FWIW casement windows weather seal better than double hung....I've always thought they were about 10-15% higher in cost

This post was edited by IslndDog on Wed, Nov 26, 14 at 13:21

Absolutely more expensive, i do not know the percentage but definitely more expensive.

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Minimum of 10% on average in my observations.

agree with the guys above in that the casements are more. The real question is, why Infinity? If you want a stained interior you would be better served with a real wood product, or if you want performance/warranty in white, go for a good vinyl product.
Infinity sells a lot of windows, but I have yet to meet anyone who did not choose a different product upon review of facts and data

Casements are a,ways more expensive. Also depends on what style your home is. Colonial, cape, contemporary?

Ours is a modern style home and we had very little price differential and we went ahead with Marvin casement windows.

very good choice.

I put in some casement windows at my cottage. I used Anderson. A vey nice product. It's a vinyl and wood composite mix. So the window will never warp, much like a fiberglass and vinyl composite product Magic windows offers. Except the price is way better. I am not impressed with vinyl windows. I will never use them. I'm sold on this composite material though.

So you think that mixing saw dust in with vinyl gives it magic powers? Lol
There are good windows and bad windows of every material.
The vinyl/sawdust mixtures are made for one reason and one reason only, so that you can be tricked into paying more because it is something different and exotic. Not saying that the material or the windows made of it are total garbage, but they also do not offer anything that any other window does not.
Its the engineering of the product that will prevent warpage, not the added sawdust.

Well all my vinyl windows warped and the magical sawdust ones are fine. That says it all. I'm totally sold on the magic dust windows. The climate on the island is severe.An amazing product. As all else fails. Congrats to Andersen!
I disagree about the engineering too, garbage in garbage out. It's the material not the engineering. I can only go by my own experience and I will never buy vinyl again. You get what you pay for.

This post was edited by Drew51 on Fri, Dec 19, 14 at 10:34

Drew,

I am glad you are happy with the windows that you selected but I am not sure that you feedback should be the standard bearer by which vinyl is measured.

By composition, the windows that you installed (composite) are 60% vinyl resins. Does this mean they are only 60% junk?

There is such a larger collection of vinyl windows out there that is numerically going to be more junk by shear volume. That said, I would not refuse to own and automobile because I once owned a Ford Pinto.

If you look at the design pressure (i.e. measure of structural stability), you would find that of the top 100 windows out there, better than 80% would be in vinyl. Probably a better indicator of strength than past experiences or fancy brochure imagery.