Hello everyone.
I've been doing some work for Mom so, I've had the occasion to note that the window contractor decided that using tub and tile caulk to seal the inside of the newly installed windows would be a good idea.
Wrong. The seal still had not cured and was still like soup a week later. It was also drippin on down the window.
This house has twelve windows on the front and back each is separated by the wood frame for them all. The windows are double pane. The window areas take up more than half of the wall area in each instance.
I suppose that the tub and tile caulk would have cured if this was not an area where there is condensation but, still am 100% sure that the contractor should have used 100% silicone as the sealer!
Now I have to get the soup out. Make sure that all gaps are dry and apply the proper caulk seals.
Used paper towels to get soup out of a gap area...tedious. I'm sure this is a good way to get it out and also to dry it. Would a blow dryer be good to use for the drying out process?
Good to use a Window and Door 100% silicone or otherwise?
The back windows were done last year. The silicone is already mildewing. O.K to use a bleach solution to get mildew off?
If the outside and inside areas are sealed properly should there be any condensation? I think the answer is yes. Probably impossible to shut condensation down completely.
The ways to find poor seals:
Visual inspection
Using a match to see where draft sucks the smoke out?
If gaps between windows and wood are 1/2 to 3/4" deep is it best to fill the gap with caulk or a filler and caulk?
Other offences by contractor include:
Not putting a drop cloth down in home and walking around without taking boots off or using bootys.
Leaving the broken glass from old windows on the lawn.
Ducking out of cleaning up the caulking mess by saying, "I guess I'll have to come over and clean that up instead of going to what I'd planned on doing."
We elected to give him the out he obviously wanted since he's shown too much obliviousness and some poor workmanship.
Thanks for advice.
I've been doing some work for Mom so, I've had the occasion to note that the window contractor decided that using tub and tile caulk to seal the inside of the newly installed windows would be a good idea.
Wrong. The seal still had not cured and was still like soup a week later. It was also drippin on down the window.
This house has twelve windows on the front and back each is separated by the wood frame for them all. The windows are double pane. The window areas take up more than half of the wall area in each instance.
I suppose that the tub and tile caulk would have cured if this was not an area where there is condensation but, still am 100% sure that the contractor should have used 100% silicone as the sealer!
Now I have to get the soup out. Make sure that all gaps are dry and apply the proper caulk seals.
Used paper towels to get soup out of a gap area...tedious. I'm sure this is a good way to get it out and also to dry it. Would a blow dryer be good to use for the drying out process?
Good to use a Window and Door 100% silicone or otherwise?
The back windows were done last year. The silicone is already mildewing. O.K to use a bleach solution to get mildew off?
If the outside and inside areas are sealed properly should there be any condensation? I think the answer is yes. Probably impossible to shut condensation down completely.
The ways to find poor seals:
Visual inspection
Using a match to see where draft sucks the smoke out?
If gaps between windows and wood are 1/2 to 3/4" deep is it best to fill the gap with caulk or a filler and caulk?
Other offences by contractor include:
Not putting a drop cloth down in home and walking around without taking boots off or using bootys.
Leaving the broken glass from old windows on the lawn.
Ducking out of cleaning up the caulking mess by saying, "I guess I'll have to come over and clean that up instead of going to what I'd planned on doing."
We elected to give him the out he obviously wanted since he's shown too much obliviousness and some poor workmanship.
Thanks for advice.