Along with the new front door, I've replaced the sliding glass living room door and since I did that I figured I should clean up the moulding around the living room windows as well. So, here's a few pics of the main large windows. Pulling off the old moulding I noticed that there were of course some gaps, so I ended up spray foaming them. House should be practically air-tight now.
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| Before. |
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| After (still need to paint). |
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| View with curtains added, and freakish snow storm outside. |
Working on the top windows was a lot trickier, as I had to cut the moulding at odd angles (as you can see in the above picture). As my miter saw only cut up to a 50 degree angle, I had to devise a way to cut a 55 degree angle. I used my handy
miter saw protractor to work out the angle I needed. I cut a bunch of test pieces to make sure I cut the correct angle (which turned out to be a must). Basically to cut a 55 degree angle, I set a square block in place for a guide and set the miter saw to a 35 degree cut. When placing the moulding straight towards the fence, the difference would make up a 55 degree cut. I had to just starting making test cuts to understand it myself (I'm old and slow nowadays).
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| Measure the angle. Use the "miter cut" angle. |
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| With block in place, cutting the 55 degree angle. |
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| Weird angles complete! 55 degree on the top left, 33 on top right. |
