Our replacement vinyl windows, installed by the previous owner sometime in the 90s, are so warped out of shape they don’t close and can’t be fixed, according to two window companies who’ve looked at them.<\/p>\n
We have to replace them asap because huge amounts of air come in the one-inch gaps at the window tops during the winter months. (Plastic coverings help a little bit.)<\/p>\n
We’d like to get the fancy wood frame Marvin windows now and re-do the facade later when we can save the money. However, it seems after discussing the technical details with installers, that we really need to do both at once. We have vinyl siding, not brownstone.<\/p>\n %<\/span><\/span> | %<\/span><\/a> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our replacement vinyl windows, installed by the previous owner sometime in the 90s, are so warped out of shape they don’t close and can’t be fixed, according to two window companies who’ve looked at them. We have to replace them asap because huge amounts of air come in the one-inch gaps at the window tops…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14673,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-49893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/10\/what-kind-of-wi\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"What Kind of Windows?","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/10\/what-kind-of-wi\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/10\/what-kind-of-wi\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Windows","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"mopar"}],"creator":["mopar"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2010-10-19T09:45:44Z","datePublished":"2010-10-19T09:45:44Z","dateModified":"2010-10-19T09:52:30Z"},"rendered":"