Retrofit vs Brick to Brick Question
I'm getting new windows and decided to do brick to brick installation because I want to make sure the wood is ok and have it done properly. There is a company that has an aluminum/vinyl clad window I like but this was their response about doing 'brick to brick'. I would love to hear if anyone has any advice on this. (My house is 2x4 construction)
"yesterday we have discussed your project with our technicians going through the pictures. This may be a tricky installation because we don’t exactly know whats hidden behind the aluminum exterior cappings, all being different sizes, jambs missing or having different depths – so other option to supply and install windows for your house would be to use H3 Transcend Replacement Retrofit. This is exactly the same product as regular H3 except it doesn’t come with jamb extensions and can be installed without removing your existing casings and jambs, so installers avoid running into issues related with removal of existing jambs and casings on the interior."
"This is an older house with virtually no jamb extensions because there’s no room for it. Some of ones that you currently have, have different depths. Also some exterior aluminum caps are different sizes overlapping windows in different capacity and we just don’t know what’s behind it, if there’s any structural detail, if there’s a reason they were installed like that.
With going retrofit we would at least cross out one of the problems and leave the existing interior"
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Sure, here are a few photos (one of the interior and the other two are a front and side window exterior). The windows are about 35" x 50". Some windows are from 1983 and the others are from 1994. The house was built in the 40s.I think the capping that exists is most likely the original as it looks like a lot of the other war homes on my street so that may not have been replaced but I'd like to replace it since it's looking rough in some spots. They did say they would replace the capping outside and trim inside (it's not the nicest). I don't think there are leaks, we've been here 2ish years and no issues when raining and we had someone come in and check for damp areas (there is a musty scent upstairs but it's prob just old house because they didn't find anything concerning).
The window guy mentioned the replacement line from sierra as well because the new construction h3 windows have a large jamb extention and apparently my windows have barely any jamb and the replacement line doesn't come with a jamb.
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