re: Has anyone tried replacing house windows themselves?

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Alot of people think you're ripping out the brick mold/framing and everything you see attached to a window). You're not doing that. That all stays. The only thing you have to replace are the two sashes that go up and down but you have to get them out. You chop out the "stops" and the sashes go out. The "stops" are a little piece of wood that runs vertical on the outside, on both sides of the sashes.

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What you are talking about is a very simple and easy task. Some people want to replace/upgrade their entire windows and not just the "guts" so to say. If you want to replace your entire aluminum window in a brick home it's not easy. The original aluminum frame nailing fin is bricked over during construction. You will need to heat and cut out the glass panes, then bust and pry out the aluminum frame itself. The frame will be screwed and or nailed into the wood by the nailing fin behind the brick so at the very least a pry bar will be needed and likely a multi tool and sawzall with a metal cutting blade. It's a messy task.