Has anyone with an older stucco home replaced their windows?

[linkie]

Just curious if anyone has replaced the original windows in a stucco home. What was your experience?

[starflyte1]

I had every window and door replaced in my courtyard villa and am very happy with the results. Bought and installed by Lowes, with a few little bumps. My villa feels tighter and quieter. The sliders lock tightly and slide effortlessly.

Would do it again if I moved.

[Stu from NYC]

Will it pay for itself? Seems unlikely.

[Topspinmo]

Will it pay for itself? Seems unlikely.


Agree, I have double pain windows in my 20 year old stucco that flip out for cleaning and they are tight and clear. I don’t get the hype or benefits spending thousands of dollars to replace windows nothing wrong with them when salesman’s pitches them. (but the new hype is 3 pain windows, and another ten years they will be useless? Cause we now have 4 pain windows which they probably have? ) I would only consider if the windows was cloudy, leaking, or broke. But, that me.

[Stu from NYC]

Agree, I have double pain windows in my 20 year old stucco that flip out for cleaning and they are tight and clear. I don’t get the hype or benefits spending thousands of dollars to replace windows nothing wrong with them when salesman’s pitches them. (but the new hype is 3 pain windows, and another ten years they will be useless? Cause we now have 4 pain windows which they probably have? ) I would only consider if the windows was cloudy, leaking, or broke. But, that me.

If windows are too tight how do you get fresh air?

[Keefelane66]

If windows are too tight how do you get fresh air?
Stu the idea of a tight window is to stop heat and cold from entering home making heating and cooling home more efficient. If you want fresh are open a window or door periodically. We got rid of our gas stove/oven because it doesn’t vent outdoors any gas cooking is done outside on a gas grill.

[Topspinmo]

If windows are too tight how do you get fresh air?

Tight not tight that is the question? Tight? sealed were supposed to be. Tight? when window is closed. :oops:

[Biker Dog]

Just curious if anyone has replaced the original windows in a stucco home. What was your experience?
Window World of Ocala did ours.
:bigbow:

[sdeikenberry]

We've replaced all of our windows in our 1993 CYV. The heat gain from the sun/atmosphere is virtually zero now and we have a southern exposure for most of our windows. Cook's Aluminum did some of the replacements with vinyl windows, double pane, E glass, argon filled, then Lowes did some because their price was better for the same quality. Very happy with both installers.

[grumpy@turton.us]

Our older home (2004) in Windermere had single pane windows. Installed New South double pane low E windows. AC usage went down 35%. Lifetime transferable warranty. Even screens were under warranty.

[Bridget Staunton]

Poor quality

[MandoMan]

We've replaced all of our windows in our 1993 CYV. The heat gain from the sun/atmosphere is virtually zero now and we have a southern exposure for most of our windows. Cook's Aluminum did some of the replacements with vinyl windows, double pane, E glass, argon filled, then Lowes did some because their price was better for the same quality. Very happy with both installers.

If the heat gain is down, you must have had windows installed that have a coating that rejects a lot of the sun. I have a lot of old paintings that could be damaged by UV rays. I had window tinting applied that blocks out 99% of the UV rays and a lot of the heat. Not all—when there is direct sunlight, there is still heat transfer, but it’s much less than it was. (The insulated wall blocks much more.) The living room is much easier to cool now. This cost $800 and took two very experienced guys about two hours. The light is blocked by ceramic nano-particles that bounce back the light, but they are invisible to my eye. The rooms are a little darker. The tinting doesn’t have a mirror surface, but in the day, people can’t really see in from outdoors—like tinting on car windows. I used Angi online to find a company, which came from Ocala. Worked fine. Much cheaper than new windows. (I never open my windows and use the HVAC 24/7 all year. I use the bathroom exhaust fan maybe two hours a day, and as the sliding doors and windows and doors in this 11 year old house aren’t perfectly sealed, enough air gets pulled in for air exchange.)

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Stu the idea of a tight window is to stop heat and cold from entering home making heating and cooling home more efficient.

Geez, do you really think that us retirees in our 60's and 70's haven't lived in houses long enough to understand this concept? Do you really think these are totally new concepts after watching TV commercials, and paying heating bills for 40+ years?

I had a poor oil burner cleaning in a 200 year old house once, where the exhaust of the oil burner went into the basement. We all got a touch of CO poisoning and was saved by VERY LEAKY VERY UNTITE windows. .

There are reasons for not having perfectly tight windows and doors, under certain conditions, and for this reason, we leave a window cracked maybe a 1/16th inch all year round in some of the modern houses we have lived in. . .

[RickyLee]

Just curious if anyone has replaced the original windows in a stucco home. What was your experience?

First choice out of Ocala did all of our windows in our stucco home and we are very pleased with the quality price and installation services

[Stu from NYC]

Stu the idea of a tight window is to stop heat and cold from entering home making heating and cooling home more efficient. If you want fresh are open a window or door periodically. We got rid of our gas stove/oven because it doesn’t vent outdoors any gas cooking is done outside on a gas grill.

No kidding.

[Topspinmo]

Our older home (2004) in Windermere had single pane windows. Installed New South double pane low E windows. AC usage went down 35%. Lifetime transferable warranty. Even screens were under warranty.


Agree with single pain windows and would be beneficial to replace them. My home was built in 2002 has double pain windows. Maybe previous owners had them replaced?

[Topspinmo]

If windows are too tight how do you get fresh air?

How do you measure too tight? You can’t get in:22yikes:

[Hape2Bhr]

I had every window and door replaced in my courtyard villa and am very happy with the results. Bought and installed by Lowes, with a few little bumps. My villa feels tighter and quieter. The sliders lock tightly and slide effortlessly.

Would do it again if I moved.

To those of you who did replace windows on a stucco home, did you replace with new construction windows or replacement windows?

[Stu from NYC]

How do you measure too tight? You can’t get in:22yikes:

Window air circulation and pressure tool, never leave home without it.

[coffeebean]

My sister had new construction windows replaced in her home. The windows that were removed were secured with hurricane straps which had to be "cut". The new windows do not have hurricane straps. She was told by the company that did the install that they did not know until they started to remove the windows that there were hurricane straps. Some damage to the stucco had to be repaired which was done by the window installer.

[bilclif]

Beware, if you live in a CV with vinyl siding. When I replaced the windows in a rental unit in Connecticut with low e glass the reflection melted my neighbor's vinyl siding. If you think I am crazy google it.

[patfla06]

You should open your windows and let in fresh air occasionally.

[Stu from NYC]

Beware, if you live in a CV with vinyl siding. When I replaced the windows in a rental unit in Connecticut with low e glass the reflection melted my neighbor's vinyl siding. If you think I am crazy google it.

Who would have thought?