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One bigger hit and its gone and you will not even know it till it fogs. Even argon glass of same pressure as air can eventually leak out and be replaced by air,
by jajko 2y ago
One bigger hit and its gone and you will not even know it till it fogs. Even argon glass of same pressure as air can eventually leak out and be replaced by air, reducing its efficiency significantly.
- grendelt 2y agoAre these big national-brand window companies that provide "lifetime warranty" just cashing in today and hoping for the best (bankruptcy) exit strategy later when all their installs from this generation fail in a couple decades? Not installers, but companies like Pella, Window World, et al.
- SoftTalker 2y agoThey may define "lifetime" as "25 years" or limit the warranty to the original purchaser, knowing that most people don't live in one house that long, or count on the later owners not realizing that there is a warranty, or knowing when or from whom the windows were purchased.
- 0xffff2 2y agoYeah, there's a disturbing trend of products advertising a "lifetime warranty", only the fine print says that the "lifetime" in question is the "lifetime of the product", which is whatever the manufacturer says it is (usually no better than the competition).
- unclad5968 2y agoThese warranties typically only cover issues due to manufacturing. If your window fails decades later they'll just say it wasn't due for manufacturing.
- datadrivenangel 2y agoHappened to my parents. Installer went under because the windows weren't as reliable as they expected.
- thrawa8387336 2y agoOne time had a big pane hit by a golf ball. Just had the outer pane replaced at 10x cheaper.