Shane Collins
Burning Hunk
Doing that many at once is a heavy load to carry when the check writing happens. I've been doing them a few at a time for years now. We started with the worst offenders which were very old, single pane, double hung windows with no weather stripping at all. On a windy night yo could watch a candle flame flicker in then breeze on the upwind side of the house. I put in replacement windows from The Home Depot myself at about $200/ea but this winter, after about ten years, I see some fogging in one of those. I'll probably go with new Integrity windows there before too much longer but will haver to see where they fit into the budget. There are many more upgrades I can make that will result in a bigger impact on comfort and heat retention than replacing those replacement windows.
I've been thinking about this too. Now I've got the quote broken down a little more from Marvin it doesn't seem as bad. The door installs still seem ridiculous, not sure why it cost two grand to install a patio door. Maybe if it took close to a week. For the windows themselves it looks to be roughly 1000 per window. That's full tear out, cutting back the siding and putting new exterior trim. About 320 dollars in labor per window. Still quite pricey but not as bad as I originally thought. I may see about getting all of the upstairs done by them and doing downstairs by myself a few at a time. I'll either install the patio doors myself or pay a carpenter to do the install.