cheap windows for house

I am very cheap by nature,
so when i decided to start working on the house, i had decided to make it as inexpensive as possible, Free is even better.
well, we have this house that was built in 1957 and the heater was bad, the grade was bad, the doors, windows and the lack of insulation in the ceiling made it vary cold in the winter and vary hot in the summer, I had decided that i need to fix the problems, and one of those projects involved replacing the windows. Well there seems to be a lot of people here where i live that like to tear down old homes and build McMansions worth millions of dollars, in the process the previous house gets mowed down, you can contact the owners and they will let you take whatever you want, (the more stuff going the land fill is equal to more money that needs to be spent.) regardless, it means that you can get stuff for free.
this instance i knew the owner and he had just replaced the windows 2 years ago, and said i could have the windows. So i went over with a screwdriver and a crowbar and proceeded to remove all of the windows. next thing i knew, i had eight relatively new windows.
and here is how i installed them in my house, maybe this will help out some one.

here is one of the windows i replaced, i did the same process for all of the windows

Step 1 Removing the windows

this is easy, place the window in the middle of the track, grab the top and bottom of the window, push it back into its track and at the same time pull it out from the front.

Comments

[gemtree]

LMAO!!!! Oh, my! I bet that was interesting to encounter the next time. I too have been surprised by foam that 'grew'.

[MD_Willington]

FYI, you'll want to use low expanding foam for this kind of thing, I can tell you that I've fixed windows like this where the "other guy" used the wrong foam, the result is a broken or misaligned window.

[sabianq]

its funny, im actually not using foam, (i wanted to but the foam grew up, i should post a picture of it) regardless, i dont need it anyway, the windows fit so perfectly that none is needed, im just using indoor/outdoor paintable silicone calk to fill in the 1/32 -1/16 inch gap between the window frame and window. i will post a followup picture. at the same time, i like the idea of using a low expanding foam, its hard to control the otherstuff and it gets everywhere and this old house needs foam from time to time. thanks!

[MD_Willington]

That's cool, I'll be taking care of some windows in our house, the guys that renovated it must have bought every single window that was in the "mix n match" area of window makers convention, aluminum, vinyl, sash etc etc... Got to love "flippers" LOL...

[armindilo]

ummm....which pictures are you guys talking about that are so horribly rotated? I mean a few are taken at angles, but come on, sometimes theres just no better shots. If you rotate one of those pictures, you lose a good chunk of the picture. If you can't imagine what it really looks like without rotating the picture, either move your monitor, or get out more often. :D Good instructable!

[Crash2108]

You're too late.

[sabianq]

Sorry, I trust that better. I just don't seem to notice when a picture is sideways, i think my brain is miswired somewhere.

[Andrew546]

yes, its not that hard to rotate a picture. Please rotate the pictures and repost.

[friezer]

Thanks for the effort, but it'd be nice if I didn't have to crane my neck to see the pictures.