512.1 I have a customer that has a 5 year old home with three 12′ tall by 4′ wide windows. They are rotting at the corners, water from poor caulking and I think poor materials. The sill is made of finger jointed wood and they want me to repair the corners but my big concern is the finger joints appear to be seperating. I think that the manufacturer used faulty glue. Any suggestions? My review and after thought and my gut tell me to pass on this and advise him to replace the windows ( he claims to have talked to the builder and window manufacturer to no avail).
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five year old home with rotting windows?, sounds like a warentee/legal issue
id stay away, dont even offer advice except replacement
replacement is really the only option
Inquiring minds want to know, who is the manufacturer.
I've got my guesses, but I'll hold back.
I agree it should go back on them, unless there was neglecty in installing and painting these units.
Excellence is its own reward!
What you have is a direct set window. It is a piece of insulated glass set inside of a frame made of s-4-s finger-joint white pine. More then likely it is not a rabbetted jamb, but 1 x 1's are used as glass stop on either side of the glass. These type of windows are generally used by builders to lessen the cost of building a house. They are way cheaper then buying an Andersen Window. However they are maintenance nightmares. The new generation of these type of windows are made of PVC extruded material. These windows are very easy to manufacture.....you could probably run a successful business making these in your garage selling to builders.
As far as what to do......a lot of options. One is to rip it out and replace with a higher quality window. If, however, some kind of repair is planned......the quicker, the better, because a seal failure may be in store.
jocobe