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Aluminum Replacement Windows: Install and Leave

Aluminum replacement windows do not handle extremes in temperature well so they are at their best in moderate climates where their good points can be truly appreciated.

Where wood is beautiful but heavy and vinyl is light but comparatively weak, aluminum boasts both superior strength and lightness that makes it extremely easy to work with. Once an aluminum window is installed there is very little else you need do to keep it looking as good as the day it was placed there.

While they are no longer the most popular choice in replacement windows they were, in fact, the first one's in the replacement window market. At one point they were the only ones to consider when exchanging your old wood windows for functioning new ones. Aluminum windows are more durable than bare wood and their superior strength per square inch allows frames to be thinner and lighter than their competition. This means they are a good choice for those vast expanses of glass pane in windows where views are paramount.

Aluminum windows fell from grace in the age of growing awareness of the need to conserve energy resources. Aluminum has a low R-value that means it causes conductive heat loss. This, along with the tendency to produce condensation around the window frames, led to a significant drop in popularity.

Aluminum replacement windows can improve their R-value markedly by placing thermal breaks made of insulating plastic between the inside and the outside of the frame and sash. Where vinyl replacement windows come in standard colors, aluminum windows can be painted though the finish will be less impressive than that of painted wood windows.

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