I’ve got a couple of 20 year old Caradco sliders that have wood rot in the bottom sash. They are aluminum clad on the outside and wood stained on the inside. Water got behind the aluminum and now most of the wood is history. Here’s my question: Can they be repaired? There’s a screw at each corner on the inside and it appears that all I would have to is remove the screws and disassemble the window. I could use the upper sash as a template/guide to make a new lower sash. Is this practical/doable, or should I bite the bullet and get new windows?
Thanks…Keedman
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check with Caradco, they may be able to sell you just the sliders.
But after twenty years, this is not certain. Andersen can sell you parts top replace anything they ever made, but Caradco is now part of the Jeld-Wen family of products, so some things may have been dropped or changed by corporate.
Caraco never was better than a mid to low range window to begin with anyway.
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If you have the tools to machine new pieces then by all means go ahead. What's the worst that can happen?
if you absolutely, possitively have to keep the windows, have you considered trying something like "git rot"? If it works only half as well as they claim, you can fix anything rotten, up to and including tomatoes...