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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 02:34 PM Original message |
Anybody get replacement windows recently? Tell me your story! |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. 22 windows? Wow! Do you live in a mansion? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 02:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Oh god no. But I have a colonial and there are lots of windows. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. How large are the windows? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 03:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. wow, thanks for this expert advice. my windows sizes of course |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 06:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. A bay window's about $1300...for a small one |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 07:44 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Those would be the Schucho windows from Germany. Great tech, but cost |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 08:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. There are more brands now, all licensed from Schucho |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 08:23 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. And boy, how the window salesmen motherfuck their competitors up and down. |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm thinking it would depend upon what kind / size of windows you're talking about... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 03:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Where do you live? I'm in Connecticut, a very expensive state to |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. Chat up Redstone |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
8. We JUST bought new windows |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 06:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Your windows are ThermoStar by Pella |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
9. My parents just replaced several windows |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 05:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Thanks for the link. You sound pretty handy to me! We sure aren't |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
10. I'm having someone come by and give me an estimate this next week |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 05:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Are you in the expensive Northeast? |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 05:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I'm in MD, DC suburbs |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 05:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I remember the DC suburbs. I lived in Annandale, VA for 9 1/2 years |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
11. $3600 for four windows |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
15. Hey, we got a quote of $55K for 28 windows. And that's just the upstairs. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 05:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I just pm'd you! So disregard, unless you have more to say and |
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Gogi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 06:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. That guy who dissed wood windows, ignore him... |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 07:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Well, there IS that bay... |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 07:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. Gotcha and replied. Hope it helps. We're in a high-bracket town, so even though |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. We replaced one window, $1300. |
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Gogi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
19. Is there a possibilty that you could install them yourself? |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 06:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Uh-oh... |
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Gogi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 07:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Don't worry... |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
24. Not me, I'm sticking with XP until I have to upgrade |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 07:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. You know how that OS got its name, right? |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
27. I didn't get replacement windows in our current house, but I do... |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
33. We did our entire house about 6 years ago. |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
34. I had my windows replaced in 2001, I believe |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
35. My husband works for company that does replacement windows. |
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sbj405 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
36. I had estimates ranging from $4.5k-$12k for 12 windows |
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