Post by Teachndad on Apr 6, 2020 6:40:04 GMT -8
Hello Friends,
I finished up this window today!
I had some snags along the way.
The lower D–Seal is a pain in the neck to install. The D-Seal from Vintage Trailer gaskets seemed to fit at the start in the clean grooves, but got stuck 4” in. I added some water based lubricant and restarted. It helped a little, but I could only move it 1/8” at a time in the groove from one end to the other. It took me almost 30 minutes to insert the lower D- Seal across the window frame "walking" it a tedious 1/8" at a time or less.
Lower seal installed at bottom of the picture after side pile weather stripping was installed.
The top D- Seal was just as hard to do. Ask yourself if you really want to do this. You will have to remove two screws on each corner. Not a problem really, unless they shear... Two of them sheared! They appeared only to have some surface rust on them. I guess I was wrong. Luckily, I was left with one on each corner. I replaced the screws that came out on each corner with new ones and coated them with Locktite Blue. Luckily, I was left with one on each corner.
I re-sealed every corner and gap with gutter seal when it was all done. The gutter seal, once dry, helped the overall frame integrity by greatly stiffening up the corners making up for the loss of that second sheared screw. Once the window is finally installed in the window wall opening, it will be very stiff.
This image shows the sheared screw hole filled with gutter seal.
Make sure if you take these screws out, you install the D- Seal BEFORE you screw the corners back together and seal it with gutter seal. Ask me how I know?...
The image below shows the upper D- Seal installed. This photo is actually of the underside of the top of the window frame but turned upside down so I could take the picture. You can barely tell, but the underside of the top part of the window frame is painted. It was my way of dealing with really bad oxidation. I was happy with the results. The D- Seal runs horizontally just above my finger tip.
On a good note, the side pile weather stripping from Vintage Trailer Gaskets went in the side grooves with hardly any fuss. Make sure you put the glass panes in the window after the seals are all installed. It makes it easier to slide in the side pile weather stripping.
BTW, I listed two models of Jalousie windows in the title. Mine is a model 4 J 30 which is very similar in size and construction to the model 1626 that Larry restores in his Repairing a Jalousie Window video. The key difference is how the screen is mounted.
Cheers,
Rod
I finished up this window today!
I had some snags along the way.
The lower D–Seal is a pain in the neck to install. The D-Seal from Vintage Trailer gaskets seemed to fit at the start in the clean grooves, but got stuck 4” in. I added some water based lubricant and restarted. It helped a little, but I could only move it 1/8” at a time in the groove from one end to the other. It took me almost 30 minutes to insert the lower D- Seal across the window frame "walking" it a tedious 1/8" at a time or less.
Lower seal installed at bottom of the picture after side pile weather stripping was installed.
The top D- Seal was just as hard to do. Ask yourself if you really want to do this. You will have to remove two screws on each corner. Not a problem really, unless they shear... Two of them sheared! They appeared only to have some surface rust on them. I guess I was wrong. Luckily, I was left with one on each corner. I replaced the screws that came out on each corner with new ones and coated them with Locktite Blue. Luckily, I was left with one on each corner.
I re-sealed every corner and gap with gutter seal when it was all done. The gutter seal, once dry, helped the overall frame integrity by greatly stiffening up the corners making up for the loss of that second sheared screw. Once the window is finally installed in the window wall opening, it will be very stiff.
This image shows the sheared screw hole filled with gutter seal.
Make sure if you take these screws out, you install the D- Seal BEFORE you screw the corners back together and seal it with gutter seal. Ask me how I know?...
The image below shows the upper D- Seal installed. This photo is actually of the underside of the top of the window frame but turned upside down so I could take the picture. You can barely tell, but the underside of the top part of the window frame is painted. It was my way of dealing with really bad oxidation. I was happy with the results. The D- Seal runs horizontally just above my finger tip.
On a good note, the side pile weather stripping from Vintage Trailer Gaskets went in the side grooves with hardly any fuss. Make sure you put the glass panes in the window after the seals are all installed. It makes it easier to slide in the side pile weather stripping.
BTW, I listed two models of Jalousie windows in the title. Mine is a model 4 J 30 which is very similar in size and construction to the model 1626 that Larry restores in his Repairing a Jalousie Window video. The key difference is how the screen is mounted.
Cheers,
Rod