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Casement Window

This west-facing Winnipeg home experiences intense heat during the summer months with the setting sun. To improve the temperature consistency within the home we utilized our USB+ glass units (Ultra Solar Block Plus) within a casement window frame.

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Front Entry Doors with Frosted Glass

Kathy and David’s family home located in St. Vital Manitoba is going through a complete home makeover, both interior and exterior. Their windows and doors have now been upgraded to the energy efficient Polar Ray-O-Max Window Powered Home ™ system.

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Picture Window Installation

Picture windows are a very large fixed windows in a wall. They may take up almost an entire wall space and they can be manufactured with Casement, Awning, or Roller window functionality. There are a number of combinations of window styles which can be manufactured using a picture window. The owners of this home wanted [...]

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Solar Window Replacement

Ted & Lisa wanted to replace the windows on the second floor of their home, where two of their second floor bedrooms faced west. With our unseasonably warm temperatures, they were finding the bedrooms were uncomfortably warm throughout the summer months continuing up until October.

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Custom Window Frames

Laminate or Colour…Foil or laminated PVC give the interior of your window the look of a wood finish. We can paint the exterior of your windows and we can foil (or laminate) the interior of the same window to give it an authentic wood grain look and feel in three different wood finishes.

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Glass Door and Bow Window Installation

We replaced two bow windows and created a new door entry system with sidelites for this home in St. West Paul, Manitoba. The door system incorporates a Cirrus design.

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Energy Efficient Windows – Straw Bale House

We all thought the first little pig had it wrong, but apparently not. There are plenty of good reasons to consider straw bale construction.

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Terrace Door – BBB Torch Award Nomination

In 2009 Shirley and Ed Schroffel required a new terrace door. We had installed a bay window for them in 2006. They were very happy with their first Polar Ray-O-Max experience so they chose our products and services once again to install their terrace door.

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Awning, Casement and Picture Windows

Polar Ray-O-Max offers a variety of energy efficient windows in different styles and with different functions. What window you choose will depend on the size of the room, the type of room ( bedroom, living room etc. ) the direction the window is facing (east, west, north, south) and of course your personal taste. Here [...]

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Canada Grants EcoEnergy Retrofit Up To $5000

Good news! The Government of Canada ecoEnergy Retrofit Grant has been renewed! That’s good news if you are thinking of replacing your windows and doors for more energy efficient models. This new grant is even applicable for those that have previous received funds but have not yet received the current maximum. See the Government of [...]

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