Yesterday my parents came over and we started putting a window in the garage. There was already an opening which helped, the previous owner though had covered it with wood. What was also nice was my boyfriend's uncle had ordered a window for his new garage but ended up not using it, and other than being a little tall for our opening it fits with room to spare.
Taking the wood out of the opening we found it had been leaking and the wood was rotting. We replaced the rotting wood and had to cut a stud that ran right through the window opening. Taking the extra caulking from the brick around the opening was interesting since the brick wasn't smooth it was hard to get the putty knife between the brick and the caulk. What we found to work best is a crow bar against the brick and caulk, and take a hammer to the crow bar. The caulk came flying off.
With the window being slightly taller than the opening there was some fidgeting to get it to fit. Currently the window is firmly sitting in the opening, and we aren't sure yet how we will be securing it in the opening. To have it sit on the sill it would need to slant slighly, with the window having weeping holes at the bottom should water get beind the window, my Dad wasn't sure if slanting the window would be a good idea. We will have to see what the final decision is today when my parents return to help finish installing the window.
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