New windows

[wjjones]

got a link to these ellison inserts or something similar? Is there a DIY option on this at all?

I recently (but over a period of a coupla years) finsihed replacing all the drawer boxes in my house. Just sent measurements to BHK of America - Quality Drawer and Component Systems and they sent me kits. I just glued them up, moved the drawer front over, installed new roller.

We are waiting on a 2nd quote from Lowes. I think they will be cheaper, and they carry pella windows. Champion gave us a quote of $5639.00 with installation. American Home design was $11,282 with installation all these quotes are for 11 windows.

 

[reynoldston]

got a link to these ellison inserts or something similar? Is there a DIY option on this at all?

I recently (but over a period of a coupla years) finsihed replacing all the drawer boxes in my house. Just sent measurements to BHK of America - Quality Drawer and Component Systems and they sent me kits. I just glued them up, moved the drawer front over, installed new roller.

Sounds like a nice set up. What drawers are you replacing? Kitchen cabinets. I know through the years I had replace mine.

 

[1 Lucky Texan]

Sounds like a nice set up. What drawers are you replacing? Kitchen cabinets. I know through the years I had replace mine.

I did it in 3 'portions' to space out the expense and work. I ordered I think 2 drawer kits just to make sure it wasn't outside my comfort zone. Started with the worst drawers in the 2 bathrooms. next group was the worst drawers in the kitchen, final group was the remainder. A few weren't really horrible, but they all were old press-board with sagging Masonite bottoms from the mid-70s. Some had already been reworked by prev. owner and a couple had been reworked by me. I kept a coupla the larger old ones to throw 'stuff' in out in the garage. Now they are Russian Birch plywood with new rollers. They aren't dovetailed, but they are dowel-pinned and glued-up with Titebond III. They will last longer than the first group did! Audra at BHK was great to work with and I only had one kit that had a problem, missing some dowel holes on one panel - they just sent an entire new kit! great customer service. Dimensions were dead on.

 

[reynoldston]

When I installed my kitchen which I did myself I shopped for price. Don't remember what I paid but Lowes had the best kitchen prices. Lowes came out to my house and looked at the window and siding job, but never got back to me with anything more so I gave up on them. The window and siding job I got my best price from the place I thought would be the worst and that was the local lumber yard a mile down the road from me.

The drawer kits sure sound like the way to go. One of my hobbies is my wood shop so I have all the equipment to make my own drawers. It all depends on how much time I want to spend on making a drawer as if I make them with dovetails or not. To make a good dovetail drawer is very time consuming which is more for furniture. As far as glues go's I have used just about everything from child's paste (which works just fine) to expensive what ever. I find that Franklins is my favor glue brand.

 

[Ric]

We are waiting on a 2nd quote from Lowes. I think they will be cheaper, and they carry pella windows. Champion gave us a quote of $5639.00 with installation. American Home design was $11,282 with installation all these quotes are for 11 windows.

My cost was $7065 for ten windows and includes permit and installation. I don't know this for fact but I've talked too several people who Install these things and they all hate working with the Pella windows, they say there the worst followed by Anderson.

 

[wjjones]

My cost was $7065 for ten windows and includes permit and installation. I don't know this for fact but I've talked too several people who Install these things and they all hate working with the Pella windows, they say there the worst followed by Anderson.

How about ReliaBilt?

 

[Ric]

How about ReliaBilt?

Never heard anything about them.

 

[reynoldston]

My cost was $7065 for ten windows and includes permit and installation. I don't know this for fact but I've talked too several people who Install these things and they all hate working with the Pella windows, they say there the worst followed by Anderson.

You were saying complete Simonton windows into concrete block, top of the line windows with labor it sounds like the right price to me. Yes mine were cheaper but also they were inserts which just go in place of the old windows, lot less labor and also mine are cheaper brand windows. My old windows are Anderson windows which are 40 years old and will say only 4 windows really needed replacing and they could of been repaired. Anderson sells a complete repair kit and your window is like a new window when the repair kit is installed. The Anderson repair kits were more money then then the Ellison inserts with labor. Then seeing I was going the have the job done by a contractor I replaced all my windows. My whole job started out I was going to just have vinyl siding installed on my house. Then when the sales men looked at the siding job, they said to me you need new windows also. I know on a real windy day they did make some whistling noises so I knew they had to be leaking air. As a rule I am not a person that takes to heart what a sales person tells me.

 

[jakewells]

My old home needs new windows i got all the paper work when i bough the house and the windows where replaced in 1954. I recently replaced the storm windows and put new glazing in the windows and what a difference but i wish i could fork up the money for new double hung windows.

 

[reynoldston]

My old home needs new windows i got all the paper work when i bough the house and the windows where replaced in 1954. I recently replaced the storm windows and put new glazing in the windows and what a difference but i wish i could fork up the money for new double hung windows.

I sure couldn't just fork the money for mine.. I did it the great American way by going to the bank. I have just paid my car off so its just like a big loop that the payments never stop. 60 year old windows with storms. I can still remember when we had to install the screens in the summer time and the storm windows in the winter. Also I remember the big stack of storm windows and screens that my father stored in the barn. One of my jobs as to clean and paint the dam things. Things sure have improved since 1954.