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Well...you can take Milgard off your list. Not East of the Rockies any longer.

Soft-Lite, Sunrise (now MI), Okna, and Vytex are all solid choices.

What do you consider the "Western Part" of Virginia? You near Roanoke?

Are you wanting to do this project yourself? So sourcing materials, recommendations, etc?

While I appreciate the wanting to match, the remaining Pella windows are not what we would consider of "historic value" and will inevitably experience the same fate that you one set is now. You can get a good bit of quality window for 52K (i.e. 4x13K). What that quality window is, depends ...

I think so as well. Depends on the delta of course, but its a great window.

Posted this before.

Worth a try.

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Definitely some truth there in comparison to the bulkier/fatter frames on some windows (Simonton being one of the largest offenders) but not much story there is you compare it to a narrower framed vinyl offering. The Sunrise, narrower Soft-Lites, and Oknas will all have similar VT numbers (i.e. fram...

Commonly thought of brands to seek out are Soft-Lite, Sunrise (MI), Okna, Polaris, Kensington Quantum 2, Vytex, etc.

In this comparison, yes.

The 800 is not overkill and when you figure that much of the other costs are fixed in this case, the additional investment in the 800 is worth it.

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I've often said that and it's overlooked. A leaky window will be a noisy window. The dynamic aspect of performance and sound attenuation is not discussed and it should be.

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Looks clean and tidy.

Viplex or Vytex?

Elements is the clear winner in this line up.

You'd have to contact someone outside your area in that case. Doubtful they'd take the work as NYC isn't exactly the easiest town to kind of get into.

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I have used The Window Nerd myself...personally. Good guys and crew!

Not sure how they are selling them for that, but that is your winner.

The Okna 600 isn't maybe 2X the window that the Provia is...but it's close.