Atrium Windows
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question for oberon (or other expert) re: jet noise! did we goof?
Comments (5)oberon, I called Atrium first thing this morning and the guy told me the following: Their 1/8" over 1/8" windows are only rated 30, for 3/4" windows. They are a 32 for 1" thick windows. I'm not sure what we have but either way we don't conform. I thanked him then called my sales lady. She was very concerned and said she had gone straight to her head sales guy who had written specs from Atrium (for all windows). I am waiting for her to call back. Honestly at this point, regardless of what she comes back with, I'm still not going to feel right about this. I'm sure there's SOMEONE there at Atrium who will tell her these are fine. But the guy I spoke to said they are NOT. And that's what is going to stick with me. I'm already anticipating an issue as I can't imagine they will just happily replace more than $4,000 worth of windows. I just feel sick. If she gets someone from Atrium to agree they are ok and I have someone from Atrium saying they are not, what do I do? Thank you in advance. :)...See Moremy atrium window saga continues... never buy atrium! photos...
Comments (21)We purchased 18 Model # 5700 Atrium windows from McCoy's for our new house we are building. Out of the 18 windows, 13 of them have issues. They won't stay in place when raised. When the store sent their technician out to check them a spring popped out of one and broke the top corner of the frame. The Technician told my husband that we should have bought a better quality of window. These windows might be poor quality but they weren't cheap. The window was replaced yesterday but when the installer went to open it, the spring came out. The store salesman and manufacture rep is supposed to come out tomorrow to check all the windows. We were told the store ordered new springs for the windows but that was two weeks ago and they are still not fixed. I don't recommend these windows....See MoreMy kitchen layout plans wanna see?
Comments (26)It's the existing location of the dishwasher. I am right handed and have always had the dishwasher to the right of the sink so it's intuitive to me after all this time. I would probably be trying to stick dirty dishes in whatever was there if I moved it lol. The fridge is about where it was before except a little further down the counter for less crowded work zone at sink and dishwasher. Mostly we have to change as little plumbing and stuff like that due to the amount of money fema allowed. As it is we won't have enough from them and some of the money will be out of our retirement money. Not happy about that. But we are doing a few things that needed to be done like replacing our 20 yr old hot water heater that was looking rusty, and removing the popcorn from all the ceilings to repair areas that had leaked. I am really happy to see the popcorn go away. We had no idea how many damaged areas we had in the ceilings. We also replaced the windows in the bedrooms because it was discovered that they had been leaking behind the drywall. We were not aware of this until the drywall was removed. All drywall in the house had to be removed from the floor to at least 4 feet up the wall. Depending on the depth of flood waters in the house determined how much drywall must be removed. It turns out there were a lot of bad things hidden behind the walls we were unaware of. Termite damage in one section of wall which was totally replaced and treatment for them. That the idiots who did the previous remodeling had put the emergency pop off water pipe of the hot water heater into the wall instead of piped to the exterior of the house! And it sits right next to 2 exterior drains. So had it gone off it would have flooded between the walls. Those kinds of things we absolutely had no choice but to fix and we're very glad we found them. We also re piped the house due to significantly deteriorated pipes. And since water got into the electrical outlets we had an electrician re wire the house so it would not catch on fire. Fema might reimburse us for some of the electrical because it was caused by the flood it will be a supplemental claim. That was a really big cost to us so we hope to see money for that. And the mortgage company not giving us our fema insurance money is not helping a bit....See MoreI hate dressing these windows!!
Comments (38)I really like Annette's suggestion. And the earlier post who stated, "form follows funtion". Regardless of the type of window you have, you have a "function" issue, and so the "form" should follow. You can enjoy your pretty windows from the outside of your home, but the inside issue needs addressed for you to live in your home. I do believe that raising the curtain rods does raise the eye, creating the illusion of height. Using a shade to fill in the space between the panels would allow you to use less panels and have them for effect only (never intending to actually pull them across to shut out the light). You could have a roman shade that is functioning, a motorized shade that you can adjust by remote, or an actual pull shade depending upon your budget and your design preference. Lots of great input from this community. Best wishes for a successful resolution to your issue :)...See MoreMFatt16
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