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Sun, Jun 12, 11 at 14:13
| After months of consulting with several contractors about enclosing our screen porch with windows to keep the rain from ruining expensive sun room furniture we bought for our last house (and doesn't belong on a screen porch), I got cold feet. I realized I still wanted to keep the look and feel of my porch but windows, even casements, would make it another interior room and I didn't want another room, plus the prices we were getting were outrageous. Plexiglas was not an option because our openings are too big and really wouldn't do the trick because we would have to put them up every night and have no easy place to store them.
I had an idea put tracks on the window posts and make shades our of clear vinyl and was trying to research the idea when I came across Eze-Breeze windows. After checking them out and pricing them (they were a fraction of the costs of windows), we are seriously considering them. Do any of you have these type of windows installed on your porch? Do you like them and are they easy to use? How do the hold up after several years? We live in New England and get lots of snow and rain. Thanks, Elle |
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- Posted by sewlutions (My Page) on Thu, Jun 23, 11 at 22:41
| I have a porch with these windows and love them. When we bought them 5 years ago, the salesman said the most popular location for them was Chicago. We live in East Tennessee where we get @ 70" of rain a year and 0 temps sometimes in the winter. Plants will not winter over on the porch. We will start using the porch as soon as the temp warms in the spring and will use it til late fall. Our windows are tinted, they do make the room off of it darker-but keep things cooler in the summer. I have never taken the "windows" out and used it a true screen porch as storage of the windows would be a challenge. They can slide either up or down. I wash them in the spring and we're good to go. One is damaged from the dog-but can be easily replaced--it uses a spline system. We love the perch and the versility the system provides. They are custom fitted to your structure. Would definitely do it again. |
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| Thanks for the follow-up Sewlutions, We have put our order in and hope to have the windows up in 2 weeks! The savings over windows was astounding. We were looking at $8K-$12K for windows where this will be well under $3K with installation plus the replacement of our screen door to a storm door. We opted for the clear windows and will keep our plastic roll-up binds to fend off the sun and heat. |
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| elle481, can you tell me how large your porch is? And how many eze breeze windows you got for that price? I have a fairly modest sized porch (11x11) with only two sides needing windows (total of only 9 windows) and the price I was quoted was over $6k. Thanks! |
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| elle481, do you still like your windows after one year? i am considering installing them as well. jen5273, have you seen any other reviews besides this site? |
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| Love EZE Breeze. bought mine from architectural glass in greer, sc and they shipped direct to me. was very pleased with the product and service. i bought the vertical 4 track but they are available in horizontal sliders too. |
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| We installed 7 large eze breeze windows, one sliding door and one standard eze breeze door. The windows were a real bargain, but the sliding door was WAY overpriced for a single pane door (over $1000) and I think the standard door was in the neighborhood of $500! The windows though were around $250 each. These windows work great even in cold Wisconsin weather and they are very bird friendly. We've had dozens of bird crash into them at full speed and they just bounce off. They don't hold one tiny bit of heat (basically no R factor) but we only use the room for three seasons. Read through our blog and you'll find more info and the whole story of how we built our three season room without a contractor. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Three season room blog
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| Hi barman, that looks great! What did you use for the fixed window openings on top of your eze breeze panels? Also is your ezebreeze door inswing or outswing/ is there a choice? thanks! |
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| Hi again, I looked through your blog but there is no mention of the type of flooring that you used. Can you email me what you used through my contact information (click on my name) since I don't want to hijack this thread? thanks! |
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- Posted by sewlutions (My Page) on Wed, May 8, 13 at 20:40
| Scrappy 25, I have windows up top like the one pictured. Mine are the same vinyl as used in the windows..except they are stationary. Never had any problems and still love my windows. |
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- Posted by sewlutions (My Page) on Wed, May 8, 13 at 20:42
| Scrappy 25, I have windows up top like the one pictured. Mine are the same vinyl as used in the windows..except they are stationary. Never had any problems and still love my windows. |
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| thanks sewlutions, did how did you get the top windows with the vinyl made, did your contractor do that? |
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