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Tue, Sep 13, 11 at 16:32
| What do I do? I fell in love with French casements and inswong won't work in our kitchen. I want the antique style hardware and they only do that for inswing. What should I do? So torn here! Thanks |
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- Posted by Renovator8 (My Page) on Thu, Sep 15, 11 at 5:47
| Did you actually talk to a representative from Marvin? In my experience Marvin will just about anything for a price. |
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- Posted by millworkman (millwork4u@gmail.com) on Thu, Sep 15, 11 at 9:07
| I agree with Renovator8, I have previously sold Marvin and thru there "Signature Series" they will do just about anything. Who told they would not was it just a dealer or did they actually have it sent to Marvin to be quoted? |
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- Posted by threeapples (My Page) on Thu, Sep 15, 11 at 21:17
| Hi, I spoke to the dealer in our area. I got the idea by looking at an inswing in their signature series. The dealer contacted Marvin's engineering department and they said they won't do an outswing casement with cremone hardware because they've not tested it and can't vouch for it. I'm so frustrated. Thanks. |
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- Posted by athensmomof3 (My Page) on Fri, Sep 16, 11 at 9:15
| You may need to have them made custom. I googled and found these folks who make an outswing casement with cremone hardware. . . This is similar to ours with the vertical lights to match up with our largely double hung windows everywhere else. . . You could just get a custom window made for that spot and use the Marvin everywhere else . . . |
Here is a link that might be useful: Outswing casement
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- Posted by millworkman (millwork4u@gmail.com) on Fri, Sep 16, 11 at 13:34
| Try Kolbe & Kolbe for the hell of it, maybe even Parrett |
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- Posted by GreenDesigns (My Page) on Sat, Sep 17, 11 at 10:50
| The will make them. It's just you may not like the price. |
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- Posted by threeapples (My Page) on Sat, Sep 17, 11 at 21:41
| Hi, Well, Marvin is saying they won't make one. I checked the website you suggested, Athensmom and it's one I've visited for this purpose before. I've not contacted them to see about a quote, but I worry about two things: the exterior is wood, not clad, and it might be outrageous to order just one window. I guess I'm also worried that I've not heard of this company and can't vouch for their quality. Any thoughts? |
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- Posted by athensmomof3 (My Page) on Sun, Sep 18, 11 at 10:27
| I know nothing about the company either, except they show it can be done. Wood windows are still used - I have a friend who just built a beautiful house with them - and with maintenance they will last a long time. You can also get various species of wood that are less likely to rot. I think she used mahogany (?). Of course, that is more expensive than pine, or whatever is used on most clad windows. . . |
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- Posted by threeapples (My Page) on Mon, Sep 19, 11 at 21:52
| Well, they claim they can't do outswing casement with the cremone hardware I really want (I just think it's so much more beautiful that way). Uggh, not sure if I should do one window from a separate company or just deal with the outswing and no gorgeous hardware. |
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- Posted by millworkman (millwork4u@gmail.com) on Tue, Sep 20, 11 at 7:27
| Have them build the window with no hardware and and the Cremone hardware yourself |
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- Posted by threeapples (My Page) on Tue, Sep 20, 11 at 22:58
| millworkman, i'm not sure they'll sell me a window without hardware. i'd have no idea how to affix the hardware, though i have thought of that! :) |
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