Replacing A Basement Window In A Concrete Block Wall

Score the outside surface of the cinder blocks with a circular saw fitted with a masonry blade then knock the cinder blocks out of the window opening with a small sledgehammer.

Replacing a basement window in a concrete block wall.

How to replace a basement window in concrete video version. How to replace the windows in your block home. How to fill window openings with concrete blocks. 4 use hammer and cold chisel to chip away mortar from sides of opening if necessary.

Please turn on the captions and turn down the sound if the voiceover isn t work. Cut a hole in the cinder block wall if you are enlarging an existing wall or putting in a new window. Using a reciprocating saw cut through the screws or. Replacing basement cinder blocks is a major project that requires excavation and the use of support beams and house jacks.

Drill a pattern of holes into the block with a masonry bit. Being a masonry product cinder blocks are hard and structurally sound when the contractor reinforces them with steel and fills them with concrete or mortar. Here remove sash components everything except the basic aluminum or steel frame. Pry the interior and exterior trim off of the walls around the window with a pry bar.

2 use reciprocating saw to cut through the window frame. Demolish the cinder block with a hand sledge hammer and a cold chisel. How to replace concrete blocks. 5 slide new window into the opening.

The holes drilled in step 1 make this task. The average cost of window replacement is between 1 000 8 000. For most cinder blocks drill four or five columns of three holes spread. In this specific basement window replacement case we needed to remove the louvers or glass slats in this jalousie window.

6 use shims to center new window in the opening. Step 2 fit the window into the rough opening. Move the window sashes to the center of the window and use the pry bar to fold the side jambs over. We know the voiceover isn t good.

It could be a hopper or awning sash however. 3 pull out the old window frame from wall opening. If professionals are installing an egress window and a window well where there currently is not one the price can reach up to 8 000.