• 'Wenco' windows from 84 lumber...

    From Pam Denson@21:1/5 to Mike Fox on Sat Oct 24 05:35:55 2020
    On Thursday, February 26, 1998 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, Mike Fox wrote:
    Alex Ferguson wrote:

    Hi all,

    Just wondering if anyone has positive/negative comments about the 'wenco' brand windows carried by 84 lumber. I'm interested in the
    new-construction single-hung solid vinyl tilt in variety.

    All comments apprectiated.
    Well, they aren't the same windows but this may be indicative of Wenco quality:
    My house was built with all Wenco windows in 1987. They are wooden
    sashes, non-tilt, with vinyl jamb liners that contain springs for
    weights. All of the springs have broken. I just had to have most of
    the jamb liners replaced at a cost of about $700. It was nearly
    impossible to track down replacement jamb liners. Wenco was unhelpful;
    they just said they don't make those windows any more, so don't bother
    them for parts. I had to have the new jamb liners custom made at great expense and inconvenience.
    The key is that jamb liners all have a critical part that is cheap and
    will fail. Even though the windows themselves are nice and solid, and
    the jamb liners look solid, at the very top there is a plastic tab that supports the springs and the weight of the sashes. It's not a part you
    would think to look at as trouble, as it's so minor and out of sight on
    the windows when they are installed.
    The key lesson I took out of this is that Wenco does not stand behind
    their products, as they redesign their product lines to obsolete the
    parts and then don't make or stock the old parts any more.
    Mike

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