mixing Marvin widows/doors: Does it look bad?
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Comments (21)Cathy, you really should visit that website. You could learn so much. ROFLMAO Bet, first nesting this season I lost my male two days after hatching. He had been going in to feed the three hatchlings as often as the female did. Suddenly he was AWOL and I never did find his body. A day later a new male showed up. I know he was new because he never did figure out the wren guard and I never did see him go in the box even after I removed the guard on day 12 after hatching. Most days he was absent for long periods, only returning at dusk. When he did return, he would go in the feeder (after he saw her do it), fill his belly and leave. I used to stand out there watching and saying he must have been out at the golf course. Meanwhile, the female did exactly what she needed to do for her chicks with no help from him. I did offer calcium dusted meal worms to at least give her a little help. The afternoon of the morning they fledged, he kept her busy here in the yard all afternoon. They played CONSTANTLY on the box and then flew from tree to box, tree to box. This went on for hours with nobody feeding fledglings. The morning of the next day I took good advice and plugged the hole of the box for a couple of days. This maybe jarred her back to reality because, finally, I saw her shuttle worms a couple of times. That gave me hope that at least one of the fledglings had managed to survive and had not starved that first day. Sure enough, there is now one (a male) following her more than 2 weeks later. Apparently she woke up to her responsibility and resumed feeding him in time. I have no idea if the new male fed the survivor at all but I don't see any reason why he would have since he didn't tend anybody while they were still in the box. When I see all of them in the feeder now, he only feeds himself. The female didn't start a new nest until 2 weeks after the first ones fledged. She is in the middle of egg laying and still seems to be feeding this fledgling all by herself as he learns to do his own hunting....See MoreMixing Marvin elevate and essential.
Comments (27)Wow! Those prices are pretty impressive. I only got one quote, but I guess I should shop around. I've been going crazy too deciding on windows. I wasn't happy with the Pella product at all, especially the fiberglass - it has a wood grain look to it and looked really cheap to me when we went to see a house that had it installed. Anyway, we have decided to go with Marvin, but can't decide between all four of their options - Modern, Ultimate, Elevate and Essential. Previous owners replaced original aluminum single plane aluminum windows with terrible beige Milgard vinyl windows. I wish we knew what the original windows looked like to get a sense of the style. I doubt they were originally double hung in this home built in 1978. They are LARGE and they replaced with cottage offset single hung with the lower half smaller. The seals are all broken so need replacing. Now we are racking our brains - Do we keep the single hung? Do we go more modern with top fixed and bottom awning? Or go double casement? ...ugh too many options! I'm also scared of going black on the interior although I always think it looks nice in photos. Your casements look fantastic!...See MoreMarvin Bi-Fold Exterior Doors
Comments (6)Thanks for your responses. I definitely am not expecting any sort of bargains, that's for sure! I'm more curious about the screens. We have the retractable screens in our casement windows and sometimes they snag. I'm wondering that will be a bigger issue when using them on such a large scale opening?...See MoreDoes everyone have the same Marvin window prices?
Comments (17)Thanks for your comments. The supplier is a very nice person and has been super helpful. But when Marvin does not care or help, what can he do? Marvin regional manager called after I responded to his email, but the call was simply to say that they did not have an ETA. If I were Marvin, I would dedicate a good part of my resources to cleaning up the mess (I know I am not the only one in this situation). Let me give you an example. My entry door had a problem. 1) They called the next day after I reported the issue (as opposed to Marvin that did not even send an email for a few MONTHS). They said they needed 3 months to replace the double door. 2) They delivered the doors in two months; one month earlier than the original ETA. Think about Marvin which brought me two incorrect, irrelevant, and borken (!) parts, SIX MONTHS after the original install. As I said above, Marvin delivered some random parts which had nothing to do with my order six months after installation. Even then, the part that they brought had a dent and their own technician threw it in the trash. They had not even checked the part before sending it out. No QA whatsoever....See Moredan1888
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