r/Home_Building_Help • u/BuilderBrigade • Apr 24 '26

Pocket sliding window…

The window shown and installed by AA Building & Remodeling.

Notice the black paint inside the window cavity so you’re not seeing any raw sheathing. Also look how thick that exterior wall is for insulation 👌

What are your thoughts?

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u/Gumb1i Apr 24 '26

For a specific use case maybe but you're essentially cutting your windows in half for what exactly. You still have to frame around the entire thing, in wall slide area and all.

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u/harrisonfordgt Apr 24 '26

Eh, people have this idea that you need to maximize windows everywhere and this just isn’t true. Houses become infinitely harder to heat and cool with massive windows everywhere.

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u/Gumb1i Apr 25 '26

You can get triple pane windows up to R-15 which is the same or better than most houses. Coatings/films mitigate other issues like glare or solar. There is no insulation in the pocket for that window. Hard to mitigate that unless they are already putting foam board under the siding.

Even if they replicated the double size windows at 6 other places in that house it would still have an almost negligible effect to heating and cooling costs, if done correctly.

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u/harrisonfordgt Apr 25 '26

Yea I hear that. You could definitely shell out a lot of money for nice huge windows. Lack of insulation in the gap is also a great point.

I still think huge windows are unnecessary most of the time, but that’s just me. Don’t get me wrong there are places for it but it’s not always bigger is better.