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re: $2,000 for one window?
Posted on 8/8/10 at 10:53 am to Sid in Lakeshore
Posted on 8/8/10 at 10:53 am to Sid in Lakeshore
This isn't your standard window install project. The window installer has to build 5 stories of scaffolding and install the new windows from the outside because he can't/won't send his guys into the dorm rooms. LSU is paying a big premium for that. The window itself is very expensive. They are bigger than most probably think and they'll be double pane, insulating glass with argon, etc. The windows need a special frame to be installed from the outside. The window design is custom to match the layout and mullions of the existing windows. All of that adds up to more than $2000/window.
They are doing a 12 window mockup before this season, so they are well aware of the actual costs and the $2,000/window is likely based on those bids.
They are doing a 12 window mockup before this season, so they are well aware of the actual costs and the $2,000/window is likely based on those bids.
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Posted on 8/8/10 at 11:12 am to lsu711
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window installer has to build 5 stories of scaffolding
you can't be that slow.
Posted on 8/8/10 at 11:14 am to lsu711
thanks for the info lsu711. it makes sense but its not exactly re inventing the wheel. i've dealt with companies in the past that specialize in unique windows or frames. there prices vary but the savings is eye popping when you buy in bulk so it just surprised me when i heard 2 grand per unit. with the correct machining centers once they got the spects they could produce the windows in a matter of minutes that includes assembly. it a much needed project in my mind so if thats what its gonna cost to improve the cosmetic appearance of the staduim i say go for it.
Posted on 8/8/10 at 11:18 am to lsu711
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and they'll be double pane, insulating glass with argon, etc.
Really? Where did you get this from? That doesn't make a whole lot of sense if the existing windows aren't nor does it make a lot of sense of the rooms aren't meant to be habitable. You cite the contractor won't send his guys into the room as part of the logic for the cost, which means the rooms aren't habitable and the installation has to be done from the outside.
If the rooms are part of the old dorms used by the Athletic Dept. as offices I would be surprised if they were broken, and more surprised at paying for scaffolding (since interior entry would work).
Since I recently had a bid on six completely custom, large (larger that the stadium windows), double pane, insulated, argon filled cantilever (that add to the cost) windows in Baton Rouge, I have some idea what the cost is.
Granted it was ground level, and accessible from both inside and outside, but it was less than half of $2000 (more like one-fourth) per window.
$2000 per window sounds inflated and sounds like it has turned into a money-raiser. I don't have a problem if that is the case as long as it is known what the money will be used for (a trust fund for continuing improvements to TS for example).
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