Most frames would be sent assembled but optionally, large frames can be sent un-assembled for much lower cost shipping. You buy lenses locally from your hardware store, or we can ship the lenses separately. Edges of frame flip up on all 4 sides to allow easy install and removal of lens for storage, cleaning or replacement of lens.
Emergency window escape: Simply open up any of the 4 sides and remove the lens or pull out the interior frame by force. For exterior, push or kick out lens at either bottom corner. Lightweight, easy to handle frame, without the lens, is first installed on your window interior, exterior or both. Finally, the lens is easily inserted. These side screws grip your frame onto your window cavity. Using a Phillips head screw driver, lightly tighten the pressure grip screws on all 4 corners of your frame BEFORE installing your lens.
Easy 4 step install. Our frames use optical grade acrylics and polycarbonates, not soft, easily punctured, lower grade vinyl. The only negative is that acrylic can scratch, but are usually minor scratches that are barely visible, and most scratches can be polished out.
Our lens options offer clarity and transparency as good as glass, and super strong against breakage too! Plus, our lenses are superior to glass for insulation value and noise reduction!
If you scratch or damage other storm window lenses, you have to replace their entire frame at high expense. Our lens can be replaced easily at any time without having to buy a new frame. Save on utility costs and avoid carpet and furniture fading in your house. Attractive, professional miter cut frame corners provide the best appearance. Our frames are sturdy, attractive high grade alloy aluminum, the number 1 choice material of major window manufacturers. They are specially made to blend in beautifully with your older wood windows too, by looking like painted wood frames.
It gets pushed in too deep, or too far pushed in on one corner. Our frame is super easy to install and align in your window frame. Our patent-pending articulating corner frame easily adapts to the shape of your window cavity. Our high-grade compressible EPDM industrial rubber edge will seal around all 4 sides. The closed cells trap air, cold and sound waves.
Avoid the cheap grey open cell foam of other frames. Compare the superior design and features of our patent-pending frame to Innerglass and Indow frames that cost x more. We are experts in making frames. In the frame industry, we have made over 6 million frames for graphic display and tough environment public transit stations. So, we know how to make durable, tough, attractive frames. Above is a beautiful Chicago skyline, night photo, taken from the John Hancock building.
Why Chicago made? We are a city built on manufacturing and centrally located in the U. We have grateful, hard working, caring employees that want you to make the best products at the lowest prices. Our smart sales staff answer our phones and emails for questions and placing orders. We keep valuable jobs in America. Providing us the dimensions is easy. See below for measuring details. We make and ship your frames along with the lens of your choice.
We will make sure you measured correctly before we make your frames. Install frame, insert lens and start saving big on utilities and protecting your windows! We are proud to offer a product that will save you on utility bills and protect your old windows! Measure top, middle, and bottom for width and height. Actual homeowner savings will depend on local climate, individual home characteristics, and local utility rates. Environmental Protection Agency. Learn How a Product Earns the Label. Skip to main content.
Homepage Header Search box Search. Storm Windows For Partners. Exterior Storm Window. Interior Storm Window. Most low-E storm windows use clear low-E glass with a high solar transmittance that does not block sunlight. This solar control low-E is still insulating, but also blocks more of the sun to reduce the cooling needs in the home. The Attachments Energy Rating Council AERC also provides information and certified ratings on the energy performance of storm windows in both cool and warm climates heating dominated and cooling dominated.
This allows the consumer to select the product performance most beneficial to them, based on both geography and their specific circumstances See Figure 3. There are also climate differences regarding the potential for interstitial condensation to form between the storm window and the existing window. As noted on the Description tab, interstitial condensation is generally more of a temporary aesthetic concern rather than a durability or performance concern.
It only forms under certain conditions when warm moist air from the interior of the home leaks through the existing window and reaches a cold storm window surface. Making the existing window as air tight a possible, as well as reducing any sources of excess moisture and humidity in the home will reduce the potential for formation of condensation.
Condensation is unlikely to form in warmer regions and summer seasons because the temperature is warmer and above the dew point. In cold regions, condensation or ice is less likely to form during the deep winter season because humidity levels in winter air are typically very low, unless there are moisture issues in the home. Condensation formation is more often seen in the shoulder seasons of fall and spring when the outside temperature is cool but there is still sufficient moisture in the air.
This condition is usually temporary and resolves on its own as the day warms, especially if there is sun exposure on the window. Compliance The Compliance tab contains both program and code information. Code language is excerpted and summarized below. For exact code language, refer to the applicable code, which may require purchase from the publisher.
While we continually update our database, links may have changed since posting. Please contact our webmaster if you find broken links. The requirements for the Reference Design Home, including the fenestration windows requirements, are listed in Exhibit 1 of the National Program Requirements document. Exhibit 1 Mandatory Requirements. Section R Exception: The following need not comply provided the energy use of the building is not increased: 1. Storm windows installed over existing fenestration.
See code for additional requirements and exceptions. Section N Appendix J regulates the repair, renovation, alteration, and reconstruction of existing buildings and is intended to encourage their continued safe use.
Storm windows are typically installed by the homeowner as a retrofit measure. The information provided in this guide on the Scope and Description tabs applies to existing as well as new homes. As noted elsewhere, inspect and repair or replace windows or broken panes, hardware, sill, trim, weather stripping etc.
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Sign Up or Log In. Scope Images. Figure 1. Modern low-E exterior storm windows blend in with the original window and provide a year-round increased comfort and energy efficiency Source: Larson. Figure 2. Figure 3. Benefits of Installing Exterior Low-E Storm Windows Exterior low-E storm windows provide many benefits include the following: Interior appearance of the window is maintained, although the exterior appearance will change as the framing will appear slightly wider Figure 1.
The addition of exterior storm windows is typically acceptable for most historic preservation projects Figure 4. Many frame colors are available, including the option for custom color matching Figure 5. Installation is reversible, an important consideration for historic preservation projects Figure 6.
Low-E storms can significantly improve the energy performance of the home by reducing both air infiltration and thermal conductance through the assemblies Figure 7.
Low-E storm windows will reduce the potential for interior condensation on windows. There may be some risk of interstitial condensation between the original window and the exterior storm but this is generally a temporary aesthetic concern, as opposed to a durability concern. The cost is low to moderate depending on the system chosen. Figure 4.
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