Wood windows

Wood has been at the heart of our products for more than 120 years. Its strength, rigidity, beauty, and thermal performance continue to set our products apart. Find out how we preserve wood’s best qualities by adding various cladding materials for virtually maintenance-free exteriors.

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Explore our wood windows and doors

Wood has been at the core of our products for over 120 years. Explore the clad-wood products we offer through our 200 Series, 400 Series, A-Series, and E-Series.

200 Series products

By focusing on only the most popular designs and sizes, the 200 Series product line creates just the right balance of innovation, design, efficiency and price. It's a value that is unmatched in a wood window.

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400 Series products

As our most popular series with our longest-standing products, the 400 Series product line brings you the best overall blend of performance and style to satisfy just about any window or door need. With years of engineering and craftsmanship to build on, these windows are designed to live up to your high standards.

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A-Series products

Before we created the A-Series product line, we researched how windows contributed to architectural style. The result is a series of windows and doors that was carefully designed with authentic architectural style in mind. Every sash, every piece of hardware and every accessory easily comes together to allow you to create the home style you're after.

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E-Series products

50 standard colors, dramatic sizes, dynamic shapes, 9 wood species and more. Every E-Series window and door becomes a design opportunity, giving you the freedom to custom-create the home of your dreams.

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What are the benefits of wood windows and doors?

Our wood products and the claddings we use, work together to achieve the benefits below:

A classic white wood farmhouse on the coast with white 400 Series Double-Hung Windows.

Strength and durability

Wood’s strength is further enhanced by the claddings we use to protect windows and doors so they can perform in any climate.

A mid-century bedroom with A-Series corner windows with maple frames.

Beautiful aesthetics

The beauty of wood is timeless, and we offer a variety of wood species, stains, paint colors, and finish options.

A patio with a four-panel Andersen A-Series Gliding Patio Door with transom windows above.

Low maintenance

The exterior claddings we use for our wood windows help make sure your product stays low maintenance so exteriors never need repainting.

A farmhouse in winter with white 400 Series Double-Hung Windows with modified colonial grilles.

Energy efficiency

Wood is a great insulator, and this inherent quality is further bolstered by the design of our frames, which includes thermal breaks that help prevent unwanted energy transfer.

How do wood cladding materials compare?

The claddings we use to protect our wood products are strong, durable, aesthetically pleasing, low maintenance, and energy efficient. However, each cladding has unique aspects. See how they compare:

	Perma-Shield®-clad	Extruded-aluminum-clad	Fiberglass-clad

Strength and durability	Perma-Shield®-clad Wood’s natural strength combines with the durability of Perma-Shield® cladding for windows and doors you can depend on long-term. Perma-Shield cladding wraps products in a durable, protective shell, helping to offer superior weather resistance.	Extruded-aluminum-clad Wood’s strength and beauty combined with an extruded aluminum cladding creates a product that’s strong and durable. Heavy-gauge extruded aluminum offers greater structural capabilities and resistance to inclement weather, abrasion, or impact.*	Fiberglass-clad A timeless wood interior with an exterior cladding of fiberglass composite, plus Fibrex® material where it matters, creates products that are strong, durable, and designed to withstand the toughest conditions like hurricane-force winds and more.
Beautiful aesthetics	Perma-Shield®-clad With the beauty of wood on the interior, attractive and durable exterior finishes, and availability in classic colors, our Perma-Shield-clad products have timeless appeal.	Extruded-aluminum-clad With the beauty of a wood interior and a smooth aluminum exterior available in an array of colors, plus anodized finishes, extruded aluminum-clad products are distinctive inside and out.	Fiberglass-clad With a beautiful wood interior and a variety of frame profiles, it’s possible to authentically complement any architectural styles with our fiberglass-clad products.
Low maintenance	Perma-Shield®-clad Perma-Shield-clad products never need repainting. The cladding helps repel water, resist dents, and protect the wood inside. Products come with a transferrable limited warranty for 10 years on non-glass components.*	Extruded-aluminum-clad Extruded aluminum-clad products are virtually maintenance-free. They’re warranted for 10 years against chalking and color change and 20 years against cracking, checking, peeling, flaking, blistering, and loss of adhesion.*	Fiberglass-clad Fiberglass-clad wood products won’t flake, rot, blister, peel, pit, or corrode.* Plus they’re warranted against corrosion for the life of the products with no washing or waxing required.*
Energy efficiency	Perma-Shield®-clad Wood provides excellent insulation, which is part of the reason windows were historically made from this material. The Perma-Shield cladding further improves frame and panel efficiency.	Extruded-aluminum-clad With wood’s excellent insulating abilities and a design incorporating proper thermal breaks, products with this type of cladding won’t cause unwanted energy transfer — so there’s no need to be concerned about aluminum’s conductivity.	Fiberglass-clad Fiberglass-clad wood products are our most energy efficient. They are tested to our highest thresholds and have glass options that are recognized as ENERGY STAR® Most Efficient in 2025.
Price	Perma-Shield®-clad Perma-Shield-clad wood products are offered through our 200 Series and 400 Series product lines. For the best-value clad-wood windows, look to the 200 Series product line. For the widest selection of colors, sizes, and more options, look to the 400 Series product line.	Extruded-aluminum-clad Extruded aluminum-clad wood products are available through our E-Series product line. As our most customizable product line, it includes expansive options and is offered at a higher price point.	Fiberglass-clad Fiberglass-clad wood products are available through our A-Series product line. As our best performing, most energy efficient, and architecturally authentic product line, it’s offered at a higher price point.

