Are Vinyl Windows Actually Safe? (Here’s What Most People Don’t Know)

Hey guys, Sean with American Window Concepts, and today I'm going to talk about security on your vinyl windows. Are they secure? I had a customer ask me, "Well, hey, vinyl windows, it's vinyl, right? It's plastic. I mean, how safe can they be?" So, I brought out a cool little sample that showcases the locking rails on a sliding window system, whether it's a single hung, double hung, single XO slider, whatever. With Amlin, you're going to get a pull tight cam lock. And this is standard. And with that is it starts off small and as you progress through your 180°ree turn, it gets wider and it's pulling on the keeper here which holds it in place really, really good. What's really cool about Annlin is the steel, the reinforcement that goes and holds onto the lock and your striker. All right, your keeper plate. They both are going to be drilled into steel reinforcement. Now with Annland's Delmare series, they change out the steel for hardened fiberglass. Is one better than the other? If you look at the solar heat gain coefficiency, it's all the same. I'm typically going to want to go towards steel because I think steel is really strong, right? So, and that's what is in any product that's going to be locking mechanisms, right? let's say a swing French door from Annlin, the vertical uh parts of the actual style itself are going to are going to have steel reinforcements where the hinges go because you don't want the thing falling off of the hinge, the dead bolts, everything. It's all going to have reinforcement steel. The cool thing too about Annlin is they make their windows 100% jimmyroof. What's jimmying? Jimmying is where you go in and you try to toggle this thing to release. All right, you're going in there, you're fidgeting with it, but you know, with some of these cheap windows, you can pop on the little uh little latch and knock it unlocked. Open your window, they're inside. Well, not with Anlin. You're not going to be able to do that at all. That's going to be with any locking mechanism on a slider system from Anland. Vinyl windows done properly are extremely safe for you guys. Okay, hopefully that answers your question. Make it a great day. Before you click off this video, if you live in the Ventura, LA or Dallas Fort Worth area and you are interested in a free inhome estimate, go to the website, click on the request. The link is down below in the descriptions. I will reach out to you. Thank you guys so much.