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oresti | Posted in Energy, Heating & Insulation on

Anybody have any experiences with Ellison vinyl windows? Thanks.

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  1. booch | | #1

    I know a guy names Ellison. Never heard of the windows.

    Jack of all trades and master of none - you got a problem with that?
  2. Stilletto | | #2

    A GC I frame for bought a house full of Ellisons.  I did not install them but have heard from him that they are junk. 

    You can feel the wind blow through them.  I did not put the siding on either,  the siding sub may not have put window tape on the flanges. 

    I would not buy them,  buy something with a little better name.  Jeld Wen perhaps.  Stay away from Jeld Wen french doors though. 

     

     

     

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