Window Styles: Choose Your Opening
Today manufacturers give you a broader than ever choice of windows,
letting you choose window styles that express your taste and fit
the way you like to live.
Bay windows can be placed to let enjoy side
as well as front views. Often they have three or more windows.
The side windows project out in 30, 45 or 90-degree angles. Parts
of the bay window can be fixed or venting, giving you many options.
Awning windows have the hinges on top, and the
bottom swings outwards. When you close an awning window, the sash
presses against the frame, and for this reason awning windows
can typically have less air leakage than window styles. An awning
window usually has the screen placed inside the window frame.
Double Hung windows let you move each sash
up and down. Open the window an inch -- or up to one half of its
entire height. Place a screen on the inside or outside of the
window frame. How is a Single Hung window different? Only the
bottom can slide.
Casement windows open from the side. They leak
less air, because the sash closes by pressing on the frame. The
screens go on the inside. Because casement windows open outward,
they let in more air than the equivalent sliding window.
Double-Sliding windows let you slide both sashes
horizontally. Single-Sliding windows let you move only one sash.
They don't need the springs or counterweights that hung windows
require to stay open, so they need less maintenance and can be
less expensive. They also provide a clean, sleek look. Screens
can be placed on either the interior or exterior of the window.
Fixed frame windows are the most basic of window
styles. Typically this type of window doesn't open.
So whatever window style you are considering, let us quote you
for free. The process is very easy:
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