MASSDRIVER
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Brent
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Well, not for lack of trying:JBI said:That's a thing of beauty right there. How has the place not burned down yet?
Vinyl windows are a plague upon the earth. I hate em, but have to use them.ICE said:All that wood in the kitchen and then there's a vinyl window.
I arbitrated and did expert witness reports on hundreds of retrofit failures:jdfruit said:BrentHave you found a retrofit window that works well? I am trying to find something for my late 1970's house and found the retro window companies worse than used car sales.
For some reason they are bringing a Federal Court action under EPA, I prefer a state court action since we have Prop 65 which makes lots more chemicals illegal, I had one case with one retrofitted window where the woman actually ended up in a psychiatric hospital from the effects of the formaldehyde in the sealant. A friend got $19 million from the architect and builder where they installed windows in sealant in a new building, so if getting quotes from the scam artists doing this just tell them you want a chemical-free installation, chances are they will just leave.\ said:PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, were used widely in caulking, plastics, and other industrial applications before being banned in 1979. They have been shown to damage the immune system and are strongly believed to be a carcinogen. As contaminated caulk deteriorates over time from window and door frames it can flake, releasing PCBs into the air and in dust.¹
Honestly, I'm not the right guy to ask.jdfruit said:BrentHave you found a retrofit window that works well? I am trying to find something for my late 1970's house and found the retro window companies worse than used car sales.
There are better ones but none made in the United States, German vinyl windows are made with non-toxic uPVC, I've build homes with uPVC German windows, most Americans don't like them for drapery reasons, the tilt and swing in. Canadians also make superior quality PVC windows, they look just like wood windows, in fact my own home has all Canadian casement vinyl windows, but I tore all the walls apart and installed them caulking-free just like new construction windows. You've got to watch Canadian windows though, companies in Canada are opening up to build windows for the U.S. market that are cheap vinyl windows trading of the Canadian name, the best Canadian windows are made from extrusions manufactured by PH Tech in Quebec.\ said:Having said all that, all vinyl windows are virtually identical in my book. Differences are inconsequential.And everything Conarb said.
Brent.
I never have installed caulking anywhere in a home, of course when I started in the trade there was no such thing, and since I'm retired now I never will, I also never seal up walls with plywood sheathing since it stops the walls from breathing, for bracing I used 1x8 boards in the old days, then went to Hardy Frames and full red iron frames, in this home\ said:P. s. I replace as many retrofit windows with new retrofit windows as I do replacement of original work. The main culprit is lack of caulking adhesion, bad caulking work, and vinyl failure. Nothing beats proper counter flashing. If you do that right you don't even need caulking because you are not relying on it for water intrusion.
Did you notice the nail hole that lines up with the Romex?MASSDRIVER said:Rip it out