glazing PVCu windows

Hi folks, hope all had a happy Christmas. Well it's holidays now, so DIY ... I've now got my PVCu windows to install, and then I have to glaze them. I know about heel and toeing, packing etc. The manufacturers usually supply trade, so I don't want to go back asking them silly questions and looking daft. They have supplied 2 bridge packers designed for the profile ("profile

22"), that lock in position at the bottom of each sealed unit, and allow drainage etc, and also they gave me some flat packers to use elsewhere (sides and top). Now, there is a ridge running down the middle of the profile, which would seem to prevent the flat packers being used, since they would rock around on the ridge. Options must be: 1) obtain some more bridge packers to bridge the ridge - provided they can be obtained with shallow enough depth 2) remove the ridge with a sharp chisel where required to give a flat surface against which the flat packers can be used. For some reason I have never seen this question come up before when glazing has been discussed. I can imagine many installers just jamming the packers in any old how, which may not be good for the sealed units. What should I do ? Cheers, Simon.
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sm_jamieson
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I would guess it's not critical, provided that you proceed with great care not to distort/bend/twist the frames whilst fitting, or the openers whilst glazing.

IME of making & fitting (timber) windows, this is the critical part, along with the comparatively easy tasks of fixing securely and squarely, glazing and sealing around/making good.

Tiny amounts of distortion will make it more difficult to get a perfect seal with glazing - and of course won't show up until it's midnight a month later and lashing down with rain

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dom

sm_jamieson wibbled on Saturday 26 December 2009 01:45

I would.

When I did mine, (1st time) I decided it was a better bet to use 4 bridge packers per glazing unit (a pair at opposite corners) so I went back to the supplier and asked for more and a pile of extra glazing packers (they'd been a bit skimpy with these).

Nah - just get more of the packers rather than buggerating the frames.

I expect professional fitters have all manner of tricks, but I would prefer to do it the "simple right way" (as opposed to the "secret right way" that saves 30p and 5 minutes) for the sake of a few pounds for an extra handful of bits.

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Tim W

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