Find a Dealer in Your AreaCheap. Inexpensive. Low-cost. It always sounds attractive to save money on purchases. However, buying the least expensive option often ends up to be more costly in the end.
Let me explain. In order to make an inexpensive/low cost double pane window, you are going to miss out on some critical specifications. Cheap, thin vinyl that tends to warp and crack over time. Brittle, inferior glass. Cheap locking and lift assist mechanisms. No or inferior low-e coatings. Inferior components always leads to an inferior product.
Lowest cost quotes often results in multiple warranty requests and virtually no HVAC savings. Zero return on investment.
Watch how The Window Experts founder Jeff Ludy breaks it down for you:
What Does A Quality Replacement Window Look Like?
Often times, a cheap window will closely resemble a quality window. It’s not until you look at the details that the quality and performance edge starts to reveal itself.
When shopping the lowest cost windows Vinyl frames typically come up the least expensive. But, not all vinyl formulas are alike. Our suppliers like Windsor and Anlin use a premium, multi-channel vinyl with a heavier dosage of titanium dioxide added to eliminate shrinking, cracking and fading. Premium vinyl is a super efficient insulator. These premium brands often feature composite locking rails for extra security and foam inserts to further increase insulation.
Why Are Dallas Homeowners Removing Their Double Pane Windows?
Cheap windows often use cheap glass. Cheap glass is single strength glass (easily broken) and has either no low-e coatings or a single flood coat. Good glass is double strength and has two to three coats of low-e coatings. Guardian Glass 2/70 (2 coats of low-e with 70% VT) and Cardinal Glass LOe366 (3 coats of low-e and 66% VT). Visible Transmission is the percentage of natural light still permitted through the windows. Low emissivity (Low-E) coatings are what blocks out the UV rays that fades your fabrics and floors, and reflects the sun’s infrared heat away from your home.
Low Cost windows are usually “spec sizes”. This typically means “close enough” sizes that may require thick shims, heavy caulking, and some modifications to your home to get them to fit. The Window Experts take accurate measurements from multiple directions. This results in a custom fit window that fits better and performs better. No off-the-shelf sizes. All custom measured and custom made for each window opening.
Cheap Windows Are Not Quality and Quality Windows Are Not Cheap!
The Window Experts have evaluated, purchased, installed, and tested dozens of brands over the years. With our experience in this industry, we have settled on the best quality windows available. If we installed inferior products we wouldn’t be so highly respected and reviewed by Texas residents!
Cheap windows do not solve the problem of escalating HVAC costs, drafts, leaks, failures, etc. Only good quality windows lead to the most savings overall and a faster ROI.
Quality windows installed by professional installation crews always leads to our Lifetime Leak-Free Guarantee! Call today or complete our appointment request form.
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