Gap between window trim and window frame?
Do you leave a gap for expansion between the WOOD trim around an ALUMINUM CLAD wood window?
Do you leave a gap for expansion between the WOOD trim around an ALUMINUM CLAD wood window?
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Why would you install an aluminum clad window? I thought you didn't use "fake" materials.
so now you are incapable of reading?
It just gets worse and worse and worse for you. Where did I type that I (capital I) was installing aluminum clad windows? My question is quite hypothetical. Can you read or is your problem in comprehension? So sad, so very sad. LOL.
If you please, do you leave a gap between wood window frames and wood window trim. I is doubtful in your plastic world you have ever seen a wood window, so I will have to defer the question to others.
But I am sure people in the south with termites might be interested in the clad variety. AS I am sure cement block framing makes alot of sense there as well. If I have termites I might consider PVC and concrete as well. Stuco or brick anyone. Of course stuco and brick are real materials.
what's real.... and whats not
Amazing. So PVC is now not (according to your logic) a "real" material? Perhaps not to your thinking...but it sure is making John Pace, the President of Wolfpac Technologies, Inc. (makers of Versatex PVC trim materials) alot of REAL money.
Good luck with your hypothetical polling, pal.
I will venture a guess here: One should always follow the manufacturer's installation instructions. But, if there are no specific requirements regarding "a gap," then do as you wish. Personally, I like a small reveal but my mental image of what you are doing is probably not exactly accurate.
Yes, I know what you mean. Reveals are nearly essential unless you are perfect and or have a boat lot of time to get everything just right.
My hypotetical question is for exterior trim around a window. Would you but it hard to the side of the aluminum frame or leave a gap. I guess, I am using an aluminum window as an example. My interest is in how much expansion and contraction would say an aluminum frame expand and contract and would that push trim or siding around. Not sure a window installation guide would address this since they are about installing windows and not installing the trim.
Thanks for your kind reply and your ablity to read.
There is no accounting for good taste.
You are a prime example and with good company. Enjoy your plastic. I suppose you own a pile of chea-pets too. Great taste!
LOL.
sure, sorta...
My practice is to leave enough for a caulk joint. An eyeballed 1/8" or a little less. Wood isn't straight enough in the real world to leave a tighter joint anyway.Even in the very unlikely event the manufacturer recomends..
If I had to offer my uneducated guess it would be that expansion of alum. clad windows is a low priority problem for average size windows.