Marvin has fiberglass windows in the Integrity line. Those will last.

I have Marvin double-hung, wood inside, aluminum-clad exterior. They have simulated divided lites with spacer bars. I've had mine now for about 7 years and am very happy with them.

I would be very careful about mixing double-hung and casement windows on the same house. Houses usually look best when the windows are all the same, even if a different size.

Surpirsed to hear about jeldwen customer service. We have mostly double hung aluminum clad wood windows some casement windows from jeldwen. They were put in 7 years ago and we've been happy with them. One issue we did have they fixed right away.

Jeldwen bought 4 poor window companies, and combined them making up their current window lines and as far I am concerned did nothing to address the quality. The poor customer service is a byproduct and not something I am that familar with although I have heard it repeatitively over the years.

We bought Anderson E series (aluminum outside, wood inside) french patio door last year. We installed ourselves with help from a friend. So far we are happy. It looks great. I researched forever before deciding on it ( I heard lots of good about Marvin too. I think they cost more). It is a hard decision. I would go with Anderson E series or comparable Marvin, (no Jenweld) if I was replacing more windows. But I don't want Vinyl inside.

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We installed Marvin Integrity line on our house. Fiberglass exterior/wood interior. They look great, operate very smoothly (we have mostly double hungs) and the customer service with the window company (no big box store) was great. Our climate is also hot and humid in the summers.

Thanks everyone for your comments. We've narrowed it down to Jeldwen aluminum clad wood or Marvin Integrity fiberglass exterior/wood interior. Leaning much more to Marvin and will decide after seeing bids. Like Jeldwen's warranty on the auralast pine, but more expensive and their customer service is having issues (distributor confirmed) ... well we'll see! Thanks again!!

Dubious quality would chase me away long before getting a price or worrying about the lack of customer service.

I've got Anderson metal clad on the outside, bare wood on the inside. I've been happy. Anderson has been very good to deal with as a consumer.

We are doing Loewen on our house and Marvin Integrity in detached garage. In numerous conversations with people Marvin (main line or Integrity) would be the easy decision among your three. My impression is that Anderson went through a few 'cheap' years and are now trying harder and trying to rebuild their reputation.

Ron, not sure the age of your windows but it wasn't until recently (last 12 years or so) that Andersen offered a metal clad window and that is only the "E" series which they renamed after having purchased Eagle.

Dang, you're right. Not sure what I was thinking. They're vinyl clad.

What kind of gave it away was the Terratone paint comment on another thread.