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Wed, Jun 22, 11 at 11:56
| We recently replaced basement windows on our brick home. The white caulk looks messy. Is it supposed to look this way? |
Here is a link that might be useful: window photo
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- Posted by millworkman (millwork4u@gmail.com) on Wed, Jun 22, 11 at 13:20
| From the looks of the caulk picture, yes it will be messy. What type of caulk did you use and why? Did you use a caulk gun? Please answer these questions and maybe from their we can suggest a proper way to caulk these windows. Depending on what you used and how long ago you did it, the caulk may not be easy to remove. |
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- Posted by skydawggy (info@ecostarremodeling.com) on Wed, Jun 22, 11 at 17:18
| If you installed these windows yourself, then please don't take this personally but, that looks as if a child did the caulking. If this was done by a paid window installer (I won't call him a professional) then I'd get him back out there. You could try a wire brush and Dicone NC15 Gel. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Dicone NC15 Gel
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- Posted by windowsonwashington (info@windowsonwashington.net) on Wed, Jun 22, 11 at 21:02
| That is a perfect example of caulking that was tooled to many times and after it had skinned. That is not how it should look. |
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| Excessive caulk. Brick is one place some tape is actually useful. Tape on the brick, work the caulk flush with the window, then remove the tape. You do not need a fillet on caulk if you are filling a gap. |
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| Thanks for the suggestions. We hired a professional window company. Here is a close view of another window they did. |
Here is a link that might be useful: window 2
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- Posted by skydawggy (info@ecostarremodeling.com) on Thu, Jun 23, 11 at 20:11
| That's a horrible job. All they had to do is tape the brick and this wouldn't have happened. Just too lazy. I would not have paid them until they fixed it. |
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