Our Renewal By Andersen reviews (updated in 2024) presents consumer and industry expert opinions and ratings on this fibrex composite window.
The Basics: Renewal is a well known company that is a franchise of Andersen Windows. They are located in most urban and metro areas across the United States and the have a robust marketing approach. The company tends to be somewhat aggressive in their sales tactics and the pricing on their units is quite high – about as expensive as a wood window.
The Windows: The Renewal window is a fibrex composite window made of vinyl and wood components. It’s a strong material, but perhaps not the world beater that the company would have its customers believe. The company uses good hardware and IGU components to put together a solid window.
The Warranty: The RBA fibrex comes with a lifetime warranty on most parts and components.
Company Rating: 7.5 out of 10
Overall Price Point: 10.0 out of 10
Bottom Line: I like this window and the company, but I think it’s overpriced for the quality and performance.
(Always collect 3 to 4 additional bids)
Bill — Site Editor
Renewal By Andersen Reviews
Thank you so much! I think we’re a little different in that we don’t want vinyl windows, and we have a lot of specific things we want because we have an historic home. We got a quote from Renewal by Anderson: 19 windows, approximately 34 x 70 inches each.
Details are as follows: Black exterior/Canvas interior, Double Pane with argon gas. Real wood fixed 6 over 6 grills on exterior and interior with a metal spacer between. Matching hardware including a pull handle. Now, these would be double Hung (Although we want single hung, but they don’t offer that) with a full screen
The total after all the discounts was approximately $74,000.00.
I checked out Okna Windows, but they don’t offer what we want (real wooden grills, single hung). I’m waiting to hear back from Pella. Would love to do real wood windows but that would be upkeep that we don’t want to take on. Any recommendations based on what we want would be great!
April – Homeowner – from 2024
[Site Editor’s Answer]
April, what about Marvin? They have some great wood clad fiberglass windows. What about a vinyl window (hear me out) with a black exterior and a wood laminate interior? I’m assuming you would pay $1800 plus for these upgrades but it would have all the benefits of vinyl (cost, longevity, performance data, maintenance) — Polaris, Soft-Light, Sunrise all might have options that accomplish this —
Bill – Site Editor – from 2024
Overall Window Quality
Renewal By Andersen windows are good quality and they are custom made to order, although this could be said to a lesser extent about many other high end manufacturers. Buyers need to make sure that the installers have many solid reviews to justify the cost. Since each RBA is franchised out (independently owned), you are going to have quite a bit of variation in quality — both with installation and generally how they do business and stand behind their work.
Read the major online forums and you will here the same story again and again about how the 90 minute pitch starts with an initial price of $1800 a window or something ridiculous like that. And then they knock it down to $1200 if you sign today (still higher than almost any window out there). It obviously works with a certain portion of customers, otherwise why else would they do it? So…expensive windows…are they worth the price or not – I can’t say.
Bill – Site Editor – from 2022
Renewal By Andersen Complaint
My husband and I purchased 10 RBA windows for about $1200 each. The first time we opened the casement the weatherstripping came loose. On one of the double hung windows, the bottom part won’t open properly and on one other we can’t lock the bottom part.
So, at $1200 for windows where nearly a third of them are not right or prove tough to use. I’m disappointed to say the least. They billed themselves as the best and certainly are priced out that way, but in the end, they just seem like nice looking, poorly made (or installed, I couldn’t say) windows.
Debra – Homeowner in Massachusetts – from 2019
Renewal Price Points
Window Series: $1500 to $2500 installed
Renewal By Andersen Reviews: 6 total
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Satisfied Customer
Last year, we replaced 14 windows in total. We own a single story ranch home and wanted to get double hungs to replace our horizontal sliders. We received bids from many of the top companies; Pella, Andersen, Marvin, Penguin and Renewal By Andersen.
The Renewal By Andersen was $5K higher than any of the other bids, which we thought was interesting because these were the top end manufacturers. However, because of egress issues, they were the only ones who could get all the dh’s in. RBA are all custom made where every window is made for each specific opening, so they would make each double hung for a specific opening.
With all the discounts, they finally “offered” us (off for 5% cash and $100 off each window) it brought their price to within $3000 of the Pella bid. The installers were great; friendly, prompt, courteous and efficient. They look great and they really have helped with lowering the noises from outside. They weren’t cheap but we felt they were worth the extra money to get exactly what we wanted. We are so excited!
Homeowner in Oregon – from 2019
Renewal By Andersen Reviews
I did not enjoy the visit from the Renewal By Andersen salesman — I was somewhat suspicious when my wife and I were told that the presentation would be 90 minutes and that we both needed to be present. We listened to the presentation and were given an initial quote of $15,000 for 12 double hungs. They were very nice but at $1,200 each they were completely out of our price range.
We thanked him and said that we were getting two other estimates and that we would be in touch. This seemed to anger him and he stepped up his salesmanship by dropping $2000 off the price if we signed that day. We politely said no, that we were getting two additional quotes before we made any decision. After that, he packed up his things and left very quickly. He seemed mad, which was ridiculous because we made it perfectly clear that $15,000 was way out of our price range. I’m not very impressed with the Renewals line.
Bill – New Jersey from 2018
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