- #SMALL OCTAGON WINDOWS HOW TO#
- #SMALL OCTAGON WINDOWS INSTALL#
For a larger octagonal window you may need to install several pieces of board. Push the tacks into the inch fold you made, and then repeat. Imagine you were installing a shutter, and push the cardboard against the window, following the shape of the frame. Cut off the largest sides, and then fold around an inch of board along each side. The sort which are used by removal men would be ideal. Welcome to my journey through life's little (and not so little) projects.Prepare the covers by cutting down a large cardboard box. Installing a Thermostat for an Electric Shop Heater.Replacing the 1.8T Camshaft Chain Tensioner Gasket on the Audi TT.
#SMALL OCTAGON WINDOWS HOW TO#
How to Change Your Engine Oil - Royal Enfield Classic 500 EFI. Converting an old 26" Mountain Bike to a Road or Gravel Bike. The Dodge Dakota's Frame is Back Together!. I Recently Discovered Steel Bluing (Blackening). This is how the window looks from the inside of the house. I finished the window by caulking all seams and openings and then painted it brown to match the rest of the trim on the house. I then ripped some length of the 3/4"x3/4" pine with a 45-degree chamfer and installed it on the outer side of the window pane to finish the outside of the window. This glazing gives a bed to hold the glass and seals out the weather. I cut pieces of glass into the four diamond shapes and pressed them into the new stiles/rails, securing them with a small amount of DAP glazing. The stiles and rails were then secured to another 3/4" piece of pine and the whole thing secured to the casing with glue and brad nails. I chose this measurement to give me some strength and to give me a thicker look to the panes. The next morning, I fabricated rails and stiles from 3/4" #1 pine. I let this all cure overnight, mostly because I ran out of daylight. To hold the trim pieces in place, I applied a bit of polyurethane glue and then used my brad nailer with 18-gauge, 1 1/4" brads. So I used some more of that #1 pine stock and ripped it down to 3". Given the style of our home, a passive solar house from the early 80's, I didn't want to do anything fancy with the trim. Well this cured, I cut the shims off using my vibrating saw and took on the task of making new trim. As with the casing and trim, these pieces were cut to 22.5-degree. This will give me a surface to push the glass into, allowing me to seal it. I glued the molding to the casing using the polyurethane glue and secured it with brads. To secure and seal the new glass, I added some door stop molding to the inside of the casing. I finished this by driving finishing nails through the casing into the framing. I then installed the new casing pieces and used shims to press the joints tightly together. Polyurethane glue uses moisture to cure and so that's why you wet the joints. To do this, I moistened both sides of the joint and then applied a thin layer of the glue. I used Gorilla Glue's polyurethane glue to glue the new pieces in place. To my surprise, they were consistently 9 3/4" long and all slid in place. I cut three pieces of the 6" stock to 22.5 degrees and tested the fit. Because this window is an octagon, each piece meets the next at a 135 degree angle. 
I then ripped a piece of #1 pine down to 6". For this, I measured the width of the remaining casing. First step was to replace the lower casing. This is about as far as I needed to go with demolition. Note that I'm leaving the top three pieces of casing in place. Here's the window with all of the rotten wood removed. Cutting them allowed me to then pry them upward and remove them. Because this window is octagonal, the pieces interlock to a degree that pulling them using a hammer wasn't feasible. I removed the rotten sections of window casing using a vibrating saw. I suspect that moisture built up between the glass panels and slowly rotted out the wood. A previous owner had installed a piece of Plexiglass on the inside of the window and sealed it in place using clear silicone caulk. Once the trim was gone, I noted that the bottom of the window was also rotten. This was done by cutting the caulking and prying the trim loose using a wonder bar. Of course, I broke the window glass in the process. The first thing I did was remove the rotten trim. This is going to take more than some trim paint.
A few minutes into trim removal, I realized that the entirety of the lower portion of the window was rotten. I set aside half-day on a Saturday in November with the intention of replacing the trim. Since painters are painters and not necessarily carpenters, I asked them to paint around it, expecting I would repair and paint the window myself. While having the house painted, the painters noted some rotten trim on the octagon window on the front of the house.
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