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What's going on with this exterior WINDOW???
I'm not very good with window terminology, but when I took a look at this property, the "side jambs" were turned inside out on several windows? Looks like some old tenant deliberately took a crowbar to it. I tried bending them back into place, but they just sprung back out again. Can I just take some wood screws and anchor them down to the wooden frame? Or do I need to replace the whole window? Or can I just leave it as is. Not sure what they are functionally for… please let me know if you have any suggestions
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#3 Investor Mindset Contributor
- Handyman
- Pittsburgh, PA
That's not the window, that's the external window wrapping. Someone formed those strips off a roll of vinyl-covered aluminum trim coil and caulked them into place when the old window was replaced. Window wrapping covers the external trim of a window and supposedly turns the trim into a no-maintenance item.
A siding guy can replace it. It's not theoretically all that difficult to do yourself with a 60-buck trim coil from HD and some homemade shaping aids made out of clamps and dimensional lumber, but it's not a typical DIY thing.