Another First: You never know until you try.

Never done it, cause...........I never had to. LOL.

Being a tight-###, I nearly stroked when I learned the cost of a
double-hung, wooden window that had to be custom ordered because
the size is no longer manufactured.

A former tenant "decided" to demolish an existing window and replace
it with a solid, single pane, plastic, who-knows-what.... :evil: :twisted: :evil: :twisted:

I've been blessed with the appearance of an enthusiastic, young man who's
pretty handy and doesn't mind working as a new tenant. Only, he "Ain't
"real-good" with cabinet making." (his words...not mine.)

"We gotta do something with that window, Sir. That's what's causing all the
water damage."

I had to agree.....but $200.00 for a replacement window on a custom size
was a little too steep for my blood.....or a rental house for that matter.

I thought..........well *^&%$*&..maybe I can do it....
Wasn't real sure..but what the heck. I went scrounging around the barn
and came up with some RE-PURPOSEFUL lumber.

1) Some 3/4" pine 1X12's I pulled out of a dumpster.
2) 1- 8 foot cedar 1X6 that came off of an old hot-frame in my greenhouse.
3) 1- 12 foot 2X4 taken from a horse stall I'm taking apart anyways.
4) For the glass, I used one-eighth inch Lexan plastic. Unbreakable.
Note: All of the above was "free"...I like that price.

Yes.........the trim is OVERSIZED by quite a bit. But, unless I was the one
that took the measurements, I couldn't be exact enough for the new trim
to butt up against the existing lap siding.
I located the center of the window for the young man and told him to do
the same thing with the rough opening. Then measure each side from the
center to the edge of the siding and mark the trim accordingly.
Then.....very carefully use a skill-saw and cut to the ""inside"" of the mark.
He had a funny look on his face as if I was mistaken.
I grinned, "No, trust me, that extra eighth inch will be easily caulked in and
you won't have to make the cut but one time."
He understood my meaning.
Overall, it didn't turn out too bad. I boo-boo'd on the sash-frames by 3/4"
on the top one. That made it "larger/taller" than the lower.

I made the window casing a half-inch undersized on the length and width.
Once he gets the trim cut to fit, the unit should slide easily into the opening
and face-nailed into place once it's leveled.

Wow! It would never occur to me to try to build a double-hung window! Looks great! :hooray:

I have done that before-- yours looks a lot better then mine did, -- that is great, --- [mine warped a year or so after it was in, so that made bad, even worse...]

That window looks great. You have quite a nice little shop there too.

Based on the projects you have shared with us, if you had asked me if I thought you could do it, I would have said, "Sure".

It looks great.

Thanks everyone,

From beginning to end, I had almost 7 hours tied up in it. Figuring taxes on
a $200.00 window, I worked at about a $30.00 per hour clip. Not bad.

Beats the snot out of those Flat-nosed feeders I made. :x :x

:lol: I remember your conclusion on that one: If you are thinking about doing it, don't.