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Thanks to all for the info. Our house trim is cream colored aluminum and have just installed new flip gutters that match the trim perfectly. My wife did not like the white of the vinyl on the outside, so the Simonton was eliminated. We eliminated Pella, because, as much as I like their window, I rea...

Thanks for the help WoW, I'll need to dig out the U-factor for each of the windows. I remember hearing it. I addressed the air infiltration with the Andersen dealer, and was basically told that if properly installed, there should not be any infiltration. Much the same answer from the Simonton folks....

OK, no one has posted to my request for info to help decide, however, the Andersen dealer saw my post and mentioned it to me. Soooooo, I have eliminated Pella and my wife is leaning toward Andersen. Anyone have any suggestions to help us decide between Andersen and Simonton 9800???? The deals are ab...

We are looking at Simonton, Andersen and Pella alum clad windows. I understand that Simonton is a very good vinyl replacement, and have read lots of stuff about problems with Pella and water/wood rot and Andersen's high price and air leakage in their replacements. What should I look at to sway my de...