Anyone install windows or have "a guy"?

[Wulf202]

Anyone here who was done vinyl on large windows have any issues with them failing/warping over many years? .

Yeah I have had to replace dozens of sliding glass doors made by gerkin for the frames failing after 14-18 years

[Ramsker]

Yeah I have had to replace dozens of sliding glass doors made by gerkin for the frames failing after 14-18 years

Gawd . . . I might be better off just having the one window with the blown seal that is exposed to the sun replaced with a nice fiberglass window and live with the crappy, draft-inducing builder-grade aluminum windows we already have. Based on the bid I got for fiberglass, I'd probably never live to see the payoff for the energy savings. Lots of info to gather, bids to get, and decisions to be made, I guess.

[Wulf202]

Personally I'd just buy vinyl knowing that you need to replace the big ones again at 10 years.

Cost for a sliding glass door replacement is about $650 with labor.

Alside is terrible to deal with. Just fyi

[nogaroheli]

We had a bunch of people out to measure and give us estimates but most of them were too busy to finish out the process and give us an actual estimate. We had great responses from Window World, people here had great things to say about them, they had the best price, and their 4000 series windows are the Alside Mezzo windows that we were liking a lot from another window store so we went with them. It worked out to about $450 a window and $1100 per sliding door installed. They charge the same price for all sizes of windows so big or little you pay the same per window. The only downside is the wait- they're like 6 months out which actually works great for us.

[Ramsker]

Personally I'd just buy vinyl knowing that you need to replace the big ones again at 10 years.

Cost for a sliding glass door replacement is about $650 with labor.

Alside is terrible to deal with. Just fyi

That's another option . . . go with the vinyl and deal with replacing down the road if needed. Could almost do the whole replacement over again for the same cost as the fiberglass.

[colorider]

We had a bunch of people out to measure and give us estimates but most of them were too busy to finish out the process and give us an actual estimate. We had great responses from Window World, people here had great things to say about them, they had the best price, and their 4000 series windows are the Alside Mezzo windows that we were liking a lot from another window store so we went with them. It worked out to about $450 a window and $1100 per sliding door installed. They charge the same price for all sizes of windows so big or little you pay the same per window. The only downside is the wait- they're like 6 months out which actually works great for us.

6 months ?!?!? Do your windows need a tax stamp from the ATF? 6mo is a deal breaker for me at the moment.

[Wulf202]

6 months ?!?!? Do your windows need a tax stamp from the ATF? 6mo is a deal breaker for me at the moment.

Anyone in the construction trades who doesn't have 6 months worth of work either isn't trying or isn't worth it.

[nogaroheli]

6 months ?!?!? Do your windows need a tax stamp from the ATF? 6mo is a deal breaker for me at the moment.

Between the hail storms and wind storms down in the Springs most construction places seem to have all the work they want.

[DenverGP]

Anyone who went with Champion mind sharing their approx cost, or maybe a per-window cost?

We just had champion take a look at mine. I liked their construction, and the low-e glass and warranty. Grand total of 6 slider windows, 4 of them are a 46"x46", one large slider around 70"x46", and one small one in the kitchen, 34"x34".

The quote came in around $5500. I had heard a common price around $500 per window, and figured on some "premium" pricing for the champion windows but this seemed extra high to me.

I plan on making some more calls tomorrow, to Window World and a couple others.

[Aloha_Shooter]

We had a bunch of people out to measure and give us estimates but most of them were too busy to finish out the process and give us an actual estimate. We had great responses from Window World, people here had great things to say about them, they had the best price, and their 4000 series windows are the Alside Mezzo windows that we were liking a lot from another window store so we went with them. It worked out to about $450 a window and $1100 per sliding door installed. They charge the same price for all sizes of windows so big or little you pay the same per window. The only downside is the wait- they're like 6 months out which actually works great for us.

Glad they worked for you. I was very impressed.

6 months ?!?!? Do your windows need a tax stamp from the ATF? 6mo is a deal breaker for me at the moment.

I had a long wait too -- in part because they make the windows to spec and order, in part because they were inundated with orders after hail storms. I will say I felt it was well worth the wait but your mileage may vary.