2 things I noticed about your windows... 1=typically I would not put the peel and stick across the bottom as you have done because it may tend to hold water. Usually that bottom layer is just a couple inches inside your framing on the bottom. 2- I also would run the right and left pieces of trim flush at the top but down to the length of your bottom trim also to prevent possible water intrusion so you have a vertical seam not a horizontal seam. Just a suggestion from a carpenter with over 35 years of experience

As a 20 year old who doesn't own a home, my NY resolution was to learn how to use power tools!! I have succeeded and have become a DIY queen! Makes me want to renovate a home sooo badly... Love you Joel and love watching the house come along ! Love from Australia

Nice job, except that wouldn't pass up here in Canada. We require the top trim to be double flashed. One flashing directly above the window, and the second above the trim. All flashing ends also require an end dam to prevent wind driving water behind the trim. I also seal the backside of the trim with primer/sealer. Also, it's better to have the trim prouder than 1/16", that way your caulking will have more wood to stick to. Hardie recommends to extend the side trim all the way to the bottom of the bottom window trim, and not the top like you did. Reason for that is to prevent standing water to get into the end grain of the side trim. Cheers.

So no one's going to mention how the first piece of trim shifts upward when he goes to grab the gun, and he nails it in anyway, making like a 3/16" gap at the bottom right corner. Then goes on to give advice "If it sucks, tear it off and redo it. Don't be scared to fix your mistakes. Don't live with a crappy job..." BUT LEAVES THE GAP! It's so big, you can still see it when the camera is 30 feet away from the house!

Thanks Joel! I love the beats and flying sideways. It shows even perfect tutorials have their moments. 🤣😂🤷🏻‍♀️

JOEL!!!! This will be just like a brand new house, look at all your progress in a short time. Your a great teacher Joel.

Why on earth would you not use 5/4" trim instead of the extra step of shimming? The bottom joint should always be vertical, not horizontal. I have trimmed hundreds of openings such as this, and always joint them on a bench with pocket screws, as perimeter plains are never perfect, then the joints are always perfect. The back side, against window are always back cut to allow for nailing fins. But, everyone does it differently.

Great job. You missed flashing the window trim on top and sides and metal flashing on top. Definitely needed if rainy climate

I just built a chicken coop and my windows just didn't look finished out. Now I know why! That will be today's job...redo the windows! Thank you for your clear instructions! I am now a subscriber! So glad I found your channel!

Thank you for the “Furring-Strip” info - I was wondering if I could do this to bring out the Exterior Trim I’m having to work with! - 👍🏼

They make that same trim 1" thick. You would avoid having to shim like that, other than maybe to offset the thickness of the nailing fin.

Bloopers at the end are always my favorite.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge Joel!! Love watching

Construction adhesive?? I don’t think so , how about silicon like every contractor has done for the last 40yrs. You should have used a pocket screw tool to join the window casing as a unit. Joints would line up better and could be made water tight.

Going to miss your family vlog today you guys give me strength. You guys are examples of strength, God wanted you guys to be examples of that. Seeing you work on this house makes my chores look easier. Love you guys. Joel your fun to look at .... I love you bonnie! Lol

You’re amazing Joel...so awesome to see how your home is coming along! 💙 and I love Bonnie to the moon and back💙...you both have the most beautiful children 💙💙💙💙

you should run the side boards past the bottom of the widow frame 3.5'' and the set your bottom between the side boards so water has a place to run out and does not lay on the sill

Looks great. I have a question on the shims. If they are not 3-1/2” wide, doesn’t the 1 x 4 sit at an angle once you nail it in place?

When trimming starting at the bottom makes it easier to get your side pieces as absolutely tight as possible

Thanks for all that you share, this channel has been so helpful!!!

Great info…great live shots at the end!

Wow it looks so cool

Great video! Do you ever do a 45 degree corner? I’m noticing the that’s not as common and wondered why.

As you do this job more you will see there was a few small mistakes….the tape has been pointed out. The directions of your seams on the trim will s also wrong and that product requires a metal flashing at the top of the window. Even a little standing water will wreck that product over time I have seen it in as little as thee Years swell up and crumble

Ok ... wow...check that big old gap there at 5 and 23 seconds... tear it and redo it... but wait for the glue to cure first... I do however like the top trim a tad bigger ... nice touch

Looks like your flashing tape sits under the window flange instead of on top of it, like you flashed the rough opening and then installed the window instead of installing the window and then flashing around it as is the normal practice.

So the J-Channel butts up against the finished trim?

I am so shocked that you are not getting wayyyy more views. Such great content. Can't wait for next Friday. 🙂

Use 5/4

It's like I have two husband's. Joel, who tell me I can. Then I have my actual husband that tells me I can't. I feel like I can build a house.

Hi Joel, what would you recommend in a starter tool kit?

I don’t understand what to do with my siding after this. Do I put J-channel around the winding trim? When I see other houses, it looks like the siding is behind the window trim.

The top of that trim will need flashing?

I love what you are doing with this house. How many bedrooms does it have?

Thanks…appreciate you being straight forward and not blathering on and on. Hate the poser channel guys.

Totally random question.....before winter I want to fill in cracks in my sidewalk, where the sidewalk meets the house, and a crack in my garage. So confusing on what is best to use. I see there is a self leveling but someone told me it is really runny. Any advice?

Thanks for all info

Triple Check the weather proofing against floods and stuff! #Chad #8Passengers

I have that nail gun and tried putting up that trim with hot dipped ring shank nails, my gun bends and jams the nails and they will not go through the trim. What nails are you using on the trim?

Am i just not seeing, but isnt there supposed to be tape around the windows?

We could use your help with our reno. Making a 1.5 story house one level 🤔

I am curious why builders don't miter the trim around the windows. I have seen this same style in my area and call me weird, but I am just not a fan of it. NO hate to you and your channel, I did learn a lot from this video. I just am curious why I don't see the miter look on exterior trim that often.

What is the thickness of the furring strips?

So you would you also need the furring strips when you do the vertical trim on the house edges? Or would there not be any voids there?

Hi Joel when redoing a roof do you recommend taking the old shingles off im just asking because I know someone who had there roof done and they just put the new ones o we the old ones?

Drip edge?

Does the addition of the furring strip interfer with the siding?

Sorry to be that guy but the bottom boar should be the length of the window sides should go from top of window to bottom of bottom trim and top should span from end of side trim to end of side trim

No head flashings?

If it sucks rip it off. That is what 90% of contractors dont do. Good advice.

Did u caulk the joints after u installed the trim

Question ,do I need to put a flashing on top of the window before set the top trim??

Is there a bonnie vlog today

😊👍

Where (or by whom) did you learn the knowledge you have?

No list of tools …

What happened to Bonnie's channel!

I cringed a little after the right-side trim slipped right before all of the nails went in. 😅

the buetl tape is don wrong

No 3m tape around the flange … ok

Contractors don’t live with there mistakes the homeowner has to

Whats the nane of the bord u using?

Should know when done with this house in 2021.

Joel looks like handy manny

I hope the Windows last For 100 years...yaaaa know that Windows Is not coming out that Easy 😮😮

Did anyone else nearly have a stroke when it slid up 1/8 just before he nailed…

Gap

your windows look BORING!

You’re doing it wrong

If your going to do a video do the job right