Replacement Windows Discussion Board Forum

I know your area pretty well as I lived in Middletown for years before I moved just back across the bridge back in 2008 to our family farm just off the Delaware River. Of the windows that general contractors/roofers/siders have to access to, ProVia vinyl is better than the ViWinco, Slocomb, MI, Winc...

When you look above the bottom sash to the side jambs, the jamb pocket closest to you/inside will have a snap in vinyl piece that runs to the top head area. It covers the open jamb and balance. It's a cosmetic piece and easily removed and snapped back in place. Where your old windows the original wi...

Yes, you can just pop them out with any kind of thin narrow ridgid prying device like a straight screwdriver. You will get them out easier if you remove the thin jamb pocket balance covers first which snap right back in. You can cut the sash stops with strong snips or hacksaw then file to level as n...

I've found that I can sort of finger push atop the sill deck to find soft verses healthy. Are you in North Wilmington?

The local to Delaware box store subs really hack up Andersen Narrowline units with the Permashield cladding type installations. They do them as fast as possible at lightspeed with repurposing the white plastic jamb liners as interior stops which looks like amature hour regarding the finish work. The...

Most are made by a bay, bow, or specialty shape outsourced manufacturer like Ventana. The hardware and spacer might change a little to align with a particular manufacturer's specifications. I've mostly done Sunrise, OKNA, Soft-Lite, and ProVia and they are all very similar. The key is to not go too ...

It wouldn't be all that much work to take a multi-like oscillation tool and cut those narrow trim boards out even if they're sort of snuck into a built-in j-channel receiver if that's the case. Replace with some PVC Azek with some back caulking and stainless 16-gauge finish nails. No more paint main...

Pella DH units are not the most homeowner friendly to tilt for cleaning. Compression jamb liners on the lower series like the Lifestyle and very awkward behind the lock sash top rail hidden actuator hooks to engage for tilting on the flagship series.

Did you reach out to The Window Nerd yet? He has the OKNA lines and possibly the Ideal. It makes sense to try to lock in with OKNA since they're manufactured so close to you.

The RBA product is a very attractive product with great glass. It's nothing special regarding performance. They tend to have decent to exceptional installers, but I lost respect for them when talking to some of them regarding their pay scale. They're very underpaid. At least 30% of the cost goes rig...

The Mezzo is well below the engineering and quality control standards of that OKNA 600 series. There isn't one single thing about the Mezzo even close to anything OKNA offers. Mezzo has very thin walls thus it isn't a very strong frame window and utilizes an economy spacer to the glass. I've only pe...

Looks to me like the installers didn't really understand building science regarding "tabbing" of the capping leg or head cap which covers a cut termination piece of metal? Looks like white G8 like metal with a brickmold face trim formed profile, but the miters don't match that to add insul...

With the tax credit for 2023 I like the triple upgrade investment.

In my opinion, that window unit would have greatly benefited from being sized, manufactured, and installed as a flanged new construction unit. I'm sorry they did that to you. That picture belongs as a centerford in Fangoria magazine.

That frame has typical surface rust, not rust like on a 25-year old Ford pickup in Northeast that requires a ton of money at the autobody shop to make correct. Most outfits will slip a vinyl hopper unit into the steel frame and jazz up as much as they can with peel and stick vinyl snap INSTA/RWD tri...