I have to say Anderson Patio Sliders and French Doors are the best on the
market. I Installed 2 Patio Sliders and a French Door this weekend and I
have never seen a door that was this easy to install and built this well. I
have installed plenty of other brands which I will leave nameless and none
compare to the craftsmanship and Engineering that went into these doors.

They slide like their on air and talk about tight, just amazing! The lockset
on the French Door is a wonderment and a snap to install. The latch on the
Sliders locks the door tighter than any other door I have ever installed.
The retractable bug screen on the sliders goes together easy and painless.

From now on if the folks can afford them, I'm pushing Anderson!

Thanks Anderson for a GREAT PRODUCT! And no I'm not affiliated with them I
just enjoy well built products in this day and age.

Rich
--
"you can lead them to LINUX
but you can't make them THINK"

I looked at both and went with Pella. I did not like the Andersen metal
thresholds which dent easily.


"evodawg" wrote in message
news:1eTdf.8820$Mr4.8702@trnddc08...
I have to say Anderson Patio Sliders and French Doors are the best on the
market. I Installed 2 Patio Sliders and a French Door this weekend and I
have never seen a door that was this easy to install and built this well.
I
have installed plenty of other brands which I will leave nameless and none
compare to the craftsmanship and Engineering that went into these doors.

They slide like their on air and talk about tight, just amazing! The
lockset
on the French Door is a wonderment and a snap to install. The latch on the
Sliders locks the door tighter than any other door I have ever installed.
The retractable bug screen on the sliders goes together easy and painless.

From now on if the folks can afford them, I'm pushing Anderson!

Thanks Anderson for a GREAT PRODUCT! And no I'm not affiliated with them I
just enjoy well built products in this day and age.

Rich
--
"you can lead them to LINUX
but you can't make them THINK"

Art wrote:

I looked at both and went with Pella. I did not like the Andersen metal
thresholds which dent easily.


"evodawg" wrote in message
news:1eTdf.8820$Mr4.8702@trnddc08...
I have to say Anderson Patio Sliders and French Doors are the best on the
market. I Installed 2 Patio Sliders and a French Door this weekend and I
have never seen a door that was this easy to install and built this well.
I
have installed plenty of other brands which I will leave nameless and
none compare to the craftsmanship and Engineering that went into these
doors.

They slide like their on air and talk about tight, just amazing! The
lockset
on the French Door is a wonderment and a snap to install. The latch on
the Sliders locks the door tighter than any other door I have ever
installed. The retractable bug screen on the sliders goes together easy
and painless.

From now on if the folks can afford them, I'm pushing Anderson!

Thanks Anderson for a GREAT PRODUCT! And no I'm not affiliated with them
I just enjoy well built products in this day and age.

Rich
--
"you can lead them to LINUX
but you can't make them THINK"

I've installed tons of Pella's, a good door but they don't compare in
quality and engineering. I don't know how you could dent them unless you
plan on driving a truck over them. I've never seen a threshold dent, unless
when taking an old one out.

Rich
--
"you can lead them to LINUX
but you can't make them THINK"

Be careful, Art, last time I went looking I found Andersen and Anderson were different companies.

--
PDQ

--
"Art" wrote in message ink.net...
| I looked at both and went with Pella. I did not like the Andersen metal
| thresholds which dent easily.
|
|
| "evodawg" wrote in message
| news:1eTdf.8820$Mr4.8702@trnddc08...
| I have to say Anderson Patio Sliders and French Doors are the best on the
| market. I Installed 2 Patio Sliders and a French Door this weekend and I
| have never seen a door that was this easy to install and built this well.
| I
| have installed plenty of other brands which I will leave nameless and none
| compare to the craftsmanship and Engineering that went into these doors.
|
| They slide like their on air and talk about tight, just amazing! The
| lockset
| on the French Door is a wonderment and a snap to install. The latch on the
| Sliders locks the door tighter than any other door I have ever installed.
| The retractable bug screen on the sliders goes together easy and painless.
|
| From now on if the folks can afford them, I'm pushing Anderson!
|
| Thanks Anderson for a GREAT PRODUCT! And no I'm not affiliated with them I
| just enjoy well built products in this day and age.
|
| Rich
| --
| "you can lead them to LINUX
| but you can't make them THINK"
|
|

PDQ wrote:

Be careful, Art, last time I went looking I found Andersen and Anderson
were different companies.


Well now you know I'm not a rep or a salesperson. I can't even get the
spelling right. Anyway you get the jest!

Rich

--
"you can lead them to LINUX
but you can't make them THINK"

I have 2 Anderson sliders, the thresholds cant dent if instaled on wood
flat in normal use. Anything can dent with enough force. They are well
built, worth the extra $$

Sorry for a partial thread hijack here, but I have a question about
sliders/french doors. I have to replace an existing slider. I have a
budget of around $400 - $500. The "Great Evil" Home Depot has some
french doors within that price range. I don't particularly like
sliders, but I would install one instead of a french door if it saves a
significant amount of money. I'm basically looking for
suggestions/advice, what to look for, brands to steer clear of... etc.
I don't know if Andersen is going to be within my means, though I've
heard many good things about them. In the price range I'm looking at,
I can see two french door types that HD sells: steel and fiberglass
(with the fiberglass being about $150 more than the steel). I'm
guessing the pros of fiberglass will be lighter weight, corrosion and
scratch resistance, lower heat loss? Anyway, info would be
appreciated. If I'm out of line for jumping into another's thread,
speak out and I'll move this to a separate one.

