Uniformat B2020
Window, vinyl frame
Also called vinyl window, PVC window
Service life
Years in service. One stated life so far; the band will widen as sources are added.
One source. This value rests on a single document (CNA e-Tool Estimated Useful Life Table, p8). Treat it as that source's figure, not a settled life, until others confirm it.
Basis
- 30 years · CNA e-Tool Estimated Useful Life Table, p8 · HUD CNA 3.3.3.2.4 “Vinyl” — U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (planning life)Same life for family and elderly properties. US multifamily housing.
How sources are chosen and recorded: sourcing policy.
Municipal lives for exterior enclosure (B20)
23 municipalities in Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta state a life for exterior enclosure as a whole, in 18 distinct tables: 10–85 years, median 30. 33 rows come from capital asset policies (accounting lives, used for amortization) and 6 from asset management plans (planning lives, used to forecast replacement). They describe the system rather than this component, and none is a measured life.
Years. Each dot is one stated life and each bar a stated range; equal values stack. Hollow marks are planning lives from asset management plans; filled marks are accounting lives from policies. The dashed line is the median. Policies that copy the same table count once.
All 34 stated lives
| Municipality | As written | Years | Kind | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Lakes | Exterior Shell - Wood Finishing maintenance | 10 | accounting | p10 · 2009 |
| Telkwa | Exterior Envelope | 20 | accounting | p8 |
| Amherstburg | Exterior Envelops - Roof, Windows, Doors, Concrete | 20 | accounting | p8 · 2026 |
| Huron | Patrol Yards - Building Exterior | 20 | planning | p42 · 2025 |
| Huron | Property Services - Building Exterior | 20 | planning | p57 · 2025 |
| Huron | Housing - Building Exterior | 20 | planning | p68 · 2025 |
| Huron | Homes for the Aged - Exterior | 20 | planning | p77 · 2025 |
| London | Building Components - Shell (siding, windows, roofing) | 20 | accounting | p2 · 2023 |
| Meaford | Exterior Closure - Overhead Doors | 20 | accounting | p17 · 2020 |
| Simcoe | Envelope | 20 | accounting | p19 · 2025 |
| Trent Lakes | Exterior Shell - Windows | 20 | accounting | p10 · 2009 |
| Grey Highlands | Windows & Doors | 25 | accounting | p11 · 2026 |
| Meaford | Exterior Closure - Windows | 25 | accounting | p17 · 2020 |
| The Blue Mountains | Windows and Doors | 25 | accounting | p11 · 2019 |
| Trent Lakes | Exterior Shell - Vinyl | 25 | accounting | p10 · 2009 |
| Parksville | Metal Cladding | 30 | accounting | p9 · 2023 |
| London | Building Components - Interiors (partitions, doors) | 30 | accounting | p2 · 2023 |
| Meaford | Exterior Closure - Vinyl Siding | 30 | accounting | p17 · 2020 |
| Meaford | Exterior Closure - Standard Doors | 30 | accounting | p17 · 2020 |
| Fort St. James, Revelstoke, Rossland, Sicamous, Tumbler Ridge · same table | Exterior Envelope | 30–40 | accounting | p5, p9, p7, p9, p5 · 2010 |
| Okanagan-Similkameen | Exterior Envelope | 30–40 | accounting | p11 · 2023 |
| Salmo | Exterior Envelope | 30–40 | accounting | p6 · 2016 |
| Meaford | Exterior Closure - Wood Cladding | 40 | accounting | p17 · 2020 |
| Trent Lakes | Exterior Shell - Brick / Masonry/Steel | 40 | accounting | p10 · 2009 |
| Canmore | Envelope | 50 | accounting | p10 · 2025 |
| Parksville | Exterior Wall | 50 | accounting | p9 · 2023 |
| Chapple | Building Improvements - Exterior Envelope | 50 | accounting | p1 |
| Kenora | Buildings - Exterior Components | 50 | accounting | p15 · 2026 |
| Meaford | Exterior Closure - Concrete Block | 50 | accounting | p17 · 2020 |
| Meaford | Exterior Closure - Metal Cladding | 50 | accounting | p17 · 2020 |
| Rainy River | Building Improvements - Exterior Envelope | 50 | accounting | p11 · 2010 |
| Rainy River | Building Improvements - Exterior Envelope | 50 | planning | p17 · 2026 |
| Greater Madawaska, Quinte West · same table | Shell - Other | 55–85 | accounting | p17, p38 · 2025 |
| Huron | Homes for the Aged - Building Envelope | 60 | planning | p77 · 2025 |
Of 39 rows, 2 were compared with an image of their page; 37 were matched to their page automatically (the label and number appear in the page text). Follow the page link before relying on an automatically matched row. About the policies · All approved rows as JSON
Preventive maintenance
No maintenance tasks are sourced for this component yet.
Open questions
- Only one source so far: HUD planning lives for US multifamily housing. Canadian and observed sources are needed.
- No preventive maintenance tasks are sourced yet.
Know the answer? Send it with a source to [email protected].
Cite this
Citation
unfinished.one (2026). Window, vinyl frame, v0.3.0. https://unfinished.one/c/window-vinyl/v/0.3.0BibTeX
@misc{unfinished_window_vinyl_0_3_0,
title = {Window, vinyl frame},
author = {{unfinished.one}},
year = {2026},
version = {0.3.0},
url = {https://unfinished.one/c/window-vinyl/v/0.3.0},
note = {CC BY 4.0}
}Licence CC BY 4.0 · How to cite · JSON · Versions: 0.3.0, 0.2.0, 0.1.0