This Winnipeg home is about 55 years old, and its original sliding windows had become a chore. They were very hard to open and close, the owner could feel drafts around them, and he was tired of putting time and money into them every year.
He wanted windows rated ENERGY STAR Most Efficient, with no upkeep and a lifetime warranty. NorthShield replaced every window with casement, awning and fixed vinyl units, triple glass with Low-E and argon, installed brick to brick in a single day.
Before the job, the house had narrow sliding windows with painted green trim on the brick front and the stucco sides. After decades of use the sashes dragged in their tracks, so opening one took real effort, and cold air found its way in around the frames.
The owner didn’t want to keep patching them up. He asked for a product he could stop thinking about once it was in.
Every opening now has a casement, awning or fixed window, or a mix of them. We recommended these styles because they carry the highest energy efficiency ratings on the market: an operating sash closes tight against its weatherstrip, and a fixed pane has no moving parts to leak at all.
Over the kitchen sink, a cranking casement sits beside a large fixed pane, a pairing you can see in our fixed casement window range.
The glass package is triple glass with a Low-E coating and argon gas between the panes, chosen for the best efficiency in both a Manitoba winter and a hot summer. Every unit is rated ENERGY STAR Most Efficient.
Inside, a vinyl interior package frames each window, so there’s nothing to paint or stain on either side. For more on how the coating works, read our guide to Low-E coatings.
The owner chose a full framing installation, also called brick to brick. The old frames come out completely, which lets the crew insulate the whole gap between the new window and the wall instead of leaving the original frame in place. If you’re comparing methods, here is how retrofit and full frame installs differ. Our crew finished the whole house in one day, including cleanup and disposal of every old window.
From our Winnipeg showroom we handle window replacement in Winnipeg as well as Oak Bluff, Oakbank, Lorette, Dugald, Stonewall and Selkirk. We build our windows in our own factory, and our own crews install them.