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How do our wood windows compare to others?

As you begin comparing our clad-wood window options with other options on the market, you're likely to run into a few common materials. Learn how we use these materials and more nuances that will help you understand our approach.

Fiberglass-clad:

Fiberglass is a manufactured material that’s strong, durable, and low maintenance, which is why we use it as a cladding for our A-Series product line. This is our best-performing and most energy efficient product line. Because we manufacture our own fiberglass profiles beginning at the materials phase, we’re able to create these high-performing windows in an architecturally authentic way that’s suitable for a variety of home styles.

Vinyl:

Vinyl is a thermally unstable material, which means it’s susceptible to warping and seal failure. This is why we use it solely as a cladding material. Our vinyl cladding is called Perma-Shield® and is used on 200 Series and 400 Series product lines. With a Perma-Shield cladding and wood interior, our 200 Series and 400 Series products aren’t comparable to all-vinyl products. Look instead to our composite 100 Series line for products competitive with all-vinyl options.

Rolled aluminum vs. Extruded aluminum:

Rolled, or roll-formed, aluminum isn’t as durable as extruded aluminum. Rolled aluminum is made of lighter-weight sheet metal that’s bent into shape by passing through rollers. In contrast, the heavy-gauge aluminum we use as cladding for our E-Series products is die-cast, meaning it’s heated up and forced through a mold. With extruded-aluminum exteriors and beautiful wood interiors, our E-Series products are stronger and more durable than rolled-aluminum wood products.

Fiberglass:

Fiberglass gains strength from encasing glass strands in resin. When it’s made well, it’s an excellent material for making windows, but not all fiberglass used in window manufacturing is made equal. Additionally, materials work best when they’re well integrated into a product’s design. This is why our 100 Series product line, made of our exclusive Fibrex® composite material, is compares favorably to fiberglass products offered by other brands. Fibrex material offers the perfect combination of strength and superior product design.

Fiberglass-clad:

Vinyl:

Which type of cladding is best?

While the cladding material matters, it’s important to remember that it doesn’t exist in isolation. How and where the cladding is applied, or, in other words, how the window is designed, is just as important. When materials and design are combined well, like in our products, they support the performance and aesthetics of the finished product and help to improve longevity. We know how to put the right materials in the right places to make quality clad-wood windows and doors — we pioneered the process more than 50 years ago.

Using a variety of cladding materials helps us offer product lines that meet various price points without sacrificing quality. Here’s a side-by-side comparison of our clad-wood options so you can see how price shifts with the offerings available.

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