Specialty Windows
In addition to our traditional style windows, we offer additional window styles, such as picture windows, garden windows, and specialty shaped windows that can be custom-sized to fit just about anywhere. As is the case with all of our windows, these windows are built with only the highest-quality, longest-lasting and durable material.
Universal Windows Direct Additional Windows Feature:
- Super Spacer® – A hi-tech glass spacer system that is rated to be one of the best options currently on the market for energy conservation with windows
- Tilt Latches – Release the window sashes, allowing them to tilt in for easy cleaning and giving the window smoother operation and better overall structural performance
- Sash Limit Locks – Fold out of window to allow only partial opening for security
- True-Position Balance System – Revolutionary balance system that operates easily, quietly and prevents the window from ever slipping
- Groove – Cut in the bottom sash for the vinyl “fin” to fit into, creating a tight, secure fit
- Cam-Style Locks – Cutting-edge locking system that not only ensured that the sashes pull together for a superior weather-proof seal, but also secures your home from intruders
- Higher Sill Dam – ¼” dam improves structural stability, while the beveled edge creates and attractive, clean finish
- Extruded Lift Rail – Lift rail that is part of the sash, ensuring that it will never pop out during opening
- Foam-filled Main Frame – Foam filling inside the structure of the window, adding structural stability and insulation
Picture Windows
Picture windows are windows that cannot be opened but provide an unprecedented view to the world outside. This allows you to maximize your glass space while allowing the natural beauty of the outdoors to become part of a room’s décor. These windows come with the same features that are found on all UniShield® windows and can be combined with double-hung or casement windows to achieve a lovely vent/vie balance. Picture windows from Universal Windows Direct also feature our Triple Seal System; a revolutionary window sealing system that blocks air and moisture from escaping or entering
Garden Windows
Garden windows are specifically designed for the homeowner with a green thumb. These three-dimensional vinyl windows bring allow you to literally bring the sunshine into your home for your plants while keeping the elements out. They come with an optional adjustable ⅜” glass shelf and standard side operating vents.
Universal Windows Direct Garden Window Features:
- Cranks, Hinges & Multipoint Locking System – Designed to operate flawlessly and effortlessly, all the while maintaining style and strength
- Hinged Sashes – Slide away from the frame when fully opened, allowing for easily cleaning from the inside
- Triple Seal System – Revolutionary window sealing system that blocks air and moisture from escaping or entering
Specialty Shaped Windows
Simply put, specialty windows are windows that are a specific, non-traditional shape such as an octagon, trapezoid or arch . These windows bring new meaning to the word “custom”, as they can greatly enhance the character of both contemporary and traditional homes. Above all, our specialty windows allow you to give your home a unique touch while keeping it energy efficient. Specialty windows from Universal Windows Direct feature many of the same options available in our other high-quality windows.
High Performance Glass Packages
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What cause window condensation to start near the edge of the glass? What is responsible for a window’s actual insulating performance to be normally 15-20% worse than advertised? The answer to both questions is the metal spacer that holds the glass panes together.To overcome these problems, replacement windows from Universal Windows Direct utilize the revolutionary SuperSpacer® technology. Acrylic-bonded and ultra-durable, the non-metal SuperSpacer® system will help keep your home warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer by decreasing thermal transfer. In addition, the life expectancy of a SuperSpacer® system is nearly 5 times that of traditional metal spacers, providing your home with a lifetime of energy-savings.
Protects Against Pests
Reduces Drafts
Lower Energy Bills
No Maintenance Needed
Color and Paint Options
Decorative Glass and Grid Options
Grid Styles
Glass Views
Simulated Divide Lites (SDLs)
We also offer, out-of-glass Simulated Divided lite kits, or “SDLs”, giving your home the look of traditional, multi-lite windows. Our SDL kits are available in white, tan, brown, multiple wood-grain finishes, as well painted colors and are applied at the factory with extra-strength adhesion sealant on both the inside and outside of the sashes. SDLs also have the option for two separate colors on the exterior and interior of the window, allowing the homeowner to truly customize the home’s color pallet.Innergy Rigid Thermal Reinforcements
Innergy™ Rigid Thermal Reinforcements are advanced fiber glass reinforced resin inserts that are inserted into windows and door frame chambers for greater support and insulation. This revolutionary system offers all the strength and structural reinforcement of aluminum, but with a whole new set of high performance energy-efficiency benefits for the home.
- Thermal Performance – Up to 700 times better than aluminum in material-to-material testing
- Thermal Break – Impervious to cold or heat
- Condensation – Helps prevent condensation from occurring and staining that may occur with aluminum reinforcements
- Strength – Resistance to impact is greater than that of aluminum
- Flexibility – Will not set, dent or permanently bend after an impact
SuperSpacer® Technology
All spacers are not created equal! When we say that our windows are manufactured with the absolute best materials available, we mean it. Our windows utilize a revolutionary, acrylic-bonded and ultra-durable aerospace technology spacer system called SuperSpacer® to ensure that your windows keep your house warm during the winter and cool during the summer. This is acheived by combining a barrier sealant with an acrylic seal, mylar backing and a flexible thermal textile which allow the SuperSpacer® system to outperformed traditional window seal systems during the most demanding conditions. Testing has shown the SuperSpacer® system to be effective during 140°F temperatures with levels of 95% and 100% humidity and constant UV bombardment and have up to 5 times the life expectancy of comparable seal systems on the market today. In addition to this, SuperSpacer®-sealed windows are considered to be “health smart”, due to their prevention of condensation, which in turn, prevents the growth of bacteria, viruses, fungi and other allergens.