REPLACEMENT OR RETROFIT STYLE FRAME? WHICH IS RIGHT FOR YOU?
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Article by: John Rocco Last week i told you how to , INSTALLING VINYL REPLACEMENT WINDOWS IN A WOOD FRAME OPENING measure for your vinyl replacement windows , Starting Vegetable Garden Seeds & Plants Indoors when replacing aluminum windows. , Murder in the Foliage Now that you're ready to order your new vinyl replacement windows, , A list of power tools that women should have in their toolbox for general home repair and emergencie we need to talk about the different frame style options available. In most of the country your choices are limited to either new construction or replacement frames. New construction frames come with a nailing fin to attach the frame to the studs during the construction of the new home. , How to Choose a 'Safe' Color to Paint Your Rooms The replacement frame is basically the new construction frame minus the nailing fin. But in the west, where stucco homes , Birch Tree Planting Tips for Bucks County Pa. are common, manufacturers , Softening Your Walls with Color Wash came up with a third type of frame called a retrofit frame. The retrofit frame has a fin about 2 inches wide, located flush with the outside , 5 useful tips to care for your plants while you are on holidays face of the window. , Hot Tub Safety for Children This is the best choice when replacing old windows, , Checklist: Do I Need to Replace My Chimney Cap? but not all jobs will accomodate a retrofit frame application. So let's discuss how to , Attention Homeowners: Replacing Your Faucets Will Make a Wor determine 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 , Safe Pest Control Tips from the outside, , River birch Trees - A Great Tree For The Buckingham Pa. Area and the flush fin covers the old aluminum frame that you are going to leave in place. , River birch Trees - A Great Tree For The Buckingham Pa. Area Then you screw , Why Rose Gardening Is So Addictive the new window , Direct Mail – Don't Assume, Just Test And Track in using deck screws , 5 useful tips to care for your plants while you are on holidays through the side channels as well as the top header. We will get into more detail on the actual installation in a future article. If you have a stucco exterior, but there is a wood , Discover Electric Radiant Heat trim around the opening of the window , The Hope Of A Single Crocus where the flush fin would normally go, you can still use the retrofit style frame. You would need to remove the wood , Construction Fall Protection surrounding the opening, install the retrofit window, , It's Gardening Season! then purchase and install new wood , Flowers Online - Be Safe With Payments trim. The old trim will no longer fit since the replacement window , River birch Trees - A Great Tree For The Buckingham Pa. Area frame dimensions will be several inches larger in width and height than the old window , Why Rose Gardening Is So Addictive frame. Another option is to install the retrofit fin on top of the wood , Construction Fall Protection trim. You can do this as long as the depth from the face of the wood , Softening Your Walls with Color Wash trim to the point in the house , It's Gardening Season! of the innermost portion of the old aluminum frame is less than 3 inches deep. The reason is because a good quality retrofit window , How To Buy A Vacation Property In Minnesota will have a 3 inch frame depth from the back of the flush fin to the innermost part of the frame. That innermost part needs to be further into the house , Sleeping Beauties: Porches For Dreaming than the innermost part of the aluminum frame so that the aluminum frame will be hidden after we apply the inside , Sleeping Beauties: Porches For Dreaming trim. What if you have brick around the window , You Take The Vacation - Not Your Garden openings? Or siding? Then what? Well, if you can install the window , River birch Trees - A Great Tree For The Buckingham Pa. Area against the face of the brick or siding and still have the innermost part of the vinyl frame be further into the home , 10 Quick Ways to Change Your Fire-less Fireplace from a Blac 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. , Birch Tree Planting Tips for Bucks County Pa. The main point to remember when determining whether or not to use a retrofit frame or a standard replacement frame is that in order to use the retrofit frame there needs to be less than 3 inches from the outside , The Uglier The Better point where the flush fin will rest to the inside , An Edible Flower Garden point in the room , Birch Tree Planting Tips for Bucks County Pa. where the old frame ends. If it's less than 3 inches, go with the retro, more than 3 inches, use the replacement frame and add trim to the outside , Birch Tree Planting Tips for Bucks County Pa. in lieu of the flush fin. Next week i am going to explain the process of removing the old aluminum window. , An Edible Flower Garden John Rocco has been installing replacement windows , How to Choose a 'Safe' Color to Paint Your Rooms since 1978. To learn more, visit How To Install Windows About the Author John Rocco has been installing replacement windows , A list of power tools that women should have in their toolbox for general home repair and emergencie since 1978. To learn more, visit http://www.how-to-install-windows.com |
  
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