Category: Windows

Atrium R-5 Window - The SUPER Energy Star Window

Sometimes we just can't see the forest through the trees.  Last June I wrote a post that proves that point so clearly. I wrote how the industry was not impressed with the Fed's push on something called the R-5 window and how we also were looking for a "S… more »

Window industry wants "Super" Energy Star

One of our industry magazines did a survey regarding Energy Star and the results were fascinating to me.   more »

Deceptive Pricing Strategies - Part II

So not a day goes by after writing my blog post on the slime balls at Penguin Windows when I get a phone call from a woman in Ashland Oregon.  She had spent 4 hours the day before with some guy from Evans Glass of Seattle.  She was suspicous and called m… more »

Looking for the silver lining

Day in and day out we get bombarded with bad news.  In a global economy we have to endure the bad news about Greece and Spain as well as the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Personally, there is only so much I can take before I must have some good news… more »

Some projects are just heart warming experiences

Working with the Rogue Valley Community Development Corporation is always a heart warming experience.  In the same vain as Habitat for Humanity, the RVCDC model is based on new home owners putting in sweat equity.  They get to know their neighbors in way… more »