Anybody have any experience or knowledge of Vinylite windows? They're low- E, argon filled and cheap. What's the bad news, if any?
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18 years ago
Vinylite windows
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18 years ago
Vinyl windows are almost all the same.
Mine are fine, but after getting them I wished I had wood.
The biggest downside is the 3" all around the window opening for that tacky vinyl.
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Just because they are Low E Argon doesn`t mean didly. There are many different performance perameters windows are rated for. Such as cdf , shg, vlt, r value etc.
Read Consumer Reports to start the learning experiance. Glass is not Glass as Bs salesmen will tell you. But evolving and not equal.
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18 years ago
"ng_reader" wrote
This information is incorrect.
There's virgin vinyl, and recycled vinyl. Also, it matters a great deal of the amount of cavities in the frame and sashes. Cheaply made vinyl windows are always very large frames like yours, and not as rigid. A slimline vinyl has extra cavities and made from virgin vinyl, the frames are less than half the size of yours (1-1/4"). Sounds like you have recycled cheap windows.