Window Grids: All That You Need To Know 

You and your videos are more informative than anyone I have talked to in this window buying process. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

You have been the most informative source of information on windows. Thanks for your honest and expert guidance.

If I lived in Houston it would be a no brainer! What a fantastic video. Thank you for making it. You're a true pro.

I’ve been agonising over grids for sometime. Thankyou for this comprehensive breakdown.

Awesome explainations, thank you from Quebec Canada

watching from Canada! thanks! love your info and authenticity.

I just found your site! Great presentation! I had fun learning about grids! Awesome content and enetertainment!

Thank you so much. I have learned a lot. I wish you were closer! I am in Buffalo, NY.

Great video and explanation and wow! Lots of options you offer . We have mostly double hung windows (Marvin exterior clad with interior wood for 30 years now up north in snow country) that have the interior window side removable wood divided grids with metal pointed end clips at every end grid point where it pushes against the wood to hold in place. Cleaning the windows (twice a year when putting screens in the spring and out in the fall) and opening in the summer over the years the windows would hit the wood grids if ever so slightly out of perfect alignment to the window sash and they would break at the joints. (We have lots of 'tinker toy' broken wood grid parts from over the years... held in place in the windows with clear tape, lol. It is what it is... I like the look of divided lights with grids.) I'd love new windows (ours are leaking now at the glass seal) with between the glass grids ...just for the ease of cleaning , less breakage, and no 'stick on grids'. ( 1" thick grids please in classic 3-4 over 2 style for our old farmhouse) Though the exterior/ shadow bar/ interior grids you show here look fantastic, there is a lot of area for dirt to settle on from the outside ... and needing to clean each glass section inside and out on multiple windows?! No way. (Well, maybe homeowners in your area hire window cleaners to deal with that fun job... lol) 😉 Thanks for your helpful videos.

This channel is great for Marvin info, i love your videos

Thank you for sharing helpful informations for layman on windows.

Thank you for sharing all of your knowledge with us! I just got a new job with a dooring/window business and am listening and learning all I can from you for my new career. I want to know more about jambs and brick moulding. I will be assisting contractors and customers with quoting/ordering their door and window needs.

Great video! Very informative.

Great informative video, thank you!

Man, this is amazing !! You are a great talker. You should have half a million subscribers :)

Very informative. Thank you!

Great Video!! Learned a lot from it. Thanks

So good, thank you!!

I have never seen a better class on window grids. (mutts) As I am too old to buy windows, I am of no value as a customer. However,I still have a great interest in this subject. I love the true historic mutts , such as in Williamsburg Va. I did see one you had out that was close. My 30 year old M&W windows (historic grids) are still so beautiful. The up keep is the killer. From what I have seen on U TUBE I would be scared to buy any newer windows. Again, great education on modern mutts!

Great explanation

As a homeowner who actually enjoys washing the windows both interior and exterior, I don’t prefer grids on the exterior. I’m fine with them in between the glass but when using a squeegee it makes the job at lot harder and slower with grins on the outside of the glass. I’ve been binge watching your content about windows and one thing I don’t appreciate is I’m in the market for impact windows and I still haven’t found a clip where you explain the anatomy of impact windows Thank you in advance

What should be done if you have grids between the glass that have fallen out of place?

Great information. I would like to remove my grids from a few windows to give the home a more modern look. I tried to remove with a flat long blade but the tape is not budging. Is there a way to get the grids off without damaging glass?

Very informative! Can grids between glass be mended if one of them looks as if adhesive has failed?

My window size is 2.6 x3.6 what grill pattern would look best .I like the 3 bars from top to bottom of the top sash ,but maby my window size is to square not long enough to look good

Thank you for the great videos! We'll be building a custom home in Salt Lake City and you have had some great videos to educate us on windows. Know anyone in this area you would recommend? (or buy from you and have you ship?!)

Is there any option to remove the grids from the double pane window (wood)? Thank you

What what the model of the Windsor Vinyl window where you like the depth of the Grid?

Do you know anywhere I can get snap in grids (or removable). I have old house and want the charm of grids. You did a very nice job of explaining all this info. Ty

Is it possible to add after-market exterior grids to a GBG window to change the grid color from white to black?

I like how even though you respect that some people want that traditional look, me included, it seems a little ridiculous to have a shadow bar.

Can you do a video with the SDL grid of Amsco Artisan Series? Would love to see that as well!

