PLEASANTON — When installing new windows, it can be difficult to decide which style will work best for your home. To make an informed decision, consider the following window styles and their attributes:
Vinyl
The quality of vinyl windows has improved considerably during the last 20 years. The main criteria for homeowners who choose vinyl are affordability, thermal efficiency and minimal maintenance. Additionally, vinyl windows are easy to install (via retrofit or new construction) and come with a lifetime warranty. The main drawback of vinyl windows is the limited design and color options.
Fiberglass
Fiberglass is the strongest window frame material on the market—eight times stronger than vinyl. Unlike vinyl, fiberglass can be painted, and since it’s a natural product, it’s a good choice for environmentally-conscious homeowners. Because of its strength, it’s not easily damaged and will perform for a long time following installation.
Wood
If aesthetics are a primary concern for you or your home has a distinct architectural style, wood windows are an ideal choice. Basically, they’re the equivalent of hanging fine furniture on your walls. With wood windows, there’s an endless number of custom options for design, colors and stains. Additionally, wood windows exceed all national and local energy efficiency codes, so your windows will perform as good as they look.

3 Window Styles

Explore three popular window styles to improve your home's aesthetic and functionality.

3 Window Styles by Grayeagle Porter

By Grayeagle Porter of {BR} Custom Exteriors, Inc.

2 Window Tips for Winter

4 Reasons to Upgrade Your Home’s Windows and Doors

Double-Pane Window Innovations

James Hardie Fiber Cement Siding

One Way to Increase Your Home’s Fire Resistance

Permits: An Important Consideration When Hiring a Contractor

Upgrading Your Window Glass

Video: Benefits of Door and Window Replacement


if you're looking for ways to improve
your home's comfort and efficiency
consider upgrading your doors and
windows today we're in Pleasanton with
diamond certified expert contributor
great yuuup order of custom exteriors to
learn more the main reason why people do
windows in doors these days is first of
all to beautify their home obviously of
course new windows and doors make your
home look much more attractive
second is resale value according to
value vs. it's a new report that come
out that comes out every year is that
you can recoup a hundred and twenty
percent of your project costs by doing
windows and doors in your home
another reason is ease of use that's a
big one people want to be able to open
and close their doors
easily another reason is of course
thermal efficiency that's probably the
big one who doesn't want to save energy
and who doesn't want to be more
comfortable and you know we all have to
admit it as we get older the quality of
life becomes more important to us and
why wouldn't you want to be more
comfortable and have it more quiet
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Video: Best Window Glass for Sound Suppression


when replacing your home's windows
consider upgrading to a glass product
that offers maximum sound suppression
today we're in Pleasanton with diamonds
certified expert contributor Kevin
Guthrie of custom exteriors to learn
more most homeowners when they get new
windows they're getting Windows with
double pane glass what they don't know
is that a lot of windows come with just
single strength glasses what you see
right here which is a sixteenth of an
inch thick they get two panels of glass
and they think they're getting the best
technology unfortunately that's not
altogether true because what you want to
make sure is not only are you getting
double pane glass but you get glass that
is has a thickness of double strength
glass on one panel of glass and then
triple strength glass on the second
piece of glass what that does is that
helps with sound suppression from the
exterior noise of your home if you live
next to a freeway or if you're close to
a busy road or you have noisy neighbors
something that keeps you up at night or
something that you can hear through your
windows by just upgrading your glass
package in your windows from just a
standard double pane glass to what you
see right here which is triple strength
over double strength glass will give you
the latest in technology for sound
suppression makes a big difference gives
you a better quieter home easier sleep
at night highly recommend it so make
sure you ask about sound suppression
when you're getting into new
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Video: Choosing a Window Replacement Company

Video: Consideration for Choosing a Window Contractor


when choosing a contractor to replace
your home's windows there's one aspect
you don't want to overlook
today we're in Pleasanton with diamond
certified expert contributor Jeff
Kendall the custom exteriors to learn
more a helpful tip for homeowners
looking to replace their windows siding
or stucco is to choose a company that
takes care of the daunting permit ordeal
that most cities and counties can put a
homeowner through there are title 24
questions there are floorplan questions
there are material questions and it's
very very important to choose a company
that has the experience to get through
all the requirements that are needed to
obtain a building permit for your home
improvement project
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Video: James Hardie Fiber Cement Siding


if you're planning to replace your home
citing one product to consider is James
Hardie fiber cement siding to learn more
we're in Pleasanton with Robert vigil of
custom exteriors speaking on behalf of
diamond certified expert contributor
Jeff Kendall a great solution to the
sliding project would be replacing your
existing siding with James Hardie James
Hardie is a cement fiber board comes in
a very various different options in
terms of the finish but what's most
common is the traditional lap siding
which you see here the nice thing about
this lap siding is all the nails are
behind the top layer so it leaves a nice
finish non nail finish that way when
we've install the trim you basically
have a completely finished product with
the pre finish on the trim pre finish on
the siding and what you're looking at
here is a project where we have Windows
involved and all of your windows all of
your doors and any of the penetrations
that may be in your house all get
trimmed out with the same type of trim
and which is once again James Hardie and
lastly they offer a soffit solution
which hides all the fascia boards nice
thing about the James Hardie is it does
offer prefinished colors with three
prefinished matching on the caulking so
once we're done with the installation
there's nothing for you to do
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Video: The Benefits of Fiberglass Windows

