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Replacement Home Windows on Ladder

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Stumpalump

10-08-2006 19:39:00




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After going round and round with replacement window companys I decided to go the Home Depot route. 2 windows in 11 to go. What a breeze it really was prying out the old windows and installing them myself. I saved 250.00 per window over the best price I could get in Colorado. I got to use lots of my cool toys I mean tools and it really was easier than I ever thought. With the cold about weather about to set in if you need windows replace them youself. It's not that hard to pry the aluminum ones out and the new ones just slide in. Couple of screws and some coulk. I wish I picked up 2 more today.
Some will be on a ladder on uneven ground. Any advise?

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Rogues

10-12-2006 21:50:15




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 Re: Replacement Home Windows on Ladder in reply to Stumpalump, 10-08-2006 19:39:00  
I was a contractor and installed windows for 20 years. Every job was different and some required creativity to make them work. Not bad work, and plenty of profit. Remember, anything with moving parts might require service and the price also covers service if you have a good contractor.



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NE IA Dave

10-10-2006 19:21:55




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 Re: Replacement Home Windows on Ladder in reply to Stumpalump, 10-08-2006 19:39:00  
A dirt shovel to cut the sod away, then dig one leg down a little. We have scaffolding, but that can be time consuming on uneven job sites. My guess is you are talking probably 1/2 hr per window anyway? The lifts we use can only handle a little uneveness or you aren't going nowhere. If you decide on a mechanical lift, keep in mind electrical service. NE IA Dave



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mjbrown

10-09-2006 16:47:25




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 Re: Replacement Home Windows on Ladder in reply to Stumpalump, 10-08-2006 19:39:00  
Are you talking about the drop in replacement windows that replace the sash in double hung windows? If so, mine went in from the inside of the house, no ladder needed.



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the tractor vet

10-09-2006 06:37:52




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 Re: Replacement Home Windows on Ladder in reply to Stumpalump, 10-08-2006 19:39:00  
The only outside contractor work that i have done is the Roof and heating and if i had the toys to do sheetmetal work i would do that myself now as far as the roof goes there ain't noway in god's green earth that i am going up there with that steep of pitch i'll let someone else fall off it i don't bounce sowell anymore .I will be installing 8 windows this week and the only help i will need is for the picture window in the living room . Took a door out last week and made up the frame work to install a window in it's place i had to custom make everything for the frame work because of the thickness of the wall in this old house as the 2x4's are just that then ya got the inside lath that is not like what ya would expect as it is 1 inch thick poplar tounge and groved dovetailed then the sideing is one inch thick plus the trim around the outside and also the inside that is also one inch thick . so when i get done with the rest of the distruction of the plaster walls and get the new dry wall hung i will have to make extenchion jams to trim out on the inside with the org. oak trim that took me all day yesterday to get down with out distroying it . I keep telling the war dept that five gallons of diesel and a match would be the best remodeling that could be done with this old house .

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Dusty MI

10-09-2006 04:33:58




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 Re: Replacement Home Windows on Ladder in reply to Stumpalump, 10-08-2006 19:39:00  
For uneven ground just c-clamp a 2x4 to one leg of ladder.



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NCWayne

10-08-2006 21:11:21




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 Re: Replacement Home Windows on Ladder in reply to Stumpalump, 10-08-2006 19:39:00  
Why not do some checking around and find someone with scafolding that will let you borrow it, or barring that check into renting some. It'd be alot safer than working off a ladder and it will probably make the whole job go alot faster when your not constantly worried about falling off the ladder.



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CNKS

10-08-2006 19:52:33




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 Re: Replacement Home Windows on Ladder in reply to Stumpalump, 10-08-2006 19:39:00  
Cost me $9700 for 5 Anderson windows including installation. I didn't even consider doing it myself. Original ones lasted 20 years and were still servicable, I expect these to last longer.



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Stumpalump

10-08-2006 21:11:48




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 Re: Replacement Home Windows on Ladder in reply to CNKS, 10-08-2006 19:52:33  
Jenweld is the brand " by Anderson". So they say. At $167 they ain't the same anderson you got. Anderson bought a vinyl window company to fill a low cost market nich. They blow away my old leaky, foggy aluminum windows but they ain't worth falling off a lader for!



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Dachshund

10-09-2006 13:52:06




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 Re: Replacement Home Windows on Ladder in reply to Stumpalump, 10-08-2006 21:11:48  
Do you mean Jeld-Wen? If so they are not part of Andersen! Jeld-Wen is the largest producer of doors and windows in the world. Andersen is a distant second.There home base is Bend/Klamath Falls, Oregon and they have plants all across the country/world that make several different names. Just curious!



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paul

10-08-2006 19:41:27




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 Re: Replacement Home Windows on Ladder in reply to Stumpalump, 10-08-2006 19:39:00  
You don't have a 2-story house like me, do you???? with 8.5 foot downstairs ceilings. And huge window sizes..... :)

--->Paul



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the tractor vet

10-11-2006 06:32:17




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 Re: Replacement Home Windows on Ladder in reply to paul, 10-08-2006 19:41:27  
No , my downstairs is 9 foot ceilings and with windows that are 66 inch long in the frame and one that is 66x52 . Now the upstairs is the a littel shorter and the windows are 4 inches shorter up there .



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Stumpalump

10-08-2006 21:15:42




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 Re: Replacement Home Windows on Ladder in reply to paul, 10-08-2006 19:41:27  
Yea. Quit scaring me.



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T_Bone

10-09-2006 07:28:35




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 Re: Replacement Home Windows on Ladder in reply to Stumpalump, 10-08-2006 21:15:42  
Hi Stump,

As Paul was saying rent a hydraulic man lift on Firday night and return it Monday morning. Less than $400 delivered for under 8hrs (run time) use.

There's two sizes, one that'll do 500lbs and one that will do 800lbs???. If your going to work at the long end of the boom, get the larger machine as they bounce less while working.

Take the first 5min to play with it before working it. The slower you move the control, the slower the hydraulics move. Get the one with the hand safety, not the foot safety as it makes moving that 2" closer much easier. They'll do a 360� while travaling forward/reverse with the boom fully extended (30ft?) and get bouncy and that's why you need to play first and work second on 5ft off the gound rather than 20ft in the air.

I still would have a second person in the basket as the job would go much easier.

Sorry, I can't remember the correct name for the machine.

T_Bone

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