your life! 7.25 blade in the tablesaw! Sooo much better!

[@TheFixerHomeRepair]

One day you may notice a 7.25 on that saw. 😀👍

[@pugSandor]

Hi is this finished trim? do you have to paint it?

[@athenarocar]

I think the reason why people use a lot of spray foam it's because it's cheap and easy to use. The problem is if someone wants to use fiberglass insulation they have to buy huge role just insulate around a small window. Especially if they're just replacing a window and not replacing the insulation in the entire wall. I made the decision to use to Rockwool instead of regular fiberglass insulation because it was a higher R-value than fiberglass. Unfortunately, it made it difficult for me to insulate around my Windows. For me, I find Rockwool to be harder to stuff between the framing and the frame of the window, especially if the gaps were small. I personally used a can of spray foam just to be sure that all the gaps were sealed. I mean, I could see through the gap to the outside. In spring, I will be adding caulk around the windows because I see the flaw now. The windows were replaced 16 years ago, but the outside trim left open the corners, so direct path for air and bugs to enter. Since filling with foam, no more drafts. I am replacing insulation because I had cardboard wall panels instead of drywall and insulation is cheap when you have the walls open already. Also, I split an electric circuit between 2 bedrooms into 2 separate circuits and left the original line as a dedicated outdoor outlet since it has been tied into the bedroom circuit. There was evidence of past electrical fires. How fun. I thank you for doing this video. I still have not done trim, but was going back and forth on picture frame or sill style... Now I am positive I am doing picture frame, but I am going to do more of a craftsman style with a larger top that overhangs the styles. But this gives me the idea I needed to get it done.

[@UlisesYaniz]

Would the same apply for an application where the window is finished with drywall returns? Would I measure left/right & top/bottom and cut jamb extension to those measurements? Or allow some wiggle room to shim?

[@cameronscott5576]

Did you ever fix the basement stairs when you put in the new bulkhead?

[@TheFixerHomeRepair]

Not yet but it’s on the list!

[@SueRemodeling]

I’ve never trimmed out a window but I would have just cut a 2” wide piece to length, held it up in its spot and just scribed the wall to it. Then taken out that extra bit with my table saw, or a planer, if I didn’t have a table saw with me… but I think I might be too meticulous in my cuts.

[@lcook0825]

Another great video.

[@TheFunnyCarpenter]

nails will usually blow out in the direction of their chisel point, orient the gun accordingly:)

[@TheFixerHomeRepair]

Good… point. 😉😬

[@miketyler7616]

Question. You call the 18ga a pin nailer, but 18ga is a brad?

[@JamesLeatherman]

Good mahk.

[@TheFixerHomeRepair]

😆

[@dgribbleco]

Just out of curiosity, what is the reason you do not like spray foam?

[@TheFixerHomeRepair]

Hey, Daniel. I actually made a dedicated video about it a while back but my really short answer is that it makes a mess.

[@dgribbleco]

@@TheFixerHomeRepair That it does. I started to use a lot of painters tape around windows and doors when using it. Thank for the reply. I used to get houses ready to be put on the market, and I enjoy watching videos like yours to inspire me to make improvements around my own house. Great work.

[@buckchase1]

@@dgribbleco If you don't have it, get the Pro foam gun with screw on cans. You can control the flow to the smallest amount and it doesn't go bad if you leave it in the gun. You just have clean up the tip with some acetone.

[@MrRyankush43]

Any reason the moulding edge cant be flush with the casement? I did it on 2 windows. Wondering if i should switch to have a reveal

[@TheFixerHomeRepair]

It is just a personal preference. If it works for you there is no reason at all to change it. Hope you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching!

[@logans3365]

In my experience no matter how hard I try trim never lines up that easily, time to give it another go though. good thing filler is a thing 🤣

[@Yettee0201]

More than likely the brad shot out because you didn’t have you nail gun turned 90 degrees. So the chisel tip of the brad when it came up against the resistance of the wood deflected left or right, right in this case. And that’s why it popped through.

[@marcwilson564]

Is that a fridge to the right of your chop saw?!

[@TheFixerHomeRepair]

Got to stay hydrated!

[@MomJagger15]

Make more awesome videos

[@TheFixerHomeRepair]

Will do!

[@Brian-dj3ru]

Brad nails always blow out the sides, either to the left or right. So if you turned the brad nailer 90 degrees, you would have avoided blowout

[@wendydix5534]

❤

[@lorikegley3327]

👍

[@Lost1ne33]

Why are you not a fan of spray foam it’s rated as the highest way to not have any thing coming through especially if you do two passes

[@jeremiahmurray1622]

why did you mask the windows?

[@TheFixerHomeRepair]

Honestly, the only reason I did was because the light was too bright for the camera. If I wasn’t filming I wouldn’t have. 😁👍

[@davekimball3610]

Mahk the orientation so we don't cut owah mitah the wrong way.

[@TheFixerHomeRepair]

😁😄

[@royscabralfamily9369]

✌🏾

[@joha7484]

💪💪💪👌👌👌👍👍👍

[@Engelhafen]

You’re getting blowout because you’re not holding the gun at thr right orientation

[@ryansheard8682]

You are DYI er. I wish everyone would denote that. You did get good results. But as a professional you’d go broke.

[@TheFixerHomeRepair]

Never said I was a "professional" but really... none of that matters. Thanks for watching. 👍

[@cat_lucifer]

Insulation will get wet.

[@TheFixerHomeRepair]

How? It is sealed from the outside.

[@gregmize01]

HOW?

[@cat_lucifer]

@@TheFixerHomeRepair Steam from inside the house tends to come out. Therefore, they put a membrane (sorry for my English).

[@Manhunter5068]

Common sense, useless. Nothing helpful