Installation Guide

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Installation Instructions
for Vinyl Windows with Integral Nailing Fin (JII001)
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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GLOSSARY
Newer construction methods have led to an increase in air and water tightness
in buildings. This frequently leads to negative air pressure inside the house,
which can draw water through very small openings. Our installation method
integrates the window with the weather barrier of the structure (typically
building wrap).
Thank you for selecting JELD-WEN products. Attached are
JELD-WEN’s recommended installation instructions for Vinyl windows
with an integral nail n. Not all window types may be installed into
every wall condition in all areas. Consult your local building code
official for applicable building codes and regulations. Local building
code requirements supersede recommended installation instructions.
Areas such as Florida and the Texas TDI region have different anchoring
requirements based on product certification. For information on
specific products, visit www.floridabuilding.org or www.tdi.texas.
gov and follow the anchoring schedule given in the drawings for the
product instead of the anchoring schedule in this document.
PLEASE NOTE: Installations where the sill is higher than 35
feet above ground level, or any product installation into a wall
condition not specically addressed in these instructions, must be
designed by an architect or structural engineer. Failure to install
windows into square, level, and plumb openings could result in
denial of warranty claims for operational or performance problems.
NOTE TO INSTALLER: Provide a copy of these instructions to the
building owner. By installing this product, you acknowledge the
terms and conditions of the limited product warranty as part of the
terms of thesale.
Table of Contents
Rough Openings .......................................... 1
Safety and Handling ....................................... 2
Materials and Tools ........................................ 2
Remove Packaging and Inspect Window ........................ 3
Inspect Rough Opening ..................................... 3
Prepare Buck ............................................. 3
Prepare Stud-Framed Wall ................................... 4
Install Window ........................................... 4
Flash Window (Windows Installed into Stud-Framing Only) .......... 6
Complete Installation ...................................... 7
Glossary
Buck
A wood framework attached to the masonry inside a window or patio
door rough opening.
Mull Joint
The joint where two or more window units are structurally joined together.
Mulled Unit
Two or more window units structurally joined together.
Precast Sill
A pre-formed concrete block placed in the sill of a masonry/block wall to
support a window.
Self-Adhered Flashing
An adhesive backed tape material used to waterproof the rough opening
and/or used to seal a window to the building’s weather barrier.
Shiplap
The layering method in which each layer overlaps the layer below it so that
water runs down the outside.
Weep Hole (weep channel)
The visible exit or entry part of a water drainage system used to drain
water out of a window.
ROUGH OPENINGS
This installation guide specically addresses masonry/block wall, sheathed
wall and open-stud construction.
Masonry/Block Wall Construction
This installation assumes that
a framework of studs (often
called a buck) has already been
properly fastened and sealed
to the concrete/masonry wall
by a buildingprofessional.
Fully Sheathed Wall Construction
The wall framing is covered
by sheathing. Windows will
be mounted ush against the
sheathing. This installation
assumes building wrap
is properly installed prior
toinstallation.
Fully Sheathed Wall Construction
Masonry/Block Wall Construction
Buck
Header
Trimmer
studs
Sheathing
King
stud