Replacement Windows Discussion Board Forum

DougInMD I don't know Castle Windows, I assume they are a local manufacturer just serving your area, or a dealer for someone elses product. To answer some of your questions, triple pane is the most energy efficient glazing system. You can compare U values of all our glazing options on our website ww...

Dear Windowshopper, Yes, inserting a Gorell window with foam wrap into the opening without using any additional insulation and then caulking is considered acceptable by Gorell. This assumes that the window was properly measured and there are no large open voids in the wall itself around the window. ...

To all: I first posted this on the wrong link, shows my computer skills. Seems that there has been way to much written here, and a lot of offense taken. Our research, whether you believe it or not, says the closed cell foam wrap works as well as any other product in stopping air infiltration into th...

To all: Seems that there has been way to much written here, and a lot of offense taken. Our research, whether you believe it or not, says the closed cell foam wrap works as well as any other product in stopping air infiltration into the home. One of the best parts of it is that it comes on the windo...

Fenex, I do have Gorell windows installed on my house, and they do not have additional insulation stuffed around them, just the closed cell foam, which by the way does an excellent job of stopping air infiltration. Fiber insulation only functions if it is lose (ask the people who make it), if it is ...

Windowshopper Normal installation is one screw to each side of the top sash and one screw to each side of the bottom sash. There are also Jamb adjustment screws at the center of the window in both tracks to square the window to the opening. Installation methods and procedures do vary depending on th...

Windowshopper, Whole lot of correspondence going on. If the installer has 9 years experience and you trust the dealer's expertise, I would accept the explanation that when the window was squared to the opening the gaps were taken care of because our foam wrap extends about a 1/2" from the frame...

Window Pain. I'm very upset that you were shown a defective sample window. Constant force balances are the most reliable balance system on the market and allow smooth operation opening and closing your windows. We make thousands of windows per day and have virtually no problems with balances. As far...

Va-DC shopper, I will try to answer some of your questions. Grids do vary by manufacturer. The majority of grids are rectangular boxes which look fine from a distance but have no intrinsic beauty. Several manufactures do a sculptured gid, simulating milled wood, as we do. Then there are the connecto...

Karl, We make a tilt and slide window, as well as many versions of sliders that do not tilt, but the sash easily remove to the inside for cleaning. All our vertically operating windows (double hung) also tilt in for cleaning. The rollers on the sliders are metal so they wont flatten out. Also, if yo...

Dear Cheryl, The needed parts should be into our plant within three weeks, so you should easily have a new door before winter. I don't have the formulae for the opening size, but if you would furnish the size door you would need we will get you the exact clear opening size for the center panel. Wayn...

Dear Cheryl, We listened and are in the process of making changes to our doors to allow a center slide. The new parts should be in house in about a month. We have not yet told our dealers as we do not have it ready for production yet and will tell them when it is ready. Our standard size 3 panel doo...

Sterling,
Take a look at http://www.gorell.com/pages/stormproducts.htm, we have a very nice aluminum storm window line available.
Sincerely,
Wayne Gorell

Dear Cheryl, We have just announced offering blinds in our sliding patio doors. We do not offer blinds with low e glass as we too are concerned the blind would mar the low e finish, and since there is no low e, there is no gas fill as it would not impove the energy efficiency. If you want the conven...

The 5300 series are our top of the line products, with the 5200 next and then the 5100. All three product lines are comparable in quality and features to most of our competitors "top of the line" products so it can get confusing comparing them. The 5100 series has a thinner frame profile s...