Are all brown upvc windows the same shade?

London_Town

Forgive me if this sounds a stupid question, but will brown upvc windows from different companies look identical? Or are they produced in batches that would potentially show slight colour variations?

The reason I ask is that I have had two quotes from local firms for all my windows and cladding. I don't quite understand why, but the prices quoted for all my windows and doors vary. For example one firm will do a window cheaper, while their french doors will be alot more than their competitor. The differences are not small as they run into hundreds of pounds.

What I would like to do is mix and match from both firms. Hence my question, if both firms quote the colour as brown, will they all match? I'd be mortified to spend alot of money on new doors and windows to have it look odd. Equally I don't want to miss out on potentially hundreds of pounds of savings.

Any constructive comments would be gratefully received.

ormus

if both companies use the same products. ie such as rehau, then any color batch differrence will be very small.
should be hardly noticeable.

http://www.rehauhome.com/windows-doors/default.aspx

keystone

The colour is bound to vary between batches.

Cheers