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Window Replacement in the Twin Cities

We measure, order and install the windows, then finish the inside and outside so nothing is left for you to patch. One crew, one quote, from the first measurement to the last bead of caulk.

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Most window complaints are installation complaints: a unit shimmed out of square, foam packed so tight the sash binds, no sill pan. A window is only as good as its opening, so we fix rot, flash it into the wall and trim it out.

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Whole houseEvery window, one order, room by room.Several windowsTwo to nine openings, matched to the ones you keep.One windowA single window is a welcome job.Entry doorFront, back or side door, frame included.Patio doorSliding or French, measured for the opening you have.Egress windowA bedroom-size basement window with the well.

Windows jobs we do (238)

Replacement by window style (11)

Twin double-hung windows with white trim looking out over a lawn

Double Hung Window Replacement — Measured, Ordered and Trimmed

Sash cords snapped, sashes painted shut, or tilt-ins that will not stay up. We replace the double hungs and finish them inside and out.

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New wood casement windows being installed in a stucco and stone wall, ladder against the house

Casement Window Replacement — Crank-Out Windows Measured and Installed

The crank strips, the sash will not pull tight, frost builds on the glass edge. When the casement itself is done, we replace it and finish the trim.

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Basement slider window with new natural wood casing and stool

Sliding Window Replacement — Gliders Swapped, Sealed and Trimmed

The sash drags in the track, the latch will not catch, and cold air comes through the meeting rail. We replace the slider and finish it inside and out.

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New white picture window with flanking double-hungs and a white storm door on a green-sided home

Awning Window Replacement — Top-Hinged Windows That Vent in Rain

An awning over the sink that will not crank shut, or a row under the living room glass that frosts. We replace them and trim them out.

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White picture window with wide white casing looking onto a deck

Picture Window Replacement — Large Fixed Glass Set and Trimmed

A fogged living room window, a picture window that frosts at the bottom, or an old unit you want to open up with casements. We replace it and finish the trim.

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Inside of a new white bay window with curtains, street view beyond

Bay Window Replacement — Bay and Bow Units, Seat, Roof and Trim

The seat is cold, the roof over it leaks, the glass is fogged or the whole unit has dropped. We replace the bay or bow and finish it inside, outside and on top.

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Basement Window Replacement — Hopper or Slider, Supplied and Installed

Rusted steel frames, rotted wood bucks, single glass that frosts all winter. We supply the new basement windows and set them right in the concrete.

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Garden Window Installation Over a Kitchen Sink — Unit, Support, Roof

A flat window over the sink with no room for herbs, or an old garden window that leaks at the top. We put in a new garden unit that is supported and flashed so it stays dry.

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Egress Window Installation — Basement Opening Cut, Window and Well

A basement bedroom needs a way out. We cut the wall, set the window and the well, and finish the inside so the room is legal and usable.

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Eze-Breeze Porch Window Installer — Screen Porch to Three Season

The screen porch is usable four months a year. Vinyl sliding panels in the openings add spring and fall, and keep out rain and pollen.

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Change Casement Windows to Double Hung — Same Opening, New Style

Cranks that strip, hinges that sag, or a casement swinging into the deck. You want double hungs instead; we check what each opening allows and make the swap.

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One window (16)

Replace Just One Window: Small Jobs Welcome

You have one bad window and a list of window companies that will not call you back about it. We will, and we will put it in.

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Replace Just One Window — Single Window Replacement, Matched

One window is rotted, fogged past fixing or cracked, and the rest of the house is fine. You want that one replaced and matched, without being sold a whole house.

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What Sets the Price of One Replacement Window

You want one window replaced and you want to know what you are paying for before anyone comes out. Here is what moves the number.

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Replace One Window to Match the Others

Nine windows are fine and one is not. You want the new one to disappear into the row, not announce itself from the street.

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The One Window the Previous Owner Skipped

The listing said new windows. The inspection found the one in the back bedroom, or behind the garage, or over the stairs that never got done. Finish the job.

