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I hope this post makes sense and doesn't come across as a dumb question... if so I apologize in advance.
We're looking to replace all the wood windows in the back of our 20 yr old house and had two local companies come out to give us quotes here in Atlanta. One company recommended Simonton 5500 and the other Gorell 5300. The companies came highly recommended by many homeowners via Angie's List.
The windows seem well built, but the wife doesn't like them at all because the frame around the sash is much wider than our current wood windows. To be honest, the demo window they brought out to the house seemed like it was mostly frame. I'm exaggerating, but the point is the frames look much wider than what we have now. Is that typical with these windows?
I ask, because the original homeowner had all of the windows in the front replaced by another company named Champion three years earlier. To us, those window (sash) frames look normal in size... just like the old wood windows. I steered away from Champion because of some negative customer fdbk and because those windows have a well or pocket and I was told it just collects dirt, algae, etc; and wasn't considered a good design, whereas the Simonton had more of a sill.
The other night I went to HD and looked at the Andersens which seemed to have a normal size sash frame and sill. Probably more expensive but the windows looked normal to us.
I hope this all makes sense :confused1:
We're looking to replace all the wood windows in the back of our 20 yr old house and had two local companies come out to give us quotes here in Atlanta. One company recommended Simonton 5500 and the other Gorell 5300. The companies came highly recommended by many homeowners via Angie's List.
The windows seem well built, but the wife doesn't like them at all because the frame around the sash is much wider than our current wood windows. To be honest, the demo window they brought out to the house seemed like it was mostly frame. I'm exaggerating, but the point is the frames look much wider than what we have now. Is that typical with these windows?
I ask, because the original homeowner had all of the windows in the front replaced by another company named Champion three years earlier. To us, those window (sash) frames look normal in size... just like the old wood windows. I steered away from Champion because of some negative customer fdbk and because those windows have a well or pocket and I was told it just collects dirt, algae, etc; and wasn't considered a good design, whereas the Simonton had more of a sill.
The other night I went to HD and looked at the Andersens which seemed to have a normal size sash frame and sill. Probably more expensive but the windows looked normal to us.
I hope this all makes sense :confused1: