Hmmm... Okay, I Give Up!
By DE
@DaddyEvil (160440)
United States
August 22, 2025 7:23pm CST
Looking at my photo, you may not realize exactly what I'm having a problem with... Please let me explain...
The new storm windows are supposed to be an extra layer of "insulation" between me, in my bedroom, and Mother Nature, outside. I've tried and tried to finish closing two of the new storm windows. One in my bedroom and one in the laundry room. Normally, new storm windows are installed already closed. All the rest of the new storm windows WERE installed closed. But two of them weren't, so I tried to close them. Now, I'm overweight and these are supposed to open and close with "fingertip" ease... Even hanging all my weight on these two windows doesn't force them to close any further. 
I guess I DO have something to show the inspector when they come to check out how well all the work went with the new construction. 
Photo is mine
I guess I DO have something to show the inspector when they come to check out how well all the work went with the new construction.
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28 responses
@allknowing (154176)
• India
23 Aug
That is a real struggle We have our kitchen door that refuses to close And the maid does it (the new maid) with all her strenght Once the rain subsides things should improve.
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@allknowing (154176)
• India
23 Aug
@DaddyEvil We have several of these doors all over the place and two are exdposed to 'elements' Just this door is givng us problems. They are not wood but I think fibreglass
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@DaddyEvil (160440)
• United States
23 Aug
I'm glad you'll be able to get the door closed.
These windows are aluminum, so weather won't affect them.
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@DaddyEvil (160440)
• United States
23 Aug
I have no idea... I'm hoping the inspector will be able to do something Pretty and I couldn't and close both windows.
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@DaddyEvil (160440)
• United States
23 Aug
The person hanging the new windows would/should have noticed two of the windows open when they installed them.
Honestly, I don't know. It's an annoyance. I asked Pretty to help me close them. (She's not strong enough to hold the slides open so the window can be raised or lowered, so I had to do that part while she hung her weight on the top of the window, trying to force it to slide down. She doesn't weigh as much as I do but she's still almost 150 lbs/68 kg. That should be enough to close a window with fingertip ease. 
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@rakski (149297)
• Philippines
23 Aug
@DaddyEvil ang when will the inspector visit there?
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@DaddyEvil (160440)
• United States
23 Aug
@rakski We got a letter today that said s/he would be here September 8th, I believe. Pretty has the letter.
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@DaddyEvil (160440)
• United States
23 Aug
We didn't get to pick what was installed. OACAC put in what the grant we applied for could pay. The old storm windows were aluminum but were old and didn't seem to fit very well. There were gaps around them that let the wind whistle and the windows rattled when it thundered outside.
The inspector kept tapping the old storm windows listening to them rattle when he was doing his first inspection. These new storm windows only make a metal sound when tapped and don't rattle from me tapping on them. He also got upset when one of the storm windows wouldn't open for him.
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@lovebuglena (48048)
• Staten Island, New York
23 Aug
Why don’t they close? Is something stuck?
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@DaddyEvil (160440)
• United States
23 Aug
Something is binding them open and I can't figure out what's doing that. I can open them wide but can't get them to close the rest of the way.
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@lovebuglena (48048)
• Staten Island, New York
23 Aug
@DaddyEvil Hope you can figure it out. Have you tried googling it?
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@lovebuglena (48048)
• Staten Island, New York
23 Aug
@DaddyEvil What else can you do?
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@2ndchances24 (11033)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
23 Aug
Maybe if you have some W D-40 you can spray some on the sides
& it will help close them, that seems to make them slide better.
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@DaddyEvil (160440)
• United States
23 Aug
We tried that but thank you for the suggestion.
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@DaddyEvil (160440)
• United States
26 Aug
@2ndchances24 No. I can't close them... I have to wait until the inspector from the company that installed them comes on September 8th. Hopefully, he'll either close them or send someone to close them for us.
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@2ndchances24 (11033)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
26 Aug
@DaddyEvil did you get it closed yet??
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@DaddyEvil (160440)
• United States
23 Aug
I don't know either. Maybe the inspector will surprise us and close those two windows without a problem. We sure won't be opening them once they're closed. We haven't opened any windows here since we moved in almost 8 years ago.
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@shaggin (74334)
• United States
23 Aug
Wow there is definitely something wrong with those windows. My husbands pretty bad at that as well. The windows never close the way they should with a lot of force and frustration I get them too but since your using your entire weight and it’s not working your windows are worse then mine 
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@shaggin (74334)
• United States
24 Aug
@DaddyEvil I’m guessing they didn’t test them out after installing them or they would have noticed it
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@DaddyEvil (160440)
• United States
26 Aug
@shaggin I know they didn't test the windows after installing them. They were in a hurry since they got here several hours later than they should have been. Their office said they'd be here about 10:30 am and they didn't show up until after noon.
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@DaddyEvil (160440)
• United States
23 Aug
Yeah... I'm wondering if something got twisted when the windows were built. If so, they'll have to be re-done and whoever installed them should have noticed and said something at the time. Everything else the construction crew did looks nice.
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@sjvg1976 (42496)
• Delhi, India
23 Aug
@DaddyEvil When they fixed it, didn't you check it that time?
