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Consider climate, colour and contemporary new looks
by Jennifer Mcfee
Photos courtesy of loewen Windows
>> from esthetic appeal to functional flair, the importance of choosing
the right windows is clear to see.
And homeowners have a greater selection than ever before in style, materi-
als and technology.
Coloured windows are a popular choice, and affordable options are more
readily available, notes Jeff Wallace, a sales profes-
sional at All Weather Windows.
"We have our aluminum alloy window in our Apex
Alloy series. That's pretty high-end, so we wanted to
give people an option to get colour at a bit of a break
on the price point. Some manufacturers actually paint
windows, but we don't do that in our climate so we
came up with an alternative," Wallace says.
"We have a new product called renolit that's anoth-
er version of a coloured window. It's an acrylic wrap
baked onto the PvC. It withstands extreme tempera-
tures and it's very durable. you can use it in a renova-
tion or a new construction."
And when it comes to decorator colours, window-shoppers can set their
sights on a full spectrum of possibilities.
"We're seeing a lot of people wanting black. There are also people look-
ing for that commercial-type industrial look, so we have something called
a clear anodized look. It's basically almost like an aluminum look," Wallace
says. "We can achieve that colour with either the alloy or the renolit as well."
'If you look around, you will certainly find much
more of a linear look. There are far fewer shaped
units, which would be elliptical windows or even
full round windows. That's mostly gone away
with contemporary architecture. It's a very
modular type of look these days'
6 Parade of Homes FALL 2015
