Patio Door Replacement
Patio Door Replacement
We got the following quotes to replace our patio door (standard size 72x78 white vinyl)
1. Prism by Simontron Platinum - $1875
3. Milgard - $1800
3. Alside 6100 - $1750
4. SoftLite Imperial LS 7000- $1525
We live in Chicago and we would appreciate any suggestions/recommendations for the patio door.
Thank you.
1. Prism by Simontron Platinum - $1875
3. Milgard - $1800
3. Alside 6100 - $1750
4. SoftLite Imperial LS 7000- $1525
We live in Chicago and we would appreciate any suggestions/recommendations for the patio door.
Thank you.
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Something does not seem right. You say "standard", but 78" tall is not standard....and that may be why all the prices quoted seem quite high to me.
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Must be the differences in our markets. Those prices seem very low to me.
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I could install a decent standard 6.0 x 6.8 for 1/2 of those prices.....and be happy. But 6.6 is not standard and that would add 50% to cost of the door itself.
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they are probably 72 x 80.
they ae very good prices,in fact on the low side.
they ae very good prices,in fact on the low side.
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We recently had Window4U install a Sunrise sliding patio door, along with 10 Soft-Lite Elements windows here in Champaign-Urbana, IL. The Sunrise door has Ultra U glass with Argon, and mini-blinds. It's an absolutely beautiful door, and very well engineered. Suggestion... contact Window4U here on this board, as he works in the Chicago area.
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You need to call "Window4U" if you are in Chicago.dsallen wrote:We recently had Window4U install a Sunrise sliding patio door, along with 10 Soft-Lite Elements windows here in Champaign-Urbana, IL. The Sunrise door has Ultra U glass with Argon, and mini-blinds. It's an absolutely beautiful door, and very well engineered. Suggestion... contact Window4U here on this board, as he works in the Chicago area.
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Thanks for the comment Don. The only correction is that the door does have low-e, but not argon.dsallen wrote:We recently had Window4U install a Sunrise sliding patio door, along with 10 Soft-Lite Elements windows here in Champaign-Urbana, IL. The Sunrise door has Ultra U glass with Argon, and mini-blinds. It's an absolutely beautiful door, and very well engineered. Suggestion... contact Window4U here on this board, as he works in the Chicago area.
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yeah..i don't believe you can get a door or windows with blinds between the glass and also have argon.
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So you swindled Don out of his Argon.....you are and argonophite!!!!Window4U (IL) wrote:Thanks for the comment Don. The only correction is that the door does have low-e, but not argon.dsallen wrote:We recently had Window4U install a Sunrise sliding patio door, along with 10 Soft-Lite Elements windows here in Champaign-Urbana, IL. The Sunrise door has Ultra U glass with Argon, and mini-blinds. It's an absolutely beautiful door, and very well engineered. Suggestion... contact Window4U here on this board, as he works in the Chicago area.
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I have contacted Windows4U. The door size in one of the estimates was written as 72x78 1/4.
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even if it is indeed 78 1/4,its very easy to just frame out the top in order to fit the smaller height.
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Sorry Dave, my mistake on the Argon in the patio door. I forgot that the patio door with mini-blinds has low-e only due to the design requirement. I guess I was thinking of the Soft-Lite Element windows a bit when I posted.
That mistake aside, the Sunrise patio door is an excellent door and should be seriously considered by all those looking for a sliding patio door.
That mistake aside, the Sunrise patio door is an excellent door and should be seriously considered by all those looking for a sliding patio door.
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Not to be argumentative, but at half those prices you are very close to the cost of a high quality door by itself without installation or mark-up. Those are very competitive prices.SuperiorW&D wrote:I could install a decent standard 6.0 x 6.8 for 1/2 of those prices.....and be happy. But 6.6 is not standard and that would add 50% to cost of the door itself.
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