Cost lever Sales-speak decoder

United inches

UI — width plus height · “U-I”

A window's width plus its height in inches. Price books are banded by UI, so crossing a band bumps the same window into the next price bracket.

What it means for you

Why a slightly larger window can cost noticeably more — it tipped into the next UI band. Handy when a salesperson blames “custom sizing.”

Where you'll see it

You'll almost never see it; it lives in the installer's price book. Now you know the lever behind the number.

Don't be fooled

“That's a custom size” often just means one more UI band, not a bespoke window.

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