CAG: You might want to consider using treated lumber in these areas. Metal will always sweat. Also you may come up with some sort of thermal break in this area. Good Luck.
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I thought about that, edited the last post. I thought of a 1/16 or 1/8 gap between the metal and wood with caulk in the joint but dont think thats going to do it well enough. Any idea on better thermal break between the two materials, everything I come up with, I can think of at least one flaw or more.
I just wish it was in the budget to replace the windows
Just More Questions?????????????????????
Is the house still under construction?
What is the temp & relative humidity inside?
What is the outside temp?
What heating system will be installed? Is it currenty operating?
Will there be a vent directed at that area?
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The house was built in '98 and the just the basement is being finished now. The temp outside has been between 30-55 over the time of construction, yesterday the first day I noticed the condensation, it was about 45 outside, the inside temp has been pretty constant about 73 or so. Heating system is a gas furnace been there since the house was built. There is one vent in the room not close to the windows and has been caped since it was added so not much is getting out of it right now.
Open that duct from the furnace and let it send moving, drying air through the room..
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Will try that, but Im still concerned with the condensation later. I think Im going to find some sort of composite to run up just short of the metal and chaulk the gap. Got any better ideas Im open?
I once read about a paint that had something like hollow silicone balls - no, they were ceramic beads in it that was supposed to form a thin insulative barrier for something like this and minimize condensation on metal. Don't know anything more than that vague shadow of a memory, dancing in the darker recesses of my mind like the memories of an affair that could have been - and better left imagined than real, I suppose.
But it might be a hint that could help your search..
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I have tthis same problem except I ran sheet rock up to the metal and Iam paying for it.
SOLUTIONS: 1backer rod between the two materials then caulk
2 cultured marble for all four sides the bottom piece can be routed with a bull nose
3some kind of vapor barrier screen inside opening to stop the moisture from reaching the window
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What about a section of Azek or Trex or some other plastic product.
I'm still not real sure on this situation but as long as yopu have metal frames, you are likely to have some condensation there.
Be sure this caulking and trim doesn't impede the egress removal at all!
I lean to using a composite material and the backerrod before caulking, if I understand it right.
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"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit.
The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are."
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