Brick2Brick Windows
Sooo, I got a window quote and I’m bummed about the cost. If anyone has some options they would like to share, it would be much appreciated! This is the story… We have crappy vinyl replacements from the 80’s. The front of the house feels like we’re leaving the windows wide open. Drafty! We’d like…
Sooo, I got a window quote and I’m bummed about the cost.
If anyone has some options they would like to share, it would be much appreciated!
This is the story…
We have crappy vinyl replacements from the 80’s. The front of the house feels like we’re leaving the windows wide open. Drafty! We’d like to replace all windows in the house.
Area is not currently landmarked, but it’s in the works. We want to get this done by next winter.
Here’s the problem: The front windows are an odd shape. They have a little arch on the top. So, these would be custom. The quote was about $3800 apiece for all wood, Marvin.
Obviously, it would be a lot less expensive if it wasn’t brick to brick, but we really want to take it back and insulate.
The back will be fiberglass replacements. They were less than $1000 apiece.
This quote was from Bay Ridge Windows. He’s coming back with an estimate from a factory other than Marvin.
My question is…Does this sound like a fair price for custom Marvins? Is there something we’re overlooking that may give us similar quality and aesthetics?
Thanks!
You can always insulate without going brick to brick… Just a thought.
Regards,
Ross
Adler Windows
I’d recommend Renewal by Andersen….they did a superb job on my brick to brick.
Wow, thanks for all the tips! I’m overwhelmed looking at them and will have to refer this to the anal hubby. In any case, it’s good to know we have options.
I replaced with Bonneville — they are from Canada and at the time we replaced, the exchange rate worked in our favor. They window are excellent (Gold line) and they did some nice custom archwork. Plus, I wanted to to get as close ot preiod as possible (without going custom) and Bonneville were the only ones I could find that had the ogee molding that was standar.
Brick to brick is awesome.
May I recommend another contractor: M&R Windows who installed a Champion patio door in my place. I found him after my co-op installed Champion of Syosset tilt-and-turn windows (check them out, http://www.championwindows.com). The windows were awesome but the contractor hard to deal with. So when I wanted a patio door to match the windows, and found that Champion makes great patio doors, I called Champion and asked, who’s the installer in the NYC area that you recommend?
Champion windows recommended Mike Rosenberg of M&R windows (www.metromanwindows.com). I went with him and when they installed the door – which was not the easiest task in the world, since the walls of this ancient building are not plumb — M&R also sprayed foam insulation to fill the space inbetween the cladding and the rather complicated framework that the not-plumb walls required.
M&R’s bid was not the cheapest bid I got but they charged me nothing extra for what turned out to be a two-day rather than a one-day job, they charged only $800 more for a brick-to-brick installation than they would have to replace the door in the existing frame, and the temperature inside the patio door when the outside temperature drops into the low 20’s is now a good 5 to 10 degrees higher Fahrenheit than it used to be without raising the heat any, so I suspect all the spray-foam insulation is worth its weight.
So give them a call and get a bid: Mike Rosenberg 718-652-1300.
I used a fellow named Eduardo from Eduardo Antiques
Can’t say enough about him. He built 4 french windows for my home from scratch.
His number is 347-455-5256
Sam
I recently got Marvin Ultimate double hung for 2 small windows. Brick to brick, ie, new construction windows, interior wood, exterior evergreen clad, 2 over 2 applied moldings, upgraded glass specs, full screen, plus evergreen frame expanders and mull cover. No brickmold. Size about 38×66. Square sashes in an arched brick opening.
Hard to explain without hand waving but the expanders and mull cover were custom cut on site to fit the arched top of the brick and the sides of the windows to the brick. They look great. I installed windows on a 2 story extension 6 years ago exactly the same way and they still look great.
Two of them cost me about $1400 last winter at S&E building materials on MacDonald Ave, who I like dealing with. I paid separately for a good carpenter to install them. I recommended S&E to a friend who had shopped all over for a whole house of windows and he used them and was happy.
The one thing I would advocate is having your own carpenter/ installer do the installation. The window places you mentioned are going to have installers that will get the windows in as quick as possible and do an adequate job, not a custom job. I have done this several times with different types of windows in different houses. The idea that the window people know the best way to install their windows is not at all what I’ve found. On a larger job, the contractor installs all the different procured fixtures, and picking that person and having them work directly for you is how you generally get the best job.
Oh — and in my limited dealings with Bay Ridge Windows, I did not care for them at all. (This is based on several phone calls. Have not used their services.)