Replacement Windows Discussion Board Forum

Just got asked to look at a job, Anderson frenchwood series slider aprox 7 years old the perma cladding is separating from the bottom of the door. Has anyone ever seen this before?

Ive never really noticed a difference, as long as all the windows will have them you wouldnt notice if there was a slight difference. If you are really concerned about it go up to the nearest Harvey warehouse, or showroom and have them show you a sample.

roofing gun, Whats the lead time on those? Do they go factory direct or through brosco?

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I would have them take it off and maybe be refunded if you payed extra for that. And then either seal it and paint it, or hire someone who specializes in trim wrap that can handle that. Your still gonna end up with multiple pieces but someone whos good should be able to make it look pretty nice.

wow thats lovely, I like all the color matched caulk oozed all over the shakes. it looks like water could possibly get behind the capping on the sides.

If its a cosmetic thing and your worried about you could bend coil stock to cover the edges or apply some pvc trim around the window. Or you could cut out the old window and use a new window although that would be more costly.

Its called a flush fin replacement window, depending on where you live they may or may not be hard to get. they are hard to find on the east coast as it is primarily a westcoast type window

Sleeper, Ive always used geocel tri polymer. But ive heard you talk about osi before. My wholesaler carries OSI butyl and Quad. What makes one better than the other? does the OSI have a lot of body to it?

I got that beat, try doing a window and door install on a "low income" multi unit, with the owners living out of town. The tenants would never complain to me however they would call up the landlord and complain about me hammering too loud, starting work too early in the morning (9am), not ...

I think you've got me confused with true_blue, he was just quoting me. Im just a young guy starting out in the business. However tru does raise a good point that something as simple as window treatments can be such a big deal.

I actually considered getting a smaller fin window and doing it like you said, however, Harvey told me i would have issues because the window wouldnt be properly flashed. They wanted the siding cut back far enough to flash all around the window. I would imagine applying geocel to the back of the nai...

thanks guy, How do you deal with the jamb post that runs up the middle? As far as getting the job done which method would you opt for when doing a job? Im not sure what your feelings are on this but i had a job where the frame was rotted out but cutting the siding was going to be impossible so with ...

What is the easiest way to replace the typical rotting wood anderson double casement found over just about every kitchen sink in houses built in the 60's. without disturbing the siding.

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