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- Thu Mar 28, 2024 5:40 pm
- Forum: Ask Our Pro's a Question
- Topic: Simonton 6500 vs Reliabilt 3900
- Replies: 8
- Views: 47
Re: Simonton 6500 vs Reliabilt 3900
Relibuilt out of Lowes is a private label from Atrium. Atrium has a horrible reputation in our industry. Very low-grade stuff by a not so good manufacturer. Simonton is very dated, but still shares a decent reputation. The platform is very old at this point.
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:28 pm
- Forum: Ask Our Pro's a Question
- Topic: SILICONE vs POLYURETHANE
- Replies: 6
- Views: 66
Re: SILICONE vs POLYURETHANE
Typically, one will run a larger bead on brick returns to the frame or capping on vinyl windows. Silicone has a lighter body and I don't like larger beads of silicone, plus it will get very dirty over time by nature. The heavier body of old school regular OSI Quad is my go to on brick exteriors. Qua...
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 4:39 pm
- Forum: Ask Our Pro's a Question
- Topic: Replacing the glass from another identical window
- Replies: 5
- Views: 207
Re: Replacing the glass from another identical window
Many 80's/90's era aluminum builder's grade windows have way more aggressive glazing sealants holding the glass to the aluminum sashes and frames than what we see in modern vinyl windows. When we go to deglaze them for safe removal, we have to implement a torch to active the glazing compounds to rel...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 5:43 am
- Forum: Ask Our Pro's a Question
- Topic: NJ Windows - and can’t break the bank
- Replies: 5
- Views: 163
Re: NJ Windows - and can’t break the bank
Not a fan of Pella or MI vinyl. I much prefer the Andersen A series over the 400. My sister has a 20-year old typical production new construction home down in Pennsville with the Weathershield windows too. I know that they're planning on having me put OKNA's in when the nest is empty in a few years.
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 8:44 am
- Forum: Ask Our Pro's a Question
- Topic: SE Pennsylvania farmhouse replacement windows and installer
- Replies: 5
- Views: 178
Re: SE Pennsylvania farmhouse replacement windows and installer
Many manufacturers have different product lines and don't always allow dealers to have full access to every model as they have dealers in the same territories that cross paths. For an example, we do the Vanguard series which is now that model, and I don't have the Restoration line which is reserved ...
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 6:04 pm
- Forum: Ask Our Pro's a Question
- Topic: Why is my window brown between panes?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 221
Re: Why is my window brown between panes?
Most of the NEBP locally to the Tri-State area were sold and installed through Power. However, they were in certain local lumberyards and many GC's would install them in Cumberland County. NEBP is sold through Plowmans in Millville also. Being in Elmer, there is a main distributor for those windows ...
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 9:21 pm
- Forum: Ask Our Pro's a Question
- Topic: Why is my window brown between panes?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 221
Re: Why is my window brown between panes?
The windows should have two stickers. I cheap white Avery printer like in-house label up in the head cavity when one lowers the top sash down, however I've seen them on the sides of the sashes too. That has all of the information regarding the order and specs for NEBP to start to make up a new OEM s...
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 7:07 am
- Forum: Ask Our Pro's a Question
- Topic: Why is my window brown between panes?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 221
Re: Why is my window brown between panes?
That's the common failure of the Sashlite glazing tech/system from North East Building Products out of Philadelphia right off of 95S just north of the city. What you have is failure of the white vinyl spacer that implemented into the casement sash, this allows moisture to contact the low-e coating a...
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 6:46 am
- Forum: Ask Our Pro's a Question
- Topic: Anlin vs Provia
- Replies: 11
- Views: 688
Re: Anlin vs Provia
I forget who actually supplies ProVia with their glass, but I don't think it's Cardinal at all. They do utilize Tremco's Super Spacer glazing tech which is fantastic. No worries regarding them being around though, they have done nothing but grow over the last 10-year and will likely be about the lar...
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 6:25 pm
- Forum: Ask Our Pro's a Question
- Topic: Deformed interior gasket - Vytex
- Replies: 5
- Views: 632
Re: Deformed interior gasket - Vytex
That's spacer migration from bad glazing of the IGU production. I see that a lot on lower end windows that get slaughtered with direct sunlight especially if there is no low-e coatings on the glass. It's replaceable with new IGU units to the sashes.
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 5:35 am
- Forum: Ask Our Pro's a Question
- Topic: Recent window install
- Replies: 6
- Views: 866
Re: Recent window install
You will need a "tolerance" space around the wood opening to the size of the window to be able to square it and have all of the margin/reveals be uniform between the sashes to the frames. If it were super tightly measured with no spacing, the installers would have to lubricate and beat it ...
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 10:26 pm
- Forum: Ask Our Pro's a Question
- Topic: Looking for specs on casing sizes
- Replies: 4
- Views: 662
Re: Looking for specs on casing sizes
Soft-Lite Classic has one of the more max glass narrow less vinyl frames/sashes out there. SL's stronger and newer platforms (Elements/Imperial LS) have more robust vinyl.
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 6:42 pm
- Forum: Ask Our Pro's a Question
- Topic: Best Quality for Fair Price
- Replies: 4
- Views: 960
Re: Best Quality for Fair Price
Not a fan of that tweaked Pella 250. So far Power has utilized Accu-Weld, Republic, North East, and now Pella for their vinyl all by low paid subs. They talk a big game for a big price on lower grade windows.
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 7:15 am
- Forum: Ask Our Pro's a Question
- Topic: Provia Endure vs Okna (400/600) Long Island, NY
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1054
Re: Provia Endure vs Okna (400/600) Long Island, NY
Those prices must be product only without installation. ProVia does have pricing platforms for their dealers. The higher one's purchase volume, the better the pricing is for them. It seems to me as a certified ProVia dealer, the call backs due to quality control and what it takes to make the product...
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 10:30 pm
- Forum: Do It Yourself Windows
- Topic: Metal half round frame in stucco
- Replies: 4
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Re: Metal half round frame in stucco
You don't have to. However, it has snap in glazing beads that come loose without a lot of trouble it may make sense and be safer. Some of that extruded aluminum on those metal windows are kind of thick in regards to the nailing flange unlike the lighter gauge stuff on Pella type window. You may need...