iplumb
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Hi, building a new Wick building. Which windows are better vinyl or aluminum in a pole barn?
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Vinyl or aluminum windows?
- Thread starter iplumb
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6768rogues
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I would choose vinyl.
White and some colors have the color all the way through, so there is no finish to wear off.
Vinyl is a poor conductor of heat and cold, aluminum is a great thermal conductor.
You can use soft scrub to make vinyl windows look new, aluminum will have its finish worn off even if it is anodized.
If your siding is steel, you will have places where steel and aluminum touch, not good. Vinyl is inert to aluminum and steel.
Vinyl is slippery, things tend to not stick. Stuff sticks to painted or anodized aluminum.
Get ones with welded corners on the sashes and frames rather than mechanically fastened units.
White and some colors have the color all the way through, so there is no finish to wear off.
Vinyl is a poor conductor of heat and cold, aluminum is a great thermal conductor.
You can use soft scrub to make vinyl windows look new, aluminum will have its finish worn off even if it is anodized.
If your siding is steel, you will have places where steel and aluminum touch, not good. Vinyl is inert to aluminum and steel.
Vinyl is slippery, things tend to not stick. Stuff sticks to painted or anodized aluminum.
Get ones with welded corners on the sashes and frames rather than mechanically fastened units.
cdestuck
Well-known member
Yes, what he said.
chazzz
Well-known member
I have vinyl windows installed in my house in 1999 and they still look great as of today.
kwschumm
Well-known member
Vinyl, no doubt.