I was at a place on the weekend where I saw someone drywall over a window. No board between the window and drywall, no insulation, no plastic just drywall, air and glass.
Going right over this would it not create mold from the temperature changes and moisture. This was done in a kitchen behind two stoves. The contractor has told our president that it is done right. I think Mike Holmes would have a fit. Am I right or wrong.
I think the contractor is doing a band-aid. He also has a heavy duty wire that you can see when you look through the window on the outside. I think he added and outlet. Just more or less stuck it there.
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some contractor will cover up anything, as long as the finished product looks decent to the home owner, it's not their problem if something goes wrong down the road.
Were you at my house? Someone blocked off two little windows in my 'office' using that method (no wires thank heavens). One nice thing about doing it this way is in old houses like the ones around here, the window remains and can be brought back any time. All it takes is removing the drywall and replacing the trim. I've considered doing it here but it will now have to wait until the next owner.
It isn't such a big deal in a house like this because there is no insulation anyway so no significant difference in hot/cold or moisture. From the outside, the window is still there and just looks white. Meanwhile the exterior stays intact without looking patched. You can often tell when people removed windows if they didn't completely redo the entire exterior of the houses so sometimes it just makes sense to leave the window in place.
Meanwhile, some people in this neighbourhood have brought back the windows that were covered as part of returning the houses to original plan so it is nice that whoever covered them didn't do it right.
On one episode of Cityline, Ramsin explained that drywalling over a window can be done, although not ideal. He suggested that prior to the drywalling and insulation, to paint the windo glass so that you can't see any of the stuff.
The right way would be to remove the window, frame the opening, insulate & barrier on the inside, then drywall. And then sheath the exterior and appropriately patch the exterior finish. Never drywall over a window.