About Window Warranties Albuquerque NM

Mathis recommends choosing a window with a minimum 20-year warranty on the insulated glass, which most of the big window companies offer.

Local Companies

Hurd Wood Windows
(505) 345-2671
3800 Hawkins St NE
Albuquerque, NM
Keiser Construction
(505) 292-3702
1213 Kirby St NE
Albuquerque, NM
Renewal by Andersen
(505) 828-3404
7401 Indian School Rd NE
Albuquerque, NM
Anozira Garage Doors
(505) 823-2500
4201 Paseo Del Norte NE
Albuquerque, NM
Don's Windows & Doors Inc.
(505) 243-1515
1130 1st St NW
Albuquerque, NM
Superior Fireplaces
(505) 823-2500
4201 Paseo Del Norte NE
Albuquerque, NM
Window Depot Albuquerque
(505) 344-7400
3901 Singer Blvd NE Ste A
Albuquerque, NM
Boddington Lumber Co
(505) 345-7768
4019 Edith Blvd NE
Albuquerque, NM
Windows America
(505) 243-3305
Albuquerque, NM
Pella Windows and Doors
(505) 345-3501
4801 Alameda Blvd NE
Albuquerque, NM


"So much about selecting a good window comes down to the warranty,” says Chris Mathis, of MC Squared, a building-science consulting company based in Asheville, N.C. Mathis focuses on windows, doors, and skylights, serves on the ASHRAE and ASTM code committees as well as the International Energy Conservation Code Committee of the ICC, and was a founding board member and the former director of the National Fenestration Rating Council. He insists that regardless of window materials and features, the warranty should be one of the first window-selection criteria to consider. “If a window fails in a few years, it doesn't matter how good or strong or energy efficient it started out to be,” Mathis says. “About 30% of the replacement windows installed are replacing windows that are only about seven years old. This speaks to how poor many of the units out there are.”

The most common window failure is the seal on an insulated glass unit. Once the seal blows, the window fogs up between the panes. This can cause a drastic reduction in window R-value and may oxidize the low-E coating, turning it into a high-E coating that absorbs heat rather than reflecting it. In the worst cases, the pane actually deforms, bowing inward, as a gas fill, such as argon, escapes.

Mathis recommends choosing a window with a minimum 20-year warranty on the insulated glass, which most of the big window companies offer. “There's a reason some of the big companies have been in business a long time.

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