Moving and Reusing Marvin Tilt Pacs — Cost Effective?
Hi,
I’m expanding a dining room which has several Marvin Tilt Pac double hung windows inserted into the original jambs. The wall with these windows is moving outward several feet. Is it cost effective to resuse the Tilt Pacs by rebuilding the jambs and sill in the new wall or get an entirely new Marvin double hung window? Seems to be a shame to throw away the Tilt Pac as they’re only a couple years old and function and look great. But I know it’s probably less labor to just insert a new window.
Your thoughts?
Thanks.
Tom
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Why not?
You're going to have to build something to put the windows in whether you use the existing or buy new. What difference does it make which window?
Unless you like buying windows? You said several, so figure $300+ times however many several is = several $ saved.
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Joe H
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Why not remove the entire window unit as a whole? You basically have a window unit with the tilt pak in it anyway. That way you would not have to re-build anything.
Yeah, you wouldn't need a complete jamb setup with all the hardware, just flat pieces with stops on the outside. You could build them in place rather than pre-constructing them, so it would go pretty fast/simple.
Or you could actually consider moving the old jambs with the inserts.
clip the fasteners and reuse the windows ... jamb and all. Maybe I missed something that said you wouldn't be able to do that.
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Demo and move the entire wall (or a section thereoff) windows and all.