We got them too. Our builder recommended them as a money saver over Hurd (his other preferred brand). I've noticed them in a lot of new construction around here in the 500k and up price range, so I'm guessing they are decent windows. We've had two little problems with ours so far, about 8 of our windows came in with the wrong grid (they were ordered right), but we went ahead and installed them and swapped them out when the right ones came in so we wouldn't delay construction. We also had one where the seal failed, but that was right after all the window trim so I'm guessing they could have damaged it. We're not in the house yet, so I can't say how well they really function, but so far the quality of the parts seem good. I am especially happy with the quality of my french doors (two sets) and french slider.

I posted a similar question when I was looking at buying mine, didn't really get much response here, but they are popular in the Nashville area.

Thank you so much for responding. They delivered the windows yesterday and they are sitting in the garage. I took a peek and the wood looks good, not sure about the "tan" clad side - it doesn't really look tan, wish I would have gone with the dark brown color. I glad you are happy with the french doors because I have two sets as well!

May not be a fair comparison, but my 15-year-old Winsor's are pure garbage; maybe they have improved since then, or maybe MN weather is to blame (doubt it) - but I would make sure yours open and close perfectly within that first year...mine never did! Sorry to say.

We are also now looking at the Windsor, Jeldwen and Hurd Windows for our new home in NC, any suggestions? Thanks.

See my thread on Windsor from the last week. I have them. If I had to do it over again I'd either get a different color than bronze or a different brand if I wanted bronze. They leave about 1/2" of jambliner visible to the front of your house. It looks really bad and will ahve to be painted. My thread has a link to a photo showing the issue.

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We are in NC and have just installed Windsor windows and have so far been very impressed with the looks and quality, but the house is still under construction.

They were just put in within the past week, so we do not have much experience with them yet, but they sure look nice so far and seem very substantial.

We worked with Jerry at Legacy Millwork, and he has been very professional and responsive.

As another poster mentioned, I think Windsor may not be as well known as some other mfrs as they are going in homes over a certain dollar level for the most part.

Now that I am living with them, I am happy with the windows so far. I'm not a big window opener so they don't get a lot of up/down use, but so far so good. What I do not like is the hardware on the french doors and the slider. The french doors are very difficult to operate. The slider comes with a very cheap apartment looking handle on it that I hate. I am going to replace it with Baldwin, but just haven't yet. I don't think you can replace the hardware on the french door because of the way the locking system is integrated into the door. I had to spend a nerve wracking couple of nights with back doors that don't lock while DH was out of town because of them. Not fun when you live on 7 acres in the country with coyotes howling at night.

We've used Windsor windows in our new construction (we're at 40% completion) at the advise of our GC; also, it was a significant cost saving over Marvin and other brands we were considering. My GC has used Windsor in prior $1M + projects. I know they were not a good company a few years ago, but I'm told their new windows are quite good. Only time will tell...

Windsor has made many strides over the last few years at upgrading the quality of their windows. Another company of that makes a high-quality window, has a 20 year warranty and has been in business for over 50 years is BiltBest. BiltBest has a full line of Energy Star Qualified windows and all units are tested to NFRC, WDMA, AAMA Dade County Impact and Florida Impact standards.

Here is a link that might be useful: Energy Star Qualified Windows.

I will never order windsor again. We replaced 6 of our 50 year old Anderson windows with Windsor. Five out of Six windows had to be fixed after installation. A sloppy job of stapling left staples protruding into the screen track. Definitely a poor job of construction and a worse job of quality control. Plus one window had a defective window crank when opening window.

Windsor makes aluminum clad wood, cellular PVC and all-vinyl windows. It would help to know what model you chose. Anderson went out of business long ago but Andersen still makes vinyl clad wood windows.

Huh?

millworkman: Anderson vs Andersen.

JDS, we purchased aluminum clad wood, which has nothing to do with poor workmanship and quality control. After many phone calls and emails finally someone from Windsor fixed our windows. I would say I am now happy with our windows BUT not happy with doing business with Windsor. After 3 people (2 from Windsor) looking at our windows I would appreciate a letter or an email apologizing for 4 weeks of inconvenience

Hello Hilaryn52 -
Thank you for your patience throughout the process. We really do appreciate it and apologize for any frustration you experienced. We are glad you are now happy with your Windsor windows. If you have any questions or need assistance in the future, please don't hesitate to contact us at 1-800-6218-6186.