you mean, something like this?

i have the Anderson 400, but it's a casement. I ordered it painted black on the interior (I haven't finished yet, so the middle piece isn't attached

exterior is black painted aluminum. It's an exterior grid.

i have a similar one in my bathroom that was wood interior. I painted it black, myself. exterior was a white vinyl, I believe.

Very much like that...except 1 vertical on the top sash and one vertical on the bottom sash. This is what the house will look like. (I hope the picture is big enough) but this house has casements and I will have double hung.

i think doing exterior grids would look nice. as for the 'black hole' thing, not sure. I did have a door and another window with interior grids. I didn't like them just because of how it looked.

Do you know if that top picture of the double hungs that you sent has exterior grids?

sorry I don't. but if I had to guess, I'd say yes it does

Exterior grid looks much better.

Yes keith Dcil...I agree👍🏻Thank you!

Thanks for your help Beth H.😊

Yes, the price is a bit higher but for such a big investment it’s worth it to get the look I want. Thanks for the feedback....

Simulated divided lights. If your budget is tight skip the grids. Grids between the glass prevent you from ever changing the interior or exterior color, and as noted they don’t always even show up.

SDL it is! I thought about not having a grid in the bottom sash.... not sure yet but either way I’m going with exterior grids. Thank you for your advice!

Not only an exterior grid because from the inside it will look fake. What you want are simulated divided lights so it looks like how windows used to be made. That means a grid on the exterior and interior

If you can’t do simulated divided lights, then i’d do nothing.

wow! Clearly this is my first time building! What a learning curve! Yes, I just double checked and the upcharge was for SDL, not just one side. Whew....thanks for the clarification.

I have interior grids on all windows and doors (not my choice; Toll Brothers development) and the one positive is they are great for cleaning - much easier/quicker than exterior grids. Mine are white, so I'm not sure about the black hole thing.

The problem was when I had to replace one slider because the seal broke. Of course I had to replace with the exact same grid (HOA) and of course that sliding glass door was no longer made and of course it was an odd sized 8 3/4' door. I had a heckuva time finding someone to do this "little" job and the price he charged for new glass and grids was excessive.

With Andersen, you won't have the replacement issue I did, however.

The windows of old always had them on the exterior but those were actually divided lights and single pane.

I would ask them to show you real life examples (detail shots) of all your options.

Great idea! They don’t have black double hungs on their show room floor but I could at least get an idea of exactly with the SDL looks like

We have a library of photos with detail shots that aren't "website worthy" but are still used as a reference when educating our customers. Since they are a larger company, hopefully they can provide the same. Good luck!