Have you requested quotes from qualified home improvement contractors in your area? How will you compare by only looking at what HD offers?

Michael

Michael, if you'll re-read my message you'll see where I said "...others due here this week and next...". My concern is knowing HOW to compare apples to apples when other window replacement companies come to our home to show and tell us why their window is better.
Monica

Hi, I had similar questions 4 years ago and it was hard then to figure things out. I am not professional so the data here is strictly for you to compare only. Please have patience as I lay this out. They are all strict window purchase price before tax and excluding installation and no grille (grids?).

Assuming you want to know if the pricing you will receive sound reasonable, it may be possible to use a solid wood interior, Aluminum clad window as a reference. For a 3 wide by 4 tall dbl-pane, Low-E, ARgon filled, 1/2 inch air space, 1/8-inch glass, solid but bare wood interior (for staining), Aluminum clad exterior, DP-40 rated double hung, I paid approximately $435 4 years ago. Another poster in Texas buying the same type of the same brand last year paid $415. A friend who lives in our county who bought the same just this year paid $445.

We priced a glider from the same brand, same wood+Aluminum clad and everything else the same except it was a DP-30 (I think), a 5 long by 4 high slider/glider was $575 then. A lot cheaper than double hung or casement.

The brand's window has 20-yr warranty and has performed very well in our climate for the last 4 years.

The windows I described are mostly wood so they are generally considered to be more expensive than normal vinyl windows. For example, we priced (4 yrs ago) a Milgard vinyl glider window with the same measurement (not DP-40 though, probaly DP-20 or 30) and it went for about $275 in our area. Milgard double hung matching ours (but only DP-30) was only $309. Now there are really fancy vinyl clad windows that command a premium so Simonton 6100 may be one of these. You can compare the Simonton specification and performance against the window stated above.

Good luck!

I'm sorry.

After comparing products, the next most important step is comparing installation techniques. The install is the most important aspect of purchasing new windows.

Call at least three of their references and view at least three of their most recent installations.

Michael

Chose Simonton from an owner/installer. If he does half of what he says he does (installation wise) I'll be very pleased. 1/2 the price helps too :)

When I was checking sliding glass doors Home Depot had one of the highest installation charges, plus they charged extra for delivery even if they were doing the install. I ended up buying from a small local hardware store that was actually cheaper and installed the doors myself and a company rep I called because I thought I had a problem said I did as good or better job than most pros would have done.