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Dear Alice | Interior Design

Windows with John Valdez | Best Options and Advice

Dear Alice | Interior Design

Alice Lane

Design, Visual Arts, Arts

4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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We’ve got John Valdez with with Epic Windows and Doors and we’re so excited to have him because we get asked all the time as interior designers about windows and we don’t have the answers always, so we felt like if John came on and answered all the questions, then all of us would know all of the answers. In this episode he gives us a vocabulary history lesson and answers all the questions you guys have been asking us. Deciding about windows and how early to start planning them 3:05Vocabulary, grids and mullions 9:34Remodeling and jumping the frame 16:06Glass, tint, and efficiency 19:50Adding charm to your windows and home with casements, awnings, and sliders 27:15Modern vs traditional homes 30:11Nanawall 33:37The steel windows 39:11Price differences between vinyl and aluminum 43:03Screens 47:08Windows in bathrooms 48:31“There’s a type called Satin Edge, which is kind of a sandblasted, contemporary looking obscure glass, or what’s become really popular and I do quite often is Switch Glass where you’ll have either on a Lutron switch or a switch on the wall, or it can be wired in your automation system, where with the flip of a switch it goes from clear to obscure.” 49:02https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/https://alicelanehome.com/https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHomehttps://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecityNews Letter:https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5

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0:00.0

Welcome to Dear Alice, a lifestyle approach to interior design.

0:22.0

Hello everyone and welcome to Dear Alice!

0:25.0

Today we've got John Valdez with Epic Windows Indores.

0:29.0

We're so excited to have him because we get asked all the time as interior designers about Windows and we don't have the answers always.

0:37.0

And so we felt like if John came on and answered all the questions that all of us would know, all of the answers.

0:43.0

It's a vocabulary history lesson on him and getting to all the details that you guys have been asking us.

0:48.0

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1:48.0

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2:00.0

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