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Got another quote yesterday. So now my quotes are: Okna 500 - $18,277.00 Okna 600 - $18,849.00 Okna 800 - $19,399.00 Soft-lite Elements - 22,150.00 Leaning ...

... are starting to trickle in. The first set of estimates I got are: Okna 500 - $18,277.00 Okna 600 - $18,849.00 Okna 800 - $19,399.00 On thing that concerns me is the ...

... going with? Right now we are considering the following: Vytex Fortis Okna Insul-tex 500 Soft-lite Elements Provia Endure

We also back caulk mitered heads, like DE Mike.

The only time we don't tend to perform aluminum trim coil mitering of the head cap is on trim board capping in which the top board face width really exceed the width of the leg trim boards like in historic homes. We have older cedar clap board sided homes in my area with lot's of butt joints to all ...

Thank you, HomeSeled!
I hope to have this finished and move to the next project.

Its not uncommon to have mitered trim on the top, not as much on the bottom/sill. Most commonly (at least in this area), a brickmold bend gets mitered top corners where flat trim like yours is cut square. Your installer may be concerned about whatever the trim is being installed over, where he can p...

HomeSealed, my last question.

Is it possible to have mitered corners on the coil trim? The installer is coming to the house to do the work next week and in the discussion of work that needs to be done, he mentioned that mitered corners are not recommended. Is it true?

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I received a quote for five Okna 500 double hung windows in the regular price bracket (sizes are about 32x54). In this forum and others, the ...

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The greatest challenge is to get the installers back. I have not been successful so far. They keep promising and never schedule. After a year of promises I guess I have to pay for the job that needed to be done in the first place.

+1. I'd add that there is some fudge in the way that the seals are designed so being slightly out of square probably won't affect performance (locking smoothly is a fair indicator), however it would be best to get corrected.

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Will likely require cutting it loose and reinstallation of the window. Not a big deal and the window is more than capable of being uninstalled and reinstalled.

It is out of level. My question is this acceptable or the window has to be reinstalled? Will it affect window performance? How difficult would it be to remove caulk and coil and what about foam insulation? Does it have to be removed as well to reposition the window?

Thank you.

Again...being there is much better than pictures, but the window appears to be set slightly out of level.