[John Rogers]

I replaced all our top floor windows this past summer and I bought them from a local window supplier, mainly so if there were any issues they guaranteed them and I could talk with the owner to cover any questions. The largest one facing west in our bedroom has both sides movable and that allows me to pull both sliding sections out so we get a really good flow of air in the summer time.

The hardest part was pulling the old non movable pane of glass as mine were put in when the house was built in 1965 and the sealing strip was still sticky! The owner of the company said to use a small brush and spread some acetone over the seal and it will dissolve the adhesive and it sure did. I bought a pair of large suction cups from Harbor Freight to hold the glass and that kept me from dropping it as the edges were sharp as hell. The vertical aluminum piece I cut out with my SawzAll easily.

I also bought sealer from the same place, used two tubes per window and it was a type that did not ooze or run which was what their window guys used. The windows came with 6 long self drilling screws, two on each side and two on the bottom and the top was free. I used some large plastic adjustable clamps on all 4 sides to pull the window in tight then put in the screws. Mine were $200 each for ones with single sliding pane and $400 for the double slider. I checked and in Southern CA the going price seems to be $700 or more per window, higher if on a third floor like mine were. They are quieter and keep the cold out very well.