140P2022R0036-0007_Att02-STLI_305028-RevSpec085200-Wood_Windows_221107_0007.pdf

STATUE OF LIBERTY NATIONAL MONUMENT

ELLIS ISLAND

CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS

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November 7, 2022 WOOD WINDOWS

SECTION 085200 - WOOD WINDOWS

PART 1 - GENERAL

1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS

A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary

Conditions and Division 01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section.

1.2 SUMMARY

A. Section includes reproduction wood windows and exterior aluminum storm windows.

B. Related Requirements:

1. Section 050373 “Historic Decorative Metal Refinishing” for refinishing and reinstalling salvaged, non-operable window hardware.

1.3 DEFINITIONS

A. Glazing: Includes glass, glazing tapes, and glazing sealants.

B. Window: Includes window frame, sash, hardware, and storm window unless otherwise indicated by context.

C. Wood Window Component Terminology: Wood window components for repair work include the following classifications:

1. Frame Components: Head, jambs, sill, and mullions.

2. Sash Components: Stiles and rails, and muntins.

3. Exterior Trim: Exterior casing and brick mold.

4. Interior Trim: Casing and perimeter molding.

D. Storm Window: Includes window frame, meeting rails, mullions, and integral weep systems.

1.4 PRECONSTRUCTION MEETINGS

A. Preconstruction Conference: Conduct conference at Project site.

1. Review and finalize construction schedule and verify availability of materials, Installer's personnel, equipment, and facilities needed to make progress and avoid delays.

2. Review, discuss, and coordinate the interrelationship of wood windows with other exterior wall components. Include provisions for anchoring, flashing, weeping, sealing perimeters, and protecting finishes.

3. Review and discuss the sequence of work required to construct a watertight and weathertight exterior building envelope.

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4. Inspect and discuss the condition of substrate and other preparatory work performed by other trades.

1.5 ACTION SUBMITTALS

A. Product Data: For each type of product.

1. Include construction details, material descriptions, glazing and fabrication methods, dimensions of individual components and profiles, hardware, and finishes for wood windows and aluminum storm windows. Provide recommendations for installation and maintenance.

B. Sustainable Design Submittals:

1. FSC Certified Wood: Product data and/or chain-of-custody certificates for products containing FSC certified wood. Include statement indicating cost for each certified wood product.

C. Shop Drawings: For wood windows and aluminum storm windows.

1. Include plans, elevations, sections, hardware, accessories, and details of installation, including provisions for draining moisture occurring within the assembly to the exterior.

Include details for anchor installation that reflect coordination with analysis data and structural calculations, and flashing and sealant installation.

2. Field Measurements: Verify dimensions by field measurements before fabrication and show recorded measurements on shop drawings.

D. Samples: For each exposed product and for each color specified, 2 by 4 inches in size;

minimum 8” in length for wood molding profiles.

E. Samples for Initial Selection: For units with factory-applied finishes.

1. Include Samples of accessories involving color selection.

F. Samples for Verification: For wood windows and aluminum storm windows and components required for each, provide samples of size indicated below:

1. Exposed Finishes: 2 by 4 inches.

2. Glass: 12 by 12 inches.

3. Exposed Hardware for Wood Windows: See Section 050373 “Historic Decorative Metal

Refinishing”.

4. Exposed Hardware for Aluminum Storm Windows: for each exposed item.

5. Wood members: submit a section of the original unit with the proposed piece to confirm matching.

6. Fabrication sample:

a. For wood window and frame, showing vertical to horizontal intersection of assemblies, made from 12-inch lengths of full-size components and showing details of the following:

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1) Joinery, including concealed connections.

2) Anchorage.

3) Glazing.

b. For aluminum storm window, including glazing.

G. Product Schedule: For wood windows and aluminum storm windows. Use same designations indicated on Drawings.

H. Qualification Data: For Manufacturer and Installer, and Testing Agency.

1. Provide letter from the Manufacturer approving the Installer.

I. Delegated-Design Submittal: For anchorage of wood windows to masonry openings, include analysis data and structural calculations coordinated with Shop Drawings and signed and sealed by a qualified profession engineer responsible for their preparation and employed by the wood window Manufacturer.

1.6 INFORMATIONAL SUBMITTALS

A. Product Test Reports: For each type of wood and aluminum window, for tests performed by a qualified testing agency.

B. Field quality-control reports.

C. Sample Warranties: For manufacturer's warranties.

1.7 CLOSEOUT SUBMITTALS

A. Certification by wood window Manufacturer of the installation.

B. Maintenance Data: For wood windows and aluminum storm windows to include in maintenance manuals.

C. Maintenance Materials:

1. For Florentine glass installed in wood windows: provide extra pieces of glazing cut to size for one complete window of each type.

