05-03-2006, 09:05 AM
I used fiberglas windows in my home. I was looking for very long term quality. I was surprised to get my best price and delivery from J&J Hardware in Hilo. My brother is a contractor in L.A. and we priced fiberglas windows at a "wholesale" factory location there. They were higher in price in L.A. than FOB Hilo with J&J. Marvin windows I believe.
It may be that vinyl windows are fine and dandy but I was not impressed with the variety of quality in vinyl and my general inability to tell the difference.
I had earlier paid some high dollars to buy "hi quality" vinyl outdoor furniture and they faded and discolored so badly over time. I did not want that to happen to my windows. If it matters.... fiberglas windows can be painted. Vinyl, for all practical purposes, can't.
Chairman, Punaweb Committee, MSPA
It may be that vinyl windows are fine and dandy but I was not impressed with the variety of quality in vinyl and my general inability to tell the difference.
I had earlier paid some high dollars to buy "hi quality" vinyl outdoor furniture and they faded and discolored so badly over time. I did not want that to happen to my windows. If it matters.... fiberglas windows can be painted. Vinyl, for all practical purposes, can't.
Chairman, Punaweb Committee, MSPA
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