Are Wood Windows As Efficient As Vinyl?
Energy efficient wood windows and vinyl windows are both excellent at insulating due to both being non-conductive. Many homeowners love the look of wood but are afraid of the maintenance. Since vinyl is so low maintenance, often they are a more appealing choice.
However, you can get high quality wood windows that don’t require as much maintenance if you choose one of the models that are “clad”.
Clad windows provide the excellent energy efficiency of wood without the exterior maintenance issues. You can have the rich, natural warmth of a wood window inside (a great designer choice) and have long-lasting aluminum, vinyl, or composite/fiberglass on the outside!
What Are Some Of The Energy Efficient Wood Windows Available?
- Wood Clad Aluminum: Sierra Pacific offers the strength and longevity of powder coated aluminum outside with warm natural wood interiors. The interior wood options are different species of hardwoods in a variety of designer stains as well as painted wood interior.
- Wood Clad Vinyl Windows: Just like above wood/aluminum, these windows have a selection of interior hardwoods in several colors with the long lasting premium vinyl exterior frames. Take a look at our Provia Aeris line for top quality vinyl clad energy efficient wood windows.
- All Wood Windows: Looking for an all wood option? Look no further than Marvin or Pella energy efficient wood windows. Marvin offers 6 interior wood species and 4 exterior wood species to choose from. Pella offers 6 hardwood species like mahogany, red oak, white oak as well as soft wood species douglas fir.
- Fiberglass Clad Wood Windows: This combination is considered top of line for a number of reasons. Fiberglass windows are up to 10 times stronger than vinyl. Since fiberglass is strong, larger windows can be made while keeping the frame profiles at a minimum. Our line from Infinity from Marvin offers their Everwood interior surfaces mated to their Ultrex exterior frames. Everwood is a composite material that looks and acts just like wood. Stain it, paint it…make it complement your interior motif.
Energy Efficient Wood Windows Made For You!

With The Window Experts, we offer over a dozen of the best window brands available. You can choose not only the brand you want but also the material and look that you want from your new energy efficient windows.
You don’t have to stay with the materials, opening styles, colors, and hardware features of your current windows. Every window we install has been expertly measured to the nearest 1/16th of an inch in three places. Then the exact measurement, style, and feature set is sent to the factory to be made for that specific window opening.
This is why we offer a Lifetime Leak-Free Guarantee for every window! Along with the precision fit, we use upgraded stainless fasteners and premium caulk so you’ll never have to worry about leaking!
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