JackTales

So, remember how I told you about our windows? That when the previous owners had our house, they replaced some of the windows on the house. And we just discovered that the only thing holding these windows in is caulk.

And I think I mentioned that the company that installed them is no longer in business, but Washington Energy Services certified the work.

Well, Washington Energy Services sent out a subcontractor again, who said the windows were fine and he was going to tell WES that they didn’t need replacing.

We decided to have our current contractors set the windows back in, as we figured the WES subcontractor was full of doody.

They start on the first window and call my wife over. “Take a look at this.”

Honest to god, the window had been installed upside down. We found two of the other custom windows hadn’t been cut to match the frame, and again, only the caulk was holding them in.

Thanks, Washington Energy Services, for consistently hiring boneheads as subcontractors.

At least the windows are fixed now, albeit on our dime.

Frickin’ windows. Turns out that 10 years ago, when they upgraded the windows on the south side of our house, they removed the flanges, set the new windows into the groove that the old windows were in, and caulked the hell out of them. Nothing is holding those windows in. So when the siders got to that part of the house, they had to stop because it was unsafe to tear off the old siding, since it was one of the few things keeping the windows from falling out.

The windows came with a lifetime warrantee, and of course, that company has gone out of business. Washington Energy Services, however, signed off on the work, so we’re holding their feet to the fire. They’ll be reinforcing the windows on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the siding company is going to work around the problem areas. Already we have new windows in that the siding company put in, and they’re great.

Notice how when you start a home project, these little surprises crop up?