Title: How to Install Glass Block Basement Windows | DoItYourself.com
Headings: How to Install Glass Block Basement Windows
How to Install Glass Block Basement Windows
Prepare for Your Window Installation
Cut Your Wall Opening
Smooth Your Cut Edges
Insert the Window into the Opening
Install Fastening Hardware
Install Flashing and Apply Caulking

Content: Use a level when marking the window's horizontal and vertical lines. If your first cut is crooked, you'll have trouble leveling the edge. Remove all materials from your kit and separate the parts into piles. Continue reading below Our Video of the Day
Cut Your Wall Opening
If your basement is finished, you will likely need to cut through two walls: the interior framing wall and the exterior wall. You'll need two different kinds of saws for this, a skill saw for your interior wall and concrete saw to cut through the concrete or cinderblock of the outer wall. Make the first cut into the interior wall, then saw through the exterior wall. When cutting through the interior wall, be sure not to cut through electrical wiring. If while working in the basement you'll be working in a spot where the wall that is over your head, you'll find it to be safer and less physically challenging if you use a step ladder. Avoid standing on anything as unstable as a box, bucket, or household chair.