Your specifications call for simulated divided lite windows, but I have heard the authentic divided lite windows are more traditional for a reproduction home. What is the difference?
There are so many window manufacturers, offering so many options, that this may be one of the most confusing issues in a new home. In spite of the many choices offered, windows can be classified into three basic categories. The first is authentic divided light windows. This is the least sophisticated, but most closely mimics an historic window sash, (as it consists of a piece of glass puttied into muntin bars, the wood dividers). In order to give this type of window a creditable energy rating, a second layer of glass is added. This second layer is in the form of either a storm window, or an applied energy panel, both using low “e” glass to increase energy efficiency. Since most people do not wish to struggle with the seasonal task of changing storm windows, they opt for the applied energy panel. This serves the same function as the storm window, but is applied as a separate clip-on sheet of glass over each individual sash (upper and lower) of a double hung window. Because it is applied
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