Removing old bathroom window

[GB]

I need to replace an old, rotten bathroom window. The plan is to remove the entire window frame as neatly as possible, preferably intact to avoid unnecessary mess. Then take it to the local joiners to get a new one made.

What's likely to be holding it in place at the moment? I was hoping to use the multitool to cut the fixings and just ease the whole thing out.

It's a 1920's building. Piccy here:

If it's too hard to get the whole thing out, bearing in mind the render, I'll just change the opening sash.

Any suggestions, please?

[Tim Watts]

Lots of big rusty nails IME.

A demolition saw with a metal cutting blade will probably work, as might a full sized hacksaw blade broken in half and fitted to a one ended handle (can you still get those?)

[GB]

I don't have one of those, but it sounds like an excuse to get a new blade for the big angle grinder. :)

At the moment, I'm thinking of wimping out and getting the new sash, plus filling the existing frame. About 10% of the effort for 90% of the result.

[Lobster]

On 21 Apr 2016, GB grunted:

I think by trying to remove it intact you're far more likely to end up damaging the brickwork/render, and it's really not necessary. Just provide the dimensions to the joiner.

I would cut through the frame at several points with an old panel saw, and the chunks of frame should then be easy to prise out separately.

[News]

In message , GB writes

Forgive me for not actually answering the question. When we had a similar problem, a local joiner came to the house and repaired rotten windows, replacing a lot of wood in the process. Superb job, invisible afterwards, and no need to remove complete frames. Suggest you speak to your local joiner before starting, and see what he advises.

[charles]

There are firms specialising in fitting replacement timber windows.

Remember that if you replace a whole window, Building regs require it to be double glazed with a relevant certificate.

[The Natural Philosopher]

not necessarily.

If the whole house has been certified to be OK without DG...

[A.Lee]

Absolutely no chance of getting it out in one piece. It will have 6 inch nails. or 4/5 inch screws in it. The putty/filler/etc will have filled in all the gaps, and make it very very hard to get it out. I've took loads of windows out, I'd say there has been less than 5 that have come out without resorting to jemmys and saws. Even when the top and bottom framing is cut in half, they can take ages to get out.

[Vir Campestris]

When we double glazed our old house we needed certs. I think it's law on any new window.

Andy

[A.Lee]

It is Building Regs Certification. If the fitter is FENSA regsitered, they self-certify. It is a Law, like Part P for electrical work, that is not enforced, except in very rare extreme cases. Even when selling a house, it is never a problem heving no completion cert., you just buy an indemnity policy for less than £100 - far less than the amount you save by going to a non-FENSA company, or DIYing the windows.

[PeterC]

whole blade - pull, of course.

[Tim Watts]

This was what I was thinking off (though snapping the blade is optional there too):

[Huge]

or just shrug and say "Haven't got one". Nobody gives a damn.