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Are my windows too tall to mull?

8 years ago

last modified: 8 years ago

I'm trying to mull Windows together vertically. The windows are forming a trapezoid shape where one side is 95" tall and the other 105". 73" inches wide. I was told by my window company that this too tall to mull. Does anyone have experience with mulling tall Windows and is there anything I can do to make this work? Thanks in advance.

Update: Just to clarify the combined height (top & bottom) will be 95" on one side, 105" for the other.

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millworkman
8 years ago
Impossible to tell without a lot more info. Window type, material, structure, area of the country, etc, etc, etc,.........
new2mac1970
Original Author
8 years ago
No problem millworkman.

Bottom half are casement opening like a double door (2 windows). Top-half are picture windows (2 windows) making a trapezoid (angles up, one side taller than the other; 95"/105") total of four mulled together. Windows are vinyl but I'm not sure what the mulled frame is made of. I'm in Southern California. Hope that helps. Thanks,
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Windows on Washington Ltd
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
If they are vinyl, they should have an exterior accessory groove and be "mull'able" on site. The question becomes, when they get that large, does it not make better sense to have some wood between the openings to stabilize the overall unit.
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millworkman
8 years ago
My thoughts exactly as that is getting quite tall. Vinyl i would say definitely some structure. May not need to be wall framing as you may be able to get away with what some call a support mullion, which would be a steel or possible aluminum bar that would give some extra rigidity to the verticals. The units would be attached the same way the just incorporating the metal bar.
new2mac1970 thanked millworkman
new2mac1970
Original Author
8 years ago
Thank you both for your responses.

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