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   Piffin | Mar 14, 2003 01:17am | #1

   You are a wise man times three.

   1 - Not going to HD

   2 - getting advice here at BT

   3 - waiting to buy screens until the construction phase is finished

   There is a dealer locator at the Andersen website. Fourth button down on the left...

   http://www.andersenwindows.com/Default.asp?bhcp=1

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   Excellence is its own reward!

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   Ken | Mar 14, 2003 03:31am | #2

   I called Andersen, they'll sell screens directly. Was about the same price as Home Depot + shipping.

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   Boxduh | Mar 14, 2003 04:23am | #3

   Why didn't you buy the screens with the windows, and get the discount?  They are readily taken off and stored safely until the end of the job.  Andersen and their dealers love guys like you.

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   geob21 | Mar 14, 2003 04:39am | #5

   Mr. M

    Anderson screens are shipped seperately from the window thereby making the job of taking them off a new window impossible.

   _______________________________________________________________If you were arrested for being a quality builder would there be enough evidence to convict you?

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   Boxduh | Mar 14, 2003 04:50am | #6

   Well, there ya go, another labor savings!  You do get the truckload discount, right, when they come up front with the job?  Around here we use Canadian-made windows, and the screens are mounted in the units when delivered.

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   Ken | Mar 14, 2003 05:27am | #7

   Umm, my house is 12 years old, painting it, got froggy and threw the last three screens without lowering them carefully to the ground, ripped one, need new one. Wanted to buy the screen material, no one (that I could find) sold the piece that holds the screen in the screen frame.

   Could have kicked myself.

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   Piffin | Mar 14, 2003 05:56am | #8

   I think the real question for you is why pay full list price plus shiping to buy direct fom Andersen when a stocking dealer will probably sell them to you at discount with no shipping added.

   I'm assuming the answer is convenience. You picked up the phone and dialed an 800 number, gave them another number with an expiration date on it, and the screens arrived right at your door a week or so later. Right?.

   Excellence is its own reward!

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   fdebaugh | Mar 14, 2003 06:41am | #9

   Thanks for the info. I was after exactly that, in independent dealer that I could go and pick them up from, inspect any for problems before taking them home, and have someone to stand behind what they sold me.

   The exact opposite of buying from Home Depot or online. Although buying online is fun, and Home Depot sucks. But I digress...

   BTW, does anyone know a source for design information regarding built in seating as would be found in a built in breakfast nook for example? Looking for recommended dimensions, clearances, elbow room recommendations etc....

   -Thanks, Fred

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   calvin | Mar 14, 2003 01:35pm | #10

   Fdebaugh,  Take a tape,pencil, and paper and a good looking woman out to breakfast.  Sit in the booth.  Get the homefries and my all time favorite, poached on wheat.  Links or patties.  best of luck.__________________________________________

   Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.

   http://www.quittintime.com/

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   Ken | Mar 14, 2003 02:35pm | #11

   Yep, with a 50 mile round trip to a dealer, the difference in price isn't such a big deal.

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   Forrest | Mar 14, 2003 04:48pm | #12

   I think that Lumber 84 is a Anderson dealer. There are a bunch of them around Maryland.

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   Ken | Mar 14, 2003 04:54pm | #13

   Thanks, appreciate it.

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   geob21 | Mar 14, 2003 04:35am | #4

   Ken that's called list price.

   Also available at any Anderson Dealer. If you want the screens you gotta pay the price.

   _____________________________________________________If you were arrested for being a quality builder would there be enough evidence to convict you?