Joyce windows took over Graef over a decade again and are based out of Berea Ohio. The company manufactures and sells the Heritage, Trinity and Vueline windows series. While Joyce might not make it into my upper echelon of window brands, they are a very solid window manufacturer. Scroll to find our Joyce Windows reviews.
Bottom Line: Joyce is a quality operation and the Heritage Collection is a good vinyl window – one that I would certainly consider in my own home if the price is right.
Company Rating: 7.5 out of 10
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Joyce Windows Reviews
Joyce is an Ohio based company has an interesting history. They were quite a small operation until they took over a company called Graef Windows. Graef was generally well liked and made good products. Today, Joyce is best known for its Heritage series. More specifically, its integration into the many branches of Zen Windows, which offers the series as one of its premium models. Zen has branches in lots of major cities in the mid west and northeast, and the result is that Joyce’s name is riding the Zen expansion.
The company sells the following three window options.
The Heritage Collection. This premium vinyl window includes the following features: an interior cove molding, foam filled sash and frame, a composite reinforcement in the lift rail, magnetic bulb seal (double-hung), as well as an optional upgrade to the dual-tilt action locks.
The Trinity Collection. This series replaced the Insulator series several years ago and includes an optional upgrade foam-filled sash and frame, as well as a composite reinforcement.
The Vueline. This is the company’s entry level series that is actually not listed on the site itself. It provides a DP35 rating, constant force balance, a SuperSpacer non-metallic spacer, and optional upgrades of exterior acrylic coatings.
For more options and features, please using this link to the Joyce Factory Direct Website.
Joyce Windows Warranty
The company offers a limited lifetime warranty that covers manufacturing defects for the life of the window. The warranty is transferable to another homeowner and covers them for 15 years from the date of installation. Joyce also offers a supplemental warranty that also includes a glass breakage provision for 15 years from the install date and can be transferred to the next homeowner for the lifetime (15 years on glass breakage).
Joyce Trinity vs ProVia Endure
Hi Bill, I have been reading your various comments and suggestions on Windows and was hoping you might help me. I have received estimates from multiple companies for replacement of 13 windows. The final 2 seem the most promising and I’m hoping you might help me choose. One company has the Trinity window from Joyce. It has all the ratings with full insulation and warranties. The second company uses the ProVia Endure series. Both are local companies and use full time installers and all the reviews I’ve found are good. The estimates vary by $4K. What do you think?
Joetta – Homeowner – from 2024
[Site Editor’s Answer]
Joetta, these are both good windows, but my pick would be the ProVia Endure – you never told me which bid was higher. Still, I’m going to assume that the Endure is higher. (Bids are so crazy all over the board though that my assumption could be totally wrong.) I’m also going to suggest that you read our Joyce Windows reviews and pricing pages.
$4K is a big price difference though — $275 a window or thereabouts — not quite sure that the Endure is worth that much more. I don’t think its worth that price delta.
Dane – Site Editor – from 2024
Joyce Windows vs Polaris
Hi Bill, we got an estimate of $620 for triple pane, double hung from Joyce (installation included). Before triple pane, we were offered Polaris for $494 (installation included), double hungs.
We’ll replace 11 around the house. We’d appreciate your recommendation.
Esin – Homeowner – from 2023
Website Editor’s Answer
Esin, those are both excellent prices although you didn’t specify the window series from either Joyce or Polaris, which can make quite a difference. On the face of it though, I like the price on each. I happen to really like Polaris so the fact that its the cheaper by far, I would initially give my thumbs up to this option.
Bill – Site Editor – from 2023
Joyce Windows Cost
Joyce window prices range from $850 to $950 fully installed. As well, Joyce vinyl windows show up quite a bit for Zen window bids. The different branches will offer Soft-Lite windows, Joyce, and Alside windows. While Soft-Lite is preferred, Joyce is quite close behind.
Joyce Heritage Cost: $950 installed
Joyce Door Costs: $130 to $2500 installed
Zen Lotus Joyce vs. Zen Nirvana
I finally got an estimate from the Sunrise dealer which is $800 more than the Zen Nirvana Sunlite / Zen Lotus Joyce for 8 double hungs with traditional/colonial grids (we also have a few more windows to replace which is in pipeline!).
Zen Nirvana Sunlite / Zen Lotus Joyce : $5420.00 (U:0.27, SHGC: 0.21, AIR: 0.07)
Sunrise Restorations with Omega 12 GCU: $6230.00 (U:0.28, SHGC: 0.21, AIR: 0.03)
Another difference I could see is in the warranty – Zen says 100% “anything and everything covered for life of the window (transferable to any)” where as the Sunrise dealer offers 10 yr installation workmanship PLUS the manufacturer limited life time warranty (NO labor, transferable once)
Would you share your thoughts please? Thank you very much for your advice and on your Joyce Windows reviews page – it has been very helpful.
Bing – Homeowner – June, 2020
Website Editor’s Answer
In terms of the window, the Sunrise Restorations is one of the best, the Zen Nirvana Sunlite / Zen Lotus Joyce are good windows. However, the cost difference would probably be worth it to me to jump to the Restorations.
Both warranties look good. I’ve never head of a branch giving a lifetime workmanship warranty on a window. That strikes me as untenable. If after twenty years they will replace any failing windows for free, go for it. But I doubt that’s what they will do.
John – Site Editor – June, 2020
Joyce Factory Direct Reviews
Joyce is a good window that I’ve used on a handful of jobs. They had some grid alignment issues with their line that used the super spacer, although it could have been the spacer issue as opposed to the window. To my mind, they are definitely more of a smaller, more regional manufacturer, which is certainly not bad considering all the issues the larger manufacturers have gone through over the last ten years. Truthfully, I would compare them to say an Amerimax or a Harvey. Overall, I think they make a solid product with pretty good performance numbers. I would recommend several of their products to clients given the right budget and circumstances.
Richard – Industry Expert – from 2019
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