Imagine a 12" x 12" pane of glass being heated with a high-powered sun lamp on one side. On the same side, a thermometer gun points at the glass, showing the temperature rapidly increasing. Then, the thermometer is switched to the opposing side, showing a rapidly decreasing temperature. It would seem that the glass effectively blocks the heat?
Such was the sales pitch by Renewal by Andersen.
Convincing as it was, the thought of getting swindled by Renewal by Andersen in Cromwell was the furthest from my mind when we agreed to have our Bay window and the adjacent dining room window replaced by them, despite the $10K plus cost for both windows installations.
Although the $10K price tag was prohibitive, the idea that it would generate savings over the years by decreasing our heating and air-conditioning expenses was appealing. And so, influenced by the persuasive demonstration their salespeople had earlier made, we proceeded.
You get what you pay for. Isn't that how the adage goes?
And yet we didn't get what we paid for. On the day of the appointed installation, the crew supervisor knocked on our door to inform us that a terrible mistake had been made: the delivered windows were the wrong dimensions and consequently would not fit,
necessitating a new order to the factory that would delay the installation for a couple more weeks.
Where the error occurred, in the measuring process or at the factory, they wouldn't say, except that back in Aug 3, 2017 at 12:36 PM, I received the email below,
"Thank you so much for choosing Renewal by Andersen as your partner in this project of replacing your windows/doors.
We are committed to doing an extraordinary job for you.
This email is confirmation of your appointment with our construction manager SW CT- Dennis Edgeworth for a Pre Install Inspection of your windows on Tuesday, 8/8/2017 at 3:00 PM.
We look forward to seeing you then".
Best regards,
Stephanie Secino
Director of Operations
401-450-0703
ssecino@RenewalSNE.com
Did Dennis Edgeworth, the construction manager incorrectly measure the windows?
On the day of the second installation attempt, I observed the crew reusing the old insulation materials on the "new" bay window which made me wonder. Is the so-called "new" bay window they installed not really new but is a reject, which Andersen is trying to get rid of, stealthily?
Later that same day, my wife and I were once again subjected to another disappointing incident when one of the crew members knocked on our door that early morning asking if he could use our bathroom explaining with a sense of urgency.
We never anticipated that, but it led us to wonder if the company standards Andersen Windows purportedly embrace are mere marketing hypes comparable to a magician's 3 card trick? Unsure whether it would be best to question their slipshod methods then or there, I ultimately decided that a letter to the CEO of Renewal by Andersen's parent company, Jay Lund, would be a better approach. It, disappointingly, was not.
When the Fall season arrived, it became obvious to us that both windows Andersen had replaced were not effectively blocking the outside temperature from radiating inside. Unlike the sales team's demonstration, which showed a window pane demonstrating great efficiency, the cold was pouring in. Could Renewal by Andersen be that crooked?
Did Jay Lund, its CEO, have any idea about the crummy work and the crummy product he was peddling? A good reputation takes a lifetime to build but a second to destroy. Surely he must know that.
Seeing their television commercial this past January prompted me to renew my effort for redress.
Since that time, I have met with their representative Chris Bleau from their Cromwell office twice and in between have received text messages from their installation department pressing me to agree to a repair, repairing what exactly and how, they were unwilling to say, despite my repeated request (3 times).
Having little to no confidence in the quality of their work, it doesn't make much sense to agree to a repair job, the function and usefulness of which, the company can't even explain. It would just mean more workmen in our house, doing their "best work" in our bathroom, while doing little to improve our very expensive inferior windows, which begs the question if we were the only ones victimized by Andersen Windows (dba Renewal by Anderson of Cromwell) with their "Bait and Switch" marketing ploy. read more
