Rockwell Window Replacement Parts

Rockwell Windows themselves are no longer selling replacement parts. Try this company. Accurate Custom Sash, 5516 W. 110th St #1, Oak Lawn, IL 60453, ph 708-423-0423, mark@accuratesash.com, http://www.accuratesash.com/. They specialize in Rockwell and other window brands.

Accurate Sash is a custom millwork shop. Meaning they run a piece of wood through their saws and out comes a customized shape. That sounds easy. If you are a woodworker, it probably is not that big of a deal. If you not a handyman, it's a daunting task. In the case of Rockwell, Accurate has saw knives set up to shape Rockwell sashes. The Rockwell sash frame parts require various cuts at different depths and widths. Accurate Sash sells these milled pieces of wood, plus other parts associated with the window such as hardware (cranks, etc.) and seals.

Accurate sells sash frame parts they can ship you, in which case you measure the glass portion of your sash and they will give you a price for the pieces you desire. Alternatively, you can take the sash off the permanent window frame, bring it to Accurate, and they can install the new wood on your sash.

I have Rockwell Thermopane Casement Windows. So I will describe my casement windows. If you don't know if you have casement or double-hung, scroll down. If you need a vocabulary primer, scroll down.

Taking the sash off the permanent window frame can be done by your average Joe. The hardware affixing the sash to the permanent window frame is Truth. Truth is a name brand. There are clips on the hardware that need to be slid a bit, then the sash is slid horizontally along the frame. If the windows are on the second floor, the sash can then be handed to the person standing inside the house, so you don't have to carry a sash down a ladder.

Once you have the sash in the garage, disassembling it can also be done by your average Joe, although the effort required can vary. Once again the sash frame consists of four wood pieces, one piece on each side of the glass, connected to each other by screws. However, there can be problems. The wood screws can be rusted. The wood may be subbornly connected to the glass with caulk from the painter. This can pose problems because you don't want to cut the rubber seal. The rubber seal surrounds the glass. The sash frame parts are then slid over the rubber seal.

The leaf seal on the sash frame may be torn or completely missing. The leaf seal is a plastic seal that seals the gap between the sash frame and the permanent window frame. The leaf seal is pushed into a groove in the sash frame, and then stapled at each end. Often the leaf seal on the bottom of the sash is damaged or falls out over time.

The bubble seal on the permanent window frame can be damaged or flattened. The bubble seal fits into a groove in the permanent window frame.

CASEMENT OR DOULE HUNG
There are two common types of windows: casement and double hung. Casement have a crank, and the window opens outward, and shuts inward, by cranking the handle. Double hung have a fixed (typically upper) portion, and the bottom portion slides up and down. Thus, casement = in/out, double hung = up/down.

PERMANENT FRAME VS SASH FRAME
There are two major parts to a window. There is the part that is nailed to the house. That is the permanent window frame. The frame does not move. The second part is the sash. The sash moves. The way the sash moves depends if it is casement (cranks in/out) or is a double hung (slides up/down). The sash thus consist of glass and the material (wood, aluminum, vinyl, etc.) immediately surrounding the glass. To add confusion, the material surrounding the glass is called the sash frame. Thus there are two definitions to the word frame - the frame that is fixed to the house that doesn't move, and the sash frame that encapsulates the glass and either cranks in/out or slides up/down.