WINSERT INSTRUCTIONS - TOOLS AND MATERIALS
Tools:
- tape measure
- hair dryer
- sharp knife
- electric screwdriver
- hand screwdriver
- staple gun or small nails for attaching plastic tabs
- miter saw or hand saw
- table saw, if you need to rip strips to width
Materials:
- 1" pine strips (If you aren't able to find pre-cut strips, you'll need to rip 1x6 pine boards into strips of approx. 1 1/4". See Step 2 for details)
- water-based sealer
- wood glue
- 2" drywall screws
- heat-shrink plastic or shrink film (found in do-it-yourself window covering kits; if you can find this in a roll rather than folded sheets, it will have fewer wrinkles at the outset, but either kind will work)
- double-sided tape
- plastic for pull-tabs (pieces cut from old credit cards or plastic snow-sliders work well for this)
- 1/2" thick x 3/4" wide foam tape (enough to go around the outside of the winsert frame)
Estimating amounts of materials:
For each winsert, you will need:
- Roughly enough plastic to cover each winsert twice over (most heat-shrink window kits include sheets that are about 3' x 5', which is enough for most windows)
- Enough double-sided tape to go around the exterior face of the frame twice
- Enough foam tape to go around the outside of the frame once
- Two strips of wood almost as tall as the window, and three strips slightly less than the window's
width (this is roughly how it will look)
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