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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 4127361" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>How long before vinyl windows becomes warped and cracked?</p><p></p><p>Mine have been in for 24 years and not warped or cracked yet.</p><p>The aluminum frame ones I pulled out were 24 years old and way worse off than these I installed.</p><p></p><p>Now I did have 1 get a piece broke out of the vinyl on 1 window but that was from a hail storm that broke pieces from my bricks and pummeled the roof and siding.</p><p></p><p>I was told 30 years ago some people put too many screws in the vinyl windows.</p><p>This does not allow them to move when the house expands and contract with heat and cold and they do get leaky and warped.</p><p></p><p>4 screws is all I have used and no issues.</p><p>Many big window companies now just use low expanding foam and 1 screw if even 1 screw.</p><p>1 screw to hold it in place and foam all around it then caulk it. Done.</p><p></p><p>I use a putty knife and push fiberglass insulation into the voids beside the windows and then caulk with Solar Seal #900 and no cracking or shrinking in 20+ years. Stays stuck to vinyl all that time also.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 4127361, member: 15054"] How long before vinyl windows becomes warped and cracked? Mine have been in for 24 years and not warped or cracked yet. The aluminum frame ones I pulled out were 24 years old and way worse off than these I installed. Now I did have 1 get a piece broke out of the vinyl on 1 window but that was from a hail storm that broke pieces from my bricks and pummeled the roof and siding. I was told 30 years ago some people put too many screws in the vinyl windows. This does not allow them to move when the house expands and contract with heat and cold and they do get leaky and warped. 4 screws is all I have used and no issues. Many big window companies now just use low expanding foam and 1 screw if even 1 screw. 1 screw to hold it in place and foam all around it then caulk it. Done. I use a putty knife and push fiberglass insulation into the voids beside the windows and then caulk with Solar Seal #900 and no cracking or shrinking in 20+ years. Stays stuck to vinyl all that time also. [/QUOTE]
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