Vinyl Window Jamb Extension

Jamb extensions are typically 3 4 boards or mdf and create a clean edge for the the casing trim to be nailed to.

Vinyl window jamb extension.

Step 1 clean up the area where the jamb extender will be installed and prep out the space. Extension jambs for vinyl windows keith you don t want to attach the extension jambs to the windows because the vinyl has too much expansion contraction. Outside the windows are set back from the wall surface. Jamb extension options available for 1000 series windows.

That means they re innies. Installing window extensions jambs on vinyl or wood windows can be tricky. Primed wood and select pine oak or pvc wrapped. Extension jambs are usually wood painted or stained to give the appearance of an actual wood window.

The extension jamb is preassembled and test fit to the openings. What s a jamb extension. Fastened to the window casing they rest on a sill which is pocket screwed into the framing. A jamb extension does precisely what the name suggests it s a frame that fills the depth of the wall space from the inside face of the window frame or jamb to the face of the plaster or gypsum wall.

Covering up this space from the drywall to your vinyl windows can be done one of two ways. Available in a full range of sizes and wood types such as. This technique is very convincing. Finish the inside of your windows with a wide variety of interior jamb extension options.

To create the pvc jamb extensions roth followed several simple steps. We supply standard 4 1 2 5 3 8 and 6 1 2 jamb options along with any custom sizes up to maximum of 8 1 4 from nailing fin for your projects. To bridge the foam extension jambs are added to the outside. Step 2 measure the opening space to determine the width of the jamb extension needed.

Extension jambs and casing. The ideal way i found to deal with this is to do as gary w mentions above preassemble the extension jamb shim it to the correct reveal and then nail through the extension jamb into the house framing. 3 3 8 or 1 3 8 extruded vinyl. With dry wall from the edge of the inside wall up to the window frame or with the use of extension jambs.

The pvc wapped extension offers all of the benefits of vinyl with the extra strength and reinforcement of wood. Get tips and tricks and see how to turn this into a simple job. Vinyl wood jamb extensions. I once had a customer whose wife thought for two years after moving into their house that the windows were vinyl and not wood.