Selecting the suitable frame style when installing new windows

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Last week, I told you how to measure for your vinyl replacement windows when replacing aluminum windows. Now that you are ready to order your new vinyl replacement windows, we need to talk about the different frame style possibilities accessible. In most of the country your choices are restricted to either new construction or replacement frames. New construction frames come with a nailing fin to attach the frame to the studs throughout the construction of the new house. The replacement frame is fundamentally the new construction frame minus the nailing fin.

But in the west, where stucco houses are frequent, producers came up with a third type of frame called a retrofit frame. The retrofit frame has a fin about 2 inches wide, positioned flush with the outside face of the window. This is the best option when replacing old windows, but not all jobs will accomodate a retrofit frame application. So let's discuss how to determine which frame is going to perform 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 place. Then you screw the new window in using deck screws via the side channels as well as the prime header. We will get into much more detail on the actual installation in a holy water future report. If you have a stucco exterior, but there is a wood trim about the opening of the window where the flush fin would commonly go, you can nevertheless use the retrofit style frame. You would want to get rid of the wood surrounding the opening, install the retrofit window, then purchase and install new wood trim. The old trim will no longer fit considering that the retrofit window frame dimensions will be bigger in width and height than the old window frame. Yet another option is to install the retrofit fin on prime of the wood trim. You can do this as lengthy as the depth from the face of the wood trim to the point in the home of the innermost portion of the old aluminum frame is crozier less than three inches deep. The purpose is since a excellent quality retrofit window will monstrance have a 3 inch frame depth from the back of the flush fin to the innermost portion of the frame. That innermost part requirements to be further into the home than the innermost component of the aluminum frame so that the aluminum frame will be hidden after we apply the inside trim. What if you have brick around the window openings? Or siding? Then what? Properly, if you can install the window against the face of the brick or siding and nonetheless have the innermost component 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 comparatively thin fin, you can also trim down the fins so the window fits in between the brick or wood. That would get rid of the require to trim out the outside. Some manufacturers of retrofit frames will have grooves in the back of the retrofit fins. You simply run a utility knife in the groove until you are able to break off that piece of the fin.

The principal point to bear in mind when determining regardless of 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 much less than 3 inches from the outside point exactly where the flush fin will rest to the inside point in the room where the old frame ends. If it is much less than 3 inches, go with the retro, much more than three inches, use the replacement frame and add trim to the outside in lieu of the flush fin.

Subsequent week I am going to explain the approach of removing the old aluminum window.