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Installing Impact-Resistant Windows

Aaron Renfroe from Great Southern Windows installs the PGT WinGuard windows as Bob looks on. He first applies a thick bead of polyurethane caulk to the flange on the window frame. Bob points out the cast concrete lip on the window buck that will provide a solid surface behind the frame to prevent blow-ins. The caulked edge of the frames lays up against the concrete lip to make a very tight seal. These heavy windows are held in place with long masonry screws, called Tap Cons. Since Hurricane Andrew, stringent codes have required longer screws that are drilled right into the block or concrete.

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Installing Impact-Resistant Windows

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" All right so Jesse you've got your crew. Very far along with installing all these great PGT -- we have we have now learned all there is -- about how they're made except how you install. And -- are you ready for an end here porous. What's the first thing that gets done. I don't personally -- is. Pollard and all went home -- and go ahead let's it will watch. So that goes. Obviously -- this reverse right now yet. And that's a generous bead of caulk -- It is more more than more than -- right you want to make sure you're not gonna have any wind driven rain getting into the house. Let's what you want to see. Call goes that is typical in the -- yep and then Europe. Installing the window in in pretty special circumstance to very often if you have. Just concrete block construction. You've got a different set of circumstances there and here you've got poured concrete that. Well I think we can see it right before you put the window and he is -- we've got this kind of edge the way the bucks are designed when you pour the concrete -- up with this nice edge here. All the way around four sides and to figure it when you put the window in it to stop it's held in place there's no force of wind that's ever gonna be able to blow it. Says this -- solid surface yeah. And the -- we were just I was just holding them back to get got a heavy and an -- bearing had. What do you estimate that window weighs on this here -- at least about a 140. Rally. Yeah work out edit your -- And then. As we see with the from our call for their thing on --"

" We know what that's just from hearing from them. Pretty amazed that in -- council itself now the neat thing is that we're using. These fasteners nowadays. And that's a code requirement and these are self tapping screws right now that are sacraments -- and a threat. And we've gotta drill these route through certainly or going to be with a certain and that's right yes but before Andrew. All that was required was the screw this down into it. Going into wood exactly all right we'll wait we'll watch you fasten this one."

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