[Mstrlucky74]

Have you guys ever seen a house that had a mix of double hung and casement windows? Seems like you would only go with one type all over for uniformity. Thanks.

 

[Nealtw]

We do houses mostly with sliders but they may get both of those included in the same house.

 

[XSleeper]

Depends on the style and age of the house. I think most houses, except for the multimillion dollar designer houses have a mixture of both.

 

[Windows on Wash]

Short answer, yes.

 

[Old Thomas]

I have double hungs, casements, awnings and two bay windows. The style that works in each room is there.

 

[mark sr]

I've painted multiple houses that had casements on the main floor and double hungs on the 2nd.

 

[chandler48]

Mostly I have installed casements on top floors or on single level dwellings, mainly because of the soffit overhang. Not much chance of rain intrusion on mild rainy days. People love the ability to ventilate completely, and casements do that better than sliders or double hungs.

 

[Mstrlucky74]

I've painted multiple houses that had casements on the main floor and double hungs on the 2nd.

Thanks. Chandler has done opposite..lol.

 

[mark sr]

I think the ones I painted like that the owner/builder wanted to give the appearance of luxury and save money on the upper floor ..... not that many folks open their windows these days.

 

[SPS-1]

My house has some sliders, some fixed, and a couple of casements in the master BR. If the space calls for a long window, you can do sliders or double casement. But if the space calls for a tall skinny window (maybe one skinny window on either side of an internal feature) a casement is a natural.

I prefer casements to sliders. Sliders do not seal perfectly, because the seals are not tight, because of course, the panels need to slide. Casements compress the seal as it closes and can be a better seal. Better yet are the European tilt and turns that have locking latches all the way around -- but then you need to get inventive with any interior window covering.

 

[3onthetree]

Double hungs are oranges, casements are apples. Pick a fruit.

Casements are Red Delicious, awnings are Fuji.
Sliders are kumquats.

 

[carpdad]

If you have two story colonial with full face to the street, better to match. Single story ranch low roof, not as much.

 

[3onthetree]

If I am recalling your other threads correctly, you have a 50s-60ish ranch (horizontal accentuation) with awning windows, and a 2nd story was built on top with DH (vertical accentuation). You also want to trim out the windows with a crosshead.

If you want the exterior elevations to have good curb appeal (and maximize future ROI), consistent window style and orientation is your best bet. Otherwise it will always look like a ranch with a floor tacked on top. Since you are gutting, nothing says you can't change the awnings to the vertical DH's and move them within the room to align with, say, upstairs windows.

Also, the "traditionally more ornate" style trim does not fit well with long, low slung windows. It probably goes better with DHs, but casements could work with muntins as well.

 

[Elizabeth Paige]

Yes but I think it still depends on the design. If they look good together.

 

[jenniferobert]

It would be great if you use different windows and doors in every room.

 

[chandler48]

@jenniferobert, I find your posts to be lacking intelligence.

 

[Mstrlucky74]

@jenniferobert, I find your posts to be lacking intelligence.

Seems like an idiot to be honest...with all due respect.:biggrin2:

 

[3onthetree]

Seems like an idiot to be honest...with all due respect.:biggrin2:

Spammer, Elizabeth and jennifer are probably the same person. So you're right.

 

[mramj4]

Have you guys ever seen a house that had a mix of double hung and casement windows? Seems like you would only go with one type all over for uniformity. Thanks.

Yes, currently working on a house with several types of windows. Picture/double hung combo for living room and kitchen. Double hung for bathroom, addition bedroom and dining room, sliders for family room, 3 bedrooms. That depended on a lot of things but mostly architecture of the house. The kitchen and living room have broad walls facing front of house so the combo was appropriate. Dining room had less wide wall but still could put in double hungs. Bedrooms on second story of bi-level and putting in double hung was impossible with two of them due to roof location of addition. Had to frame out the second slider in the family room and couldn't find in-stock double hung size that was small enough to fit without major reframing.


What we did though was buy all windows that had J-channel integrated so that at least the outside trim or all windows was the same.

 

[gthomson]

My house is small, so only 5 windows - all sliders. I'm re-doing a room at a time and wanted to change up the windows to various styles to match the room and what's outside of the window.
And naturally, the first room I'm doing seems to be the hardest one to do much interesting with the window. I wanted a foot static pane across the bottom, then a casement window above it. And then would put a flower wall box outside to show through the static pane. Outside the window is just a fence 4 feet away, so not much reason to open the window to look at that.
But the room has one door and the one window. And then I started learning about codes for windows. So many codes that make it hard to do much but replace with a standard slider or casement because of size needed for egress, distance from floor, etc...
Most all windows in my area tend to be sliders.