Last night at about 10PM we hear a loud thump. Everyone is upstairs getting ready for bed. I am looking around trying to figure out what the noise was and go into the boy's bedroom. It's really breezy. Low and behold.... the entire window fell out of the house and was laying in the lawn. Luckily it didn't break.
I pushed it back into place and secured it with a couple of drywall screws.
We already have new windows on order, because most of the windows in the house have blown seals between the panes and are the original windows in the house (1998). They are just past the 20 year Andersen warranty.
How did this happen? The dumb ass who built the house (an architect no less which does not equal carpenter) installed remodel windows in new construction (no flange screwed in under the siding) and then did not secure them in any fashion. The only thing holding them in place the last 20 years was the wood trim inside and the vinyl siding on the outside. I spot checked a couple of others and I can wiggle the frames around so it is all of them installed this way.
Today I am going to check out if I have any siding damage to deal with, luckily I have some leftover in the garage if there is. And caulk the hell out of it to weather seal it until the new windows are in.
I hate the people who built this house. Though I guess this will make replacement a lot easier.