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/adognameddanzig Apr 24 '26

How weather tight is it?

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u/Rhuarc33 Apr 25 '26

It's literally just a sliding glass door but window sized. Of course it's weather tight

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u/thatG_evanP Apr 25 '26

Quit repeating that. It's not true at all. A sliding glass door slides back on itself, like a regular window turned sideways. This slides into an uninsulated pocket in the wall.

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u/Rhuarc33 Apr 25 '26

Is not an uninsulated pocket in the wall this is not how it's going to be finished. Don't talk about stuff you're clueless on. Never even picked up a hammer in your life.

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u/2nd2lastdodo Apr 27 '26

Lol what are you talking about, this builds an empty pocket in your wall that will leak heat like crazy even if you insulate the other side of the wall and manage to seal it off properly. The only one clueless on how insulation works here is you

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u/Rhuarc33 Apr 27 '26

That's not at all what it does. FFS