Household Hints & Help

Lots of freezing temps, snow in winter, and intense sun and heat in the summer... DON'T buy vinyl windows. They dry out and crack away. I have learned the hard way. Every damned window and my patio doors are going to have to be replaced. And that doesn't even include the hail damage that destroys them even faster, even when the glass is unscathed
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Vinyl was pushed for decades and maybe they work okay elsewhere, but not in the West, Southwest, or really anywhere west of the Mississippi.

I bought the place with these windows, which were not all that old. I'd NEVER consider buying them to replace them.

If you can only replace a few at a time but can upgrade to better windows, believe me, I'd consider doing THAT.