Adding A Window To A Stucco House

This will hide the joint between your windows and the walls of your house.

Adding a window to a stucco house.

Window replacement is one of the most common home improvements people make in any type of house but it takes special skill to blend the repairs into an existing stucco surface. I had a couple extra windows around and decided to install them in my garage. Preserving a stucco finish greatly depends on the kind of windows you already have installed. I opened the wall from the inside.

Installing vinyl windows in an existing stucco building requires removing a strip of stucco from around the window opening. As with any home improvement. Adding a window to an existing structure can be a difficult task if the necessary preparation is not taken. Set the window in the opening bedding the flanges in sealant.

I can tell you when i did this in my house two 30x36 casement opening windows plus a 30 highx60 inch wide eyebrow window in a reading loft the cost difference was only about 20 more expensive per square foot for the curved eyebrow configuration than rectangular window non opening of course. Hang window boxes with a seamless look. The difficulty of matching the color and exact texture of stucco makes. Older aluminum windows usually have a nailing fin that is hidden underneath the stucco.

Placing a window in your home can help to warm up a room with the sunlight or cool down a room by allowing fresh air in. Painting the garage to match the rest of the house and adding lighting in a similar style to that used on the main entrance can make a big difference. The stucco contractor can then tuck his stucco wrap under these splines as well as the spline at the base of the window. Staple 18 inch wide strips of housewrap to the 3 1 2 inch faces of the jack studs and fold the excess over the sheathing to act as splines.

Installing some new exterior window trim is a great way to finish any property. In order to remove these windows properly it is often necessary to break the stucco off a couple of inches in order to expose the fasteners. If you have stucco walls then installing trim might seem difficult. Trim is also available in a variety of different finishes.

With the right tools and materials there shouldn t be any.