You'll be so much happier with window replacement! Retrofitting is efficient and quick, and much less expensive than many homeowners realize. Give us a call if you have questions!

If I had to guess, the cost of modifying brickwork will far outpace the cost of the arched window units. You will definitely need new brick of one color or the other if you don't have any extra (more of the light if you make the window taller or more of the main color if you make them shorter. And between possible brick color variations and definite mortar color variations, you will always be able to tell that something was changed. You could infill the exterior with black painted wood (or aluminum). You will still need to make some drywall and trim modifications to the interior.

I don't think black windows are quite right for the style of the house because the frames of your windows are substantial even when the wide trim is painted the body color. My window sashes are black but they are very narrow and the house is modernist and was originally drawn with black steel windows. The various eras of houses in my neighborhood which have black sashes (houses up to 200 years old), it mostly seems to work with a very narrow early 19th c. sash, or, if the body color of the house is very dark, like dark red brick. Black looks different and new on your house, but I don't think it looks better...

Simonton makes a solid product, but I don't think you will ever hear it discussed as "premium" when it comes to performance or efficiency numbers. Solidly built, but in definite need of an update.