The In-Laws no longer have any of those leaky and drafty crank-out windows on their house in the climate controlled portion..
Every single one now has a double pane, argon filled sliding window!
Work proceeded slowly because if you replace too many windows at once you have to get permitting and be up to the current hurricane code (read KACHING! and no self installation because of licenses and inspections).
So we did a window, waited the requisite amount of time, then moved to the next one.
The difference in noise from the outside and how much cooler the dining room is especially is amazing!
Special thanks to Marv for his unrelenting patience.
We're getting good at these window installs.
Less than an hour per window now.
When we did my house, a single window took all day.
Let's hear it for power tools and experience from doing.
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Jalousie windows belong on an enclosed porch circa 1950. I remember being taught how to quickly breach them in fire school, because smashing them with an axe would probably cause more damage than the fire. I'll be damned if I can remember how to do it. Not that it matters because no one has them anymore.
ReplyDeleteOh... there's lots of them in my neighborhood. They're the default window for the Tampa area if your house was built from 1950 through 1975.
DeleteLots of us got sick of paying for all the AC leaking out and replaced them, but many others have not.
Is some one going to rat on you if you replace too many? who is going to know? Do they keep track of who buys windows now?
ReplyDeleteThanks to Wu Ping Cough, code enforcement is doing many fewer patrols looking for changes; but they do creep around.
DeleteMostly what happens is a realtor sees a gross violation near a house they're trying to show and they call in code enforcement.
The code weasel then says, "while I'm out here, I might as well see what else there is..."
Thanks to wu ping, we now have Karens calling in on minor shit too.
Yeah I forgot about the Karens!
ReplyDeleteRules where a homeowner can replace one window at a time and be fine but if they do several at once they need to get a permit, hire a professional and get it inspected really drive me crazy. It is either a DIY-able job or it isn't. And rules where any upgrades mean you have to comply with new code suck too. Unless the upgrade makes it less safe, it is still better than it not being done. I swear this kind of thing is usually some kind of corruption scam where the contractors or someone is paying off someone or their brother-in-law works in code enforcement or something. And don't even get me started on Karens... Argh.
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