Thanks!

My neighbor has a gorgeous Andersen French door and the threshold is full of
dents.


"evodawg" wrote in message
news:H%Tdf.7191$rO4.4597@trnddc05...
Art wrote:

I looked at both and went with Pella. I did not like the Andersen metal
thresholds which dent easily.


"evodawg" wrote in message
news:1eTdf.8820$Mr4.8702@trnddc08...
I have to say Anderson Patio Sliders and French Doors are the best on the
market. I Installed 2 Patio Sliders and a French Door this weekend and I
have never seen a door that was this easy to install and built this
well.
I
have installed plenty of other brands which I will leave nameless and
none compare to the craftsmanship and Engineering that went into these
doors.

They slide like their on air and talk about tight, just amazing! The
lockset
on the French Door is a wonderment and a snap to install. The latch on
the Sliders locks the door tighter than any other door I have ever
installed. The retractable bug screen on the sliders goes together easy
and painless.

From now on if the folks can afford them, I'm pushing Anderson!

Thanks Anderson for a GREAT PRODUCT! And no I'm not affiliated with them
I just enjoy well built products in this day and age.

Rich
--
"you can lead them to LINUX
but you can't make them THINK"

I've installed tons of Pella's, a good door but they don't compare in
quality and engineering. I don't know how you could dent them unless you
plan on driving a truck over them. I've never seen a threshold dent,
unless
when taking an old one out.

Rich
--
"you can lead them to LINUX
but you can't make them THINK"

I think Lowes carries Andersen low end so check their prices. Sliders are
cheaper but from Pella still above your budget.
My house has Andersen windows but I've been replacing cheap doors with Pella
and some cheap basement windows with Pella. One other problem I have with
Andersen is after 8 years on the south side of the house, the vinyl on the
windows is yellowing. Pella uses aluminum.


"louie" wrote in message
oups.com...
Sorry for a partial thread hijack here, but I have a question about
sliders/french doors. I have to replace an existing slider. I have a
budget of around $400 - $500. The "Great Evil" Home Depot has some
french doors within that price range. I don't particularly like
sliders, but I would install one instead of a french door if it saves a
significant amount of money. I'm basically looking for
suggestions/advice, what to look for, brands to steer clear of... etc.
I don't know if Andersen is going to be within my means, though I've
heard many good things about them. In the price range I'm looking at,
I can see two french door types that HD sells: steel and fiberglass
(with the fiberglass being about $150 more than the steel). I'm
guessing the pros of fiberglass will be lighter weight, corrosion and
scratch resistance, lower heat loss? Anyway, info would be
appreciated. If I'm out of line for jumping into another's thread,
speak out and I'll move this to a separate one.

Thanks!

evodawg writes:

Thanks Anderson for a GREAT PRODUCT! And no I'm not affiliated with them I
just enjoy well built products in this day and age.

My 8' anderson Oak slider is a joy. The rest of my windows are
Alside and they're good too, but that big ole Anderson slider operates
like it's levitating, just as you said.

I was lucky enough to get it as a special order return tipped off to
me by a buddy who worked at HD in the millwork dept, and saved a
bundle on it to boot.

--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/

In article .com, louie
says...

Sorry for a partial thread hijack here, but I have a question about
sliders/french doors. I have to replace an existing slider. I have a
budget of around $400 - $500. The "Great Evil" Home Depot has some
french doors within that price range. I don't particularly like
sliders, but I would install one instead of a french door if it saves a
significant amount of money.

Curious - why don't you like sliders?

I'm considering replacing a couple of side-by-side double-hungs with a slider.
It would be a Marvin new construction window.

TIA,
Banty

(Todd H.) writes:

evodawg writes:

Thanks Anderson for a GREAT PRODUCT! And no I'm not affiliated with them I
just enjoy well built products in this day and age.

My 8' anderson Oak slider is a joy. The rest of my windows are
Alside and they're good too, but that big ole Anderson slider operates
like it's levitating, just as you said.

I was lucky enough to get it as a special order return tipped off to
me by a buddy who worked at HD in the millwork dept, and saved a
bundle on it to boot.

Correction: I too was tripped up by the spelling and it's an Andersen
door I have that I like so well.

--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/

I don't like sliders mostly because of my experience in the past with
them sticking, binding, tracks clogging up with dirt, leaking, poor
energy efficiency, poor locks (requiring a broomstick behind the slider
to jam it shut), etc.

