Vinyl Windows

YoCream is a world leader and manufacturer of frozen yogurt for the foodservice industry. On the south side of the…

…building where they get all the heat generating sunshine, it’s melting the frozen yogurt. No…I’m kidding, but it is apparently causing some discomfort for the personnel who work near the windows.

Such as at this station where two of the windows are covered with cardboard. If you have a hard time making out some of the details in these photos, you can click on any photo and enlarge it a bit.

The original windows are aluminum casement awning over picture windows with putty-glazed single-pane glass.

When the original aluminum framing is removed, we learn that the jamb had a STEP in its profile, hiding this concrete step in the rough-opening.

This will necessitate the modification of the Vinyl frames, but that’s O.K.. There are reasons that we call ourselves “mechanics,” and one of them is that we really do know the nuts and bolts of most things related to doors…

…and windows. This is to say that several decades ago, we embraced the unavoidable truth that sets our business apart from some of the others, and that is that door & window installation is frequently, if not almost…

…always about “problem-solving.” And so it seemed good that we should learn to thrive upon the challenge by mastering the skills it takes to be master problem-solvers. We’ve learned to expect the unexpected. It goes with the badge.

As you can see by these photos, our clients eliminated the operable windows and chose picture-windows instead. Can you make out the “bluish-green tint” of the new glass?

That’s the 366 Low-E glass that will filter out the vast majority of the heat generating properties of ultra-violet rays. If you want to know more, go to; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_emissivity.