What You Need To Know About Windows
Carefully
chosen, few investments can add more value to a home than new windows.
It is important to understand that the true value in windows is a combination of beauty, thermal efficiency, and performance. That is why we sell and install only triple-paned, thermal performance windows.
Windows are looked at.
As often as you look through windows, you also look at them. Each and every detail matters.
Select beauty to complement your home as well as efficiency. Select slim, trim lines to create a graceful impression that emphasizes the view, not the window. Make sure that frames and sashes have a carpentered look. Choose locks and hardware that perfectly match the rest of the window, ones that practically disappear.
Energy savings — winter and summer.Thermal efficiency delivers value two ways—by providing real comfort year-round, and by helping save money on cooling and heating. We use only windows that are designed to deliver outstanding thermal performance.
- Honeycomb frames filled with insulating air spaces that significantly reduce condensation;
- Double weather-stripping that locks out wind and weather;
- Double- and triple-paned integral glazing systems;
- High performance Low "E" glazing systems to keep summer heat out and winter heat in better than any other system in its class, and to significantly reduce damaging UV rays.
Easy to Maintain
Tilt-in
sash windows save time and trouble. They make cleaning quick and easy.
Solid vinyl construction never flakes, chips, or rots—never needs painting
or puttying. One-piece fusion-welded sashes never warp, shrink, or swell.
A good balance system makes sashes easy to open and keeps them in place
and never need adjustment for years of normal use.
- Trouble-free, virtually maintenance-free, operation for decades;
- Tilt-in sashes that make cleaning quick and easy;
- Solid vinyl construction that never flakes, chips, or rots—never needs painting or puttying;
- One-piece fusion-welded sashes that never warp, shrink, or swell;
- Balance systems that make sashes easy to open and keeps them in place and that never need adjustment.
Choosing The Right Window
With so many window configurations, it is sometimes difficult to make the right choice for performance and budget. Each room in your home is different, and has different operating and ventilation needs. For example, a slider or casement window may make more sense above a kitchen sink, because either would provide easier operation than a double hung.
You may want to use tempered glass for bathrooms and other areas for additional safety. You may select laminated glass to keep criminals from entering your home. Options carry an additional expense, but our basic windows provide features that do not cost anything extra.
Choosing The Right Glass
Where you live has a lot to do with the type of glass you should purchase. Thermal performance options like Low-E glass and argon gas can be added, but selecting the right combination is as important as selecting the right window configurations for your home.
When a room faces the sun for the majority of the day, we recommend one type of Low-E glass for maximum solar control. Other rooms with less exposure can use less expensive Low-E glass. If your home has “cold spots” or “hot spots” we recommend using windows with insulating argon gas for maximum energy efficiency. If you have year-round shade from trees and shrubbery, you may not need a glass option that further reduces light transmittance, so your selection should be a literal reflection of your home and rooms’ locations.
Choosing The Right Options
We will help you tailor and customize your home with just about any style of window, with hundreds of possible options. It is smart for you to take the time to become familiar with your options, and to ensure that the windows and doors you select for your home will be the right ones. We have helped many people select the right glass, the perfect options, and the best window styles for their needs.
- Integrated, slim-line lift rail allows you to more easily operate sashes
- Special beveled mainframe that offers a true brick-mold appearance that adds class and style
- Aluminum-reinforced, multi-cavity construction that provides additional thermal performance and structural integrity
- Full screens
- Brass Extras—optional brass locks and grids.
Gallery of Styles
Begin your planning and window selection right here. Our Windows Gallery shows the standard replacement windows that serve almost all of your normal types of window. These are followed by specialty windows of different architectural styles to meet your special needs.
Replacement Windows
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Decorative—Beveled or Leaded Glass Choose from four beveled glass styles. We offer polished groove grid in a variety of patterns. The "Star-Bevel" pattern of leaded glass comes with brass cams for a truly gorgeous window.
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Oak Interior Wood Finish: Any room's interior is given a beautiful, rich appearance with either light or dark shades of oak. Combine with matching grids, and these windows present a true wood window appearance, yet still provide all the advantages you demand in all-welded vinyl construction.
Brass Extras: Some windows may be ordered with optional brass locks and grid. This accenting feature is available with white, almond, and both shades of oak interior wood finish windows. |
Additional Window Styles
Casement Windows
Want a smooth, clean look for your contemporary home? Or a sleek, trim look for a cottage or bungalow? With our vinyl casement windows your choices are endless—everything from single-vent windows to 5-lite combinations of fixed and operating units. And best of all, these casement windows are at home anywhere, from a formal Georgian home to a rustic cabin.
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| Casement and fixed combinations topped by transoms. | Casement and fixed combination window. |
- Superb design and engineering help prevent air and water infiltration
- Fusion-welded frame and sash ensure weathertight performance
- Full-perimeter double weather-stripping adds extra tightness
- Narrow profile permits expanded viewing area
- Concealed hinges and hardware let you open window 90 degrees, for better ventilation and easier cleaning
- Beveled sash adds a handsome brick-mold appearance
- Full screens come standard; mount on interior, remove for easy cleaning
- Tandem locks come standard on all casements over 34" in height
- Wood jamb extension options available for new construction applications
Picture Windows
Picture windows are a great way to accent any style of home, or for placement wherever natural light is desired.
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| Inside and out, and entry picture window makes an architectural statement about your home. | Fixed picture window flanked by double-hungs and crowned by a half-round with a sunburst grid |
Awning Windows
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Single-Hung and Double-Hung Windows
Single- and Double-hung windows have been around since colonial times. They can make a fashion statement for your home and provide highly utilitarian features.
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| Double-hung windows with golden oak grain interior. | Single-hung window topped by a half-round window with a sunburst grid. | Twin single-hung window with colonial grids. |
Bay Windows - Bow Windows
30-degree bay with fixed picture window in center with double-hung flankers — all with colonial grids.
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| 4-Lite Bow - Casements flanking picture windows with Florentine beveled glass. |
3-Lite Bow - Almond, oriel style double hung flankers with single prairie, 1" contoured grid. |
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| 10-degree casement bow window. | Casement bow with a combination of operable and fixed windows. |
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| 3-Lite Bay - All-fixed Lite Bay configuration with leaded glass units flanking a picture window with Double Prairie beveled glass. | 3-Lite Bay - Natural Light Oak wood finish on a picture window and flanking double hung windows with matching 1" contoured grid. | 3-Lite Bay - Dark Hillside Oak wood finish and flanking double hung windows with brass grid. |
Slider Windows
Two and Three-Pane Sliders provide easy horizontal sash movement and offer practical window styles where operational access may be difficult, such as above kitchen sinks.
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| 2-Slider | 3-Slider |
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| Picture Slider window | Slider with colonial grids |
Fixed Windows—Special Architectural Shapes
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| Trapezoid | Octagon | Full Round | Half Round With Spoked Grid |
Half Round With Sunburst Grids |
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Because we have in-house production, we ensure superior quality control. Because we control delivery from our site to yours, you can expect your shipment sooner - not later.
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| Second floor, fixed windows with colonial grids; first floor, round-top windows with custom tracery grids over fixed windows. | Fixed extended arch window with cathedral grids flanked by single-hung windows |
Picture Windows
Picture windows are a great choice to accent any style of window, or for placement wherever natural light is desired.
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| Window wall constructed of fixed picture windows | Fixed picture window wall with colonial grids topped by transoms |
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| Fixed extended arch windows |
Patio Doors and Garden Windows
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| Patio Door | Garden Window |
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maintenance-free solid vinyl construction. |
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