1. THE PROBLEM
In 2022, Jeff and Marie-Paul bought a 3,000 sq ft contemporary-style home in Weston, CT. The house was built in 1976. And Jeff has been bringing it to his wife – Marie-Paul’s standards ever since.
Most of the area of the walls are actually windows and doors. In the words of Marie-Paul: “There are windows everywhere. There are windows to my left and my right. In the front, upstairs and downstairs. In other words – windows everywhere”.
The old windows were leaky and drafty. Part of the problem as Jeff put it was “lack of the insulation from the windows.” One of the windows had a hole in it. It was very uncomfortable in their home throughout all seasons of the year: cold in the winter and baking hot in the summer.
Marie-Paul told us a story of the propane gas supplier who found it very funny that Jeff and Marie-Paul spent most on propane every year among supplier’s customers. But it wasn’t funny at all for Jeff and Marie-Paul.
Also, they were extremely worried about their antique furniture and paintings possibly being damaged by harmful UV rays from the Sun.
On the top of that, it was very difficult to open the old windows and doors. Marie-Paul and Jeff knew they had to replace all the windows and doors in their newly purchased the “forever home”.
They heard about this, in Marie-Paul’s words: “fantastic brand of windows that wasn’t a brand that most people in the United States knew of.” Jeff told us that they had a lot of contractors coming to their home saying: “yes, we can do that, but it’s going to be very difficult, blah, blah, blah. But after 3 or 4 months of not getting anywhere, I got fed up and called the manufacturer – OKNOPLAST in Krakow, in Poland, directly. OKNOPLAST recommended SEVEN SUN.
2. ANALYSIS AND IMPLEMENTATION
When I got to the Jeff and Marie-Paul’s home, I immediately noticed the immense potential that this home had. But the windows, indeed, were very old, drafty and aesthetically not pleasing. The living room had this beautiful “wall of glass”. It consisted of 2 sliding patio doors next to each other with 4 large trapezoid windows atop. But the header between the windows and the doors has been already sagging making one of the windows look like it was just about to fall off out of frame. Bear in mind that these were tall and heavy windows – a disaster waiting to happen. It was not even safe to be in this room. I knew that we would have to completely re-do the openings of this wall structurally in order to make it safe for Jeff and Marie-Paul and in order to accommodate much heavier modern European windows.
Modern OKNOPLAST tilt and turn windows and lift and slide doors made of un-plasticized PVC – the material that never needs any upkeep or maintenance were the obvious answer to all of their itches. I recommended the Pixel line for the new windows and the Horizon line for their sliding patio doors.
I recommended triple-pane glass with insulating ARGON gas in order to stop heat from escaping and cold from coming in during winter, and LowE metallic coating on the glass that would stop heat from the Sun and harmful UV-Rays from coming in and damaging Jeff and Marie-Paul’s antique furniture and paintings. I recommended a high-performance window laminated colors – the perfect Anthracite Grey on the exterior that would complement their exterior elevation color, and Brilliant White with the amazingly realistic woodgrain that resembles the look of real wood without all the maintenance of wood.
My goal was to design this window project so that Jeff and Marie-Paul would not have to worry about replacing their windows ever again.
3. OUTCOME
When we interviewed Jeff and Marie-Paul after the project was completed, they had told us that from the very first contact they knew immediately that they had the right team on their project, and that was later confirmed in their experience. Jeff noticed that now: “there was a complete insulation, no drafts, no outside noise.” Marie-Paul was ecstatic about finally being able, while entertaining her guests, to open the sliding doors with ease – with literally just one finger while carrying a tray full of glasses or food. She said her new doors were very practical and easy to use. She was also very happy that none of the screens on the new doors were not damaged by her dog. Marie-Paul noticed tremendous increase in comfort during the summer despite lots of sunlight coming in. The living room with the wall of glass is now bright yet comfortable.
They both were smiling throughout an entire interview and praised us for attention to details and craftsmanship. Jeff rightly pointed out that: “architecturally, our windows and doors raised the level and beauty of their home while modernizing it at the same time”. He also added that he was surprised that “just changing the windows has rejuvenated the home”.
We noticed unbelievable shift in their emotional state: from just frustrated and exhausted by countless meetings with contractors who couldn’t do the project or basically never showed up or called again after the initial meeting to the state of elation, happiness and relief. When I listened to the couple the during our final meeting for me personally it felt as though a huge weight came down off Jeff and Marie-Paul’s shoulders.
4. THE MORAL
While the majority of the window and door companies in Connecticut focus most of their energy on marketing and loud advertising, we focus on the merit. We focus on
- Selecting the highest quality window and door products
- Perfecting our installation methods
- And most importantly we focus on listening to our customers’ needs
SEVEN SUN is one of the very few window and door installation companies in Connecticut that thinks holistically about your home windows project’s design. We’ll pay attention to:
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The architectural style of your home
- Structural soundness of the existing windows and doors and the walls around them
- Correct weather proofing of your new windows and doors in order to avoid potential water penetration
- Exposure of your home to the Sun
- Home’s current energy use
- Your habits of using thermostat year-round
- Your aesthetic preferences regarding the window and door products
On the top of that we guarantee our workmanship with True No Questions Asked LifeTime Warranty. So, when you choose SEVEN SUN, you’re not just buying windows and doors, but you’re buying “peace of mind” and you’re buying it for a lifetime.
There are thousands of window and door contractors. Yet ironically, Marie-Paul and Jeff had such a difficult time finding the company that would be able do their window and door project with the exact windows and doors of their choice. They found that the bigger the company doesn’t automatically mean better results. On the contrary, it sometimes means, just like in the Marie-Paul and Jeff’s case no results from those companies at all. Jeff wasted between 3 to 4 months just to go through countless meetings with other window and door companies and contractors only to find out that they simply were not even able to do their project.
Then Jeff and Marie-Paul found SEVEN SUN and the rest is history…
If we were able to perform such a difficult project and deliver amazing results for Jeff and Marie-Paul, I personally guarantee great results and delightful experience during your window and door project performed by SEVEN SUN.
Zbyszek Zdankiewicz – ZZ
Founder, Owner and Operator