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Beautiful Bay Windows from Soft-Lite are Completely Customizable
Let your imagination run free with bay windows from Soft-Lite, which are customizable with countless combinations of window styles, colors, and energy-efficient glass options. A bay window actually is a set of windows arranged together in a pattern that extends outward from the home. The pattern includes three panels, like a triptych in a Renaissance cathedral. How those three panels are composed is completely up to you, and that’s where your imagination comes into play.
You can design your bay windows any way you like to match your home. For example, combine a picture window in the center with two casement windows on either side for ventilation. Go with a shingled gable effect on the outside, or add a sweeping metal roofing finish instead. Use custom-designed decorative glass, or any number of different grid patterns to create the effect you desire.
With Soft-Lite bay windows, you can choose from among casement windows, picture windows, and double-hung windows, with a selection of 17 standard exterior colors. We also offer a custom color matching program to give you the choice of practically any color under the sun. Our bay windows also come with outstanding features that set them apart from other manufacturers, including:
- SuperSeat™ base, with insulated window seating
- Five interior woodgrain finishes
- Comfort-Foam™ insulation
- A welded sill pan
- A threaded steel rod and chain bracing system to prevent sagging over time
Features & Options
Array of Configurations
Choose double hung or casement style windows in 10 degree, 15 degree, 30 degree or 45 degree three-window bays. Bow windows are available in 10 degree and 15 degree four-window, 10 degree five-window, or 10 degree six-window models.
1 1/2 inch Furniture Grade Hardwood Veneer Seat
The interior face of our hardwood veneer lumber is hand-selected for book-matched seams with color and grain consistency and features no knots or glue lines. Each seat is whole-piece faced or minimally seamed for exceptional wood quality resulting in excellent stain and finish appearance.
Super Seat™
Our exclusive Super Seat™ measures an impressive three inches in total thickness, consisting of a full 1 1/4 inch hardwood seatboard, Dow® polyisocyanurate high-density R9 foam board, plus a 3/4 inch exterior-grade ply fused into one base for the ultimate in structural and Best-in-Class thermal performance.
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Edge Banding
An uncommon aesthetic enhancement, edge banding wraps and protects the revealed edges of the hardwood veneer for durable protection against moisture and to enhance the finished appearance of the installed unit.
ComfortFoam™
Strategic main-frame and sash chambers are fully insulated with ComfortFoam™, an environmentally friendly CFC free foam insulation. ComfortFoam™ filled vinyl frames are superior in insulating properties to all other type of multi-chambered hollow Vinyl, fiberglass and solid wood windows.
Low-e Glass
All of our bays and bows come with low-e glass with argon gas fill standard. Additional glass enhancements are available.
Solid Steel Threaded Rod Mulling
Compare against lesser designs where mulling is little more than a capping with no structural function. This solid steel rod extends from above the units to its underside for total structural support. Two rods are included inside every bay or bow.
Low-e Glass
All of our bays and bows come with low-e glass with argon gas fill standard. Additional glass enhancements are available.
Solid Steel Threaded Rod Mulling
Compare against lesser designs where mulling is little more than a capping with no structural function. This solid steel rod extends from above the units to its underside for total structural support. Two rods are included inside every bay or bow.
Fasteners
Fastening methods vary widely among manufacturers. Countersunk weld nuts assure flush underside for smooth capping while the heavy-duty steel eyebolts function as strong links to the zero-sag chain support system.
Cable-Free Chain Support System
Cables stretch under the stress of gravity over time and need to be adjusted to maintain support. Not true with chains. Our chain support system holds 1,600 pounds of weight and renders the need for old-fashioned underbracing obsolete.
Full Vinyl Capping and Wrap
The Super Seat™ is capped permanently along its exposed outer edges by the same virgin vinyl used to make our windows. This system affords easy water run-off and created a beautiful finished look with no need for on-site caulk or glue.
Solid Color Choices
When you chose a solid Soft-Lite color the "Solid" color runs deep. From the interior to the exterior of your home. Never worry about scratching the color off. It's impossible!
Exterior Foil Laminates
Delta-E™ Reflective Exterior Foil Laminates are a step up from SureCoat in longevity. This style window is available with any Exterior Foil Laminate option.
Interior Wood Grain Finishes
The look of real wood without the problems of periodic varnishing or painting.
 Light Oak |  Medium Oak |
 Cherry |  Brazilian Cherry |
Decorative Grid Options
Both of our grid styles come in all the interior and exterior colors of the windows. Your home will be completely color matched. All contour and flat grids are contained within the insulated glass. The grids stay dirt-free for a lifetime and the outside glass remains easy to clean. This style window is available with any Decorative Grid option.
Pre-Finished External Knee Brace
Provides support where the No-Sag chain support system cannot be used. This brace features a maintenance-free vinyl clad design that never needs painting and eliminates the job-site fabrication of braces. It is pre-sized to fit the custom projection of each bay or bow.
Hip-Style Roof System
Our roofs are custom-built to precisely match your custom bay or bow. CNC design and factory assembly ensures perfect fit every time. Ready for your installer's shingle system. Each roof is also notched to accommodate our hanging chain support system.
Roof Clad Kits
Kits are pre-cut and pre-shaped to fit your bay or bow. Tooled seam caps are used to secure each panel and eliminate the possibility of leaks. Available in 16 ounce real copper, or in 28 decorator Kynar® painted colors.
