How To Add Window Casing Over Drywall

Yes – EASY! I promise! I beloved the wait of wood cased windows and had I known how easy and inexpensive it was to simulated my ain, I would have washed this to every window in my last firm! This is a bully tutorial for anyone wanting to fancy-upward your existing windows and it doesn't take long!

how-to-case-existing-windows The only lumber you need for this is a sheet of ane/2″ Purebond Plywood and 1×4 MDF boards. I was able to case every window in my house with a few sheets of plywood and nether $300!

I was lucky to plenty to take our footstep-dad (a.k.a. our builder) teach me how to practice this and I did a lot of the windows myself one time he showed me how, so – It really is easy!

ripped-purebond Outset past ripping downwards 1/two′ Purebond to the width of the sides of your window openings. Don't measure out one window, measure them all because they are non all created equal. If they are, y'all are lucky 🙂 You lot tin encounter this piece is the width of the drywall around the windows – this is the piece for the top of the window. Measure the length of the meridian of the window first and cutting a piece of 1/2″ Purebond to fit. Using 2″ nails, blast it up so that the front end edge of the plywood is affluent with the edge of the window opening.

**If your boards are rough on both edges, just sand them down – if one side is smooth, apply that side to face forward.***

Now measure the length of each window side and cut them down as well.

nail-plywood I used my Rigid nailer to nail them up (aim right for the middle and nail nigh 5 nails along the length of the board.

step2 Once all three boards are nailed up it's fourth dimension for the MDF!

Commencement by measuring each side of the window from the acme of the window opening to the window sill. Cut the 1×4 MDF to size.

wood-glue Side by side, add a thin line of wood glue to the edge of the one/two″ plywood. You volition find the layers on the edge – do not cover the inside layer because this layer will be exposed once the window is consummate.

nail-mdf Nail the side pieces on commencement. Make certain to expose that get-go layer of plywood (you can see a small border of the plywood exposed nether the MDF board. I nailed mine upward with my Ryobi Airstrike Nailer.

wrap-with-MDF At present mensurate the meridian slice from the outside border of ane side of the MDF board to the cease of the other and then that your pinnacle piece will be affluent with both ends of the side pieces. Add the wood mucilage and smash with 1 one/4″ brad nails.