Editorial policy

Independence

Editorial decisions are made by the editorial desk, not by merchants. A commercial partner cannot buy a ranking, a score, a "best" label, or a place in a roundup. If we cannot recommend a category honestly, we say so.

Sourcing

Articles cite published price bands, manufacturer documentation, building code or government data, or named installer reports. Statistics without a source are removed. Estimates are labelled and their inputs are shown — thecalculator is the clearest example, because every component band is printed on the page.

Affiliate links

Some outbound links are affiliate links. They are marked withrel="sponsored", and every article carries a disclosure. The commission does not change the price you pay. See thefull disclosure.

No ratings we have not earned

We do not publish star scores for windows we have not installed, and we do not carry aggregate ratings we did not collect. When a page compares products it compares published specifications — U-factor, SHGC, frame material, warranty term — and says so.

Corrections

We correct factual errors promptly and note the update date. To report an error, email contact@windowreplacementlab.comwith the URL and a source.

AI assistance

Drafts may be prepared with software assistance, but every published article is reviewed against its sources by the editorial desk. We do not publish unreviewed generated text, and a draft that cannot be traced to a source is discarded rather than softened.

Review cycle

Cost guides are rechecked quarterly, because glass, vinyl and freight move. Method and code guides are rechecked when a code edition or a manufacturer specification changes. A page that has not been reviewed in twelve months is flagged in the editorial calendar rather than left to drift.