On 19 Jan 2006 11:44:02 -0800, klacan wrote:
And I thought I had problems....Well had Comfort and Pace both come in
and give us quotes .No song and dance,I told em upfront.We had someone
else come over from another company and give us a long 3 hour blah blah
blah about windows etc..

Either way we need new windows.The ones where we are are over 30 years
old aluminum and the frame itself has air leaking through it.Not to
mention when you see ice on the inside as we did 2 days ago...maybe the
whole thing needs replacing.

But you are right the windows are like 600 a pop which is a lot.

Thanks for the info though.


Do you have storm windows? Have you done a complete job caulking
then? After the debacle trying to get quotes, I did an extra-complete
job of making the existing ones as weather-tight as possible - replacing
the felt insulting strips on the edges of the storm windows, doing a
complete new caulk job, foam insulating strips along the top of the
sashes, etc. It made a HUGE difference. We no longer get ice inside
ours, which used to happen when the temp went down below 10. There's
still the occasional bit of condensation, but nowhere near as much as
we just used. And these are 55 year old windows.

- Rich

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