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   arcticenergy | Jul 01, 2021 10:27pm | #1

   Have you considered H Window Company?

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   wiscoguy | Jul 01, 2021 11:00pm | #2

   I’m sorry not familiar with h window company.

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   wiscoguy | Jul 01, 2021 11:01pm | #3

   I’ve also read the article suggesting many different manufacturers all of them have recent bad reviews. I keep wondering if it’s more of a situation that was more related to bad install.

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   arcticenergy | Jul 02, 2021 12:38pm | #4

   You can visit H Window Company https://www.hwindow.com/ and always ask for a quote. Norwegian design, high performance, and in our experience, extremely cost competitive.

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   wiscoguy | Jul 02, 2021 07:59pm | #9

   Thanks for the tip.

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   kyle_r | Jul 02, 2021 12:53pm | #5

   I would look at Comfort Line, they are out of Toledo, OH. Nice fiberglass windows, not full 1 1/8” triple pane, but the skinnier 7/8” I think. You can get any Cardinal glass package you want. They were very reasonable when I bought mine a couple years ago.

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   anonymoususer | Jul 02, 2021 01:12pm | #6

   Yes! I highly recommend ComfortLine Fiberframe. In the last 2 yrs, we purchased windows from Alpen, Inline, Paradigm, Ventana. Customer service and pricing were poor. But ComfortLine Fiberframe has been a joy to work with. Our sales rep was Tom Mehrman: very responsive and helpful!

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   wiscoguy | Jul 02, 2021 08:00pm | #10

   Appreciate it I have a quote going with them currently but I was looking for some more options.

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   Martin Holladay | Jul 02, 2021 01:21pm | #7

   Wasco Windows is in Wisconsin. They do a lot of triple-glazed windows.

   Contact info:

   Wasco Windows (not to be confused with Wasco Products)
   5070 N. 124th Street
   Milwaukee, WI 53225
   414-461-9900
   800-558-2882
   http://www.wascowindows.com

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   wiscoguy | Jul 02, 2021 08:02pm | #11

   Thanks I have reached out to them and I’m working on trying to get some costs now.

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   cody_fischer | Jul 02, 2021 07:28pm | #8

   I'm in MN currently building an apartment building and was looking for cost effective fiberglass windows with a sub 0.18 u-value. I got quotes from Kolbe (Wisconsin), Duxton (Canada), Inline (Canada), Zola (East Coast), Alpen (Colorado), and EnerLux (Nebraska).

   EnerLux came in as the highest performance I could get within my budget. Kolbe couldn't hit the spec I had. I think all of them make great windows. I can't speak to EnerLux's performance in the field, but the level of data available on their website made me feel comfortable in the decision.

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   wiscoguy | Jul 02, 2021 08:15pm | #12

   Very interesting I feel like our weather is similar I also had looked into duxton. Would you mind letting me know your thought process other then hitting a spec was price a big deal or customer support long term warranty. Just curious because I have been leery about Canadian companies due to lack of support in the US. Also price comparison on different co packed and support are my biggest concern really.

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   cody_fischer | Jul 03, 2021 03:51pm | #17

   I made my decision on price, spec and time to delivery. Attached is my price and spec comparison data.

   My builder was also worried about not having a local rep to demo installation details in the field and inspect. Inline has a detailed install manual and offered to do a video con to walk through the details for the installers. In the end, I decided the team I have in place (along with my neurotic micromanaging of details I'm learning here on GBA) is strong enough to make sure we get the window details right with remote support.

   I can't speak to warranties, but I presume all the ones listed meet the market standard. My intuition is that any brand with decent market share targeting the high performance segment invests heavily in manufacturing quality control and quickly addressing defective windows that make it into the field. They wouldn't last long in the segment if they didn't.

   I didn't want to spend a bunch of $$ on high performance glazing and put it into a vinyl window that will get leaky and need to be replaced in 10-15 years. That meant fiberglass and going further afield to brands that unfortunately don't have much physical footprint / support in MN.

   I'd rather have a great window with a thin warranty/customer support that I never use, than an average window with great local support that I have to use regularly.

   
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   wiscoguy | Jul 03, 2021 04:57pm | #18

   Thank you for responding and your insights on the matter I will contact them hopefully next week and see where my windows land with them.

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   kyle_r | Jul 03, 2021 08:24am | #13

   If you aren’t opposed to vinyl, you could also look at Polaris windows.

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   wiscoguy | Jul 03, 2021 03:21pm | #14

   Thanks will look into those

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   wiscoguy | Jul 03, 2021 03:22pm | #15

   I’m wondering if we couldn’t get a post covid update on some of these window companies. Some lead times have ballooned to 6 months even more. I’d like to here if those same builders have adapted amd started using different windows then what were in the original windows from builders thread from 2019 a lot has changed.

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   cody_fischer | Jul 03, 2021 03:28pm | #16

   This is actually a major reason I ended up choosing EnerLux. As of last week, lead times to delivery on site I know were as follows:

   EnerLux - 6 weeks
   Duxton - 8-9 weeks
   Inline- 10-12 weeks, plus a week of shipping

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   david_solar | Jan 23, 2024 03:35pm | #19

   Still happy with the windows? I've got a competitive quote from Enerlux and am trying to decide whether to pull the trigger on them.