GeneDavis Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 A walkout basement has its floor 0 walls done as pony walls, 2x6 framing upper half, 8" concrete stemwall lower half, aligned both at main layer out. The window I place in the upper wall has its frame of depth for the stemwall, and of course the trim is positioned such. How to fix? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneDavis Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 In the pic shown here of the plan view, there is a doubled wall, a 2x4 framed wall with drywall only on inside face, spaced 1/2" from face of the 8" stemwall, and maybe that is causing the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneDavis Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 Do the math and you can see that an 8" stemwall with a 2x4 framing wall, no sheetrock on stemwall side, spaced 1/2" away from the 'crete face, yields a 12" dimension outside stemwall to inside framing wall. With the wall positioned as I want, with the 1/2" gap, the window won't behave. Only when I open the gap by another inch, to 1-1/2 away from the stemwall, will the window behave. I wonder if a room divider wall in that space somewhere, maybe 1/4" inside the stemwall, will change things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Window Defaults / Casing / Double Wall Options / Not Through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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