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Fibrex

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cypressjeff
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Wood / Clad window maintenance

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oberon476

eastbay is correct that while the A series sash is fiberglass, Andersen does use fibrex in the frame. My apologies for any confusion on that one. The last time I chatted with "someone" at AW about the A series they said that they were going to be full fiberglass; however my bad that I never followed up on that one before replying about the actual make up of the finished windows/doors. If I recall correctly AW did look into both full fibrex and full fiberglass during development of the A series and I also seem to remember that they did produce full fiberglass versions of A series units at one time, but I don't know if they ever actually sold any that way. Per "someone" who absolutely does know, A series is like 200 and 400 series in that the frame is actually clad wood rather than just fibrex (A series) or vinyl (200 and 400). So to be precise, A series units use fibrex clad wood for the frame and pultruded fiberglass for the sash. Again sorry for any confusion that I might have caused. This post was edited by oberon on Tue, Dec 2, 14 at 11:43

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Reply to: eastbay is correct that while the A series sash is fiberglass, Andersen does use fibrex in the frame. My apologies for any confusion on that one. The last time I chatted with "someone" at AW about the A series they said that they were going to be full fiberglass; however my bad that I never followed up on that one before replying about the actual make up of the finished windows/doors. If I recall correctly AW did look into both full fibrex and full fiberglass during development of the A series and I also seem to remember that they did produce full fiberglass versions of A series units at one time, but I don't know if they ever actually sold any that way. Per "someone" who absolutely does know, A series is like 200 and 400 series in that the frame is actually clad wood rather than just fibrex (A series) or vinyl (200 and 400). So to be precise, A series units use fibrex clad wood for the frame and pultruded fiberglass for the sash. Again sorry for any confusion that I might have caused. This post was edited by oberon on Tue, Dec 2, 14 at 11:43

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eastbay10

I need to correct the fibrex question. A series frame is fibrex and the sash is fiberglass (Page 24 of the A Series catalogue for Professionals). Seems backwards to me as I would think you want the stronger component (fiberglass) to be the frame material but I am sure Andersen engineers have a reason for deciding that.

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Reply to: I need to correct the fibrex question. A series frame is fibrex and the sash is fiberglass (Page 24 of the A Series catalogue for Professionals). Seems backwards to me as I would think you want the stronger component (fiberglass) to be the frame material but I am sure Andersen engineers have a reason for deciding that.

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oberon476

"A" series is pultruded fiberglass, not Fibrex. Renewal and 100 series are fibrex

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Reply to: "A" series is pultruded fiberglass, not Fibrex. Renewal and 100 series are fibrex

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Windows on Washington Ltd

I think the fact that they issue a 10 year warranty on the material is probably the largest commentary on the durability of that material in and of itself. I would always choose fiberglass over Fibrex and may even choose vinyl over Fibrex depending the requirements (largely aesthetic) of the client.

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Reply to: I think the fact that they issue a 10 year warranty on the material is probably the largest commentary on the durability of that material in and of itself. I would always choose fiberglass over Fibrex and may even choose vinyl over Fibrex depending the requirements (largely aesthetic) of the client.

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