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My home's windows truly bite.
They are the crankiest devices I have ever met.
A half dozen refuse to open. So many of them won't stay up. Others stay up part way but canted at a crazy angle. Some of them are poised to fall on fingers, cats...whatever is in their way. Want to lose some fingernails? Try to open the bathroom window or the southeast bedroom window - haha! I do not ask much of my windows. Keep a fraction of the elements out during the windstorm, allow a bit of the evening breeze in (but not the larger insects). Perhaps a bit of insulation from the radiation.
These ones are 'bronze' (dark brown) metal frame, single hung, double pane with a gas or maybe a vacuum in between layers, slide up from the bottom revealing an easily removable (important for cleaning) nylon or plastic screen and they are 16yrs old. The retraction/retention mechanism consists of a stiff spiral of 1/4" metal hidden in each side of the frame. There are false dividers in each pane. There is a stamp on the latch, "BetterBilt" -there's a laugh.
I have some money to do something with them (12 of them, various sizes up to 5x5') - there is no sense saving excess cash, gotta blow it.
I like the appearance and design of these but really really need something that will reliably "work" and not result in a apoplectic tirade during each use.
Let's start with top of the line brands and I will see if my budget chokes before we move down from there. Thanks.
They are the crankiest devices I have ever met.
A half dozen refuse to open. So many of them won't stay up. Others stay up part way but canted at a crazy angle. Some of them are poised to fall on fingers, cats...whatever is in their way. Want to lose some fingernails? Try to open the bathroom window or the southeast bedroom window - haha! I do not ask much of my windows. Keep a fraction of the elements out during the windstorm, allow a bit of the evening breeze in (but not the larger insects). Perhaps a bit of insulation from the radiation.
These ones are 'bronze' (dark brown) metal frame, single hung, double pane with a gas or maybe a vacuum in between layers, slide up from the bottom revealing an easily removable (important for cleaning) nylon or plastic screen and they are 16yrs old. The retraction/retention mechanism consists of a stiff spiral of 1/4" metal hidden in each side of the frame. There are false dividers in each pane. There is a stamp on the latch, "BetterBilt" -there's a laugh.
I have some money to do something with them (12 of them, various sizes up to 5x5') - there is no sense saving excess cash, gotta blow it.
I like the appearance and design of these but really really need something that will reliably "work" and not result in a apoplectic tirade during each use.
Let's start with top of the line brands and I will see if my budget chokes before we move down from there. Thanks.