I thought Vinyl Replacement Windows were the Best Choice forWindows Until…

I Stumbled On This Exciting New Window Product!

Hello, my Name is Rhett Wilborn and I am the owner of Innovative Home concepts. I am a second generation Chicago home improvement contractor. So you can say, I’ve been in this business pretty much my whole life.

Like every other contractor out there I thought there were only two choices when it came to window replacement, vinyl replacement windows or wood windows…boy was I wrong.

For years we’ve sold top quality vinyl windows to Chicago Area homeowners. Our windows were from a leading name brand manufacturer that had been making windows for over 50 years.

But over the years we started noticed a pattern of failure with the vinyl windows that we had installed. Like most folks, I assumed that was just how it was supposed to be…after all everyone was selling vinyl windows just like us. Again, I was wrong!

What are Vinyl Windows?

Vinyl is another word for Plastic. So a vinyl window is actually a plastic window. Window manufacturers don’t use the name plastic windows because no one would buy plastic windows for their home because everyone knows that plastic is cheap, usually unattractive, and structurally weak. So why are windows made from plastic? Why else, it’s CHEAP.

Even the Best Vinyl Windows Fail

All vinyl windows, no matter how fancy they are, how much plastic they put into them, or how much they cost, are ultimately made of plastic so they are all suseptible to the physics and natural weaknesses inherit to vinyl plastic products.

• They are very sensative to temperature
• They expand and warp under heat
• They contract and become brittle and crack under cold
• They expand and contract in an opening that does not do the same
• They are negatively effected and weakened by weather
• They fade and become yellowed in direct sunlight
• They become caulky and brittle over time when exposed to the elements

If you really think about it, does vinyl sound like the best material to make an exterior home improvement product that will have the sun beating on it all day long, be exposed to the elements 365 days a year, be heated up in the summer and frozen in the winter, and be exposed to and hit by hail, snow, and rain?

 And at the end of the day, the window has to open and close smoothly, lock properly, maintain its shape for maximum tightness against air infiltration, hold its glass unit in place so the seals don’t fail, tilt in effortlessly for easy cleaning, and look good for the safety, comfort, and enjoyment of your family. Maybe this all happens the day the window is installed (if the install is perfect) but how about 1 year down the line? How about 2 years? How about 10 years???

3 Reasons Why Home Owners Have VinylReplacement Window Complaints

#1  Warping and Distorted Shape under high temperatures.

Although temperatures in Chicago rarely reach more than 100 degrees, it does get hot. In fact, the highest temperature ever recorded in Chicago is anunofficial 109 °F.

On sunny elevations of a house, temperatures can be higher than the air temperature. When you draw the shades or curtains you create an area of convection between the curtain and the window that can reach temperature much higher than the outside temperature. In some case this hot box can reach 130 to 140 degrees or even higher.

These high temperatures warp vinyl and in some cases even melt it. Physically, vinyl doesn’t have a memory, which means when it distorts it doesn’t go back to its original shape… so any damage is permanent damage to a vinyl window.

Warping is frustrating to a homeowner because these windows are

Sagging Vinyl Window Sash

Warped Vinyl Window Frame

Vinyl when heated expands. A vinyl window frame in a tight wood opening will expand and can easily crack when heated. Along the same lines, vinyl window sashs that expands can cause the seal between a thermal (double pane) window to fail, releasing the energy efficient gas that is between the glass and allowing moisture in between the panes of glass. Also a warped frame can pull away from the capping and caulking around the perimeter, allowing moisture into the wall cavity.

Deformed Window Frame causing seperation between window and aluminum capping

Vinyl Windows Leaks and Does Damage to Wall Below

Heated plastic will also distort and in extreme cases actually melt. Distorted vinyl has no memory and will stay in the warped, distorted form. When the movable pieces of a window warp it makes the weather stripping worthless and allows outside air to infiltrate your home.

Seperation between frame and sash due to warping making weather stripping worthless

Warped Vinyl Casement Window that No Longer Closes Properly

Warped sashes can also make the locking mechanism of the window not work properly as evident in the picture below.

Lock Mechanism no longer functioning properly due to warping of sashes

#2  Vinyl Becomes Brittle and Cracks in Cold Temperatures

Everyone in Chicago has had some experience with plastic cracking in the cold winter. Maybe a plastic snow shovel or ice scraper cracking on a frigid morning?

