I have all interior oak and pine trim, stained to all look the same so you cannot tell it apart and this includes all window trimmings but I still have Andersen white vinyl windows (insides are wood) but exterior I wanted no maintenance other than to check caulk around windows every couple of years or bad storms to make sure no moisture gets to the house or mildew starts growing.
-----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 9:52 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Window Snobs? It's a 1990 house and it's cedar siding and oak interior trim On Aug 29, 2011, at 8:33 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > How old is the house? > Is wood a primary component in the other window casings? > Is wood a primary component in interior room decoration? > > > > On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Quick Question for people that care about houses: >> >> We have a big ole "transom" front window that's actually 3 huge >> crank-out windows with 3 smaller square windows above them. It's >> rotting out so it needs to be replaced and, of course, that's >> expensive. >> >> So my options are go with vinyl replacement or double the cost and go with wood. >> >> If you were buying the house would you care that it was vinyl vs. >> wood? I've heard that 75% of replacement windows are vinyl. >> >> any thoughts? >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:342109 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
