OK, after sleeping on it for a night, and getting yelled at by Gordon Ramsey in a dream, here are my thoughts.
21 year old window is rotted out? that shouldn't be. have you looked at/fixed whatever issue is causing that amount of water on that window? Are all of your windows in a similar fix? is the exterior surface painted now? if so, you aren't drastically changing the esthetics. so that is a wash either way more important than the external material is the efficiency, both for heating and cooling. what are the efficiencies at what costs for wood and clad? if it truly is a double cost (or more for matching efficiency), and you are not PLANNING on selling the house in the next 2 years, go with the clad. not cheap ones, but cheaper than wood. And document your decision, and keep the numbers and brochures to show a perspective buyer. And offer to have the more expensive window installed at sale time, with the cost added to the cost of the house (that way, if it is a deal breaker for a buyer, at least they can put the wood upgrade on their purchase price mortgage). On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 9:52 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:342112 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
