Casement or double hung?

About 50/50 but casements in the areas we use most and are more likely to open..Single hung on front of house, casements on back where we have view.

Black inside and out limits the offerings and almost entirely eliminates your vinyl offerings. The Elevate/Essentials is a well regarded line up.

If you do casement go with Marvin Essentials. the Andersen Black Double Hungs have gray jams inside.

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/5722758/andersen-400-series-black-but-wth-with-the-grey-jambs#n=22

You could do Anderson 400 and get black in and out, couldn't you?

For a view I much prefer double/single hung windows. Can be wider (fewer interruptions) and screens are on outside. They are less expensive especially if you use fewer and wider units. Or Marvin makes a manually operated inswing casement with screens on the outside.. Andersen 100 is unusually unattractive unless your house is ultra modern.

Thanks so much for your input. All of the casements are 3’x6’ and there is a double slider leading to the screen porch. If size is equal, do you still prefer single/double hung foe view?Just curious, why does it matter whether the screen is on in or outside were view is concerned?? I’ll definitely look at the Marvins.

Bugs and other stuff get trapped against casement screens and the screens are visible in interior light. Some exterior double-hung screens are almost invisible from inside. I don’t know what part of the casement is 3-0 but I believe windows with a view deserve widths as wide as 4-6 RO. The cranking mechanisms for casements get unreliable over 3-0 wide and 5-0 high RO and that’s when windows start getting good.

I forgot to mention the prominently featured casement screen frames. They’re hardly noticeable in double-hung windows. I’ve specified one casement in 50 years in an emergency escape and rescue window below grade.

Wow! I will definitely take all of that into consideration. Thank you!

RES, one last question. As far as the back view windows go, the plan is for the windows to be black. If we go with the double hung, would you do grilles or not? This is the exterior. We are on a golf course.

I would use grilles but they will only be noticeable from inside. On a golf course I would think full outside screens would be mandatory. I recommend Andersen TruScene stainless steel screens. They’re virtually invisible.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a black interior window finish so I won’t comment on it.
I always find gables on hipped main roofs to be odd. The one little window on the blank side is odd too. Did the designer provide you with a 3D model. Is there a requirement for a minimum amount of masonry cladding? The house seems a little shy and self-conscious Separate the paired windows with 3 studs and fatten the portico posts to give a emulate to an era where architecture was more culturally relevant and not sold by the foot. Good luck with it.

I’ll definitely take all of this into consideration. Do you mean separate all the paired windows?

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RES, I tried to find your page, I find your responses are very thoughtful and informative, actually enjoy reading them, they are well done. I wanted to share one of your comments with my sister but could not find your page. :) Thank you and thank you Lisa for this question.

It appears RES has left Houzz. He has had several screen names and left a few times over the years. Maybe to reappear and then again maybe not.

Yep...he’s been here for yrs on and off. Even in the old days when he was the ONLY architect on our board. Hope he reappears, lol. Always great advice.