Replacement Window Grades

American Door and Window Grades

Be careful when shopping for vinyl replacement windows or hiring a window installer. When you see and ad for a window for less than $200, and it is an installed price, it will be a window that is no more than an AWDI Star Grade 2. Probably you will not want to invest your money in anything less than a Grade 3.

Too often, contractors try to sell Grade 2 windows at a Grade 5 price. AWDI offers information that puts you in control.

Just like gasoline and other products, there are grades of windows. Not all Vinyl Replacement Windows are alike.

AWDI has prepared a grading system which collects all of the frame, glass and hardware specifications and groups them into a good-better-best performance and durability rating system.