Exclusive to Reclaim by Andersen, windows made from Fibrex® are highly customizable, heat-efficient, and as stunning as they are time tested.
From impossible-to-replace Victorian windows to big Craftsman pictures, Fibrex®’s extrusion process creates frame and sash designs that reflect the shape and lines true to your home’s architecture. Low-maintenance, Fibrex® offers all of the curb appeal without a single weekend of maintenance.
What is Fibrex® | Wonderfully Green and Effortlessly Durable,
Fibrex® is a strong, environmentally friendly composite whose raw-material-by-weight is made up of 40% clean, reclaimed wood fiber. Initially connected in 1959, Fibrex® evolved into an ideal material to stand up to NorEasters, Spring mistrals, and the summer sun.
Benefits
All the Benefits. Period.
Heat efficiency
Fibrex® material has excellent insulating properties on a par with wood, vinyl, or fiberglass.
Combined with Andersen® High-PerformanceTM Low-E4® glass, your home will stay warmer in winter and cooler in summer, and you’ll save money on energy bills.
A dream to maintain
Whether it’s bright white or ebony, color is infused into the wood composite itself and won’t fade or peel. No need to repaint, reseal, or even look twice at the finish. Renewal by Andersen’s windows, made with Fibrex® material, are warrantiednot to corrode, flake, or peel.
Unfaltering beauty
The special polymer formulation that surrounds and coats each wood fiber in the manufacturing process gives Fibrex® an exceptional resistance to rot and fungal growth.
Bigger Views
Because Fibrex® material is strong, we can make our sash and frames narrower, allowing for bigger views out of bigger panes.
How Fibrex® Compares to Other Materials
Windows made with Fibrex® offer all the advantages of wood’s rigidity, vinyl’s ease, and the durability of fiberglass without the inevitable tradeoffs that make them replaceable – like rotting, warping, and flaking.
Fibrex® offers the initial ease of vinyl, but because it is twice as strong, it won’t lead you down the road to replacement after six years and crack and buckle like vinyl.
Fiberglass window frames offer durability but not without the price of maintenance and occasional scraping. The color of your choice is fused into Fibrex®’s low-maintenance composite material, eliminating the need to paint altogether.
Made with reclaimed wood, Fibrex® has wood’s ability to withstand the heat of summer and the freeze of winter with minimal expansion and contraction. Unlike wood, Fibrex® is rot-resistant and doesn’t require resealing every few years.
About
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Her love of research has propelled her into vineyards, kitchens, soil and the wild. She’s cleaned up after GWAR, motored a sailboat across the Puget Sound in a white out, and lived off-grid in a shed – all in the name of words.
A secret fiction writer at heart, Adrianne’s content - be it a listicle or a feature – is written for people who love to read.
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Created with images by dbvirago - "A Blue Victorian House on Hill" • nixoncreative - "COMPOSITE OF WINDOWS" • Studio D - "Beautiful gray traditional Victorian house, Set against a cloudless blue sky" • master1305 - "Closed window and beautiful picture outside, nature view, resort and resting. Sunny summers or spring day with green grass, sea or ocean, bright and vibrant colors. Tourism, hotels or home mood." • HO - "High-end interior design, 3D rendered luxury living room with panoramic windows" • hakinmhan - "Wood table top on blur window glass,wall background with city view"