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hello welcome to Jays helpful videos

today I'm going to be replacing some old

andersen windows that I have in my home

that close to 40 years old I'm going to

be replacing them with Anderson's

conversion kit

it's the Andersen 400 series narrow line

double hung windows pretty simple to do

I'll go step by step so this way I'll

make your project a little bit easier

the first step is to remove the upper

screws on both the inner and outer Ceph

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next what you want to do is raise up

both the outer and inter sash and remove

the remaining screws on the left-hand

side with all of the screws removed I'm

going to go ahead and remove this lower

left sash to do so I'm going to go ahead

and pull out this front edge first and

then we'll go ahead and pull it out next

you want to lower both the inner and

outer sash to the lowest position and

you want to cut the cords as close to

the header as possible I'm using a pair

of wire cutters I'll do that for both

sides

with the chords cut and the lower-left

gin removed good then go ahead just a

little bit pull out the inner window and

do the same thing for the outer window

with the windows out of place I can go

ahead and remove the remaining left

champ as well as the right jab again to

remove the jam go ahead and push on this

inner edge to get it free you do that

all the way up and then you'll be able

to pull that whole jamb away with the

jams out of place I'm gonna go ahead and

replace the screws that I removed on the

Left Jam and anywhere else on the other

jams where I had screws I didn't have

any other screws so it says to use a

screw that is a half inch longer than

what was in the original holders it also

says to put a two and a half inch nail

in the center of both sides of the jams

making sure not to put them into grooves

because that's where the new jams are

gonna sit in so put a right in this side

two here two and a half inch screw as

well as filling the other holes wherever

you took screws out to remove the jams

a very important step is to cut back

this parting Jam this is the piece that

sits between the two windows you need to

cut that back a quarter inch on each

side when I did my first window I

thought this was cut back enough and I

didn't need to do it but in fact you do

need to cut it back a quarter of an inch

I said it this way the new jam will sit

behind that so using utility knife you

can just score it here's a little

helpful tip well I have these jams out

of place I'm gonna go ahead and clean

behind here on both sides clean off the

whole sill before I put the new jams in

place I cleaned the windowsill as well

as both jams made sure they were free of

any old varnish or any old silicone now

I'm going to go ahead and put a quarter

inch bead of silicone sealant between

the jam and the outer frame member on

both sides

now we're ready to install our new jams

we have a left and right Jam to identify

the top end it has two insulating plugs

on it also the bottom has one insulating

plug and it's cut on an angle to match

the windowsill angle next what you need

to do is separate the inner from the

outer Jim we're gonna stole the outer

Jam first and then we'll install the

inner Jam this inside Jam this is the

front edge that goes to the outside and

this is the back edge which is inside

the house you can see this has a little

flexible weather strip on it that needs

to sit along the outer side of this

outside framing these barbed legs two of

them need to line up with the slots that

are on the left and right side of the

jam alright put the outer GM in place

you need to line up the legs with the

slots better in the jam

and we go ahead and push it in with my

finger you could feel it snaps it push

that in down the entire length then I'm

going to do what I'm going to do is I'm

gonna use a piece of wood to make sure

it's seated all the way now I'm gonna

use a piece of wood I'm gonna go down

the entire length with a rubber mallet

and make sure it's seated all the way

okay now the inner jamb I'm gonna go

ahead and put in this back edge you tuck

in and then the front edge you want to

tuck behind this weatherstrip that's

here go ahead and put it in making sure

top lined up first

with a back edge tucked in now we just

need the front edge I'll use a

screwdriver to pull this out a little

bit go ahead and push that all the way

in down the full length okay once that's

in place you'll notice that has a little

bit of give to it a little bit of flex

which helps to tighten against the

windows you can see it's behind the

gasket that's here might be difficult to

see in the video so both the back and

front edge are tucked into the inner gym

just want to show you a close-up shot of

the outer weather stripping on the

outside of the brick mold I also want to

show you a close-up picture that this is

sitting inside it has a little bit of

flex to it can you see that

flex is in and out if this was sitting

on the outside you'd have a problem

getting your windows in and they would

Jam up what you have to do next is you

have to position the balancer chute cams

there's one for the inner window one for

the outer window on both sides so what

you need to do is slide that down and

lock it in place about 12 inches up when

you put the windows in you'll slide them

into those cams and turn them up when

you turn them up they'll unlock and then

the windows will slide up and down on

those camps so I'm just going to go

ahead and put a screwdriver in there

push it down and lock it in place

and you'll do that for this other one

before I install the windows I'm gonna

go ahead and spray some silicone

lubricant on the tracks on both sides

since I have tilt in Windows this

release mechanism on both sides you want

to push that all the way up to the top

of the gym all right now we're ready to

install the windows we're going to start

with the outer window first you're gonna

line up the pins into the outer slot put

it on a slight angle facing up is the

outer part of the window

I'm gonna go ahead and slide that down

on both sides until it clicks in place

once it's locked in on both sides I'm

just gonna slide the window up I hope

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