See, hubby and I have three kids who have, of their own accord, decided to become adolescents, sometimes to our chagrin. This past summer, we planned a family vacation. Alas, our oldest couldn’t go because he had to stay home to work. He’s 17 and all about flexing his independence muscles, so we said, “Fine. Just follow the rules.” However, there was a small problem. We forgot to tell him that our home unfortunately has an “exceeds capacity” limit. Now, he knows that he’s perfectly fine to have 10 or 15 friends over, as long as he cleans up after everybody and doesn’t have the police coming in telling us to “turn it down.” But we didn’t realize that “a few friends” meant crowd that was just slightly smaller than one you could fit into the Astrodome. Well, we learned our lesson.
Bill walked in with tape measure in hand, took a glance at our broken windows, and just smiled a slightly crooked smile. (For your information, he’s got four kids, two of them adolescents, so he knows just what this is like.) He kept that little smile to himself while he measured our windows, and occasionally let out a little chuckle. I just thought he was having a little amusement at our expense, but pretty soon he turned to me and said, “I know you want to kill Jeff right now, but actually, you should be giving that boy a huge bear hug. He did you favor, actually.” He left, and in a little while he came back with something that has been truly amazing for us. In short, he brought us two brand new Reliabilt 5600 Survivor vinyl replacement windows.
Yep, our modest four bedroom home was literally overflowing the night before we were to return with more than 200 people! Whoa! I know what you are thinking, when you have that many people in a house at one time, something is bound to get broken! Well, you are absolutely right. We came home to not just one broken window, but two. My husband was less than happy, but I had hope. I picked up the phone and called Stan our contractor. Stan has been with us for years. He built our home and added our family room a few years ago. He has been a great source of information and pretty much a part of our family. I knew Stan wouldn’t steer us wrong. And I was right.
Once Stan installed my new Reliabilt windows and they are awesome! These high performance glass systems have a double glazed construction. They are very energy efficient, air tight and water tight. They also have a secure locking system. But one of the most striking things about my Reliabilt 5600 Survivor vinyl replacement windows is that is has one of the best warranties out there. My Reliabilt windows have a lifetime warranty for as long as I own my home. So, what did I do? First I hugged my partying teenager and thanked him for his “big break.” Then I had Reliabilt 5600 Survivor vinyl replacement windows installed throughout my home – by Stan, of course. Oh, Stan thanked my son too.
Okay, if you have kids, you’re going to completely understand this story. Well, maybe not all of it. You know how it is when things sometimes seem like a complete disaster, but the opposite actually turns out to be true? Well, that turned out to be true for me as well. What happened? Well, I am now the proud owner of Reliabilt 5600 Survivor vinyl replacement windows, and here’s why.
