Marvin and Andersen deny paternity. Allied's web site indicates that
they make vynl and aluminum sliders, not wood.
A small project will get me off my butt and over to Home Depot today to
look at windows, I will look again for something similar. If one of
the grey haired employees is around I will seek their council. (As if
my hair were locks of flaxen.)
-jc
On Mar 27, 2004, at 4:11 PM, creighton wrote:
> That type of casement was discontinued and then recontinued, I think
> because
> they were rotting out so fast that people needed then to repair their
> homes.
> I would bet that your sliders are Andersens also, but no longer
> available.
> Check the hardware carefully for markings. Go to your family run, small
> lumber yard with a good picture and look for the old guy in the back.
> Check
> with Allied Storm Window Cincinnati, Ohio 800-445-5411ctb
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Callan" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 2:32 PM
> Subject: [BP] Residential Window Identification Help?
>
>
>> There is open water on the pond...a little. Some geese have returned
>> and appear to be pairing up. Its time for me to think about my
>> painting and windows again.
>>
>> The house is a mid-80's (1980's) development sort of split kind of
>> thing. It may have been the model home. Certainly its first owners
>> had the funds for a few extras and had reasonably good taste. The
>> windows on the front (west) and south side are Andersens. They are
>> wood casement windows with interior screens. Nice windows.
>>
>> The east and north sides have these funky gliding/sliding windows.
>> They are large, about 4'-5" square. The screens that were here when
>> we
>> purchased the house and the one I had my hardware store make are just
>> too darn flimsy. They twist, go out of shape and fall to the ground,
>> change shape some more and eventually become completely ineffectual.
>>
>> There are exterior storms on two of them. Others may be in the
>> basement. They have kind of a pin system for attaching the screens
>> and
>> storms. But somebody screwed the storms in two locations and I have
>> not yet tackled that issue.
>>
>> Meanwhile, the brick molding is suffering terribly. My diagnosis is
>> that the brick molding and the windows and doors were delivered to the
>> site with the factory primer, but no paint, and nobody bothered to
>> paint any of this until I started.
>>
>> The sliding'gliding windows are wood and for the moment in good shape.
>> They have vynl tracks and are sufficiently tight. I want screens and
>> that work. Storms that work would be nice, but since they are weather
>> tight, I'm not concerned about that yet. I'd like to go to the
>> manufacturer and order the appropriate screens. But I can't find a
>> manufacturer identification anywhere. Perhaps it was painted over.
>> All I have is a stamped "A04689X26C1" in the aluminum space piece
>> between the glass panes.
>>
>> Naturally, I don't want to talk to a window contractor, because they
>> want to replace my wood windows with some nice vynl clad windows.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> -jc
>>
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