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@DaddyEvil (160440)
• United States
23 Aug
We raised the windows all the way up to look at the channels and couldn't find anything blocking them. I think, either the channels get narrower at the bottom or the frame is a little twisted so the windows won't close all the way.
Whatever it is, we can't spot a problem.
Their company inspector will be here on September 8th to look the entire job over and approve it. You can bet I'll show him those two windows.
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@DaddyEvil (160440)
• United States
23 Aug
@sjvg1976 When who fixed what? We're just looking at the new installations they've done to our house...
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@id_peace (16843)
• Singapore
23 Aug
@DaddyEvil I am not sure if I should envy it. I know it sounds stupid but I am living in a place constantly having a weather of 31 - 34 degrees so I really want to experience a crazy rainstorm overseas.
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@DaddyEvil (160440)
• United States
23 Aug
@id_peace Whoa! 31C is too hot! Heat during the summer and cold during the winter is another good reason to have storm windows. They help keep the heat and cold out of the house! (It's 67F/19C here right now. That's comfortable to me!)
I love watching lightning storms as long as I'm in the house/car and can watch through a window... Rainstorms always cool temperatures down for a day or two during summer.
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@DaddyEvil (160440)
• United States
23 Aug
We have storms all year round, rainstorms, snowstorms, tornados... etc. Storm windows are plexiglass and protect the glass windows from being broken.
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@LadyDuck (485925)
• Italy
23 Aug
@DaddyEvil - I agree, I am very upset when something like this happens.
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@DaddyEvil (160440)
• United States
23 Aug
@LadyDuck I'm glad the inspector will be here on September 8th to look the job over. I'll point out those two windows to him while he's here.
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@DaddyEvil (160440)
• United States
23 Aug
It's upsetting that new windows don't work correctly.
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@Traceyjayne (6097)
• United Kingdom
23 Aug
That's awful . Obviously no one checked before they left. Aren't the workmen supposed to check these things.i hope you can get it sorted out soon.
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@DaddyEvil (160440)
• United States
23 Aug
I thought they were. Thanks. We got a letter from OACAC stating that the inspector would come on the 8th of September to check the work and approve it. I'll have to point those two windows out to him.
@DaddyEvil (160440)
• United States
23 Aug
@Traceyjayne It's supposed to rain/storm this afternoon/overnight. They won't come out any sooner.
@Traceyjayne (6097)
• United Kingdom
23 Aug
@DaddyEvil I hope you don't get rain or too much wind whilst the windows are open. Can't you get them out sooner !
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@DaddyEvil (160440)
• United States
23 Aug
I agree... I'm glad an inspector from their company will see it. I'm sure, someway or another, he'll get it fixed.
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@DaddyEvil (160440)
• United States
23 Aug
@porwest I'm disappointed. I thought their construction boss was good.
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@porwest (110105)
• United States
23 Aug
@DaddyEvil Amazing to me the person who installed it called it done in the first place. lol
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@DaddyEvil (160440)
• United States
23 Aug
Yes, it is... I hope it can be fixed easily.
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@DaddyEvil (160440)
• United States
23 Aug
@Dreamerby Insects can't get through the screen on the outside of the windows but the cold and heat from the outside will still come in.
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@Dreamerby (9039)
• Calcutta, India
23 Aug
@DaddyEvil Yeah. If we had this much gap between the glass and the window sill, it would send unintentional invitation to mosquitoes and bees( there are trees overlooking our house)
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@celticeagle (181114)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Aug
I hope you get it all closed up by the time the weather turns. I wonder why those weren't closed.
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@celticeagle (181114)
• Boise, Idaho
24 Aug
@DaddyEvil .......It is very disappointing.
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@DaddyEvil (160440)
• United States
23 Aug
They weren't closed because they can't be closed. I'll talk to the supervisor on the 8th of September and see what he says/does. I'm disappointed... I thought the construction crew were better than this.
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@Tampa_girl7 (53609)
• United States
28 Aug
I hope that it gets fixed. They should be ashamed.
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@DaddyEvil (160440)
• United States
28 Aug
The secretary for the company called yesterday to set up a time for their inspector to come and look at the work that was done. I told her I had a complaint about the windows not closing. She said they'd look at them and either get me new ones ordered or they'd fix the two that won't close. 
@RasmaSandra (90257)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Aug
That looks like a bad job done and left unfinished; I hope you can get it fixed.
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@Marilynda1225 (86626)
• United States
25 Aug
You're right that those windows should close easily. Looks like they need the installers to come back and take a look and maybe replace them.
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@DaddyEvil (160440)
• United States
26 Aug
I hope something happens. The windows are no use as insulation if they won't close.
@DaddyEvil (160440)
• United States
23 Aug
I really hope so. Right now, I'm discouraged. It's a lot of work filling out paperwork to get a government grant for anything but my daughter kept working on it until we received the money to do the work this house needed.
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@LindaOHio (204576)
• United States
23 Aug
That's just downright bad workmanship. It never should have happened.
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@DaddyEvil (160440)
• United States
23 Aug
I'm glad an inspector from their company will see it and hopefully, fix it for us or have the workman come back and fix it/replace them.
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@LindaOHio (204576)
• United States
24 Aug
@DaddyEvil Yes I'm glad it's being inspected too.
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