I am getting ready to build a 60ft. x 42 ft. x 12 ft. pre-engineered metal building to be used as an office and need to figure out what type of windows to use. Does anybody have any experience with using Vinyl windows on a metal building? I would like to avoid aluminum if possible and wood clad is really out of my price range. The front of the building is going to have a brick fascia with four picture windows and the rest of the building will be metal sheeting with nine 3 ft. x 4 ft. framed openings.
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Has anybody here ever put windows in a metal building? Will vinyl get to hot next to metal sheeting? Are the commercial aluminum windows an efficent choice? Anybody ever used woodclad windows in a metal building?
I would think somebody here would have some experience with metal buildings.
Edited 11/8/2005 11:23 am ET by King
So nobody has ever put windows in a metal building?
Never.
But I'd bet the people selling you the building might have a suggestion or two.
Every metal building website I've looked at has options for trim, doors, windows, insulation, whatever they can think of.
Joe H
http://www.vp.com
http://www.americanbuildings.com
http://www.butlermfg.com
http://www.metallic.com
http://www.starbuildings.com