I wish I could give this company more than 5 stars. I had a great experience with Coastal, and Erik our sales rep especially. So much so that even though they were the most expensive out of all the estimates we received, we decided to go with coastal because I was convinced I was getting the best value for my money and needs. There is also a little part of me that felt good I would be supporting a local manufacturer (i mean, how many of those do we actually have here in Hawaii, really??).
If you are replacing windows and sliding doors for a house to be sold soon thereafter, perhaps a cheaper window company is for you. But we plan on living in our home for the foreseeable future, so quality in product and installation were of paramount importance to us and we were not disappointed at all.
Our house is about 80 yards from the ocean, so the old aluminum window and sliding door frames -- particularly those facing the ocean -- were badly rusting and corroded. The glass we had was also around 30 years old and had lots of water spots stained into the glass. So, we looked to coastal for help.
Erik, the sales rep we had, was very nice and responsive to our needs. I didn't feel like I was pressured into anything and he was quick to respond to all of the very many questions I had. Coastal replaced nearly all of the windows in my house as well as 2 sliding doors. The 4-panel and 2-panel sliding doors are simply outstanding and worth the cost. The vinyl screen door is a huge improvement from the old aluminum screen door we had.
The interior appearance of the windows is outstanding. With coastal, you may choose a cosmetic trim from several choices that will be installed around the window and sliding door frame. The trim we got for many of our windows, which was recommended to us by our outstanding lead installer, Cirilo, gives our windows and sliding doors a very elegant look that we very much like. (If you plan on getting plantation shutters, let the lead installer know cause you will likely have to install a flat window trim instead of a decorative window trim around the interior of the window frame to better accommodate the plantation shutter)
The exterior appearance of the windows is also very nice. The exterior appearance of the vinyl frame around the window glass is different than Windows Hawaii's top of the line vinyl windows (my neighbor has Windows Hawaii's Alii windows), so it's something you should compare for yourself.
One thing we really liked about coastal's windows was that the picture window portion of the slider-picture-slider windows we ordered can actually slide both left and right for a stunning unobstructed view of the ocean on the second floor of my house! It's also an important safety feature we taught our kids: They just need to slide all the windows -- including the picture window -- to one side to jump out of the window in case of a fire or other emergency. It's a lot easier to do than breaking the glass imo. Double-pane glass is likely too strong for my young kids to break in an emergency. The window screen also slides! I dont know if Windows Hawaii's picture windows in a slider-picture-slider configuration can also do that.
As to installation, if you go with Coastal, I suggest being prepared to at least repaint the exterior wood trim around the window frame. The installation method coastal uses is new construction, which you should google to learn more about. Through our research we discovered Windows Hawaii, CCI, and Diamond Head Windows all do the retrofit method of installation by default. We repainted our house exterior after window installation so that wasnt a big deal to us.
The installers took 6 days to complete my job (20 windows and 2 sliding doors). They were courteous and worked from 830am to 330pm everyday, with 5 or 10 minute breaks in the mid-morning and mid-afternoon, and only a half hour lunch break. These guys worked extremely hard - no laziness here! At the end of the day, they cleaned up their mess as much as possible before returning the next day, but they were out of the house consistently by 330p, so they stop work to clean about half an hour or so before 330p.
We have zero regrets about going with Coastal for our windows and sliding doors needs and do not have any reservations in recommending Coastal to you. read more