Choosing wood interior window

4 years ago

Hello. I have spent many months researching a wood interior window to replace (as new construction windows) 20 windows in our 1977 home and 5 windows for a garage which is currently being built. We have cedar clapboard exterior on house and the garage will have same.

Two of the finalists are Harvey Majesty and Andersen 400 series (likely Woodwright, but possibly Tilt Wash). One of the main differences is that Harvey windows are custom made, which means no additional carpentry is required. They would be made to our RO measurements.

The other, Andersen, charges more for "custom" versus their "standard" size windows. This means a significantly higher price due to the majority of our Rough Opening measurements being non-standard sizes. As I understand it, we could go with "standard" sizes and have the openings adjusted (bigger or smaller) but that can be labor intensive.

I know there are many excellent vinyl windows out there but due to the design of our home, we really want wood interior.

Like everyone faced with the prospect of replacing windows, we only want to do this once. Your experience and feedback would be most appreciated. Thank you.

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millworkman
4 years ago
Harvey is mediocre at best quality. Maybe look into Marvin Elevate (Wood Int/Ultrex(fiberglass)). Should be less expensive than the Woodwrights and a better window in my opinion.
Dee C
Original Author
4 years ago
Thank you for your thoughts, millworkman. Much appreciated. I have looked at the Marvin Elevate before and will look at it again. Each of them (Harvey Wood Majesty, Andersen Woodwright, and Marvn Elevate) all have different exteriors (aluminum clad, Fibrex and fiberglass, respectively), as I understand it. The only thing they seem to have in common is the wood interior.

The majority of windows we are replacing are Pella. From what I was able to determine by talking to someone in service department at Pella, they are most likely Pella Original double-paned (circa 1991-1993) and it sounds like at some point, prior owners removed the second pane of glass. No idea why, but odd. One thing I will say is that the non-clad wood exterior apears to have held up pretty well after all these years. I only hope that whatever we choose for replacement will hold up as long.

Thank you again for taking the time to respond.
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