Thanks very much for taking the time to answer. Unfortunately, it's a window I bought on Craigslist and don't have any instructions for it, but maybe I should call Pella and ask them. Funny, my first inclination is always to ask here rather than the manufacturer! Trust you guys more. I didn't think it should be left as-is, but staining it probably wouldn't look good as the window looks like it's pine and my trim is oak. Figured painting it (like the rest of the kitchen's poor old trim) made the most sense. I did prime the exterior reveals (thanks for the terminology!) and left the ladder out in case I'm to go paint with the SW. That ain't a cheap paint, is it? But I've used it on other trim and it's awfully nice. Thanks again, I love the experts on GW. Very helpful.

My husband and I paid the Marvin distributor ourselves for the windows. Our GC knows he made a mistake and is sick about it. I did not take pictures of all the windows open that day. But all windows swing on the appropriate side of the opening for the house style except these. The one set of three is a dining room wall the other set of two is our daughters bedroom. The GC thought he would have to buy new windows when we first told him and said it was his six thousand dollar mistake. Then GC called back saying he felt better because the distributor told him he could switch things around easily. But the windows have not been discussed in the 3 weeks since this was discovered and no work on the windows has happened and I became curious why. So, I decided to follow up with the distributor myself to see what they told the GC. The distributor said everything the contractor said but the distributor then decided to call Marvin to verify. Marvin stated the best way around the situation is to buy new windows. To rework the windows would be very involved and could ruin the integrity of the window. (haha...pun not intended) The distributor called the GC several weeks ago and told him. I wanted to get opinions on how others would suggest handling this. Of course I want things right but we are now in a time crunch to get this house finished. My husband is upset but thinks we should let it go. I think we are paying a fee for the contractor and this was a rookie mistake. Our GC is a carpenter by trade and does good work but has become very busy with other work and worry that our project, that has taken too long already (8month to date), will now lose out. Thanks

Yes, having the screen inside made me pause, however, I did end up with the crank out. The screen rolls up and during the summer months, I pull it down. In the winter, I just leave it up. Love the clean look and being able to open even while raining. The crank out took up more glass space which I did not want to give up. This is a Marvin Ultimate Awning Window which replaced an old double hung over the sink.

This was done by lowes they used simple red house wrap tape to seal the nailing fins and then went over it with the 4 inch cedar. When I found the 50 foot roll of Pella Smart Smart Flash they did not use I had a bird. I told em they would have to take all the trim boards off to replace the red cellophane like tape. So the 12" siding is cut flush with the removed 4 inches of tar paper. Your saying they should put down a vapor barrier to the edge of the tar paper, wrap around the opening and lay the windows down(so pull out the windows also?) Then nail the fins down over sheathing and then go over with the Smart tape like they should of? How do you get vapor barrier to abut to to the tar paper or peal the siding back to get under tar paper and tape down? The jobs been a nightmare from Lowes its a week of downpour rain my windows are waiting to be caulked and I told em the job had to be done right. They asked to use my ladders had no caulk, had to reorder the interior trim boards and jobs now a week old windows are half but put in. Thanks What WRB?