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New Construction vs Replacement Windows?
I have a contractor who has offered to install replacement windows,
but in a way I am not familiar with. He is proposing to remove the brick molding and interior molding and cut through the existing nail flange with a sawzall. The replacement window will then be installed with screws through the sides in the rough window opening, not the window frame like a normal replacement window. Is this a good idea? Should I tell him we want new constuction windows without the nailing fin instead of a replacement window? Can you put a new construction window with the frame in without messing with the siding? Thanks for any help! I am so confused by the numerous contractors I have talked too, one says replacement bad, use new, another says use sash replacements. tex |
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"Jeremy Robbins" wrote I have a contractor who has offered to install replacement windows, but in a way I am not familiar with. He is proposing to remove the brick molding and interior molding and cut through the existing nail flange with a sawzall. The replacement window will then be installed with screws through the sides in the rough window opening, not the window frame like a normal replacement window. Is this a good idea? Should I tell him we want new constuction windows without the nailing fin instead of a replacement window? Can you put a new construction window with the frame in without messing with the siding? Thanks for any help! I am so confused by the numerous contractors I have talked too, one says replacement bad, use new, another says use sash replacements. tex I'm a bit perplexed by your description of how the existing windows are installed. Usually a window with brick mold is installed by fastening through the brick mold. They do not have a flange as I know the flange type. Windows with a flange, usually do not have brick mold. I've never seen windows with both, doesn't mean they don't exist but you wouldn't need the flange if you have brick mold. |
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"Johnston" wrote in message ...
"Jeremy Robbins" wrote I have a contractor who has offered to install replacement windows, but in a way I am not familiar with. He is proposing to remove the brick molding and interior molding and cut through the existing nail flange with a sawzall. The replacement window will then be installed with screws through the sides in the rough window opening, not the window frame like a normal replacement window. Is this a good idea? Should I tell him we want new constuction windows without the nailing fin instead of a replacement window? Can you put a new construction window with the frame in without messing with the siding? Thanks for any help! I am so confused by the numerous contractors I have talked too, one says replacement bad, use new, another says use sash replacements. tex I'm a bit perplexed by your description of how the existing windows are installed. Usually a window with brick mold is installed by fastening through the brick mold. They do not have a flange as I know the flange type. Windows with a flange, usually do not have brick mold. I've never seen windows with both, doesn't mean they don't exist but you wouldn't need the flange if you have brick mold. You could totally be right, I just assumed that all windows had some sort of molding around them and I was calling it brick molding. I really need to take one apart and look at it. Thanks for the info! |
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