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I'm curious - how do you know that the old frames are from Andersen? Did they have a wood exterior or a clad exterior? If they're the REALLY old Andersen sliders from the 1940s through 1960-ish the frames were made really different from anything anybody makes nowadays. They actually had a ~4 inch s...

Todd, Here are some more photos . This first two photos are of a window which does leak in torrential rain (I haven't re-caulked this one yet) while the second two photos give you an idea of how the capping was actually installed. It's hard to tell from the photos, but the cap does not extend behind...

I purchased a house last year which had replacement vinyl windows (mostly Appleby System) installed ~5 years. They were installed directly into the existing Andersen frames and then capped on the exterior with bent aluminum flashing ( example ). This hasn't been a problem on the windows with deep ov...