Hey guys! Doing a job on a circa 1935 house framed with real 2×4 stud walls, building paper and redwood 6″ rabbited bevel siding. The job calls for reframing one existing wall to move the window opening and install new Anerson Series 400 windows. My delima is I hate the idea of installing the window and residing just over the studs again, I would much prefer stripping all the siding and adding 1/2″ CDX, however, this is a second floor gable end wall, so I would have all sorts of tie-in issues with the existing (untouched) walls. What would you guys do?
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You are saying the building paper is covering the studs and then the bevel siding was applied directly over it? No sheathiing at all?
Interior plaster walls over wood lath? No insulation likely.
I think at the reframe area, at least, I would frame with standard demensional lumber and sheath with 7/16" OSB. The smaller 3 1/2" demension of a newer 2x4 will give you the room you need when framed alongside of a full 2" by 4" stud.
Sounds like you will end up with one warm wall in an otherwise cold house.
If you install new windows, will they fit, thickness-wise? Seems like the inside's likely to stand about 1/2" proud.
He can order the 400 series with whatever size jamb extensions he needs up to a maximum (forget what the max is but it is just short of a 7" wall thickness).
Yeah, but he would need jamb destensions.