1.8 REFERENCES

A. AAMA 501.2 – Quality Assurance and Diagnostic Water Leakage Field Check of Installed

Storefronts, Curtain Walls, and Sloped Glazing Systems.

B. AAMA 611 - Voluntary Specification for Anodized Architectural Aluminum.

C. AAMA 2603 - Voluntary Specification, Performance Requirements and Test Procedures for

Pigmented Organic Coatings on Aluminum Extrusions and Panels.

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1.9 QUALITY ASSURANCE

A. Manufacturer Qualifications: Window fabrication must be performed by a firm or firms having not less than five (5) years successful experience in comparable monumental commercial-grade historic wood window reproduction work on at least three (3) buildings listed, or eligible to be listed, in the National Register of Historic Places under the direction of federal and/or state preservation agencies in the last five (5) years, and employing personnel skilled in the historic treatment processes and operations indicated.

B. Installer Qualifications: Window installation must be performed by a firm or firms having not less than five (5) years successful experience in comparable monumental commercial-scale historic wood window reproduction installation work on at least three (3) buildings listed, or eligible to be listed, in the National Register of Historic Places under the direction of federal and/or state preservation agencies in the last five (5) years, and employing personnel skilled in the historic treatment processes and operations indicated. Experience installing residential-scale windows is insufficient experience for reproduction wood window installation work.

1. Wood window installer qualifications: An installer acceptable to wood window manufacturer for installation of units required for this Project.

C. Mockups: Build mockups to verify selections made under Sample submittals, to demonstrate aesthetic effects, and to set quality standards for materials and execution.

1. Provide (1) window for each window and storm window type as shown on Drawings;

each mock-up to be installed in its respective existing masonry opening to demonstrate aesthetic effects and to set quality standards for materials and execution.

2. Approval of mockups does not constitute approval of deviations from the Contract

Documents contained in mockups unless Contracting Officer specifically approves such deviations in writing.

3. Subject to compliance with requirements, approved mockups may become part of the completed Work if undisturbed at time of Substantial Completion.

1.10 PROJECT CONDITIONS

A. Field Measurements: Check actual window openings by accurate field measurement before fabrication. Show recorded measurements on final shop drawings. Coordinate fabrication schedule with construction progress to avoid delay of work.

B. Existing Window Onsite Survey: Manufacturer shall perform a detailed survey of the existing windows to confirm detailing and dimensions prior to removal. Wood windows are to match the appearance, size, design, proportions, and profiles of the existing windows to be replicated.

1.11 WARRANTY

A. Manufacturer's Warranty: Manufacturer agrees to repair or replace wood windows that fail in materials or workmanship within specified warranty period.

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1. Failures include, but are not limited to, the following:

a. Failure to meet performance requirements.

b. Structural failures including excessive deflection, water leakage, and air infiltration.

c. Faulty operation of movable sash and hardware.

d. Deterioration of materials and finishes beyond normal weathering.

e. Failure of insulating glass.

2. Warranty Period:

a. For Wood Windows:

1) Window: 10 years from date of Substantial Completion.

2) Accoya Wood: 50 years from date of Substantial Completion

3) Glazing: 10 years from date of Substantial Completion

4) Finish: 5 years from date of Substantial Completion

b. For Aluminum Storm Windows:

1) Window: 5 years from date of Substantial Completion

2) Glazing: 5 years from date of Substantial Completion

3) Finish: 15 years from date of Substantial Completion

3. The warranty shall not deprive the Contracting Officer of other rights or remedies that the

Contracting Officer may have under other provisions of the Contract Documents and is in addition to and runs concurrent with other warranties made by the Contractor under requirements of the Contract Documents.

PART 2 - PRODUCTS

2.1 MANUFACTURERS

A. Single-Source Responsibility: Provide wood window and aluminum storm window units each from one source and each produced by a single manufacturer.

2.2 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

A. Delegated Design: Engage a qualified professional engineer to design the structural anchorage of the wood windows to the existing masonry openings. The qualified profession engineer shall be employed by the wood window Manufacturer.

B. Structural Loads:

1. Wind Loads: Exposure Category D per section 1609.4 of NYC Building Code 2014.

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C. Specific Performance Requirements: Windows shall conform to specified ANSI/AAMA standards and the following, whichever is more stringent:

1. Air Infiltration: ASTM E283. When tested at a pressure of 6.27 pdf air infiltration shall not exceed 0.10 cubic feet per minute per square foot of fenestration area for performance class AW.

2. Water Resistance: ASTM E331, and ASTM E547 (4 cycles). No water shall be visible on any interior surface of the window frame, sash, or glazing nor pass through any portion of frame joinery.

3. Uniform Load Structural Test: ASTM E330. Minimum exterior and interior uniform load of 1.5 times positive and negative design wind load shall be applied to entire outside surface of test unit. Test load shall be maintained for 10 seconds.

