Picking the appropriate frame style when installing new windows
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Final week, I told you how to measure for your vinyl replacement windows when replacing aluminum windows. Now that you're ready to order your new vinyl replacement windows, we want to talk about the distinct frame style possibilities offered. In arraignment hearing most of the country your options are restricted to either new construction or replacement frames. New construction frames come with a nailing fin to attach the frame to the studs for the duration of the construction of the new home. The replacement frame is fundamentally the new construction frame minus the nailing fin.
But in the west, where stucco homes are widespread, producers came up with a third type of frame named a retrofit frame. The retrofit frame has a fin about two inches wide, located flush with the outside face of the window. This is the finest selection when replacing old windows, but not all jobs will accomodate a retrofit frame application. So let's discuss how to establish which frame is going to work for you.
If you have a stucco exterior, retrofit is the way to go. You install the new window from the outside, and the flush fin covers the old aluminum frame that you are going to leave in location. Then you screw the new window in making use of deck screws by means of the side channels as effectively as the top header. We will get into much more detail on the actual installation in a future report. If you have a stucco exterior, but there is a wood trim about the opening of the window exactly where the flush fin would commonly go, you can nonetheless use the retrofit style frame. You would need to eliminate the wood surrounding the opening, install the retrofit window, then obtain and install new wood trim. The old trim will no longer fit because the retrofit window frame dimensions will be bigger in width and height than the old window frame. One more solution is to install the retrofit fin on top of the wood trim. You can do this as long as the depth from the face of the wood trim to the point in the house of the innermost portion of the old aluminum frame is less than 3 inches deep. The reason is since a excellent quality retrofit window will have a three inch frame depth from the back of the flush fin to the innermost portion of the frame. That innermost component demands to be further into the home than the innermost portion of the aluminum frame so that the aluminum frame will be hidden after we apply the inside trim. What if you have brick about the window openings? Or siding? Then what? Effectively, if you can install the window against the face of the brick or siding and nonetheless have the innermost portion of the vinyl frame be further into the house than the old frame, then you can use the retrofit style frame. If not, then you have to use the replacement style frame,then use trim to finish the outside. If you are able to get a retrofit frame with a fairly thin fin, you can also trim down the fins so the window fits in between the brick or wood. That would eliminate the want to trim out the outside. Some manufacturers of retrofit frames will have grooves in the back of the retrofit fins. You basically run a utility knife in the groove until you are able to break off that piece of the fin.
The main point to don't forget when determining whether or not to use a retrofit frame or a regular replacement frame is that in order to use the retrofit frame there demands to be less than three inches from the outside point exactly where the flush deacon apparel fin will rest to the inside point in the room where the old frame ends. If it really is less than three inches, go with the retro, a lot more than three inches, acolyte use the replacement frame and add trim to the outside in lieu of the flush fin.
Next week I am going to explain the approach of removing the old aluminum window.
