Replacement Windows Discussion Board Forum

Of all the fibrglass I have seen Inline and Accurate Dorwin have the most glass options I have seen with center glass down in the .10 range, however when you get that low the shgc goes down also. These are both Canadian companies. The inherent strength of fiberglass allows the mfrg's to make narrowe...

WoW you missed his 8/0tdl (true divided lite)$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ that's about $400.00 alone plus the painting or about right for a Pella replacement. For fun I looked up a comfortline with custom paint and 8/0 tdl's with low-e and argon and it came to over $1300.

Plygem and Uniframe both, are the Great Lakes premium windows. Years ago the basic difference was one had an interlok and one did not. The name difference and a different brochure allowed them to reach more saturation in certain markets. The windows are very comparable but I doubt very competitive p...

Most of the rules and regulations mentioned here already exist, it's the enforcement that is currently missing. Sub-contractors as we know them and how we use them has been a point of contension with the IRS for years and most of us have been violating the rules by scheduling the jobs and defining s...

We sell four brands of fiberglass windows and except for one particular series (Next Generation from Comfortline) they all have frames bulkier than most vinyl windows. Our thinking has always been the possible advantages of a narrower frame size because of the strength of fiberglass but as of yet it...

We sell both Milgard and Simonton, but much less of the latter. Not because we don't feel Simonton is a better window but because of the pricing structure from Norandex where we have to buy Simonton. Milgard has made improvements in their windows, but are no match for the better Simontons. Here in W...

If any of you are bothered by other window companies offering up to a 100% rebate on their window or siding purchase you can contact your attorney general and advise them of a multi-state suit against this company. It was tried in a few other states and those dealers were fined but now the Dept of J...

What part of the country is that? Sounds like you could open up a Window World franchise and change the price to any size white double hung for $989.00 and you'd do well.

The Elements window should be sold in white for six to seven hundred dollars for a regular install. That would allow for a decent company profit and seven or eight percent sales commission. If those numbers didn't work for your previous employer, they either have a pretty big nut to crack or aren't ...

Our terms are the same for each customer. One third down and when the installers show up with the product, the second third and the final third upon completion. If the installer shows up with the product and the customer doesn't have the second payment ready, he's instructed to leave. The most impor...

I agree window4U, it gets a little frustrating. The bone pile and extra wait made us nuts dealing with so many companies. Now we draw pictures and use a few arrows and describe our in or out position. We get a few phone calls from the vendors but haven't had to eat any errors since.

Rick, I would have guessed at those figures you worked for Pacesetter but I know their out of business. If you asked $7000.00 for 10 windows and that didn't include any commission, you either have the finest window in the world or you should be looking for another employer.

Thanks, bjgrove. There are still shades of gray in the Sunrise information. tru_blue's information clearly gives the facts. Foam filling doesn't hurt anything and helps a little, some sound protection and a little warmer window. All these things are a positive as long as your not paying inflated pri...

Thanks tru_blu, I think we had this same disscussion about a year ago and your facts bring us to the same conclusion, foam filling is of minimal value. There is no other way to describe it. I have not seen a Sunrise brochure so I don't know what they claim, but I do remember the old Great Lakes broc...

Your right Window-Guy, lets see whose window should we hawk today. Disinformation-missinformation, whatever. There are a number of windows on the NFRC tested with foam and without and show the same u-value. So the effect of foam filling is very minimal. I doubt Schuco's numbers would change if you f...