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Want to learn more about Milgard vinyl windows or doors? Call Dick’s Rancho Glass to schedule a consultation. At Dick’s Rancho Glass we have many years of experience in door and window installation, and we are happy to serve homeowners throughout the Sacramento Area, give us a call or contact us at Dick’s Rancho Glass.
Are you looking to install a new garden window or replace an old drafty garden window at your home? Dick’s Rancho Glass is a certified dealer of Tru-Frame vinyl garden windows. These beautiful garden windows feature a welded vinyl frame with extruded aluminum interior supports for added strength. Some of the benefits to having a vinyl frame, as opposed to an aluminum frame, are that the vinyl frames have on average about 75% less conductivity than aluminum which will produce a much better thermal performance and much greater condensation resistance. The Tru-Frame vinyl garden windows also feature dual-pane LowE2 glass which helps reduce heat transmission and ultraviolet rays. The Tru-frame greenhouse windows come with easy to operate side vents with locks and one fully adjustable tempered glass shelf so you can display your plants and other items. You can choose between white, tan or almond colored frames. Here is an example of a recent project that we completed in Arden Park, where we replaced the old bronze aluminum garden window with a new Tru-Frame white vinyl garden window. Call us today (916)363-6554 to get a free phone quote for your very own Tru-Frame vinyl garden window!
Are you looking to update your old aluminum garden window with something more energy-efficient? As a Tru-Frame® window dealer in Sacramento Dick’s Rancho Glass can help! We have over 50 years of experience in window installation, and we’re happy to serve homeowners throughout the Sacramento Area. To keep your home beautiful and energy efficient, we are proud to offer a large selection replacement windows, including high-quality Tru-Frame® windows. Call us today for an estimate on installing a NEW Tru-Frame® vinyl greenhouse window with LowE glass. Or to begin exploring more of your replacement window options, check out our windows options, give us a call, contact us online, or visit one of our two glass showrooms in the Sacramento region:
Dick’s Rancho Glass Sacramento at 2900 ROUTIER ROAD
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Dick’s Rancho Glass Fair Oaks at 5349 SAN JUAN AVE.
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For many people, cleaning their glass showers can be a mundane task, but if you protect your glass enclosure before its initial use and use the right products and practices for daily maintenance, you can extend the lifespan of your shower enclosures and reduce the amount of time you spend cleaning your shower. Here are a few of our tips and tricks for protecting and cleaning your glass shower enclosure.
The best way to reduce the amount of time it takes to clean your glass shower enclosure would be to protect the original glass with a water spot protective coating.
There are many different products on the market and most of them work the same way. Most shower manufacturers and glass suppliers offer their own version of this water spot protective coating. Enduro Shield, CW Shield, Diamond Fusion, C10 coating, are a few of the different products on the market. Many of them are applied differently and come with different warranties, but basically, they all work in the same way. Glass has pores like our skin, and the coatings fill the pores of the glass with a hydrophobic coating which repels the water. These coatings, help keep hard water and mineral deposits on the surface of the glass 
where they can be wiped away and prevent them from being deposited below the surface of the glass where they cannot be cleaned. These coatings are NOT a miracle cure and having a coating does NOT mean that you do not have to clean your glass. However, the coatings will help protect your investment in your glass shower enclosure and greatly reduce the amount of time that you will have to clean them.
We still recommend that you squeegee, and/or wipe down the glass with a clean microfiber cloth after each use. If you use a squeegee, you should regularly check the neoprene/rubber portion of your squeegee for tears. You don’t want to be careful to not scratch the glass with the metal portion of the squeegee, as this could cause permanent damage to the coating and/or the glass.
If you use a glass cleaner on the glass, it is important that you use a cleaner that is ammonia free. We sell a product called Sprayaway that is a great ammonia free daily glass cleaner. You want to avoid cleaners with harsh chemicals. Certain chemicals can degrade the coating on the glass and void the warranty. Each water spot protective coating will have a slightly different recommended cleaning instructions, so it is best to ask for the specific instructions on whichever coating you end up purchasing.
