$8,500 FOR WINDOWS?!

[T2T III]

My father asked the guy who made us the windows what he preferred, and he said he only had aluminum in his house. We got vinyl anyway, because it was cheaper.

Actually, the vinyl windows will be lower maintenance - I was just making a reference in my post that most companies will try and talk up their "low or no maintenence" features. In regards to using aluminum, it's pretty good at conducting cold - so, if used in a colder climate, it may not be the best idea for an insulating product.

 

[Sepen]

Originally posted by: isaacmacdonald
putting in windows yourself is a whore.

Takes me about 20 minutes per window on average. Simple.

 

[Viperoni]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: Krassus
We just bought a 5-bedroom house where all of the windows need to be replaced. We're getting a few quotes, and the first one's in already at $8,500 firm for 330 square feet of windows, including about $1,300 PER WINDOW for the largest windows! I need you guys to put your brilliant minds together and come up with a way for me to save some benjamins We're gonna renovate the house and resell it in a few years, so i don't care if the windows don't come with lifetime warranty, or if the white will turn to yellow in 10 years. I just need some average windows with the little handles you can turn to open em up. What particular type should i look for?

Yeah that might be a chunk, but its 18,500 (Canadian) for each window in my house. Some special type of glass that my dad purchased.

What the HELL? We replaced 8 windows with vinyl double-pane low-e ones... Only $6000CDN total. Quality is top-notch too.

Same here, ~4x9 foot vinyl double pane low-e argon gas filled Bay window cost $2500, and I believe it's oak as the window ledge/sill and as trim.

 

[RbSX]

Originally posted by: Krassus

Yeah that might be a chunk, but its 18,500 (Canadian) for each window in my house. Some special type of glass that my dad purchased.

Gotta love those ultra energy-efficient windows. They pay themselves off in just under 300 years! By the way, since you're probably in Toronto, see if your dad needs stucco done for his house. We'll do it for only 40k!

We're not in toronto, we're in Vancouver and yeah its double paned glass with a special type of gas between two panes. We brought them in from wisconsin.. don't ask me for my dads motivations I have no idea. Oh, and when you make about 2.2 million a year, it doesn't really matter when they pay for themselves do that?

Btw lets make this straight now. I'm not a lil b|tch or a snob that lives out of his money, I know that because my dad makes tons of money, I won't instantly inherit it all or anything light that.

 

[astros67]

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: Krassus

Yeah that might be a chunk, but its 18,500 (Canadian) for each window in my house. Some special type of glass that my dad purchased.

Gotta love those ultra energy-efficient windows. They pay themselves off in just under 300 years! By the way, since you're probably in Toronto, see if your dad needs stucco done for his house. We'll do it for only 40k!

We're not in toronto, we're in Vancouver and yeah its double paned glass with a special type of gas between two panes. We brought them in from wisconsin.. don't ask me for my dads motivations I have no idea. Oh, and when you make about 2.2 million a year, it doesn't really matter when they pay for themselves do that?

Btw lets make this straight now. I'm not a lil b|tch or a snob that lives out of his money, I know that because my dad makes tons of money, I won't instantly inherit it all or anything light that.

probably tempered or laminated glass, they can drive the price up some....
how big are the windows?

 

[gizmodog]

Contractor suppliers often sell 2nds or "blems" that are perfectly fine. When inspecting at the plant, if to many blemishes are found in a certain lot, the whole batch will be sold as seconds at a substantial discount. Just make sure you inspect them.

 

[FoBoT]

go with linux, or *BSD

open sores rulez!!

 

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: Sepen

Originally posted by: isaacmacdonald
putting in windows yourself is a whore.

Takes me about 20 minutes per window on average. Simple.

There's quite a bit you are not including such as:

- Carting the new window to the installation location
- Removing the old window
- Replacing any wood that has rotted over the years
- Setting the new window into position
- Leveling the new window
- Installing proper shims
- Insulating the spaces
- Caulking the exterior gaps of the window
- Replacing the interior trim, if necessary and painting or staining
- Painting the exterior of the new window (if required)
- Carting the old window to the truck for disposal
- Disposal of the old windows / scrap

As you can see, maybe a window only replacement could take 20 minutes of time. However, "doing it right" will take a bit longer.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: Krassus

Yeah that might be a chunk, but its 18,500 (Canadian) for each window in my house. Some special type of glass that my dad purchased.

Gotta love those ultra energy-efficient windows. They pay themselves off in just under 300 years! By the way, since you're probably in Toronto, see if your dad needs stucco done for his house. We'll do it for only 40k!

We're not in toronto, we're in Vancouver and yeah its double paned glass with a special type of gas between two panes. We brought them in from wisconsin.. don't ask me for my dads motivations I have no idea. Oh, and when you make about 2.2 million a year, it doesn't really matter when they pay for themselves do that?

Btw lets make this straight now. I'm not a lil b|tch or a snob that lives out of his money, I know that because my dad makes tons of money, I won't instantly inherit it all or anything light that.

Shoulda left out the part about the 2.2 million a year... and 18,000 per window for that matter.

 

[teckmaster]

thats not a bad price for windows. I was gonna have my bay window in my livingroom replaced with a pella and the price for that window alone was almost $5,000.