Video: The Truth About Window Condensation

Video: Understanding Your Window Options


when choosing new windows for your home
it's important to learn about the
different options available today we're
in Pleasanton with diamond certified
expert contributor gray eagle Porter of
custom exteriors to learn about three
popular choices when buying windows
sometimes it's very difficult to discern
what type of window should I have what
would work best for me
what is my criteria well those are all
good questions since the the industry
has a lot of lot to choose from I think
to break it down into categories would
work best and just talk a little about
each one of them and what criteria they
serve and what would it be best for you
so I'll break it down into three
different categories vinyl fiberglass
and wood windows so let's start with
vinyl of course there's been a lot of
talk about vinyl in the past the quality
of vinyl has changed considerably in the
last 20 years the Chloe's gotten a lot
better
so the criteria usually for vinyl is I
want something that's affordable I want
something that's thermo efficient and
something that I don't want to maintain
or have to worry about again something
has a lifetime warranty but with vinyl
comes you know limitations of color you
can get some of them with color on the
outside you can retrofit them which is a
method of installation that's very easy
or new construction which means take out
the old frame put in the new frame so
vinyl is very popular probably I'd say
70% of all windows sold our vinyl these
days and that's because of that criteria
quick easy affordable very limited
options and so forth and very easy to
take care of so now let's move into
fiberglass now fiberglass is the
strongest material you can get for a
window frame it is eight times stronger
than vinyl it is it is a product that
can be painted and it's usually a
streamlined a kind of product that looks
a lot like vinyl so you put them next to
each other sometimes you don't know
which is which but fiberglass came out
of the whole green movement you
things that are natural I want some
that's not made from oil I want
something that's made from sand which is
you know very plentiful and also I want
a strong window that I know it's gonna
last something it's not going to scratch
or gouge that sort of thing and of
course you do pray a little bit of a
premium for that
so fiberglass is an up-and-coming window
and I'm talking about all fiberglass not
a composition window now the final
category is probably something I know
most about and that is a wood window now
if you're looking for virtually
unlimited design options and flexibility
and you want to hang furniture on your
walls now you can do that with wood
there's so many options there's so many
exceptions there's so many things to
think about and of course I'm not going
to go into it in this viewing but if you
want stained finishes if you want 19
different colors on the outside if you
want to meet and exceed all of the
national codes and local codes then
would one those are for you again if
you're looking for something that's
architectural correct that's unlimited
design options that wood is for you so
that's my kid
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Video: Upgrading Double Pane Windows


even if your home has double pane
windows if they're more than 10 years
old you aren't getting the benefits that
modern products have to offer today
we're in Pleasanton with diamond
certified expert contributor Kevin
gundry of custom exteriors to learn more
double paint Windows have changed
drastically just in the last few years
if your house is about 10 years or older
it's a good idea to take a look at the
new upgrades that have been made on
double Paine windows for instance a lot
of the newer Windows today have lowy 366
glass with argon and non-conductive
spacers and then we also have now what's
called a sound package which is double
strength glass combined with triple
strength glass which gives you a better
overall performance against um allowing
noise to come through the windows um a
lot of your older windows that are in
homes actually don't have any of this
technology you have double paint windows
but unfortunately a lot of it's with
single strength glass just clear glass
and a metal spacer bar in between the
panes and in fact many of these windows
are failing because there's moisture
getting in between the panes of glass so
if you have a house that was built more
than 10 years ago you have metal spacers
you may have either a vinyl Frame Window
or an aluminum frame window that is hard
to open and close and feels like there's
a lot of heat coming in it's a good idea
to take a look look at the new
technology that's out there today that
not only is going to make the window
open and close better and sound better
and look better but also is going to
save you energy and save you money in
your pocket and make your house much
more energy efficient and bring up the
resale value of your
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Video: Weep Hole Maintenance

Video: Window Installation Options


sometimes a
nail on you know method meaning that
you're breaking away the stucco or
taking off wood trim as opposed to a
retrofit insulation where you're leaving
that alone and you're just inserting the
window over the old frame
they're both good techniques and they
both are done by us but sometimes it's
important to understand why
one installation process may be better
for your home as opposed to the other
one
