Coastal Windows makes this great jalousie hardware replacement, made of extruded aluminum C-section and vinyl louver clips and vinyl working gears that are enclosed in the aluminum. Very neat, excellent product, if a little pricey. They sell the kits at Home Depot and Hardware Hawaii.
But, auwe, they only make two sizes, both odd. When I called CW to see if they made — or can make — other lengths, I was unable to make the salesman understand what I was talking about, so I paid a visit to their office showroom. At first, their salesman denied they even make the things. He checked with someone, and discovered that they do make them, but they are only available if you buy an entire new window that is preassembled. But I don't need an entire new window, I cried, I just want to swap out my jalousie hardware with your excellent product!
No soap. Even though they could easily take the already manufactured components and pop out any length you'd need, they refuse to do so. It strikes me as odd that they'd deliberately turn away a potential home-rehab market, but there you go.
And so … I'm looking for an alternate product. Any suggestions? I could go with the old-fashioned nasty aluminum jalousie hardware, just replace the old corroded stuff, but it's hard to believe there isn't something better out there. Anybody been there?
But, auwe, they only make two sizes, both odd. When I called CW to see if they made — or can make — other lengths, I was unable to make the salesman understand what I was talking about, so I paid a visit to their office showroom. At first, their salesman denied they even make the things. He checked with someone, and discovered that they do make them, but they are only available if you buy an entire new window that is preassembled. But I don't need an entire new window, I cried, I just want to swap out my jalousie hardware with your excellent product!
No soap. Even though they could easily take the already manufactured components and pop out any length you'd need, they refuse to do so. It strikes me as odd that they'd deliberately turn away a potential home-rehab market, but there you go.
And so … I'm looking for an alternate product. Any suggestions? I could go with the old-fashioned nasty aluminum jalousie hardware, just replace the old corroded stuff, but it's hard to believe there isn't something better out there. Anybody been there?
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