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Fitting used UPVC window
ilikewatch
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Hi All,
I desperately need to replace a rotten wooden kitchen window, and have got my hands on a used UPVC unit. The UPVC unit is slightly smaller than would be ideal (about 20mm smaller that both the width and height of the brick opening) but I assume if properly packed, fixed and with plenty of expanding foam it should be ok?
I assume I should remove the sealed units from the window frame in order to install it, then replace them afterwards?
When examining the UPVC frame there is no evidence of holes in the top/bottom/sides of the frame where fixing screws have been used previously, or any foam residue - how might it have been fixed in the house it came from?
I desperately need to replace a rotten wooden kitchen window, and have got my hands on a used UPVC unit. The UPVC unit is slightly smaller than would be ideal (about 20mm smaller that both the width and height of the brick opening) but I assume if properly packed, fixed and with plenty of expanding foam it should be ok?
I assume I should remove the sealed units from the window frame in order to install it, then replace them afterwards?
When examining the UPVC frame there is no evidence of holes in the top/bottom/sides of the frame where fixing screws have been used previously, or any foam residue - how might it have been fixed in the house it came from?
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Doesn't sound as if its been used before, possibly a mis-measure that's been lying around in a builders garage hoping that it will fit another job! Failing that it was fitted on lugs, common on new builds0
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