About Window Warranties Bronx NY

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

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JACARI SUPPLY CO., INC.
347-346-8282
1102 ALLERTON AVE
BRONX, NY
Window Designs by Suzi
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Taylor Door
973-754-9444
318 Mclean Blvd.(Rt 20)
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Tri-State Window & Door factory
973-471-5500
120 MT Prospect Ave
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Best Choice Home Remodeling Inc
(718) 904-7721
1332 Commerce Ave
Bronx, NY
Morris Park Bldg Supl Co Inc
(718) 904-7721
1332 Commerce Ave
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Adirondack Window Products
(315) 732-3243
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Semco Constr
(585) 637-8520
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Allbrand Commercial Windows & Doors Inc
(718) 369-2381
951 3rd Ave
Brooklyn, NY
Jim Waters Corp.
(845) 452-6300
Poughkeepsie, NY


"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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347-346-8282
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BRONX, NY
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