slide window

[mpoland33]

How do you make a slide window?

I'm planning on cutting out a small slither out of the plywood...maybe 6" tall by 18" long...frame is out and then use another piece of plywood to slide sideways to open....or the other way, to close.

 

[cavemanrich]

It is not very difficult. I assume you would like a clear Plexiglas window.
Go to Hardware Store and purchase the window. Some stores can also cut it to your desired size. Try to get relatively stiff size (thickness)as to your needs. While there ask to get a J-channel. (aluminum would be my choice). The store clerk would match up J-channel size to your window thickness.
WTA since I just noticed (plywood)
You can use plywood as window. Get appropriate size to accommodate thickness of plywood.

One on top and other on bottom. Window will slide easily.
WISHING YOU BEST.......

 

[mpoland33]

Thanks for your response....but nope, just going for plywood. It would look like this...i just can't tell how they do it. I get the trim part but the picture here looks like it would pinch

 

[mpoland33]

Although using that with plywood would be pretty easy to do so that is definitely an option. THanks!

 

[cavemanrich]

Now that I see what you are trying to make, here is how it is done. The outside frame is made from wood strip that is cut out on saw to look like the pix.

The plywood slides in the re leaved area.

 

[Deb T]

Make it like a pop door with the door bigger than the window/hole. Mark on the wall around the hole with a marker showing where the door fits around it. Nail a thin slide base the thickness of the door on top and bottom of the hole where the door fits inside it. Then temporarily tack door in place resting on the slide base. Then frame on top of slide base and door. The frame will hold the door in place. Remove temporary tack. The door should slide back and forth easily. Then go on the other side of the window (inside coop) and attach hardware cloth to window opening.

 

[Deb T]

You also may want to place a latch or lock on the outside door for predators

 

[Howard E]

This may not be what you had in mind, but this is how I did things to allow the whole window to slide open and closed. Can't find the original photos........but these can be seen in post #23 of this thread:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/woods-colony-house-portable.1104954/page-3

So what you do is install horizontal framing for the window to slide on. Verticals on either side of the opening keep it from falling out. You could do your plywood "window" the same way. Downside of the plywood being when closed, it shuts off any light from coming in and things go dark.

I copied this design from some old farm buildings built from 50 to 100 years ago. A cheap, yet effective way to allow fixed frame windows like this to open.

Tricky part is what to do with the screening that remains fixed in place when the window is open or closed. Probably better to nail it up on the outside, then install trim over it.

 

[h c hennery]

We mounted our windows externally using something similar to J-channel -- "vinyl lattice cap moulding" from Home Depot. There was no room for the window to slide sideways on the front door, so it slides up and down. (We drilled holes in the plexi in a few places along the edges and poke nails through, to hold it in place at the level we want it. Not elegant, but it's worked so far.)

 

[h c hennery]

Forgot to mention -- the cute little trim pieces of moulding we glued on the plexi fell off almost right away. We left them off. They served no purpose.