The coldest temperature ever recorded in Chicago was −27 °F.

When vinyl or plastic gets cold it becomes brittle and if it’s hit the right away, it cracks into pieces. Since vinyl windows are plastic, the same thing can happen to them.

We’ve seen this first had. In fact, one customer of ours was snow shoveling his deck in January and hit the outside of his vinyl window. The blow caused a piece of plastic about 1 1/2″ round to fall off the outside of the window frame. This unfortunately was not covered under his window warranty and he had to pay out of pocket to have the window replaced.

Cracked Vinyl Double Hung Window Sill

Vinyl window sashes found in casement windows, double hung windows, and slider windows that contract and expand due to natural seasonal temperature fluctuations can cause seal failure in double and triple pane glass units.

A seal failure allows moisture in between the glass panes causing fogging and condensation on the inside of the unit. It also allows the energy efficient inert gases to escape, negating any positive effects this gas on the efficiency of your windows.

Seal Failure in a Vinyl Window Glass Unit

Broken Seal in a Vinyl Bay Window Unit

#3  Vinyl Breaks Down over Time

Vinyl windows are exposed to the elements 365 days a year. As you know the Chicago area has some pretty significant weather extremes. Rain, high temps, low temps, sunshine, hail, snow, etc. Plastic is a product that breaks down over time. It yellows and becomes caulky in direct sunlight and degrades and begins to breakdown when exposed to extreme temperatures and the elements.

Vinyl Window Sill discoloring and degrading

Vinyl Windows Frame Stained beyond Repair

So Why Would Anyone Buy Vinyl Windows?

People mainly choose a vinyl replacement window installation because that is all they are shown by vinyl window salesmen and what they see advertised in there local coupon magazines. There is very little information on the internet about the downside of this product but lots of advertising, because the big players, the manufacturers, involved are very large and there is a lot of money being made selling vinyl windows.

And hey, what do they care, if the windows fail in 5 years or less and you have to buy new ones…better for their business….Unfortunately, it’s bad for you!

Why Haven’t I Heard about These Problems with Vinyl Windows?

I once interviewed a sales guy (who by the way I didn’t hire) that when I asked him what the best replacement window was, he answered… “the one I have in my car”. That is pretty much the sentiment of the home improvement industry. Vinyl windows are sold because everyone is selling them.

Some older folks may remember when wood was the only choice for window replacement. Then a new product came along that didn’t need painting and wouldn’t rot like a wood window… You guessed it, Aluminum! The picture on the right is actually an old Alcoa aluminum window advertisement from the 1940’s.

For years the latest and greatest window replacement product was made of aluminum. The biggest problem with aluminum windows is that they are terribly inefficient when it comes to energy conservation because it conducts heat and cold like crazy. But everyone was selling them… until, of course, vinyl windows came along.

Now no one sells aluminum replacement windows and everyone sells vinyl windows until….

Something Better Comes Along!

Innovative Home Concepts Introduces the Next Generation of Replacement Windows…

All of the Benefits of Vinyl Windows PLUS None of the Problems!

The InnoMaxx Replacement Window System is a next generation product. It is not a vinyl window but rather made of expanded polymer composite (EPC) materials. While EPC is relatively new to the American windows industry, it has been around for decades.

EPC has its beginnings in the construction business where light weight shapes, that were very strong, were needed. EPC was ideal because in addition to its innate strength, it is virtually imprevious to weather or sunshine. And although new to the North American Market, this material has been used in window manufacturering in Europe and Asia for many years.

Through a stroke of luck and a whole lot of research, Innovative Home Concepts discovered one of the only EPC window manufactures in the United States. Knowing a great thing when we see it, we immediately reserved exclusive rights to offer this amazing window product to Chicago homeowners.

