Anderson Moulding Doors & Windows’ spotlight this week is on one of our most popular vendors Weather Shield! We sell Weather Shield at both of our locations; Culver City and Gardena. This week we had an interview with some of the Weather Shield team and we’re excited to share what we’ve learned.

Q: Please tell us about the company and its foundation.

A: Back in 1955, Edward “Lee” Schield began with a vision and used his own personal savings to purchase aluminum extrusion parts. He assembled them, by hand, into storm doors and sold his products to homeowners in the Central Wisconsin area. Schield soon expanded his business by calling on contractors and while the number of orders continued to increase, the foundation of becoming a leading manufacturer of windows and doors was underway.

Today, Weather Shield Windows & Doors remains family-owned, with three generations of the Schield family actively involved in the day-to-day operations. Weather Shield continues to grow and thrive by striving to offer only the highest quality products. Over the years, the company’s dedication to innovation has helped it become one of the nation’s leading window and door manufacturers.

Q: What are your specialty products?

A: Weather Shield offers several choices in large format patio doors for seamless indoor/outdoor living. The doors include:

• The multi-slide door, available in either the Contemporary Collection or the Premium SeriesTM, accommodates openings as large 50’ wide and 10’ tall with single and bi-parting configurations, and a 90-degree corner configuration. The door can either nest at the end of the track, or recess manually, or with the touch of a button, inside a wall cavity for full-width passage. The automated, recessing door configuration can be controlled by a discreet push-button panel on the wall or can be connected to most smart-home systems, including Wink, Z-Wave and others. The system also includes sensors to prevent the door from closing on a person or object. The door will also stop closing if it meets a small amount of resistance. Should the power go out, the motorized system has a battery backup to power a limited number of operations. (Video Overview)

• The bi-fold door, which is available in the Premium Series or in the Contemporary Collection (3-1/4” or 5-1/8” stiles and rails). The 2-1/4″ thick accordion-style door is available in configurations from two to eight panels and can accommodate openings as wide as 23’. Elegant and versatile, the bi-fold patio door can be used in a commercial building, such as a restaurant wanting to connect an indoor dining area to an outdoor patio, or in a private home, to easily extend the living space into the backyard. (Video Overview)

• Lift & slide door – The 2-1/4” thick lift & slide patio door is available with all the options of the Premium Series. The door features panels that slide open and closed on a recessed sill system, with one panel stacking on top of the next as it slides open. The door’s handle facilitates the raising and lowering of the hefty door on the sill. When raised, the door slides effortlessly along the track. Once in the desired place, the door can be lowered tightly against the threshold by rotating the lever handle to the downward position. The door is available for widths up to 50′ wide.

Additionally, Weather Shield’s Contemporary Collection offers true contemporary architectural aesthetic with new custom-crafted hardware, an exterior flush frame for window units, a 3-1/4” bottom rail on hinged, bi-fold and sliding doors, and a range of chic interior and exterior finishes for the aluminum-clad product line. The Contemporary Collection, which launched early in 2015, has been popular with architects, custom builders, designers and homeowners for its narrow-profile frames, energy efficiency and thermal performance, European-style hardware, and extensive options. (Video Overview)

Q: What do you find to be the top seller product and why do you think that is?

A: Weather Shield’s top selling product line, The Premium SeriesTM, is also its most option-rich product line. It boasts traditional architectural details and an array of options to customize a window and door package. Architects and homeowners can specify windows and doors to a particular personal style with an unlimited choice in exterior aluminum-clad colors, including anodized and metallic finishes; multiple interior wood species options, available factory stained or painted; several hardware finishes; and the window and doors sizes and styles to fit virtually any opening. The Premium Series features the largest range of standard sizes ever offered by Weather Shield – casements are available up to 3’6″ x 8’0″ and awning windows as large as 5’0″ x 4’0″. Matching transoms and picture windows are available to complement operating windows.

Q: Why should our customers buy your products over the competition?

A: Weather Shield has been committed to making windows and doors the best way we know how — by putting the wants of our customers first. Today, this philosophy remains the heart and soul of everything we do.

Our focus on innovative and flexible solutions clearly distinguishes Weather Shield from other window and door companies. It’s the reason we offer more styles, shapes, sizes and options in more product lines than anyone else in the industry. It’s what drives us to design, engineer and manufacture the highest quality, most energy efficient products possible.

Q: What other info. would you like us to share about your company?

A: In addition to our products for the high-end custom home market, Weather Shield also offers the vinyl-clad Aspire Series, the mid-market Signature Series of aluminum- clad windows and doors, and the Visions 3500 Series of premium vinyl windows and doors. We offer a product line for nearly every segment of the market and most any budget.

 

If you would like to see Weather Shield products in person, be sure to come into one of our two showrooms today!

Anderson Moulding Doors & Windows is the #1 choice for Southern California professionals and homeowners for over 75 years. We provide high quality architectural supply and building materials to contractors and homeowners in the Greater Los Angeles area.

Anderson Moulding Doors & Windows locations:

Culver City showroom

11266 Washington Pl.

Culver City, CA 90230

 

Gardena showroom

758 West 190th St.

Gardena, CA 90248

 

Weather Shield on social media
Twitter: @weathershield
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/weathershieldwindow/