Quote Originally Posted by Tuckervill View Post
I live in an historic house (not in an historic district), and I looked at that little piece about restoring wood windows. They totally lost me when they said "it can take up to 240 years to recoup enough money in energy savings to pay back the cost of replacement windows."

Um, no. I paid about $3500 for 13 windows, and I am saving at least $100 each of the months I have to run the HVAC. Let's say that's 10 months a year, that's 35 months. Of course, other's mileage my vary. But the credibility goes out the window when they make outrageous claims like that.

Karen
I get your point but that was only one source. I've heard outrageous claims by window manufacturers as well. I just wanted to present another side of the story. My parents replaced wood windows and their bills went up! Also, if your wood windows were not in good repair (not just painted nicely) then really you can't credit the new ones with the energy savings. Not saying yours weren't but that is often the case. Of course new vinyl windows will be better than broken down wooden ones I'm just not convinced that they are actually better than wooden window that are properly cared for.