To be fair, these have been apartments and probably very poor
representatives of sliding doors. I also like the idea of being able
to open both halves of a french door to aid in moving large furniture
or other objects in/out of the house (though this doesn't happen often
enough to make a real criteria). I think french doors are just
aesthetically better in appearance, but that's just my opinion and $$
will overrule that as long as the quality is there.

How can a thick threshhold dent if it is firmly sealed to a solid base,
answer it cant.

I'm happy you like them, but wait. I have about 45 Andersen windows and
several Sliders in my home. They look fine until the barometric
pressure rises and then the inside and outside glass touch in the center
of the window. Of course this is where I see condensation and frost. I
will never again buy an Andersen product. From the outside these windows
look strange, as in not good. Non-planar panes of glass look strange.

Boden

evodawg wrote:
I have to say Anderson Patio Sliders and French Doors are the best on the
market. I Installed 2 Patio Sliders and a French Door this weekend and I
have never seen a door that was this easy to install and built this well. I
have installed plenty of other brands which I will leave nameless and none
compare to the craftsmanship and Engineering that went into these doors.

They slide like their on air and talk about tight, just amazing! The lockset
on the French Door is a wonderment and a snap to install. The latch on the
Sliders locks the door tighter than any other door I have ever installed.
The retractable bug screen on the sliders goes together easy and painless.

From now on if the folks can afford them, I'm pushing Anderson!

Thanks Anderson for a GREAT PRODUCT! And no I'm not affiliated with them I
just enjoy well built products in this day and age.

Rich

m Ransley wrote:

How can a thick threshhold dent if it is firmly sealed to a solid base,
answer it cant.

That was my exact question. I've never seen one dent! Except for the ones I
rip out. And yes they are very bent and dented.
Rich
--
"you can lead them to LINUX
but you can't make them THINK"

French doors often don't seal well unless they are a top brand like Pella or
Andersen.


"louie" wrote in message
ups.com...
I don't like sliders mostly because of my experience in the past with
them sticking, binding, tracks clogging up with dirt, leaking, poor
energy efficiency, poor locks (requiring a broomstick behind the slider
to jam it shut), etc.

To be fair, these have been apartments and probably very poor
representatives of sliding doors. I also like the idea of being able
to open both halves of a french door to aid in moving large furniture
or other objects in/out of the house (though this doesn't happen often
enough to make a real criteria). I think french doors are just
aesthetically better in appearance, but that's just my opinion and $$
will overrule that as long as the quality is there.

I have a couple of leaking Andersen windows. They only show condensation in
certain weather. I'm going to check to see if the 2 layers of glass are
actually touching. By the way the glass is guaranteed a long time.


"boden" wrote in message
...
I'm happy you like them, but wait. I have about 45 Andersen windows and
several Sliders in my home. They look fine until the barometric pressure
rises and then the inside and outside glass touch in the center of the
window. Of course this is where I see condensation and frost. I will
never again buy an Andersen product. From the outside these windows look
strange, as in not good. Non-planar panes of glass look strange.

Boden

evodawg wrote:
I have to say Anderson Patio Sliders and French Doors are the best on the
market. I Installed 2 Patio Sliders and a French Door this weekend and I
have never seen a door that was this easy to install and built this well.
I
have installed plenty of other brands which I will leave nameless and
none
compare to the craftsmanship and Engineering that went into these doors.

They slide like their on air and talk about tight, just amazing! The
lockset
on the French Door is a wonderment and a snap to install. The latch on
the
Sliders locks the door tighter than any other door I have ever installed.
The retractable bug screen on the sliders goes together easy and
painless.

From now on if the folks can afford them, I'm pushing Anderson!

Thanks Anderson for a GREAT PRODUCT! And no I'm not affiliated with them
I
just enjoy well built products in this day and age.

Rich

I had the same problem , with windows bought in 1991 in cold weather a
oval shape would show up in the center , called Andersen they came out
measured all the windows replaced 11 windows have no problems since they
said it was a storage problem.

boden wrote:
I'm happy you like them, but wait. I have about 45 Andersen windows and
several Sliders in my home. They look fine until the barometric
pressure rises and then the inside and outside glass touch in the center
of the window. Of course this is where I see condensation and frost. I
will never again buy an Andersen product. From the outside these windows
look strange, as in not good. Non-planar panes of glass look strange.

Boden

evodawg wrote:

I have to say Anderson Patio Sliders and French Doors are the best on the
market. I Installed 2 Patio Sliders and a French Door this weekend and I
have never seen a door that was this easy to install and built this
well. I
have installed plenty of other brands which I will leave nameless and
none
compare to the craftsmanship and Engineering that went into these doors.

They slide like their on air and talk about tight, just amazing! The
lockset
on the French Door is a wonderment and a snap to install. The latch on
the
Sliders locks the door tighter than any other door I have ever installed.
The retractable bug screen on the sliders goes together easy and
painless.

From now on if the folks can afford them, I'm pushing Anderson!

Thanks Anderson for a GREAT PRODUCT! And no I'm not affiliated with
them I
just enjoy well built products in this day and age.

Rich