I just put in a new vinyl slider window that is 2′ by 2′. The rough opening is at a 45 degree angle so that the window has a bottom corner pointed straight down. Well I guess I didn’t think what I was doing all the way through and the guy at Home Depot said it would work fine……but…. The window is pretty exposed to the weather and when rain drips down the pane it slides throught the brush and to the inside of the fixed part. The problem is the drip holes are no longer at the bottom of the window (due to the 45 degree angle) and so a little puddle forms in the very bottom inside corner.
Is there a way to fix this? I really want the window to open because it is a bathroom. I don’t know if someone sells a 45 degree window specifically for this situation. I was debating just drilling a 1/8 inch hole through the bottom of the puddle angled to the outside to create my own drip hole? The window only cost 74 dollars but I would prefer not to have to tear it out and re-do the whole project. Even with a hole in it the new window is miles more energy efficient than the old one which had daylight all the way around it.
Thanks for any advice. Brian
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Gp back to HD ans look at another copy of this window... what is under where that puddle is? Will you be creating a chennel to daylight, or a channel to the inside of your stud bay?
This window has the operating sash where?
Brian,
Like in a dbl hung window, the "upper" sash should be to the exterior. It sounds like you have this set up the opposite. I don't know if this would help keep the water off that brush weatherstrip.
This is a bastardization of a window install. They were not meant to channel water in this application. And vinyl windows are so sloppy to begin with, you are taking a chance on keeping the water out.
You have a picture of int and ext you can post here?
I've ordered windows for diagonal installs
and they're completely different than what you'd install in a level opening. Manufacturers typically don't have many lines that can be used this way, and you definitely have to specify when ordering.
Hey David
How bout those unisex windows? You know, the dbl hungs that ..................
can be used no problem as sliders.
A "typical" vinyl window offering.
Might as well drill. Not sure how it could be messed up much mor
>> the guy at Home Depot said it would work fine << hehehe
After that... Most all vinyl windows have drain holes at the bottom. Which pretty much requires that the window be installed in the orientation it was built for.
RE >> I had to install the window with that side up otherwise the window would simply close when I let go of it. << But at least the other way it would have been less likely to leak. A prop rod could have been used to hold the window open.
See attached pic. When I built that house I wanted to install the 3 windows on the right side going up the stairway as diamonds but the mfg told me they might leak and they wouldn't warranty - that, even considering they are fixed windows (non-opening).
Heck, fixed windows you could have built your own frames and had a glass shop make up the inserts for you.
angled window
Please ignore this if I have a wrong picture, but as I understand your situation, your window operates in a track and water pools in the inside edge. If you are drilling holes along this edge, I think the water can only go into your wall.
If you are looking at it from the outside, can you see the bottom of the track? Then I guess holes will work, except you must have a pan that will direct the water to outside.
I was thinking, however, what will you do in winter (if applicable) when water may freeze and not drain? Ice could damage your window from expansion? I'm not sure.
I think you may want to change your window to swing up window (like in basements), but even that may let in some water through the inside weather strip. You may have to install some sort of outside weather strip that does not allow the water to sit along the joint of window frame and sash, as well as the window and the house frame. Hope it helps.