Vinyl pane replacement
#1
07-20-07, 07:32 AM
Vinyl pane replacement
I would like some tips on replacing the vinyl panes in my window frames. How much excess material should I allow beyond the channel? Should I tack the new vinyl in before installing the spline...If so, what spacing?
#2
07-20-07, 10:40 AM
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I have no idea what you are even asking. Can you describe what you are doing in a little more detail, or include a picture or something? We'd be glad to help. (pictures can be uploaded to any filesharing website, then the link to the pics can be pasted here).
#4
07-22-07, 07:37 AM
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heh heh! Well, thanks to a private message, I think I understand it a little better now. They apparently have some kind of 4-10 mil vinyl that gets attached to a frame in the same way a screen gets rolled into a frame- by using a flexible spline gasket.
So if this is being done similar to the way a screen is rolled, you'd probably rough cut the poly or vinyl about 2 or 3" wider than needed, center it over the window frame and roll the spline in place, keeping it from bunching up by pulling it tight as you roll the gasket. Soemtimes a small piece of spline here and there will keep the material where you want it temporarily. If you have the frames out, and are working with them on a tabletop, you'll want to create a frame for them to sit in so that they 1). don't slide around as you roll the spline and 2). so that the frames stay square as you roll the spline. I imagine they would easily get out of square otherwise, causing ripples in the poly or possibly they might not fit if they have been rolled out of square. Once you've rolled the spline, you'd trim the excess poly or vinyl with a sharp utility knife, being careful to stay on the OUTSIDE of the spline, cuz if you skip onto the inside of the spline, you just cut the good side of the poly and you'll cuss.
I picture this being similar to the white heavy poly you see on greenhouse roofs and so on?
So if this is being done similar to the way a screen is rolled, you'd probably rough cut the poly or vinyl about 2 or 3" wider than needed, center it over the window frame and roll the spline in place, keeping it from bunching up by pulling it tight as you roll the gasket. Soemtimes a small piece of spline here and there will keep the material where you want it temporarily. If you have the frames out, and are working with them on a tabletop, you'll want to create a frame for them to sit in so that they 1). don't slide around as you roll the spline and 2). so that the frames stay square as you roll the spline. I imagine they would easily get out of square otherwise, causing ripples in the poly or possibly they might not fit if they have been rolled out of square. Once you've rolled the spline, you'd trim the excess poly or vinyl with a sharp utility knife, being careful to stay on the OUTSIDE of the spline, cuz if you skip onto the inside of the spline, you just cut the good side of the poly and you'll cuss.
I picture this being similar to the white heavy poly you see on greenhouse roofs and so on?
