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Buy this months Fine Homebuilding (magazine)! The cover story is all about different types of windows and installation methods! I've been in the business for a long time and found it to be a great article! Hope it helps!

DanTheWindowMan

Schnur07,

Hello! This months issue (Nov 04) of Fine Homebuilding has a great cover story about choosing replacement windows. Check it out!
People buy people! There are many great windows out there. Find someone your comfortable working with!

Dan

You should see if you can get The Kolbe 7500 series. Ranked #1 by Window & Door Magazine! Cellular Vinyl. It's the same material used by Azek for trim products. It can be worked with like wood, even painted! It's impressive material! They boast a .28 u value with dual pane! You can also check ou...

George, One option to consider for about half the price (including installation) are sash replacement kits. They will offer you: -Virtually NO glass loss! -your interior wood trim stays untouched -High Performance Glass - Low E2 & argon -real wood sash available with 22 exterior painted colors o...

Hello Dean, The Kolbe Window does use a 70%flouropolymer exterior finish. (Kynar) An air gap between the exterior extruded aluminum and the wood sash allows for condensation (dew point) to occur behind the aluminum, I would think not having a space would be better? Marvin has always had an impressiv...