Miscellaneous Repair

Multi-Use Condos @ N.W. 24th & Thurman with Pella Wood-Clad Windows on the upper levels, both front…

…and back.

The ground-floor windows are actually storefront aluminum as one might expect for use on space used for businesses.

But the living-space side of the equation employed the use of Pella wood-clad windows.

For the uninitiated, wood-clad means wood-sash and jambs on the interior side, as shown above.

And extruded-aluminum cladding that covers the wood on the exterior side. The point being to achieve a low-maintenance product. The real rarity on this project was having clients who are savvy enough to grasp how limited that “low-maintenance” claim can be.

We were employed by these property owners to “cap-glaze” the seam there between where the glass is glazed to the bottom-rail of the sash. Few are they who pay to have this done before they are dealing with some form of water damage.

In this particular case, the condo owners joined together to have us service almost all the condos on this relatively small complex in an effort to save some money by means of a quantity discount…which can be achieved to some extent, depending upon the scope of the project.

Generally speaking, “cap-glazing” is not considered a long-term glazing method. But if you have someone check your windows every couple years or so to stay up on it when the wet-glaze caulking products begin to pull away from the seams…

…it can be considered a viable maintenance practice that could mean the difference between whether or not you have to replace thousands of dollars’ worth of the most expensive windows money can buy. Obviously, some of these property owners did their homework.