| Removing your old window and making
it larger could require a engineer if you are going to make the window a
lot larger. If you have a 4 foot wide by 4 foot tall window and you want
to make it 5 foot wide by 5 feet tall you will probably be ok.
The reason why I'm making a point out of this is over the years I
have seen some pretty poor window installations. I have seen windows
installed with 2 x 4 headers when it should have been a 4 x 8. The
window header is a important structural framing member of the
house and should be sized properly.
By installing a larger window you are removing some of the wall
shear value from the walls. This could cause problems to your home
latter on. Use common sense as a home owner if you live in a two story
house and to install your window you need to remove something that looks
like it is holding part of the home. Think Twice.
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