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Unnecessary to frame vertically around windows?
Currently decorating an attic room and have just replaced the window. The wall is constructed as follows:
Old plank wall
Vertical 145+45
Plastic
Horizontal 45
Horizontal OSB
Vertical gypsum
My question is whether I should have skipped framing around the entire window and instead let the last layer of insulation go all the way to the vertical studs to break the thermal bridge there.
The vertical pieces don't seem so necessary since they don't exist anywhere else.
Old plank wall
Vertical 145+45
Plastic
Horizontal 45
Horizontal OSB
Vertical gypsum
My question is whether I should have skipped framing around the entire window and instead let the last layer of insulation go all the way to the vertical studs to break the thermal bridge there.
The vertical pieces don't seem so necessary since they don't exist anywhere else.
I have nothing in the corners except for the horizontal battens, so for that reason, I don't feel I need them vertical. But I chose to keep them anyway, mostly because they are nailed and too cumbersome to remove.T Tjrex said:
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