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naive question- couldn't you resize the hole in the wall to use a larger window pane?

• tastyfreeze 2y ago
  It depends on how the home was constructed. With stick frames the window frame is built to take the load from the studs above it and direct it around the window and to the studs below. It can be done but it is not an easy job. Going smaller is easy though. Just build a smaller frame inside the existing one.
• arwineap 2y ago
  Generally, if you don't want to pull a permit, you can change a windows height but not its width This is because of how the wood around it is framed to provide support to the wall above
• quickthrowman 2y ago
  You can, but you’d need to remove the siding and drywall and reframe the window opening, see a window framing diagram here, can’t cut the king studs or you lose structural integrity: https://www.do-it-yourself-help.com/how-to-frame-a-new-window https://www.do-it-yourself-help.com/how-to-frame-a-new-windo...