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Isn't everything supposed to be easier after a good happier hour, including sharing hot takes and unpopular, unhelpful opinions? ;) I made a final decision and went with the company that installs the Elements windows. Turns out that the Elements estimate was high, because he ended up coming down muc...

Thank you all for the input...if anything, it’s almost made it a little harder to make a definitive choice. The difference is roughly 7k for the entire project (15 double hung, one slider, 1 picture). Interestingly, if I were to base it on the sales person, I’d be leaning to Zen; the person with the...

I was getting the feeling the Elements may have been on the high end the more I researched. It looks like the Lotus/Pro with the Ultra Low E triple pane really aren't that far apart in the efficiency, air infiltration, and condensation resistance values. I'm attaching the estimate for the Lotus - I'...

I believe those RBA numbers are from their site or a brochure I scoured the internet for. However, I finally got something from the sales person with the numbers U: 0.24, SHGC: 0.28, VT: 65%. In the end, having to work this hard to find materials with numbers on efficiency and CR seems to take RBA o...

I got clarification that the Soft-Lites are argon, not krypton, so that’s my bad and crossing up who said what without looking back at my notes. Interestingly, the RBA person didn’t even offer triple pane, which is why the triple vs. double comparison. The only reason I (briefly) considered double i...

Howdy! First off, I have scoured the internet for information, including this site, and think I sort of have an answer to my question, but given how great replies have been to posts I've read, I thought I'd put this out there. I live in the Twin Cities in Minnesota and am replacing 17 (yes, 17) sing...