• July 2, 2025
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Best Windows For House And Home

Anderson vs. Pella vs. Marvin vs. Weather Shield

Don’t be fooled by the marketing and advertising that gets thrown your way. The people who are best equipped to explain what makes one company or product line better than another isn’t a home owner or Reddit forum. It’s the experts that deal with a wide range of windows every day.

One of our go-to companies for this is Morningstar Doors and Windows. They’re an independent third party distributor for a wide range of window and door products — including Pella, Anderson, Marvin, and Weather Shield. They’ve made a business by selling ALL of these brands, so the videos they put out reviewing and comparing brands mean that much more. 

And The Winner For Best Windows Is: Weather Shield^®

If those videos don’t tell all, the builders, homeowners, and contractors we work with every day do. Whether they’re retailers that distribute multiple brands, window installers, or teams that do window repair, these are the opinions we hold supreme at Cedar Knoll. That’s why, in our nearly 50 years of business, we’ve chosen to end previous window partnerships and stop stocking windows from a range of brands.

Why Cedar Knoll Deals Exclusively With Weather Shield^®

1. CONTINUOUS INNOVATION. When we get comfortable with a partner, it’s because we know that they’re not the type to stop at “great.”
   • Weather Shield^® has the largest onsite test lab in North America.
   • Their dedicated Research and Development Center operates year-round to improve not only their own products, but the entirety of the window industry.
2. MAINTAINS TEMPERATURE. Zo-e-shield is a proprietary Weather Shield^® glass system that is unlike any other in the world. Wherever you live, these windows delivers the most energy efficient results you can achieve.
   • Unlike an R-Value, which measures resistance to heat flow, window efficiency is measured by U-Value, which measures heat transfer. This means that the lower the U-factor and solar heat gain, the better the product.
   • Weather Shield^® offers some of the lowest U-Values in the business, saving our customers money on their heating and cooling bill.
3. SUNBLOCK FOR YOUR HOME. With multiple Low E coatings, Zo-e-shield windows help to block 95%-99.9% of the sun’s harmful UV-A and UV-B radiation.
   • This helps to keep your home cooler, your family healthier, and can reduce the fading and sun aging of interior furnishings and flooring by ~40%.
4. EASIER TO MAINTAIN. EasyCare® coating sheets water off the glass taking dirt and grime with it keeping windows cleaner, longer.
5. GOOD TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Weather Shield^® created an award-winning pollution prevention program that significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions and safely recycles 500-600 tons of hazardous products yearly.
   • Winner of the prestigious “Business Friend of the Environment Award” from the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce in 2007.
   • Incorporating renewable resource utilization practices (raw materials reuse and fuel programs) throughout the manufacturing and logistics processes.
   • Using low-emitting Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) and Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP) coatings.
   • Meeting or exceeding all applicable environmental standards and regulations.
6. LEED^® CERTIFIED. LEED^® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is the U.S. Green Building Council’s rating system that sets a national “benchmark” for performance in the following areas: energy savings, water efficiency, CO² emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts.
   • Weather Shield^® windows and doors can contribute toward points earned for a project through the Sustainable Sites, Energy and Atmosphere, Materials and Resources, Indoor Environmental Quality and Innovation in Design Process.
7. ENERGY STAR^® SAVINGS. Many of Weather Shield^® windows exceed ENERGY STAR^®  standards for energy efficient windows and doors.
   • According to ENERGY STAR^®‘s web site, these energy efficient upgrades helped Americans to save nearly $17 billion on their utility bills in 2009 alone.
   • As a proud ENERGY STAR^® partner, Weather Shield^® products are rated, certified and labeled for U-Value and Solar Heat Gain by the National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC).
   • You can find many cost-saving rebates on the ENERGY STAR^® site, helping to keep product purchase prices to a minimum.
8. DESIGN FLEXIBILITY. Nobody gives you more customizability than Weather Shield^®.
   • Their casements alone allow you to create more than 6,000,000 different configurations.
   • Choose from an impressive catalog of wood interiors and finishes, exterior colors, styles, shapes, and sizes.
9. BEST-IN-CLASS WARRANTY. Weather Shield^® backs their products with a warranty against defects in material or workmanship for a period of 20 years.
   • Warranty for wood rot on all clad products is for a period of 30 years on most models. Their warranty page contains the specifics, so our customers are confident that they’re getting an outstanding product from a trustworthy company.

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