Wrapping windows with trim coil

[Dennis93]

Has anyone gotten this done on their house? If so how is it holding up and approximately what were you charged.

 

[rslaback]

I haven't had mine done but I used to be the one who got to do it all when I worked construction with my dad. I could wrap most windows in about an hour to an hour and a half or so. It will last basically forever.

 

[deter]

It will last forever if its done right. If some hack does it, the wood behind it will rot out and it will eventually fall or blow off

 

[Dennis93]

rslablack,

Is that the average time you took per window or is that a super speedy job at at hour to a little more?

Do you remember how much you guys roughly charger per opening. I'm getting around the 50$ mark here...

 

[spotco2]

We bought a house last year that had all of the windows wrapped with trim coil since the 70's or possibly 80's (previous owners could not remember when) and it has held up very nice over the years.

 

[bgarrett]

I googled but can only find flat, thin sheet metal rolled up. What is trim coil? What does it look like finished?

 

[Spudland_Dave]

Used to see it done all the time. Today nobody I know will do it and I haven't seen it done in 10+ years...cheaper to just replace the windows with new vinyl ones.

 

[Kevin54]

Don't pay someone to do it. Rent a brake and pick up a roll of coil stock and do it yourself. Once you get one window done, you'll find out how easy it really is. Set up a pair of sawhorses, a couple of 2x4's, and a sheet of OSB to make yourself a table. You can use the brake to cut you coil stock. Clamp it where you need to cut and run your utility knife along the edge. Bend the metal down and back up and she'll come right off. Depending on your windows and how they are framed, you can do a window between a half hour to an hour each. If your trim is just basically 4 flat boards, figure 30 minutes by yourself. If you have a helper, you can knock out quite a few windows in a day. Rent the brake on a Friday evening close to closing time, and get the weekend rate.

 

[BlindViper]

Used to see it done all the time. Today nobody I know will do it and I haven't seen it done in 10+ years...cheaper to just replace the windows with new vinyl ones.

When you replace aluminum or wood windows you have to trim out the opening. Not sure what ur talking about?

 

[sselander]

Our old house had aluminum siding and the old windows were trimmed with aluminum as well when they sided the house long ago. Underneath, the wood frames were all rotted. (Our house was demolished and a new one put up)

 

[rslaback]

rslablack,

Is that the average time you took per window or is that a super speedy job at at hour to a little more?

Do you remember how much you guys roughly charger per opening. I'm getting around the 50$ mark here...

That was about average per window. It should be said though that I am talking about wrapping the entire window excluding the pains. If you just have to cover brick mold that is significantly faster.

About $50 a window sounds right. The trim coil is about $100 now cost for a 24"x50' roll.

trim coil is a thin long sheet of aluminum which is usually painted and sometimes embossed and/or pvc coated. The pieces are custom cut and bent to match your window.

There is a significant skill to wrap a window correctly. You need to add tabs in all the corners so that the trim pieces run water correctly. Then you need to install the next piece over top of those tabs so it doesn't look ******.

 

[NUTTSGT]

I bought a roll last week at Menard's, it was about 72 or 75 bucks. Wrapping windows, I'll do mine but you couldn't pay me enough to do yours. It's something I consider a PITA. I barely have the patience to do my own.

 

[tornadocaster]

We sell the coils to the cappers and they charge around $100 per opening (window/door)
On a door you can usually hide the raw edge under the weather stripping but the real trick is to buy a capping trim which you install first against an inside edge then the cap you make slides into it hiding the fasteners. The aluminum coils ae thin ( around .020") but once you start bending it becomes extremely strong. Check out my cabinets, they are all classed with mill finish aluminum and they've stood up very well
Watch some videos on YouTube and watch out for forty fived corners. This is not good practice as you can get holes in the corners and you can run out of material at the outside corners. I was taught to cut the top piece at aprox 40 degrees and leave a flap to tuck over the outermost edges.
Cheers
Gio