The window frames for this home are Tan in color. For this vinyl window solar screens installation, we matched the color of window framing.įor this installation, for this Austin solar screen installation, we used our brown chocolate fabric and tan frame. Clogged with the mortar used to lay the bricks and stone.
#Vinyl octagon windows with screen windows
Many vinyl windows that we come across have clogged up weep holes. We see all the time these weep holes clogged with mortar. It’s not just that you don’t want to cover up the weep holes with solar window screens. These weep holes are here to allow water to drain out. You do not want to cover up the weep holes for vinyl windows. Bug screens for vinyl windows typically come out from the inside. Vinyl window solar screen installation showing how the weep holes for these vinyl windows are not covered up with solar screens. For a vinyl window solar screens installation, be careful not to cover up the window’s drain holes. And all of the areas, for all of the different types of vinyl windows we have in this Austin Texas area, all have plenty of room within that vinyl framing for us to put our small screws into. Our screws will go in maybe a quarter of an inch. Really long screws that would poke through inside layer(s) of the window framing. So, the only way to really damage a window by screwing into the window would be to use some really long screws. The water will drain out the bottom of the vinyl framing through weep holes. Showing how vinyl windows let in water and then drain out the weep hole.īecause a manufacturer knows this, they make their windows so that if water does get in, it can drain out. That area, is extremely susceptible to water getting in. Gapping between the glass and the vinyl window framing.Ī big thing that people don’t understand about vinyl windows is where the glass meets up with the vinyl framing. How vinyl windows are made to drain water. This video was made for our website where we sell solar screens to homeowners and contractors for DIY installation.
#Vinyl octagon windows with screen install
A detailed explanation as to how we measure and install solar screens on to vinyl windows. These windows are designed to not take on water. Doing so you will see the water drain out the bottom of the window framing. You could put a hose with water and feed it into the screw hole. These cavity areas are separate and outside of where the glass is. Watch the below vinyl window solar screens installation video. Or like with some windows, there are cavity areas within the window framing. Being the outside sections of the window, these areas are generally used as construction areas for the installation of the window. And, we always screw to the outside sections of the window. The first is the screw hole is populated by the screw itself. There are many reasons why this is not accurate. We get asked about whether or not the screws will cause the windows to leak. Attachment screws to attach the screens to the outside window framing. Because they are vinyl windows, like all vinyl window solar screens installations, we use small 3/4 inch attachment screws. The windows that we installed our solar screens on to for this home are vinyl windows. How these solar screens were installed on these type of vinyl windows. 90% solar window screen for the front of this solar screens Austin vinyl window installation. And we recommend the 80% solar window screen fabric for all others. We recommend the 90% fabric for windows that get 4 hours or more of the sun. And we used the 80% fabric for all of the other windows. The front of this home faces West so we put our dark 90% fabric on this one front window. Vinyl window solar screens installation, 14 Windows For all of the other windows, we used our 80% solar screen fabric. The front of this home is the side that faces West, and it’s the side that we used the 90% solar screen fabric for. We installed solar screens on every one of the windows to include the customers back porch door. This is a vinyl window solar screens installation whereby we installed 14 solar screens on this customer’s home.