Windoe Caulk

ofourcobra

Hey guys I recently had some aluminum work done around my windows ,and the caulk they used look dirty,and has shrunk ,I was wondering what you guys would recommend to seal around this aluminum?If it makes a differance the aluminum is white

Patrick

make them come back and redo it, visible caulking means they were not good installers. Our installs have NO visible caulking anywhere, EVER

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Originally Posted by Celtic
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ofourcobra

the only caulked at the sill where the replacement window has that plastic piece meets the sill

Patrick

lol thats the one and only place that you DONT need to caulk. did they wrap the trim when the windows were installed, or did you have them wrap a while later?

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Originally Posted by Celtic
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MHMConstruction

I'd use siliconized acrylic caulk

all caulk shrinks, no matter what they say. I just had to go re-caulk some windows from an install job i did a month ago - my helper just did not put up a hearty enough bead the first time

or, you can use 100% silicone caulk, but the cleanup is tougher if you don't get that 'perfect bead' the first time

ofourcobra

the day i had the windows put in it was raining ,so they came back ,,,,why doesnt that little drip edge on the window need to be caulked???

Patrick

Because the aluminum on the sill should run up under the window. The bead of caulking should have been right against the interior window stool, and the window embedded in that bead which should not be visable. If the sill expander IS caulked it should be a very fine bead that wont seep out when the window is installed.

My guess is when they came back they had a tough time getting the sill aluminum under the window, and used the caulking to make up for it. When we wrap after the fact, we run a sawzall under the window to remove any caulking or debris to allow our metal to slip right under the window. We also cut under the casing so that we do not need caulking where the side casings meet the sills.

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Originally Posted by Celtic
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buckeyeso2

ofourcobra

Thanx for the reply ,you seem to know your stuff, they did in fact get the aluminum under the window ,,my question to you is i have acouple of windows i havent done yet because they have rotted sills ,now not the whole thing but about half the sill ,,the part of the sill on the outside of coarse.i dont want to just wrap over it i would like ti fix it ,any ideas would be helpful

buletbob

You could cut out the rotted area and install a dutchman. gorilla glue works fine and its waterproof.or you could use a product by min wax which is a two part component like auto bondo. would be my procedure, would like to here from others? good luck Bob