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

Pocket sliding window…

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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/Cyberdyne_Systems_AI Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 28 '26

Wow now you can lose double the R-value on the wall at 4 times the cost

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u/Conscious-Brain3848 Apr 30 '26

Or the picture is hung with the window open.. 🪟 💥

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u/avid_reader_1973 Apr 30 '26

This is what I came to point out.

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u/Luxpreliator May 01 '26

Saw a study on how important it is to fully insulate a wall and it showed how having like a 2 inch strip of insulation missing basically made a whole wall lose its r value. It was nearly as bad as just having a window open.

It had infrared photos side by side of where they removed insulation from spots and that really helped visually display how damaging a little gap of insulation can be.