I am in the process of having 20 Loewen([url=http://www.loewen.com]Loewen // Design. Create. Inspire.[/url]) all wood casement windows installed in our 23 year old brick veneer house. Its a brick to brick installation. The windows came with brick mold attached however, they don't have any nailing flange. The installation instruction available from Loewen talks about windows with nailing flange. So how does one install a wood window without nailing flange? Just nail the jambs to the window frame? Or does one need to attach snap-on nailing fins first? The windows are painted outside, however, I plan to stain inside. Jambs are made of Douglas fir with vertical grain, they look beautiful. So, if the windows are nailed from the jamb side I am worried that the nail heads may spoil the final stain finish. Is this a valid concern? See I am not doing the installation myself, I just want to understand the process. These windows are expensive and I want to be sure that they are installed right. Any help will be much appreciated.

As subject says, this probably is a stupid quesiton but I can't figure it out so far. We bought a new place and all weather seals are crumbling to dust so I would like to replace them. in my local stores I seem to be able to find only rubber varieties, all my seals look like very short fur. All doors and windows are sliding, so rubber won't work. Question: how is this "fur" called and where do I find this stuff? Side note: I went asking about this in a store (home depot of lowes-not sure) and they kept telling me that I'm insane and there is no such thing until I showed them something very similar on their doors. Even after that they weren't too helpful though :(