I won't be of much help regarding your window selections/budgeting, but I just wanted to say - what a gorgeous house!!

Marvin fiberglass and Ultimate are not similar enough in appearance to use next to one another or really even the same elevation. If no grids on the rear, the entire elevation should be no grids.

Then it comes down to is it worth the extra hit on the budget to go from $65k to $104k, not sure if there's enough value there or not.

Doing the math, i was shocked that Ultimate was on average $1k more per window than Elevate.

You may want to get another bid, prices can vary a bit from dealer to dealer.

$1k difference is not that much when you consider it is a higher end window and the SDL's, they add an awful lot.

I prob know the answer, but i got a quote back on Weathershield Signature (aluminum clad) which prices out about the same as Marvin Elevate. I was more on the fence on Elevate vs. Ultimate, but as you see above the jump is a 50% bump. Is Weathershield Vs. Elevate a valid decision point?

" Is Weathershield Vs. Elevate a valid decision point? "

My honest opinion, no dog in the hunt, is W/S is garbage, slightly above Pella & Jeldwen at the bottom of the barrel.

I've reached out to a Loewen dealer, will scrap w/s. Thanks again

Loewen is a good product but will be more then the Ultimate's in almost every instance I have heard thru the years,

@chispa How do you like your Elevates? Also, in comparison to the Ultimates. I'm leaning towards Elevate just to be able to increase the amount of glass we put on the rear of the house vs. trying to be limited but go with better Ultimate windows.

And Elevates do have full SDLs (7//8")

, just not the 5/8" square that Ultimate does

@paschall, I'm very happy with the Elevates. As I mentioned the only reason I went with Ultimates in the front of the house was for the retractable screens and wanting the house to look pretty from the front with no screens.

The house we owned in CA had Millgard vinyl windows that were 12 years old when we bought the house. I hated those windows! So we wanted to have better windows in the retirement house that we built. Most new construction in my area of FL use PGT windows, a big player for Impact /hurricane rated windows in FL. Same windows get used in $400K homes and $2 mill homes, but you get a builder spec vinyl, no SDL and they look flat, one dimensional from the outside, but people don't seem to care!

Our Minnesota home has Marvin double hung windows - 33 years old and amazing quality. Wood interior and maintenance free exterior. No air leakage, no broken seals, highly recommend.

Too late. $80k worth of Marvin Elevate.

I’ll try to remember and come back with pics

@BlueBlob Gaming, is it really necessary to dig up every Marvin thread from the last 10 years?

One post with your own story and photos is all you needed.

You are starting to look like a vengeful competitor!

Every old post you bring up, to post the same 3 photos, knocks down someone else's current problem/question.

Your photos don't even show that those windows are Marvin!

If what you say about your windows is true, then take your time and energy and use it to work with a lawyer to get a resolution.

Here are my windows on the day of delivery, April 2021. No issues with the windows that were delivered and no issues have come up in the nearly 3 years they have been installed.

I have a mix of Ultimate and Elevate, all casements with hurricane/impact glass.

Very happy with them compared to the Milgard windows in our previous house and Andersen in the 2 house before that.

You have your true experience and I have mine. Why are you allowed to comment and post and not me ?? Enjoy your windows were done with conversion.