2.3 REPRODUCTION WOOD WINDOWS

A. Custom fabricate historically accurate reproduction wood windows to match existing window profiles, mullion grids, muntin patterns and joinery construction. Sections of existing sashes, frames, and brickmold shall be used to design the reproduction windows.

1. Available Manufacturers include but are not limited to:

a. Re-View Windows, 1235 Saline St.; N. Kansas City, MO 64116; Tel: 816-741-

2876.

B. Window Types: Provide the following window types in locations indicated on Drawings:

1. Fixed, non-operable.

C. Certified Wood: Provide FSC Certified wood.

D. Frames and Sashes: Accoya ® Wood

1. Exterior Finish: Shop-applied alkyd system for exterior wood, including prime and finish coat.

a. Color: Custom color to match Contracting Officer’s sample.

b. Sheen: Gloss.

2. Interior Finish: Shop-applied alkyd system for interior wood, including prime and finish coat.

a. Color: Custom color to match Contracting Officer’s sample.

b. Sheen: Gloss.

E. Glass: 1/8-inch, clear, heat-strengthened Florentine textured glass, to match Contracting

Officer’s sample.

F. Glazing System: Manufacturer's standard factory-glazing system that produces weathertight seal.

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G. Hardware: Salvaged brass interior sash-opening hardware.

1. Exposed Hardware Color and Finish: See Section 050373 “Historic Decorative Metal

Refinishing” for repairing the finish of salvaged window hardware.

H. Structural Anchors: 1/2-inch diameter threaded steel rods spaced 1’-6” around the edge of the windows with 7-1/8 inch nominal embedment in the masonry.

I. Fasteners: Noncorrosive and compatible with window members, trim, hardware, anchors, and other components.

1. Exposed Fasteners: Do not use exposed fasteners to greatest extent possible. For application of hardware, use fasteners that match finish hardware being fastened.

2.4 ALUMINUM STORM WINDOWS

A. Basis-of-Design: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide the following or comparable products approved by the Contracting Officer: Monumental Allied One Lite (D-48/49), fixed panels anchored to wood windows.

1. Manufacturer: Allied Window, Inc. 11111 Canal Rd.; Cincinnati, OH 45241-1861; Tel:

800-445-5411.

B. Horizontal Stacking: Provide meeting rails to stack units where indicated on Drawings.

C. Vertical Mullions: Provide 1-1/2 inch extruded tube to join panels where indicated on

Drawings.

D. Sill Expander: Provide H-shaped horizontal member below master frame with weep holes.

E. Frames and Sashes: Aluminum extrusions complying with AAMA/WDMA/CSA 101/

I.S.2/A440.

a. Frame and Sash Sightline: 2-3/4 inch maximum

b. Frame Thickness: 1-1/8 inch maximum

F. Aluminum Finish: “Coraflon ADS” fluropolymer or approved equivalent.

1. Finishes shall meet the durability criteria of AAMA 2605.

G. General Aluminum Finish Requirements:

1. Comply with NAAMM's "Metal Finishes Manual" for recommendations for applying and designating finishes.

2. Protect mechanical finishes on exposed surfaces from damage by applying a strippable, temporary protective covering before shipping.

3. Appearance of Finished Work: Variations in appearance of abutting or adjacent pieces are acceptable if they are within one-half of the range of approved Samples. Noticeable

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variations in the same piece are not acceptable. Variations in appearance of other components are acceptable if they are within the range of approved Samples and are assembled or installed to minimize contrast.

H. Glass: 1/4-inch clear, tempered, low-e glass.

I. Glazing System: Manufacturer's marine-rated factory-glazing system that produces weathertight seal.

J. Hardware, General: Provide manufacturer's standard hardware fabricated from aluminum, stainless steel, carbon steel complying with AAMA 907, or other corrosion-resistant material compatible with adjacent materials.

1. Exposed Hardware Color and Finish: Custom color to match Contracting Officer’s sample.

K. Fasteners: Noncorrosive and compatible with window members, trim, hardware, anchors, and other components.

1. Exposed Fasteners: Do not use exposed fasteners to greatest extent possible. For application of hardware, use fasteners that match finish hardware being fastened.

2.5 FABRICATION

A. Fabricate wood windows and aluminum storm windows in sizes indicated. Include a complete system for installing and anchoring windows.

B. Glaze wood windows and aluminum storm windows in the factory.

C. Mullions: Provide mullions complete with anchors for support to structure and installation of window units. Allow for erection tolerances and provide for movement of window units due to thermal expansion and building deflections. Provide mullions capable of withstanding design wind loads of window units.

