Marvin Essential is the brand's all-fiberglass production-rate window-and-door collection — full Marvin architectural construction at builder-spec pricing. The 40-page Technical Specifications catalog is the architect-and-contractor reference: dimensional grids, egress compliance, altitude-installation guidelines, sound-transmission ratings, and detailed cross-sections covering every product family in the line.
The catalog documents Rough Opening (RO), Masonry Opening (MO), Frame Size (FS), and Daylight Opening (DLO) measurements in imperial and metric units; National Egress Code compliance flags (with optional window opening control devices per ASTM F2090-10); altitude guidelines for annealed vs tempered glass by unit size; STC and OITC sound-transmission ratings for casement, awning, single hung, double hung, glider, and sliding patio door product lines; head-jamb, sill, and side-jamb cross-section drawings for each product family; and standard mulled assembly limitations.
Across 40 pages, the technical reference covers every Essential product family — multiple double-hung sash variants, glider and 2-wide glider, half-round and arched RT1/RT2 round-tops, polygon specialty shapes (triangle, trapezoid, pentagon, octagon), specialty casements, transoms, and three-panel sliding patio doors — all engineered around the same all-fiberglass platform.
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