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by n8shaw
Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:34 am
Forum: Ask Our Pro's a Question
Topic: Xact and New River windows
Replies: 0
Views: 6966

Xact and New River windows

We had two companies come out this week to give us quotes. One quoted us Xact Designer 1600 Series and the other quoted us VinylCraft New River Collection 5300. It appears that most people do not hold Xact windows in very high regard on this board, but I cannot find anything on VinylCraft... not on ...
by n8shaw
Thu Aug 06, 2009 11:24 am
Forum: Ask Our Pro's a Question
Topic: Preservation Window Replacement
Replies: 11
Views: 10167

Re: Preservation Window Replacement

Just an FYI for those out there shopping for windows, after canceling our contract with the installer, we received a call from their "cancellation department" that offered to lower the price by over $2,000. So, if you do want to use an installer that plays the hard-sale game, it pays to fo...
by n8shaw
Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:21 am
Forum: Ask Our Pro's a Question
Topic: Preservation Window Replacement
Replies: 11
Views: 10167

Re: Preservation Window Replacement

Thanks everyone for the insight. That is good to know about Shucho. They definitely seemed to be highly regarded prior to being purchased.

We are in no rush to get it done, so we are stepping back and will be doing a bunch more research and getting several more quotes. Very glad I found this forum!
by n8shaw
Mon Aug 03, 2009 11:27 am
Forum: Ask Our Pro's a Question
Topic: Preservation Window Replacement
Replies: 11
Views: 10167

Re: Preservation Window Replacement

Thanks for the reply. The installer definitely used high-pressure sales tactics, which we was aware of. I agree that I don't always like them, but that is how the game is played sometimes right? We have decided to cancel our contract with them and continue researching and getting quotes. I received ...
by n8shaw
Sat Aug 01, 2009 6:22 am
Forum: Ask Our Pro's a Question
Topic: Preservation Window Replacement
Replies: 11
Views: 10167

Preservation Window Replacement

We are in the process of gathering information on our window replacement project. We got a quote from a local installer for Preservation Series Energy Max (triple pane, Krypton gas, non-metal spacers, etc...) and haggled him down to $837/window. There are a total of 19 windows. We have three sets of...