The post Glass Block Window Installation in the Basement appeared first on Family Handyman. The glass block window panel sits on the block or concrete wall and is held in place with mortar and caulk.

This will result in a triangular support block that if you hold it against the side jamb, it will rest solid on the top of the rough 2-by-4 sub-sill and the top angle of the block will align with ...

Over the years, our pets and children and scratched the wooden window and door trim. Is it possible to replace the trim without buying woodworking power tools? — Char W. Dear Char: New window and door ...

Marvin Windows offered a wonderful product at the time, where they’d make new sashes to the exact size of the existing ones, and they’d supply new side jamb liners that nested on the sides of ...

It must be side hinged, have a net clear opening width of at least 32 inches and a net clear opening minimum height of 78 inches from top of threshold to bottom of the stop on the head jamb.

When a door is kicked, the stress falls upon the doorknob latch and the deadbolt latch. Usually that force splits the strike side jamb somewhere above the deadbolt strike plate and somewhere below ...