We are proud to introduce the InnoMaxx Replacement Windows System to the Chciago Market

And Vinyl Doesn’t Stand a Chance Because InnoMaxx is…

 400% Stronger than Vinyl

212% More Energy Efficient than Vinyl

 62% Better Insulating Value than Wood

 117% More Resistant to Bowing and Bending than Vinyl

 No Painting or Staining is Required

 Easy to Keep Clean

 Impact Resistant

 50 Year Non Proration Warranty

Comparably Priced with Weaker, Less Efficient Vinyl Windows

 Available in Double and Triple Pane

 Rated Superior for Air Filtration and R-Value

 Sound absorbent materials for peace and quiet

The Perfect Blend of Beauty, Strength, and Energy Efficiency

Top 5 Reasons to Choose the InnoMaxx Window

#1 Strength

InnoMaxx windows are 400% stronger than normal hollow core vinyl windows. You can immediately feel the difference in weight and how solid the material feels just by handling a piece of vinyl extrusion compared to a piece of the InnoMaxx EPC extrusion. This added weight and strength becomes even more apparent when you operate the window. An InnoMaxx window has a significantly more substantial, well constructed feel to it.

Photo Taken in our Crystal Lake, IL showroom of window corner cut-outs of an unnamed, popular brand named, vinyl window product and the InnoMaxx EPS composite window system. The difference is obvious!

The only way to really understand the difference is by experiencing it. Operate an InnoMaxx window than operate a plastic window and you’ll never go back!

#2 Energy Efficiency

Rated as one of the most energy efficient windows in production today, InnoMaxx Windows are setting new standards for energy efficiency.

What makes a material energy efficient? An energy efficient window material cuts down on heat and cold temperature transference. EPC, the material that makes up the sash and main frame units of the InnoMaxx window is more energy efficient than any other available window production material used today.

Not only is the material the windows are made of more energy efficient than any other window manufacturing material, InnoMaxx also has one of the most technologically advanced glass units on the market.

InnoMaxx offers a double or ungraded triple pane window glass options.

Triple pane windows are more energy efficient, make your home quieter from outside noise, and protect your family better. If you haven’t explored triple pane, now is the time!

 #3 Ease of Use

It’s the little things that mean a lot…and the InnoMaxx window has a lot… a lot of little features that make it easier to use and a delight to operate.

From the secure night latches and locking upper sashes on our double hung windows, to the easy open sash tilt levers and standard tilt-in sash feature of our slider windows, to the fold in crack on our casement windows and easy slide patio doors…

You will immediately notice the engineering, forethought, and quality that goes into every InnoMaxx Replacement Window System.

#4 Beauty

InnoMaxx windows are more than custom-made to size, they are custom made to your style as well. We provide a palette of frame and glass options – you provide the inspiration. Mix and match frame colors to complement the interior and exterior of your home.

Our windows and patio doors are available in eight exterior colors, three woodgrain and white interior natural looking finishes. And to best fit the docor of your home, InnoMaxx windows can be manufactured in any combination of interior and exterior colors.

You can also select from a variety of decorative glass options ranging from distinctive to dramatic as well as a full range of grid optons to fit all tastes and styles.

After all, this is your home and your new windows… How do you see them?

#5 Value

InnoMaxx windows will not only save you money over and over again by lowering your monthly energy bills with their ultra energy efficient features, they will add value to your home too.

Every year Remodeling magazine publishes its Cost vs. Value Report which compares the average cost for 35 popular remodeling projects with the value those projects retain at resale.

According to the report, a Quality Window Replacement has a return on Investment of…

60-65% R.O.I.

That means for every dollar invested in new windows in your home, your home value should increase by 60-65 cents! Put another way, a $10,000 window installation pays back $6000 to $6500 when you sell your home.

InnoMaxx windows will virtually pay for themselves in less time than you’d think!

Add Value to Your Home with InnoMaxx EPC windows and…

• Lower Your Utility Bills
• Less Wear and Tear on Your Furnace and Air Conditioner
• Increases Your Home’s Value- smart return on investment
• Built to Last- 50 year non-prorated warranty
• Keeps your Home Looking and Operating Correctly for Years to Come

And Best of All, the cost of InnoMaxx Windows are comparable to the cost of vinyl replacement windows…and you get a whole lot more!

Don’t Make the Mistake of Being Sold Vinyl Windows!

Take the InnoMaxx Challenge Today

Have a trained Innovative Consult show you first hand the differences between Plastic windows and the Ultra Strong, Super Energy Efficient, and Tremendously Attractive InnoMaxx EPC Windows System.

Join the thousands of homeowners nationwide that have chosen the superior quality of an EPC window over cheap, junky, hollow core vinyl windows.

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