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   jocobe | Jan 28, 2006 01:15am | #1

   Who is the manufacturer?

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   davidmeiland | Jan 28, 2006 01:17am | #2

   Aluminum sash and jamb, vinyl, or wood?

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   JohnSprung | Jan 28, 2006 02:03am | #3

   There's silicone rubber tube seals from:

   Resource Conservation Technology Inc
   2633 N Calvert Street
   Baltimore MD 21218
   USA

   telephone: 410-366-1146
   telefax: 410-366-1202

   They have a kind with a barbed extension that fits in a routed groove for wood windows (plus a special groove router), and just simple cylinders that you glue in place for non-routable materials.

    

    

   -- J.S.

    

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   McDesign | Jan 28, 2006 02:38am | #4

   I have scratch-built several sets of casements, using crank actuators from Lowes, and typically use the "?" shaped vinyl profiles (brown or white) that fit in a saw kerf in the perimeter jamb.  I get the vinyl profiles at HD.  I like casements for the very reason that the sealing tightness doesn't affect operation, unlike DHs or sliders.

   They seal TIGHT, and the weatherstrips are easily removable for painting.  My clients have all been happy with the windows.  One client insists that when I finally built their retirement house, they want "those white oak casements" throughout.

   Forrest

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   unklecruddy | Jan 28, 2006 03:27am | #5

   thanks, i have toying with the idea of a kerf, but have had trouble finding the "proper" stripping. thanks alot. cruddy

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   JohnSprung | Jan 28, 2006 04:20am | #6

   The only thing I really don't like on casements is the crank actuator.  Give me a long hook and eye, or a rod and thumbscrew.  Simpler, longer lasting....  

    

   -- J.S.

    

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   McDesign | Jan 28, 2006 05:05am | #7

   yeah, but the actuators are only $8 at Lowes.  Buy a dozen and have spars forever . . .

   Forrest