Wood Clad Windows

Wood clad replacement windows present an attractive window solution which combines the quality of a wood frame window with the advantages of vinyl or aluminum cladding. Many homeowners appreciate the wood clad window option because they offer the warm, traditional appearance of a wood window together with the weather resistance capabilities of a clad window. Wood clad replacement windows are an appropriate window choice for both new construction and renewal projects. "Eco" homes, such as straw bale and clay construction, also support wood clad windows.  

The majority of wood clad replacement window manufacturers work with local dealers who supply specially-trained installation professionals to install the windows. Different installation techniques, including different techniques for installing vinyl clad replacement windows and aluminum clad replacement windows, necessitate the windows' installation by professionals who are thoroughly familiar with the window product.  

The majority of wood clad replacement window manufacturers give homeowners a 20-year warranty which covers the glazing of a wood frame window. The remainder of the window's parts are covered for 10 years by the warranty. This warranty can transfer to a new owner and the replacement value is not prorated. Consumer advisors note that this is a standard replacement window warranty. Some window dealers may offer a "lifetime" guarantee but such a warrenty should be viewed with a degree of caution because "lifetime warranties" generally carry an unusual number of "exclusions" that, in point of fact, guarantee nothing.   

Wood clad replacement windows are marketed in a wide variety of styles, shapes and sizes. Many individual wood clad window manufacturers work with specific dealers who ensure that homeowners will always be able to find a wood clad replacement window for any window requirement. Wood clad windows are suitable for all home architectural styles and are appropriate window alternatives for kitchens, dining rooms, living rooms, family rooms, bedrooms, hallways and basement and attic rooms. Specific styles of wood clad windows can, when properly sized, serve as egress exit windows. Exposed rooms such as pool rooms, sun rooms, enclosed porches and garden rooms are also appropriate placements for wood clad windows.   

Homeowners may combine a selection of wood clad replacement windows to create an attractive window unit. Combinations of wood clad windows may be created with windows of any size or shape including operating window units, non-operating window units and arrangements that include both operating windows and non-operating windows which are installed together within one window opening. Possible groupings of wood clad replacement windows may involve a square or rectangle picture window or opening window which is installed above or below a special shaped window such as a half-round, two quarter rounds or a full round window. Wood clad replacement windows may also be set into a three-window bay window or a four-window bow window arrangement.  

Wood clad replacement windows frames can be created in any shape that the homeowner orders including rectangles, squares, half-rounds, quarter-rounds, circle windows, octagons, triangles and others. A homeowner may order a specific shaped wood clad replacement window which the manufacturer will create in the requested size and shape to meet the requirements of the spacific window opening.  Wood, as well as the vinyl or aluminum cladding, are soft materials which can be bent and molded to allow wood clad window manufacturers to produce wood clad windows in any shape.  

Wood clad replacement window frames are built in a wide variety of both operating and non-operating window styles. Operating wood frame window style options include vertical wood clad replacement sliding windows as either a single-hung or double-hung option. Horizontal sliding wood clad windows which consist of either one sash, two sashes or three sliding sashes are also available. Homeowners may purchase tilt-and-turn wood clad windows as well as wood clad casement windows which are hinged. Hinged wood clad replacement window alternatives are marketed as both inswing and outswing side-hinged models, as awning windows which are hinged on the top of the window sash or as hopper windows which are hinged on the bottom of the sash.