Haha, been there myself—nothing worse than realizing halfway through that your contractor's idea of "good enough" is miles away from yours. Did you en...

Haha, been there myself—silicone can be a real pain if you're not careful. Good call on rope caulk though; I've used it around some older basement win...

The punctuality problem is real. My worst window contractor experience was a guy who kept pushing the start time later and later each day. One day he ...

@sgamer48 I hear you on that. We went back-and-forth on grids too. We ended up doing exactly what you said: grids on the front of the house (street si...

I've got another one: assuming the cheapest materials are good enough. When we were shopping for windows, we were on a tight budget and thought all wi...

Glad we could help, @cexplorer35. Keep us posted on your window project and how everything turns out!

I’m in Pasco County and went through this process 6 months ago as well. Our house is a 1995 build (so much older windows originally) and we replaced a...

Anyone opt for any fancy upgrades like tinted glass or internal blinds or anything? One of the companies tried to upsell me on gray tint glass for mor...

@jjones18 – good question about timelines. I just went through this in 2024 and can share how it went for us. Our timeline was: signed contract in ear...

Truly a legendary thread. Thanks everyone – this will be my go-to reference for windows. Happy to see a great outcome, @golfplayer86!