Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: windows

[Racheli Gai (racheli]

I am Don's neighbor in Sonora Cohousing.
I *despise* our windows.  They are often very hard to open,
and those which are not hard to open often slide back down... IMO they are
also ugly.
AND: If I had the chance to do it again, I'd never agree to vinyl windows.
All and all, it's one of the things where we really screwed up (IMO).

R.


>Hi,  I don't think that there is any reason why the top sash couldn't be
>the moving one in a single hung window, although they may not make them
>that way normally and it might be awkward to just turn the standard ones
>upside down. You can probably give your building contractor a headache
>just by asking him about the possibility.  Here in Tucson we do have
>single hung  installed in the normal way.  This, compounded by our
>architect's insistence on a certain look, left us with upstairs window
>openings only 18 inches above the floor and worried parents.  People did
>find various products to child-safe their openings.
>          We used a vinyl window with a very good U value.  The verdict
>is still out on them.  One problem is that the frames are somewhat
>flexible so if the installers squeeze them a little they can become very
>hard to operate.  They do appear to be doing the job as far as energy
>efficiency.  Only time will tell how they hold up.  We originally spec'd
>out ones with a lifetime warrantee but when the builder was changed at
>the last minute and there was a major budget crisis, we were switched to
>a 5 year warrantee without any of us noticing until it was all over.
>        Don,  Sonora Cohousing, Tucson
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