Book

Windows & doors / from the editors of Fine Homebuilding.

Newtown, CT : Taunton Press, ©2006.

155 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 28 cm.

All the technical information, design advice, and field-tested expertise of Fine Homebuilding's best deck builders are packed into Windows and Doors: Installing, Repairing, Replacing for professionals who need a broader source of information, or for ambitious homeowners. From railings to stairs, material choices to fasteners, serious builders will find what they need.

For pros, by pros

For pros, by pros.

Windows -- Maintenance and repair -- Amateurs' manuals.

Doors -- Maintenance and repair -- Amateurs' manuals.

Handbooks and manuals.

Windows and doors

Fine Homebuilding.

Includes index.

Doors : installing prehung doors -- A New door fits an old jamb -- Installing a split-jamb door -- Hanging French doors -- First aid for doors -- A Different approach to frame-and-panel doors -- Setting prehung doors -- Three ways to weatherstrip a door -- Installing bifold doors -- Installing sliding doors -- Retrofitting a threshold -- Shopping for interior doors -- Disappearing doors -- Windows : Get the right replacement window -- Restoring window sashes -- Installing a bay window by yourself -- New window in an old wall -- Installing vinyl-clad windows -- Dressing up stock windows -- Choosing energy-efficient windows -- Reglazing windows and doors.

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