'Wenco' windows from 84 lumber...
Alex Ferguson
Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone has positive/negative comments about the 'wenco'
brand windows carried by 84 lumber. I'm interested in the
new-construction single-hung solid vinyl tilt in variety.
All comments apprectiated.
Thanks!
Alex
BELJAN E
In <6d2rb7$i...@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu> al...@ksads.wpic.pitt.edu (Alex
Ferguson) writes:
>
>
>Hi all,
>
>
>Just wondering if anyone has positive/negative comments about the
>'wenco'
>brand windows carried by 84 lumber. I'm interested in the
>new-construction single-hung solid vinyl tilt in variety.
>
Wenco double hung one to put in my garage because my old window was
terrible. So far it works fine. In Double Hung windows take nothing
less than Eliminator PF or the current eqivilant because they are fully
coated (some of the other lines are simply primed for painting). The
clad single hung ones are pretty straight forward either take it or
leave it depending on the cost.
Mike Fox
Alex Ferguson wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Just wondering if anyone has positive/negative comments about the 'wenco'
> brand windows carried by 84 lumber. I'm interested in the
> new-construction single-hung solid vinyl tilt in variety.
>
Well, they aren't the same windows but this may be indicative of Wenco
quality:
My house was built with all Wenco windows in 1987. They are wooden
sashes, non-tilt, with vinyl jamb liners that contain springs for
weights. All of the springs have broken. I just had to have most of
the jamb liners replaced at a cost of about $700. It was nearly
impossible to track down replacement jamb liners. Wenco was unhelpful;
they just said they don't make those windows any more, so don't bother
them for parts. I had to have the new jamb liners custom made at great
expense and inconvenience.
The key is that jamb liners all have a critical part that is cheap and
will fail. Even though the windows themselves are nice and solid, and
the jamb liners look solid, at the very top there is a plastic tab that
supports the springs and the weight of the sashes. It's not a part you
would think to look at as trouble, as it's so minor and out of sight on
the windows when they are installed.
The key lesson I took out of this is that Wenco does not stand behind
their products, as they redesign their product lines to obsolete the
parts and then don't make or stock the old parts any more.
Mike
James Gann
In article <6d2rb7$i...@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu>, al...@ksads.wpic.pitt.edu (Alex Ferguson) wrote:
>
>Hi all,
>Just wondering if anyone has positive/negative comments about the 'wenco'
>brand windows carried by 84 lumber. I'm interested in the
>new-construction single-hung solid vinyl tilt in variety.
>
>All comments apprectiated.
Wenco is generally considered to be mediocre to poor quality I was told. I
just put some Owens Corning vinyl windows in my house and I love them. They
operate very well and look beautiful. I paid about the same as what the
other companies were charging, and I got a much nicer window, and it has a
lifetime warranty. I would rather have the Owens Corning lifetime warranty
than that of some little company I have never heard of.
James Gann
In article <redgate-0203...@ra3-1.tulsa.oklahoma.net>,
red...@tulsa.oklahoma.net (Kirk Kerekes) wrote:
>In article <6ddfbu$ah3$1...@news.stlnet.com>, jtg...@stlnet.com (James Gann)
>..
>.. Wenco is generally considered to be mediocre to poor quality I was told.
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>By whom? Wenco is one brand name of one of the largest manufacturer of
>windows and related products in the world, "Jeld-Wen, Inc". Some of their
>other window brands are Caradco,Norco, Pozzi and Summit. They also
>manufacture doors under the Bend, Challenge, DoorCraft, Elite, Elite
>Garage, IWP, Klamath, Nord, Turning Point and Yakima names.
I actualy am familiar with Wenco, and if you were to ask someone from Jeld-Wen
corporate where the Wenco line falls in their product offering it is at the
bottom of the heap in their structure. It is lumberyard low price, low
quality product. Norco and Pozzi are quality products, Caradco is pretty
middle of the road, and Wenco is at the bottom.
>.. just put some Owens Corning vinyl windows in my house and I love them.
> They
>.. operate very well and look beautiful. I paid about the same as what the
>.. other companies were charging, and I got a much nicer window, and it has a
>
>.. lifetime warranty. I would rather have the Owens Corning lifetime warranty
>.. than that of some little company I have never heard of.
>
>I'm glad you like your windows. In the future, try to avoid needlessly
>badmouthing a company just because you haven't heard of them.
>
Pam Denson
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Just wondering if anyone has positive/negative comments about the 'wenco'
> > brand windows carried by 84 lumber. I'm interested in the
> > new-construction single-hung solid vinyl tilt in variety.
> >
> > All comments apprectiated.