What style of window? What do you want the windows to look like (vinyl, wood, fiberglass, wood/alum clad)? Budget? Style of home?

Most likely vinyl Windows ? , it will be a mountain home with fantastic views...the view is southwest...I want Windows that will hold up over time & bring in the outdoor's..I certainly don't want a "budget" price window and would be willing to spend more on

You need someone who builds commercial quality windows for stadiums and high rise office buildings. Anything less and you will not be satisfied or getting what you think you are paying for. You need to talk to commercial architects or people who build hotels, or corporate headquarters. They have triple pane glass windows that will be suited for your wall of windows, in a large home..with options that block UV rays, and give privacy and tolerate high winds..

I appreciate the responses and will look into the commercial window also.. Thank you

Dave we built 30 miles south of you (finished last year) and use Hurd/Sierra Pacific windows. I know millworkman is not a fan and that's ok we can agree on other things! This is our second time choosing them and we are very happy with the quality - they are not vinyl but aluminum clad so don't know if that's under consideration for you.

That overhang is key. Perhaps. Wood window fails of the most expected Residential d in the most expensive brand have happened on North and west exposures in this area... Sills have shrunk, lifters have broke, window s have leaked water and the wood glued assembly has seperated. A porch or overhang helps prevent or mask? these dilemnas. In your normal framed Windows with porch protection you might have more luck. But if you are doing 10 to ??taller and 6 or 8 or even more widths , like walls of glass, you want highest quality possible in that span of windows.

One of the reasons we chose the Integrity fiberglass exterior over Aluminum Clad or Vinyl windows was that in theory, Fiberglass is easier to refinish if we have to. A couple of our windows take a beating from the sun, especially the winter months. Our previous weekend home on the same lot with the same exposure had Bronze Aluminum frames. The exterior finish of of these were really shot after 15 years and refinishing their exterior was not something I would attempt.

beautiful home lake bum ! I will look into commercial and the Marvin...my builder was going to use Lincoln but all I see are bad reviews!

That is a good point also..

Thanks, I personally wouldn't look for a "commercial" builder specifically. Look for someone who has recently built something similar to what you want and ask them who they used. At least around Atlanta, this is pretty easy to do and people (like me) take it as a complement when someone asks who designed and built the house. I designed ours (not an architect but a lot of experience with home design) and used a local builder who took us on multiple occasions to homes he has built to give us ideas on interior finishes. We have returned the favor several times with his customers who need a visual point of reference.

reds.......why in the world do you recommend commercial windows?? You DO know they would cost at least 3x as much.???? That's insane. Are you in that business? Dave, talk to your GC since s/he probably builds in your area and knows what customers want. I'm right below you near Charlotte. Hope you didn't get allot of flooding with the hurricane. That area in the mts has had allot of flooding this year. I've been in your area many times, beautiful!!

Beautiful house on the lake!!

Before buying windows be sure to study up on them, paying attention to characteristics such as u-factor, solar heat gain (SHGC) and visual transmittance.

I'd recommend fiberglass windows. We chose Enerlux windows for our condo project but I wouldn't choose it again because it had no local dealers or installers so we had to find an installer ourselves. Delivery times were very long.

Consider Marvin Infinity and Inline windows, both of which are fiberglass. It will be easier to find dealers for Marvin windows than Inline so you can get some competition going among dealers.

Infinity comes through installers while Integrity gets you the window without installation.

Thanks all of you! Your input is really Appreciated!

Vinyl look into Okna as they are a very solid high performing vinyl window. One of the best.

Windows for residential use, have varying degrees of fail rates, but, they are smaller. If one is building a new home with a 15 or 20 ft tall...2 or 3 story high, wall of window glass with an expanse width of 15 to 40 feet --using the window as an exterior supporting wall...... not of individually framed windows that open and close but a WALL of windows, that is where the commercial grade window would be used. For the rest of the house where your windows are smaller than 4 x 5 or 3 x 6, etc etc...there you could certainly RISK/use, the normal residential window for the area..

Love any pictures I get to see of that spot lkbum!!!

We used Andersen 400 windows for our mountain home.

For great vinyl windows -- Vytex Potomac, Okna 800, Soft-Lite Elements.