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We Install What You Bought — Windows, Doors, Shutters and Blinds

The store sold it and will not install it, or will for a price that makes no sense. Send the label and three photos of the opening; we install it labor-only, flashed and trimmed, priced per unit.

Every page here is one product a homeowner already has in the garage: an Andersen 100 series window from Home Depot, a Therma-Tru door from Menards, a Larson storm door, plantation shutters ordered online. We say what to check before it is delivered, what we bring, and how long it takes.

Install What You Bought jobs we do (14)

JMB Builders installer on a ladder setting a new window on a lap-sided Minnesota home

Andersen 100 and 400 Series Window Installation, Labor Only

The Andersen order is at the store or stacked on your driveway and the store's install program is weeks out. We set each window the way the printed guide says, on a sill pan, and trim it out inside.

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Kitchen windows with white painted casing and a sunny sill in a Twin Cities home

Blinds Installation Service — We Hang the Blinds and Shades You Bought

Fourteen boxes of shades stacked in the dining room, a drill you do not trust and windows that are not the size the box says. We hang them all in a day, level and inside the frame.

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Entry door with sidelights and exterior trim on a Minnesota home

Feather River Door Installation — Home Depot Fiberglass Entry Doors

The Feather River door with the glass you picked out is on a pallet in the garage, wrapped in cardboard. We unwrap it, check it, and hang it so the glass sits plumb and the door closes with one finger.

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JMB Builders installer at a front entry in the Twin Cities

How to Choose a Storm Door: Full-View, Ventilating or Retractable

Full-view, ventilating or retractable screen, aluminum or steel, and which side the hinges go on. What a Minnesota winter and a dark front door do to each choice, and what to measure before you buy.

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Sliding patio door opening onto a deck in a Minnesota living room during installation

JELD-WEN Sliding Door Installation, Labor Only — Patio Doors

The JELD-WEN patio door is leaning in the garage, still in the wrap, and the deck is on the other side of a slider that has not slid in years. We carry it in and set it in a day.

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JMB Builders installer working at an exterior door on a Minnesota home

Larson Storm Door Installation — We Hang the Larson You Bought

Larson is the storm door most Twin Cities stores stock, and the box is long, heavy and full of labeled parts. We put it together on your doorstep and leave it closing softly.

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Full-frame window installation on a stucco Minnesota home by JMB Builders

Marvin Window Installer — Essential and Elevate, Labor Only

Marvin does not sell in the big-box aisle, so the windows came through a lumberyard that delivers but does not install. We are the crew that carries them in and sets them square.

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Carpenter checking a door and casing in a new Twin Cities home

Masonite Door Installation — Interior Prehung and Slab Doors

Twelve Masonite doors on a cart in the garage, every hollow-core flush door in the house waiting to come off its hinges. We hang the whole set in a day or two and case them.

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Carpenter installing a door in a Minnesota home

Mastercraft Door Installation, Labor Only — Menards Prehung Doors

The Mastercraft door came home on the rebate weekend and has been leaning in the garage since. We set it in a morning, with the pan and foam Menards did not sell you.

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Replacement window with new white exterior trim on a lap-sided Twin Cities home

Pella Window Installation, Labor Only — 250 Series From Lowe's

Lowe's sold you the Pella windows and handed you a card for an install program. We are the other option: a licensed Minnesota crew that sets vinyl windows every week, priced per window.

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White cased windows with a stool in a Minnesota bedroom

Plantation Shutters Installation, Labor Only — Shutters You Ordered

The shutters arrived in three long boxes with a bag of screws and a measuring mistake you are not sure you made. We check the fit, mount the frames true, and hang the panels so they close.

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Entry door of a single-story Twin Cities ranch home

ReliaBilt Door Installation — Lowe's Entry, Interior and Storm Doors

ReliaBilt is the door on the Lowe's rack in the size you need, today, at a price that makes the install the bigger question. We hang it right so the low price stays a good deal.

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Exterior door and hardware installation on a Minnesota home by JMB Builders

Therma-Tru Door Installation, Labor Only — Fiberglass Entry Doors

You picked the Therma-Tru because it will not dent or rust like the steel door it is replacing. It still has to go in plumb, on a pan, with the sill adjusted right, or the fiberglass does not matter.

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Replacement windows installed in a sided Minnesota home by JMB Builders

Which Windows to Buy for an Installer to Install — Labor Only

You want to buy the windows yourself and hire the labor. Here is what to compare between brands and stores, and what to send us so the order is right the first time.

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