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Every Window Style,
Built to Your Exact Opening.
Six ProVia styles, all custom-made to the sixteenth of an inch, all installed by the crew that measured them. Not sure which one fits your house? Send a few photos and we’ll tell you, along with the price.
What they all have in common
The Same Window Package, Whatever Style You Pick
We install ProVia and nothing else, so the difference between these six styles is how they open and how they look. What’s inside the frame does not change.
Low-E, argon-filled glass
An invisible coating keeps heat where you want it, and argon between the panes slows the cold down on the worst January night.
Foam-filled frames
Hollow vinyl is where cheap windows lose. Ours are filled, so the frame insulates instead of just holding glass.
Custom-built to your opening
Every window is ordered to your measurements. No stock sizes packed out with filler trim to hide the difference.
Lifetime warranty
ProVia backs these for as long as you own the home, and it transfers once if you sell.
The six styles
Pick the One That Fits How You Live
Double-Hung
The window most Madison homes already have, and the one most homeowners replace it with. Two sashes, both of which slide up and down, and both of which tilt into the room so you can wash the outside glass standing on your own floor.
If your house was built before 1990, this is almost certainly what is in the opening now, and a new double-hung will drop straight into it without changing the look of the front of your home.
- Bedrooms and living rooms, where you want the classic look kept.
- Second-story openings, because you never need a ladder to clean them.
- Older homes, where a different style would look wrong from the street.
Casement & Awning
A casement is hinged on the side and cranks outward. When you close it, the sash pulls tight against the frame all the way around, which is why it is the best sealing window we install. An awning is the same idea hinged at the top, so it can stay cracked open in a rainstorm without letting water in.
If one wall of your house takes the wind all winter, this is the style to put in it.
- West and north walls, the ones that whistle in February.
- Over kitchen counters, where a crank is easier than a sash.
- Basements and bathrooms, where an awning gives you air without the weather.
Sliders
One sash glides sideways past the other. No crank to turn, no sash to lift, nothing to reach over. Sliders suit an opening that is wider than it is tall, which is most of the windows people struggle to open in a Wisconsin ranch.
They are also the simplest window in the lineup, with the fewest moving parts to wear out.
- Over a sink or counter, where you cannot get close enough to lift a sash.
- Wide, short openings, the shape a double-hung handles badly.
- Anyone with shoulder trouble, because opening one takes almost no force.
Picture & Fixed
A picture window does not open, and that is the whole point. Nothing to seal, nothing to wear, no sash frame splitting the view in half. It gives you the most glass and the best energy number of anything we install.
Most homeowners put one on the wall with the view and flank it with two casements, so the room still gets air.
- The view wall, living rooms, dining rooms, anywhere you sit and look out.
- High openings, that nobody was ever going to open anyway.
- Paired with casements, for the best of both.
Bay & Bow
These project out past the wall instead of sitting flat in it. A bay is three panels at sharp angles, a bow is four or more in a gentle curve. Either one adds floor space, pulls daylight in from three directions, and gives you a shelf deep enough to actually use.
It is the single biggest change you can make to the front of a house without touching the siding.
- Front-of-house curb appeal, the change the neighbors notice.
- Dining and living rooms, where the extra depth becomes a seat.
- Replacing a flat picture window, when the room feels boxed in.
Specialty Shapes
Arches, half-rounds, trapezoids, triangles and gable glass, built to the exact angle of the opening you have. These are the windows other companies quietly suggest you board over or square off because they do not want to measure them.
We measure them. A house that was designed with an arch over the entry should keep it.
- Gable ends and stairwells, the awkward shapes above eye level.
- Arched entries, so the front of the house still matches itself.
- Anything a stock size cannot cover, which is more openings than you would think.
Still deciding?
Which Window Goes Where
A quick cheat sheet from what we install most in Dane County homes. Send photos and we will tell you what we would put in your openings.
| The room | The style that usually wins | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Living room with the view | Picture, with casements either side | Most glass, best seal, still opens for air |
| Bedrooms | Double-hung | Tilts in to clean, keeps the look of the house |
| Kitchen over the sink | Slider or awning | Opens without leaning across the counter |
| Bathroom | Awning with obscure glass | Air even in the rain, privacy all year |
| Basement | Casement or slider sized to egress code | A bedroom down there needs a legal way out |
| Stairwell or gable end | Specialty shape | Built to the angle instead of squared off |
| The front of the house | Bay or bow | The one change everyone notices |
Where the money is
The Glass Is the Window
Two windows can look identical in a showroom and behave nothing alike in January. What separates them is the glass package, and every window we install gets the same one.
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