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Compare Home Depot vs Menards Windows
Home Depot vs Menards Windows - let's see how these large home improvement stores stacked up against one another in terms of windows and doors. Generally, Home Depot offers higher quality replacement and new construction windows than Menards. If I had to ballpark it, I'd say Home Depot offers low quality to good quality vinyl windows. Menards, on the other hand, offers primarily low quality replacement windows. Scroll down to read more of my analysis on Home Depot vs Menards windows and doors.
Dane - Site Editor - Page Last Updated: May 8, 2025
Menards Window Costs: $/$$
(1 to 2 out of 5)
Company Information
Home Depot has been in business since 1978 and today has stores located in all 50 U.S. states. On the other hand, Menards has been in business since 1964 and has some 350 stores located in 15 states across the Midwest region of the country. In terms of size, HD is certainly the larger and more well known of the two. Additionally, HD tends to sell a higher quality of windows and doors. I think this is most evident in the brands and companies that they carry. See below for the list.
What They Sell
Home Depot offers windows (and some patio doors) from the following brands: Andersen, Simonton, Reliabilt, and Jeld Wen, among others. So, I'll score each of these companies from 1 to 10 compared with other brands that sell comparable products.
Andersen: 8
Simonton: 7
Reliabilt: 5
Jeld Wen: 4
Menards sell windows and (some) patio doors from the following brands: Jeld Wen and Performax. I'll score each of these from 1 to 10 compared with companies that sell comparable products.
Jeld Wen: 4
Performax: 2
Is Menards Cheaper Than Home Depot?
The short answer is yes, Menards is cheaper than Home Depot. Generally, Home Depot window costs will run 3 to 7 out of 10 when compared with all vinyl window costs.
3 to 7 out of 10
(compared with vinyl window manufacturers)
Menards window costs will run 1 to 5 when compared with all vinyl window prices.
1 to 5 out of 10
(compared with vinyl window manufacturers)
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Best Window Brands
The Home Depot best window brand is Andersen in my opinion. The Menards best window brand is Jeld Wen.
South Bend Ohio Replacement Windows
Hello Dane, the information on your site has been tremendously helpful in my search for the perfect window. We live in South Bend Ohio and need to replace 10 sliders, 2 picture windows and 7 single hungs. Per your advice, we have collected a number of bids, including Marvin Windows, Home Depot, Simonton, and Menards. The quotes are full installation on all of the frames so the bigs are pretty high when I compare them to lots of what I see on your website..
Home Depot quoted us the Simonton 6500 series and there quote was $24,800, but you had mentioned that their install teams can be spotty. So I'm thinking that I will throw this one out. The Simonton quote is $24,500 for the 5300 series, while the Menards quote is $15,100 for the Performax series. The Marvin cost quote was around $37,200, so that's just too high and out of our budget. I guess it comes down to Simonton from a local installer or the Menards quote, but I don't know much abt them and this was a local installer as well.
Tammy - Homeowner - from 2023
[Site Editor's Answer]
Tammy, I know the Menards quote is low, but the Performax windows are not good in my opinion. I'm not going to quite put them in the worst window brands out there, but they are not far off. So, I would say go with the Simonton cost quote on the 5300 series. Basically, this is good mid range window that should serve you well if combined with good to great installation.
Dane - Site Editor - from 2023
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