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Erins#1Mom
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# Posted: 9 Apr 2011 17:50
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Question:
Today at a salvage yard, I found an amazing assortment of doors and double and triple pane windows. The cost of these however seemed close to the large chain stores. How much would you pay on average for windows? Also, how many have bought windows and built the cabin around them? When I choose to build, I want to be able to use year round (30 minutes from home) and double or triple pane seem ideal for NE TN where it can get reallly cold at night.
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canadian girl
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# Posted: 9 Apr 2011 19:46
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We got windows at the local building supply store for 1/3 of the price we were quoted for custom order windows simply by picking through their sale windows. Try asking the sales people if they have any in stock windows on sale .
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fpw
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# Posted: 9 Apr 2011 20:45
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Building Materials Outlet in MN. Contractors sell off their overstock.
I paid $60 for 42" x 42" Anderson Casement Window. Excellent selection. However, I should have bought the windows before I cut the window openings in the cabin. It was tough finding windows that were about the size I needed.
Here is a link from putting one of the windows into the cabin:
http://peelinglogs.blogspot.com/2010/11/log-cabin-window-installation.html
I think this window cost me $40. It too was an Anderson window.
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turkeyhunter
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# Posted: 9 Apr 2011 22:57
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they are building a Builder;s Warehouse at the NC/SC line........... i boughtr mine in ATL for 49 each for 5.....( home depot wanted 139 each) same brand double pane.....also i bought a slider window for my kitchen to go over sink for $69 from them. And i bought 3 windows from Restore ( all new) one for 40 and 2 crank out cottage windows viynl double pane for 20 each,,,,,,,,,,and to day i bought 2 arched clear window for my gables for 5 and 10 each from a salvage warehouse TODAY, these were custom order windows made in NC.( none of my windows have panes/grids---i wanted the clear look)
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Hick
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# Posted: 9 Apr 2011 23:29
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I would check craigslist. My wife and I bought 11 windows to include a garden window for $500. The garden window alone was $600 at Lowes. We built our cabin around the size windows that we bought.
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turkeyhunter
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# Posted: 10 Apr 2011 08:36
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Quoting: Hick I would check craigslist
craiglist has tons of windows and building materials on it--if you are near a big town.
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BlaineHill
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# Posted: 10 Apr 2011 09:02
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I went ahead and bought the windows for my cabin. They are currently stacked against the wall in my basement. Having at least one of them to measure from is nice for pre-cutting and painting exterior cedar trim "kits".
I really wanted dark brown wood windows. The brown to match the exterior paint and the wood to match the interior of the cabin. Jeld-Wen makes an aluminum-clad wood window in "chocolate brown". The 24x36 windows cost me $225 each. If I had focused on "needs" instead of "wants", I could have saved a bundle.
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Erins#1Mom
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# Posted: 26 Jun 2011 00:19
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I went by the local Habitat store today and looked around. Not much in good windows and doors. I was just leaving when I found out that they have windows stored in two other locations because they have so many. New Pella for $45.00 -- off I go next weekend.
There was also mention of donated countertops from Lowes.
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Montanan
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# Posted: 26 Jun 2011 13:16
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We bought our windows first and designed the cabin around them. Some friends were doing a remodel of their home and practically GAVE us their old ones (8 double hung vinyl windows with screens that were only 3 years old and 2 old wooden double hung that we salvaged and made 4 single pane hinge-open windows for.) We were able to have our window openings placed and sized for those windows. Hope that helps. $45 for new Pella windows sounds like a GREAT deal. What style?
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Borrego
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# Posted: 26 Jun 2011 15:22
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Buy new windows. They are cheap nowadays at the big box stores and with the increased insulation value are well worth it. Todays vinyl windows are much better than they used to be and pretty much a lifetime product. And definitely frame the openings for the windows ahead of time...
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Erins#1Mom
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# Posted: 26 Jun 2011 18:07
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Montanan,
I don't know about the style. But for $45.00 and a cabin in the planning stages, I will too build around the windows.
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chrisser
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# Posted: 27 Jun 2011 11:55
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Don't know if this is of any interest, but there are a couple of sellers on ebay selling "shed windows".
For some reason, these guys will ship their windows, while just about everyone else is local pickup only.
Shed windows seem to always be single-pane glass. Most are fixed, but there are a few that are sliding.
They tend to be smaller than the smallest you can order from HD/Lowes, but that could be an advantage - no one can crawl through them if they break out the glass.
If you're in a cold climate, than the single panes may not work well (although my regular house, built in '27, still has single pane windows and with storm windows, it isn't bad even in the coldest winters).
I'm concerned about security and cost. The smallest single hung window you can order through HD is 18x30 and it's something like $163. If someone busts that out to get inside - it's going to cost me almost as much to replace the window as the value of anything they'd get inside the cabin.
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PlicketyCat
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# Posted: 27 Jun 2011 17:38
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You can normally get stock sizes of windows for a steal during the end of season close-outs at most hardware stores and home centers.
We got our stock Pella 3' x 4' double-pane insulated gliders for $69 at HD in November (50% off). They were one short, so the manager gave us 70% off a smaller window in a matching style. We redesigned a bit to put it by itself so it didn't look awkward.
All you need is a rough idea what size windows and how many you want/need before you go shopping... definitely before you build or cut any openings. It's a lot easier to design around an affordable/available window than find an affordable/available window to meet your design if they aren't stock sizes.
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