Designer Architectural Glass
A true work of art. Designer Architectural Glass allows your creative spirit to take flight. Each custom art piece is hand cut and hand leaded together, to your specifications, and sandwiched between sealed insulated glass. Glass colors, leading colors and design options, including true v-grooved glass, allow an almost unlimited range of choice for any taste or home style.
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All Soft-Lite Windows Come With a Lifetime Warranty
In addition, all moving parts and the insulated seal are warranted against material defects and craftsmanship. Our bay windows will not rot, rust, warp, pit, corrode, or blister. Our colors will never fade.
To learn more about your many options for having Soft-Lite bay windows, bow windows, or garden windows installed, or to schedule a consultation, contact a dealer near you.
Not sure what you need? No worries. Our professional dealers are here to help.
What People Say
Charlotte, NCRead More
We love our new windows! We purchased an older ranch home with original 1950 windows and the drafts in each room were awful! Not only is our home far more energy efficient, but looks way better from the inside and out! We also love being able to easily open the windows from the top or bottom!
Chicago, ILRead More
We replaced thirteen original wood windows in the upstairs of our 112-year-old house. We were worried that the new vinyl windows would lack the charm and warmth of the old ones, but we were wrong. The Imperial Elite windows look fantastic. We were even able to duplicate the original pattern of the grilles in living room windows, preserving both the interior look and the curb appeal. Instead of hiring window washers with tall ladders, we can now clean the windows with ease ourselves thanks to the tilt-in feature.
Rockville, MDRead More
We have done many research on different brands of windows before we decided on Soft-Lite. We are happy with this decision. They are very stylish windows and easy to open and close.
Evanston, ILRead More
I LOVE my new Soft-Lite windows! They are so easy to operate and clean AND they look AMAZING!
Chicago, ILRead More
Replaced our beat up casement windows (half of them didn't open/ close properly and were starting to rot and some were drafty) with double hung. It's so nice to have windows that work, look nice and keep the heat out in the summer and cold out in the winter. We didn't like having to buy new windows for a house that was less than 12 years old (we had only been there for a few years) but it was some of the best money we ever spent!
Cornelius, NCRead More
These windows are far superior to what we had and the other windows we have in the house in terms of energy efficiency and quality.
Falls Church, VARead More
We are very happy with our new windows. They are easy to open and clean and they close and lock securely with very little effort. No more drafts!
Charlotte, NCRead More
The windows look great and I can already tell how well they are working. The house is no longer drafty. I really like how easy they are to open and tilt for cleaning. My only concern is how we will install blinds as the replacement window frame leaves a very shallow space for mounting the blinds.
Fairborn, OhioRead More
We are very satisfied with our windows. The house is warmer and there is less noise from the freeway. They are beautiful windows.
New Carlisle, OHRead More
Great windows, great dealership who we purchased them from and completed the installation. Love the updated look to our home.
Charlotte, NCRead More
So far I'm LOVING everything about these windows. They're beautiful and efficient!
Chicago, ILRead More
From my experience with Soft-Lite windows,I expected the sliding patio door to be wonderful, and it is. The door slides effortlessly, the screen door pull is designed to protect the screen by keeping your fingers away from it, the extra lock is easy to operate with your foot, and the structure of the door is quite airtight.
Frederick, MDRead More
Soft-Lite windows have changed our screen porch into a lovely 3 season room.
Charlotte, NCRead More
Our dealer in NC did a fantastic job representing themselves and Soft-Lite windows. The windows look great, and have a slightly larger glass area than other lines we considered, which was important to us. I would recommend Soft-Lite to anyone researching vinyl windows. Excellent value.
Springfield, OHRead More
Love my new windows!
Germantown, MDRead More
It is so wonderful to be able to see clearly out of our windows and all of a sudden it is a little quieter in our home. Beautiful product and installation.
Matthews, NCRead More
These windows are incredible! Beautiful and really insulate the house well.
Harrisburg, NCRead More
I couldn’t be happier with my windows!
Statesville, NCRead More
Finally functional and we can see our back yard for the first time in years!
Charlotte, NCRead More
After only two weeks of springtime here in the South the windows have made a dramatic difference. The afternoon sun beats down on our house with these new windows I am able to sit at my desk comfortably and the AC has not turned on. They're incredibly easy to lift and lower, my 7 year old can do it without any issues.
Chicago, ILRead More
Nice high quality windows, as far as I can tell!
Gaithersburg, MDRead More
The Soft Light Pro windows are beautiful. I am very happy with them.
Dallastown, PARead More
Easy to use and look great in our rental property!
Charlotte, NCRead More
Soft-Lite windows transformed my backyard patio into a sunroom.
Atlanta, GARead More
Fantastic job!
New Berlin, WIRead More
We love our new windows. Very affordable and they look so nice. They are not at all drafty like our old windows and the biggest perk to me is the ease of cleaning!
Greensboro, NCRead More
Windows look so much better than my old windows.
Catawaba, NCRead More
These windows look wonderful and the entire experience was better than expected!! Hurray!
Charlotte, NCRead More
Looks great!
Fort Mill, SCRead More
The windows look good! Thank you.
From the Blog
- Top Home Improvement Projects for Energy Efficiencyby Soft-Lite on July 7, 2020 at 2:43 PM
One of the best ways to ensure a solid return on investment as a homeowner is to invest in energy efficient products. Energy efficiency ultimately puts dollars back into a homeowner’s pocket in the form of lower energy bills, improved insulation, and increased home value. Energy efficiency is also a major selling point for homeowners potentially looking to sell their home down the line. With that being said, here are some of the top energy efficient home improvement projects to consider investing in today.