Andersen Windows for Pacific Northwest Homes

Andersen has been a fixture in American window manufacturing for well over a century, and it’s one of the brands we install most often for homeowners who want a proven, well-engineered product rather than an unfamiliar name. Pacific Exteriors NW has installed Andersen windows and doors throughout Oregon and Washington since 1994, and the product’s reputation is well earned. Its thermal performance holds up in this climate, and the range of available styles works across everything from a mid-century remodel to a new custom build.

Andersen’s Product Lines

Andersen offers five main product lines, and the real differences between them come down to material, price tier, and how much customization you actually need. Here’s how they break down.

100 Series

Built from Andersen’s proprietary Fibrex composite, a blend of reclaimed wood fiber and PVC polymer that’s twice as strong as vinyl, the 100 Series is Andersen’s most budget-conscious line without dropping into builder-grade territory. It suits a genuinely broad range of window types, including single-hung, casement, awning, gliding, and fixed, and its clean lines and darker color options make it a natural fit for modern and modern farmhouse homes specifically.

200 Series

Where the 100 Series is composite through and through, the 200 Series pairs a real wood interior with a low-maintenance vinyl exterior cladding, giving you genuine wood warmth on the inside at a more accessible price point than the 400 Series. It’s a more streamlined selection, focused on the most requested sizes and styles like double-hung, gliding, and picture windows, which keeps the price down without feeling like a stripped-down product.

400 Series

Andersen’s best-selling and longest-standing line, the 400 Series pairs a wood interior with a durable exterior cladding and offers the widest overall range of sizes, shapes, styles, and colors of the three standard lines. For most straightforward whole-home replacement projects, this is where we start the conversation, since it covers the broadest range of needs without requiring the custom-order lead time of the premium lines.

A-Series

Part of Andersen’s Architectural Collection, the A-Series is built around near-unlimited customization in color, shape, size, and style, specifically so a home can replicate a genuine architectural period, whether that’s Colonial, Craftsman, or a clean modern build, with real authenticity rather than an approximation. It’s also Andersen’s best-performing line for energy efficiency, which makes it a strong fit when a homeowner wants both design precision and top-tier thermal performance in the same window.

E-Series

The E-Series pushes customization further still, with an expanded palette of more than 50 standard colors alongside dramatic, non-standard sizes and shapes. It’s the line we reach for when the windows themselves are meant to function as a design feature of the home, not just a practical opening, and when a project calls for configurations the other four lines simply can’t accommodate.

The Renewal Series for Replacement Projects

For homeowners upgrading existing windows rather than building new, Andersen’s Renewal series is designed specifically for replacement, fitting into existing openings without the disruption of a full frame-out. It’s a strong option when your existing window openings are in good condition and the goal is better performance and appearance rather than resizing or reconfiguring the opening itself.

Why Installation Matters as Much as the Window

An Andersen window is only as good as the flashing and weather barrier integration around it. We treat every Andersen installation as an envelope detail, checking the condition of the framing and weather barrier at each opening before the new window goes in, and integrating the new unit properly into your home’s drainage plane rather than simply fastening it into the existing hole. If we find deteriorated framing behind an old window, we show you before the new one is installed, not after.