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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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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...

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...

Heat gun or torch to loosen glass from glazing putty of death that holds glass to aluminum frame first. Gloves and safety glasses. Sharpen 3" tapered flexible putty knife. I sharpen the edges and side with a mill file. You can also utilize a multi oscillating tool with a scraper blade or old bl...

The OKNA 600 is the best of the bunch. Sounds like there is elaborate historic like exterior window casings/millwork if multiple outfits aren't including the capping?

Patriot windows out of Hammonton NJ were the worst! Total builder's grade garbage, a 10-year product at best with tons of seal failure to add more grief to the poor design, cheap parts, and horrible construction/quality control. I had them in our 2003 Ryan home and ironically one of my customers was...

I'm not a fan of that Pella private label vinyl offering. I thought that Power had jumped over to ProVia as I was told that? I'm also not a fan of the capping (exterior finish work) methods of Power subs.

That United product is a mess, period. I've never seen so much exposed poly fiber weatherstripping exposed into the jambs on a window ever. I would never consider box store subs for the installation of doors and windows as for every decent crew that they send out, they have 10x as many butchers. Uni...

If you're running j-channel and vinyl siding utilizing sill angles as nailing flanges is going to look total hack job short bus. The exterior plane of the window will be on the same plane as the sheathing and not sticking proud like a new construction window. You will not have the outer portion of t...

Those are pocket replacement windows and those vinyl pieces are sill angles for the bottom of a window which would be totally flat jamb wise. A typical wood window with pitched sill intact would have a pitch to it and there would be a gap between the outer bottom of the vinyl insert replacement wind...

Thank goodness the OKNA dealer nearest to you closed up shop a few years ago, they were pretty rough on the installation side of things. There are still a few within 30-minutes of you. The Haddonfield dealer may be the closest to you? I have an issue with Medford and trying to get out of that town a...

Personally, I prefer to cut off the exterior aluminum stop with fine tooth metal blade in the SawZal. It's not hard if you have correctly honed skills of working with trade power tools. If measured correctly with squaring room in the wood (sashes are gutted), one can get plenty of foam around the wi...