Any guide lines for width of grid selection on a SDL? My proposed window Aluminum clad casement that is 33X49 rough opening with 3 lites across and 4 vertical. . 5/8" or 7/8" are my options. Will 7/8" be too much grid? Any considerations like shadow bar alignment etc.?

planning to install windows i am a beginer, nervous, confused, inexperienced, i have a 2 inch on the corner of a window. aluminum frame orig of the house that led me to answer a power saleman to sched an time. and now i am in the 3 day decision. this flix have given a little insight, i am still on bind. because of a conner crack on one of the windows. i feel alumunum windows are better and stronger that the pelle windows and can last over60 years if properly maintained, but the saleman says that virgen vinyl not recycled vinyl is stronger, what do you say. looking forward your comment on this question. thank you. sincerely robert

I like your videos clip.

On triple glazed windows with grids, is there two shadow grids between each layer of glass?

I’m watching from Spain and we have an old stone/brick house and so confused which windows to choose. This helps. But still confusing

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Thanks for the sharing! Can I just buy some grids to decorate my window? Where can I buy it?

Do the grids in windows have any imapct on sound propagation/reduction?

I have a rear door with the plastic inserts over the solid window . 3 parts of the insert have broken over time (probably our lab Marley .. lol) We want to delete the inserts & have the solid Payne. What we can’t find is the plastic frame that has no Payne inserts to put back on once we take the screws out & pull the Payne frame out. Where can we find this ? Ty

Is it normal for my prairie parimeter grids in my picture windows that are near an entrance door to have alot of play when shutting the door? They don't rattle against the glass but the definitely wiggle like spaghetti.

New subscriber here. LOVE the videos. Now, a confession. I work for a big box hardware store in the Millwork dept. Our window selection is certainly limited. My dilemma is that I know little about actual Millwork. Can you recommend a book or online resource that I can use to learn more about all doors and windows?

I just ordered a full house of Andersen large crank Dark Bronze casement windows with a two over two grid in bronze, between the glass. I thought the between the glass was also lending to a modern look, and also they are easier to clean, but now I get the impression that it’s viewed as a cheap window. The grid is a criss cross on each side of the two part window. 🤔

Question - obviously I'm shopping for new windows, thus the RU-vid education. I was told by my first salesman that vinyl is better than aluminum frame because aluminum conducts heat and damages the impact laminate, causing the window to delaminate quicker. Therefore vinyl is the better window. In this video you say "if you want to save some money use vinyl" (I'm paraphrasing). Is there any truth to what salesman #1 said? Follow up, which is better vinyl or aluminum frame?

Do you just sell the SDL grids without the glass?

How do I clean between the grid and glass?

Is it possible to add this to existing windows?

How can I get windsor windows in Stockton Kansas?

Can we buy just the grids and Install them on plain windows?

Are the gbg grids able to get removed?

Why are some of my GBG changing color as years pass. Some are the same color as when they were installed and some are darker now.

I have been living in my house for 16 yrs and today because of watching all your videos I noticed that we have 4 windows with grids and the rest are just plain windows. I cannot believe that I had not noticed this before. We have 2 windows in the front of the house and they have grids and just off that room there are 2 with grids and they end there. Can u tell me if that is normal operating procedure? before.

How do you take out gbs?

Are you saying that Windows with grids will always cost more vs. Ones without grids? I just had 9 Windows replaced in my very old house built in the 1930's in L.A., CA. They are nothing fancy, vinyl, - retrofit (?), is what the contractor called them. I ordered with grids, but they came w/out grids. They would have taken them back, but I let them install them as the contractor convinced me that the Grids are only esthetic value, don't add more security, etc. But, he claimed that they are actually a better value than the ones with grids (I don't recall the reasons he quoted) & would cost more if I intentionally ordered them that way. Was I bamboozled? Am I due a refund for my grid-less Windows?

How to remove the internal grids?

TDL is the way, can repair easy yourself. Contractors prefer the other because you're dependemt on them and they screw you. What costs maybe 100 bucks is 1k or more.

Can you do a vid on black in black out windows?

Do you know of an expert like you in Columbus OH?

My grids are plastic tape that has broken between the double pane , now what?

Ugly ? That aluminum True Divided Lite is actually way classier looking than all these Simulated (read “fake”) divide lite (SDL) window sashes that have over built muntins. Who makes the thinnest Looking double paned windows ?

I hate grid on Windows. I'm okay with true original ones. But the newer windows with grids I hate. I live above the ocean and I don't want my view blocked by bars. If I wanted that I would have gotten security bars

Standard vinyl windows with internal grids are fine for every home. Shadow bars and just more bs to make a 15k job into a 45k job. I mean if they got the money great but if I get to them with a bid, your losing that client.😂

Grids…the Devil’s playground

Who do you recommend in Atlanta GA that could help with new windows