The South wall is going to be a wall with as many windows as possible. I started by laying out the windows and getting a feel for where things would line up. It turns out 5 of my windows fits about as snugly as I could hope for. Because the windows are greater than 16" wide, I'll have to use a header. I used two 2x6 with a strip of 1/2 plywood in between them. I then doubled up the studs between each window. A professional would probably have an issue with how this was executed, but I think it will work fine.
After adding the doubled studs, I added a horizontal lower and upper plate for fastening the window frame to. I then added short studs in the portions of the wall not occupied by windows to maintain my 16" on center studs to fasten the plywood siding to.
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South wall with the header. |
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2x6 header with West end king and jack stud (the king has a screw in it). It looks like there is plywood between the king and jack studs, but its just some defects in the 2x4 studs. |
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I made a spacer block to set the stud spacing exactly to fit the windows. |
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Showing more or less how the window will sit in the opening. |
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The South wall, stood up, with some of the short joists added in. I'll do the same thing to the top. |
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