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The Excalibur II is designed for stucco walls, primarily in the western states.

The Sunrise windows are all in. I have to say that I'm pleased with them. I can tell a difference when the hot Nashville sun is hitting them and when it's on my deck door, which is made exactly like the old windows. The heat is noticably different. The corner welds are all tight and consistent, unli...

The Sunrise windows arrived today. 7 windows for 8 openings...oops. The factory apparently put the wrong grids in one of the windows. A minor inconvenience. It can wait until next week to be changed. The crew got 5 of the others in today. I'm curious about the size of the gap that should be around t...

Thanks guys. I was leaning that way. Two of the neighbors went with the Alside Excalibur, and now I see what you mean about the QC. The screens don't sit straight, so either the frames are bowed, or the screens are. Some of the mitred corner welds are nice and neat, and others have gaps. "Incon...

Correction....It's not Sunrise Vanguard. It's just regular Sunrise. So my choices are Pella 20, Alside Excalibur, and regular Sunrise. Each is about the same price, once I get the quotes down apple-to-apples. Or I can spend more on Wincore 7700. So far, it seems to me like the installation on these ...

As a follow-up....the prices above were slightly off once I sat down and got the quotes all figured out to compare them evenly. Close, but not quite right. Either way: I'll use my Pella inside good-buddy price as my base line. Alside Excalibur is 9% more Wincore 7700 is 34% more Sunrise Vanguard is ...

That's very helpful. Thank you. What would be some of the "better windows on the market" that I should take a look at? Not just brands, but the individual product line too. I have a total of about 30 windows, give or take a couple depending on how you count. And as shown above, my pricing ...

I've been reading a lot of the forum threads and I keep seeing things like "look around here and you'll see why Pella/Alside is not a good choice." I keep looking, and all I'm seeing are more posts that say the same thing. Can anyone tell me why they aren't a good choice? Do they have poor...

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The Alside guy said I can get the Alside Sheffield (vs.Pinnacle.Excalibur) for $1650 more.

Any opinions on that option?

I have 3 quotes as follows of various sized vinyl windows: Pella 20*: $17,200 (Installed through Pella Direct) Alside Excalibur**: $18,200 (Installed through a local company of 40+ years) Wincore 7700: $24,382 (Installed through another local company of 40+ years) Continued web research consistently...