Aluminum Clad, Vinyl Clad, Window Deterioration THE TRUTH Pella Andersen

Video explains how aluminum clad and vinyl clad casement, awing, double hung, and single hung windows and slicing exterior doors deteriorate. The video shows four different ways these windows and doors fail. These windows and doors can deteriorate from, poor design, poor manufacturing, poor installation, and high indoor humidity. These windows and doors have an aluminum and vinyl exterior adhered window skin. This exterior window skin acts like an exterior vapor barrier which traps moisture and does not permit the drying to the exterior. When it is cold outside, which occurs in cold weather climate zones, which is roughly 60% of the USA, a dew point forms on the interior side of the vinyl and aluminum skin resulting in condensation, rot, deterioration and failure. Homes with moisture generators such as ventless heaters, poor dryer vents, furnace humidifiers, vented crawl spaces, foundation leaks, and sump pumps that do not have 100% sealed lids create high indoor humidity which augments and accelerated the deterioration process of these types of windows. . The video will teach the observer about building science, vapor diffusion, high indoor humidity, high indoor vapor pressure, condensation and residential window forensics. Additionally, the video will show examples of Marvin, Pella, and Andersen and other manufacturer windows that are experiencing window failure problems, homeowner complaints and class action lawsuits. ASHI certified Home inspector Marko Vovk from www.houseinvestigations.com can be reached at Youtube under Clevelandmold or Clevelandmarko, Clevelandmold@aol.com or Marko Home Inspector on Face Book.

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• Pella Proline Windows
• Doors
• Architect Series
• Failure
• Andersen
• Clevelandmold
• ClevelandMarko
• Marko Vovk
• Home Inspector
• Inspection
• Aluminum Clad
• Vinyl Clad
• deterioration rot
• condensation warranty
• class action lawsuit
• sliding door
• THE TRUTH

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This former Clevelander, who loves this channel, lives in France now, where building and the climate are of course different. We have c. 1967 wooden windows, single pane, there are no screens nor storm windows here, no sash weights, windows open inward. Except for one window which is getting a tad iffy, we continue to resist "new windows." My stingy French spouse seems to be right in this case. That one window is in a rather damp area and we sleep in the big room, probably need to replace.

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@slobomotion lower the indoor humidity---this will slow down the condensation that causes the rot. Thank you for watching. I love France, been their one time in 1995. Do not like the traffic hour around Paris.

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@Clevelandmarko I do CUTECATFAITH & SLOBOMOTION on YT and on Dailymotion I am "LisaFalour." I do an expat's point of view. Most of us are in a kind of communist system here and people get all upset when the apartment buildings are fixed up but we all share the cost. Most of the old materials were done that way for a reason. The architect of my bldg is retired but still lives here with his wife, which says a lot. Fairly sound and solid construction. Just stupid neighbor nuisance sometimes.

[Clevelandmarko]

@slobomotion I watched some of your videos. Greeat videos and great topics.

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@Clevelandmarko Your semi-Slovenian connection over here in France at this point, hee hee! I think I may be Köprülü and am looking into all THAT. My old mother is still alive and was in real estate for years in Cleveland. Crazy family, lotsa good memories actually, a blessing. My other side is Pennsy Dutch. Kind of a typical Ohio mix, especially for CLE. I am saving up for a visit to Slovenia. My mother and her dad did that and had a blast! I have to convince my Parisian spouse, tho.

[Clevelandmarko]

@slobomotion may go to slove in 2112 with buddy, not sure yet.. May go to study Euro house construction so I can write trip off. May try to get a speaking event. Will keep you posted.

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@Clevelandmarko You mean 2012 ha ha! Try to include me, my spouse will not care. I went to Turkey alone last year to explore my Köprülü roots. Even your family name seems familiar to me. I am related to this guy named Franc Kosir. My mother gave me a written family tree. Most of we Slovenes of Cleveland are kissin' cousins. It's very congenial. My second husband met the Slovak family as they called themselves and loved the food! It was très cool. Your French Connection . . .

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@Clevelandmarko That's what I see on clips! It breaks my heart. I left in '75, moved to Kent then to NYC in '77. I remember a decaying rust belt but there were still nice aspects to it. I still have contacts there, found some via YouTube, people I never actually knew but are around my age and still live there, it is fun to reconnect! My parents were mostly just horrible to my current spouse, which is why he asked to leave early. He saw the horrible winter, what an experience!

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@Clevelandmarko My Parisian spouse and I spent 6 days in CLE in '94 in Feb. Amtrak from NYC. He asked to leave a day early, guess that says it all! He was quite horrified. I bought a good gun, however! Oops.

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@Clevelandmarko Rush hour around Paris is hell, I actually put up a lotta vids on this. I sleep attached to a sleep apnea machine with a humidifier. We leave the window open as much as possible and the French try to air out each room for ten minutes daily. Minimum. Odd climate here, foul air, not a healthy place. I just try to keep that bad window ungunked, there is this cool drainage system in it. A groove and I have to poke a hanger in there and ungunk it.