If your existing glass enclosure has water spots and you are looking to clean the glass back to its original state, we sell a cleaning product called Bio-Clean. This product is a non-toxic, eco-friendly, biodegradable industrial strength cleaner that removes water and mineral stains, lime scale, calcium, soap scum, oxidation, phosphorus, bluing, rust, mold, mildew, tarnish and much more. The product can be used effectively on glass, granite, stone, aluminum, tile, grout, chrome, Corian, porcelain, and many other surfaces. The Bio-Clean product also boasts a built-in protective sealant that lasts up to 3 months. Our Rancho Cordova location carries small samples if you want to try the product before you buy an entire bottle.
Once you have cleaned your glass, you can then protect your glass with an at home Surface Protector. This product comes in a spray bottle and you spray it on and buff it into the glass. This product will have to be reapplied regularly.
With health and fitness trends on the rise, so are our requests for home gym mirrored walls. If you are considering adding a gym to your home, here are a few of recommendations on how to make your mirror wall safe and affordable.
We recommend that mirrored walls are made with ¼” mirror and installed with a J-mold track on the bottom and glued to the wall with mirror mastic (adhesive made specifically for mirrors). If you are installing the mirrors yourself, it is very important that you use mirror mastic. Silicone, caulking, or liquid nails will eat through the silvering on the back of the mirror and your investment will be ruined.
While some people would prefer to not permanently glue the mirror to the wall, and may prefer using removable clips, we recommend against this for safety reasons. Mirrors in gyms (especially commercial gyms) are much safer if they are glued to the wall. Imagine this scenario: If a heavy weight hits an unglued mirror, the mirror could crack and fall to the ground in large jagged pieces, potentially seriously harming someone in the process. If a heavy mirror hits a mirror that is glued securely to the wall, the mirror may still crack, but the mirror mastic will hold the broken pieces of mirror to the wall, preventing serious injury to those who may be in the area.
While many customers would prefer the largest mirror possible, without splitting the mirror into multiple sections, we recommend against this for a couple different reasons. First, the wall the mirror is being mounted on may not be perfectly flat and when we glue the mirror to the wall the mirror will want to follow the shape of the wall. If the wall is bowed, the larger mirrors can end up with a distorted reflection (think a funny mirror at a carnival). By splitting the mirrored wall into smaller sections, we are able to make adjustments to each piece of mirror, which will result in the truest reflections. Larger mirrors are also more difficult and dangerous to handle and will require more man power, which means we would charge more for the labor to install them. Smaller mirrors are more manageable to handle therefore we are able to keep our labor costs down.
Another way to reduce the cost of a home gym mirrored wall would be to forego a nice polished edge and opt for a seamed edge instead. A mirror with a polished 
edge must be ordered out and suppliers charge by the inch for polishing. A seamed edge is were we sand the edges of the mirror so the edges are not sharp to the touch, but they do not have a high glass edge. A seamed edge can be done at our shop and we do not charge extra for this service. Commercial gyms may want to spend the extra money for a more finished product, but if you are looking to cut costs on your home gym mirrors, this may be a good option for you.
You can also reduce the cost of any mirror by reducing the height of the mirror. Unless the mirror is for a ballet barre studio or another application where you want to be able to see your feet, we suggest raising the mirror up off the ground. 
This also helps reduce the change that a weight could roll into the mirror and crack it. Another reason to raise the mirror up a few inches would be to possibly avoid having to cut a hole in the mirror to accommodate an electrical outlet. You can estimate that the additional cost for us to put an outlet cutout in a mirror would be an additional $150-200 per outlet.
If you are a DIYer, you can always purchase the materials from us and install the mirror yourself. Just make sure you have a safe way to transport the mirrors, as they do not come wrapped in protective wrapping. We also sell all of the J-mold and mirror mastic that you will need for the installation.
We hope this information was useful and informative. If you are looking to get a quote on a mirror wall for your home, take some approximate measurements and call or contact us through our website for a free phone or email quote.