D. Window Assemblies: Provide fixed units in configuration indicated. Provide window frames, sashes, hardware, and other trim and components necessary for a complete, secure, and weathertight installation, including the following:

1. Interior casings and trim.

E. Weep Holes: Provide weep holes and internal passages to conduct infiltrating water to exterior.

1. Cover weeps with concealed insect screening.

F. Complete fabrication, assembly, finishing, hardware application, and other work in the factory to greatest extent possible. Disassemble components only as necessary for shipment and installation. Allow for scribing, trimming, and fitting at Project site.

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PART 3 - EXECUTION

3.1 EXAMINATION

A. Examine openings, substrates, structural support, anchorage, and conditions, with Installer present, for compliance with requirements for installation tolerances and other conditions affecting performance of the Work.

B. Verify rough opening dimensions, levelness of sill plate, and clearances.

C. Examine wall flashings, vapor retarders, water and weather barriers, and other built-in components to ensure weathertight window installation.

D. Proceed with installation only after unsatisfactory conditions have been corrected.

3.2 INSTALLATION

A. Windows shall be installed in accordance with the approved shop drawings and calculations.

B. Clean glass and wood surfaces of each window scheduled to receive storm sash. Clean glass and aluminum surfaces of storm windows prior to installation. Exercise care to avoid damage to coatings and finishes. Remove excess glazing and sealant compounds, dirt, and other substances.

C. Comply with manufacturer's written instructions for installing wood windows, aluminum storm windows, hardware, accessories, and other components. For installation procedures and requirements not addressed in manufacturer's written instructions, comply with installation requirements in ASTM E2112.

D. Install wood windows and aluminum storm windows level, plumb, square, true to line, without distortion, anchored securely in place to structural support, and in proper relation to wall flashing and other adjacent construction to produce weathertight construction.

E. Install windows and components to drain condensation, water penetrating joints, and moisture migrating within windows to the exterior.

F. Separate aluminum and other corrodible surfaces from sources of corrosion or electrolytic action at points of contact with other materials.

G. Fabricate and install storm windows to exclude insects.

3.3 FIELD QUALITY CONTROL

A. Testing Agency: Engage a qualified testing agency to perform tests, and periodic and final inspections.

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1. Subject to compliance with requirements, provide services of the following or comparable AAMA-accredited testing agency approved by the Contracting Officer:

a. Testing Agency: J.A. Frezza & Associates Testing Specialties, LLC; 597

Cherryville Road, Flemington, NJ 08822; (732) 489-5273.

2. Testing and inspecting agency will interpret tests and state in each report whether tested work complies with or deviates from requirements.

3. Contractor shall schedule the testing to ensure that the wood window Manufacturer is present and on site for the duration of window testing activities.

B. Testing Services: Testing of installed windows shall take place as follows:

1. Testing Methodology: Testing of windows for air infiltration and water resistance shall be performed according to AAMA 501.2.

2. Air-Infiltration Testing:

a. Test Pressure: That required to determine compliance with

AAMA/WDMA/CSA 101/I.S.2/A440 performance class indicated.

b. Allowable Air-Leakage Rate: 1.5 times the applicable

AAMA/WDMA/CSA 101/I.S.2/A440 rate for product type and performance class rounded down to one decimal place.

3. Water-Resistance Testing:

a. Test Pressure: Two-thirds times test pressure required to determine compliance with AAMA/WDMA/CSA 101/I.S.2/A440 performance grade indicated.

b. Allowable Water Infiltration: No water penetration.

4. Uniform Load Structural Test: As per ASTM E330, for wind load Exposure Category D per section 1609.4 of the NYC Building Code 2014.

5. Testing Extent: One fully installed window and storm window of each type as selected by

Contracting Officer and a qualified independent testing agency. Windows shall be tested after perimeter sealants have cured.

6. Test Reports: Prepared according to AAMA 501.2.

C. Periodic and Final Inspection.

1. For anchorage of wood windows to masonry openings, provide periodic inspection during installation and final inspection of installed windows in conformance with the requirements of Chapter 17 of the NYC Building Code 2014 and Buildings Bulletin

2014-018 dated September 30, 2014.

D. Windows will be considered defective if they do not pass tests and inspections. The Contractor shall remediate and re-test the same window until it passes. The Contractor shall test an additional window for each window that has failed.

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E. Prepare test and inspection reports for field testing and wood window anchorage.

3.4 ADJUSTING, CLEANING, AND PROTECTION

A. Adjust sashes and hardware for a tight fit at contact points and for weathertight closure.

B. Clean exposed surfaces immediately after installing windows. Remove excess sealants, glazing materials, dirt, and other substances.

1. Keep protective films and coverings in place until final cleaning.

C. Remove and replace sashes if glass has been broken, chipped, cracked, abraded, or damaged during construction period.

D. Protect window surfaces from contact with contaminating substances resulting from construction operations. If contaminating substances do contact window surfaces, remove contaminants immediately according to manufacturer's written instructions.

END OF SECTION 085200