My house is 18 years old...original product is Pella ( junk) Over the years I have been able to get most of these windows to limp along by working on them myself. Making wood repairs to the rot, etc. Replacing chalk , etc. My concern with alum. clad product is not being able to work on them if needed, product fade and if replacing chalk how much damage will be done to the brick mold finish on the product. I am considering Marvin and having them install. The salesman is great, but the cost is huge. I have looked at Eagle, etc. , but don't want to have to locate a GC to install and hope its done right.

Anyway... clad vs wood. I am a waterfront home in Maryland.

BTW.. I got the Pella service people out here to look at my windows and the service tech said he could help me with cost. With them giving me a 40% discount, they were still HIGHER than the retail Marvin product, and higher than buying from Lowes. Incredibly frustrating.