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   calvin | May 16, 2003 03:45am | #1

   Definitely a tough job.  You could make a shoot board for the siding cuts.  The best I could get for an interested Marvin owner was 25 off list and no down pmt.  You'll also find there's no real set opening size in the glass business. Never did understand why.  I would think you should try to get marvin to eat any special sizing upgrades.  That it fits in the rough opening is all you can hope for.  They won't special size just for cosmetics or ease of installation.  Best of luck.  Oddly I'm a marvin owner with clad casements from '88.  No problemo.

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   Bogey | May 16, 2003 04:22am | #2

   Thanks for the response. It seems I just got "lucky" I have a friend with Mavins installed in '88 and he hasn't had any problems either. I'm thinking I can use the exsiting windows as a guide and use either a router or one of those small Makita circular saws to trim back the clapboards. What is a shoot board?

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   calvin | May 16, 2003 04:32am | #3

   Easier to make than to explain.

   Picture a straight edge to guide and be under your circular saw.  Screw it to the claps where you want to cut and run your circ saw up it. 

   You take a pc of ply a cpl inches wider than the base of your saw.  Apply another pc of "1 x " to the factory edge if you trust it to be straight.  Now set the saw on the ply up against the 1x edge guide and cut.  The ply edge left on the shoot board is now your cut line.  Easy to register and easy to fasten to the house.__________________________________________

   Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.

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   Snort | May 16, 2003 06:29pm | #4

   Here ya go, but, 'round here we calls 'em "Shooting Boards" <G> EliphIno!