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Replace One Rotted Window Before It Spreads

The sill is soft when you press it, the paint is bubbling at the bottom corners, and the rest of the windows are fine. That one needs to come out now.

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One Fogged Window: Replace the Unit, Not Just the Glass

There is a cloud between the panes that no cleaning touches, and the frame around it is as old as the glass. Replace the window and be done with it.

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Replace One Window After a Break-In

The glass is swept up, the plywood is screwed over the hole, and the police report is filed. Now the window needs to be a window again, with a lock you trust.

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One Window Before the House Is Listed

The agent walked through and pointed at one window. It will be in every photo and on the inspection report. Replace it before the sign goes in the yard.

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One Second-Story Window

The one bad window is the one you cannot reach: over the garage roof, above the porch, or twenty feet up the back wall. We bring the ladder.

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One Window in a Brick Wall

The brick is fine, the other windows are fine, and one window in that wall is rotted or fogged. It can come out and go back in without touching a brick.

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One Window in a Stucco Wall

You do not want the whole stucco wall patched for one window. Most of the time it does not have to be, and when it does, the patch is one opening wide.

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One Odd-Size Window, Custom Ordered

The home center measured it and shrugged. The window is an inch too wide here, a few inches too short there, or not a rectangle at all. We order it to the hole.

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Replace One Window and Keep the Storm Window

The aluminum storms on the house are fine and they all match. One window behind them is shot. Replace that window and leave the storm where it is.

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One Window, Same Week When It Is in Stock

A window broke, or the one that fogged years ago finally has to go before guests arrive. Here is what fast looks like and what decides it.

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One Basement Window

One basement window is rusted through, the wood around it is soft, or it leaks every spring. The others are fine. That one can be done on its own.

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Several windows at once (25)

Replace Two Windows: a Pair That Matches

Two windows are failing, usually side by side or in the same room, and you want them replaced as a matched pair without being talked into the rest of the house.

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Replace 3 to 5 Windows in One Visit

A handful of windows have gone bad, and you want them done in one trip without ordering the whole house. Here is how a three-, four- or five-window job runs.

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Replace 6 to 9 Windows: Half a House, One Order

Half the windows in the house are done, or half are bad. Six to nine windows is more than a quick visit and less than a whole-house job, and it runs its own way.

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Replace Every Bedroom Window (Egress Sizes Included)

The bedrooms are where the house is coldest at night and where the windows have to work in an emergency. Doing all of them together is a common first order.

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Replace Every Bathroom Window With Obscure Glass

The bathroom windows are the smallest in the house and the first to rot, and the glass is either clear or a film someone stuck on. Here is how we do them all at once.

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Replace the Kitchen Windows Together

The kitchen has the most-used windows in the house and the worst-kept ones. Doing the sink window and the eating-area windows together finishes the room in one day.

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Replace the Cold North-Side Windows First

The north side gets the wind and no sun. Its windows frost, draft and rot before the rest, and they are the right ones to do first when the whole house is not in the budget this year.

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Replace the Back-of-House Windows

The back of the house is where you live: the kitchen, the table, the family room, the view of the yard. Its windows are the biggest, the most used and the ones you look through all day.

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Replace the Main-Floor Windows

The main floor is where guests sit and where the biggest windows are. Doing that whole level at once finishes the rooms you live in and leaves the bedrooms upstairs for another year.

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Replace Every Window on One Wall

One side of the house is the problem, or one side is getting new siding, or one side faces the neighbor's floodlight. Whatever the reason, that wall's windows make a clean order on their own.

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Replace All the Casements That No Longer Crank

The casements were the first to go: the cranks grind, the sashes sag and will not pull tight, and the seals leak. The rest of the windows are fine. Replace the casements, leave the rest.

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Replace the Picture Windows and Keep the Openers

The big fixed windows fogged or cracked and the casements beside them still work. You want the picture windows replaced and the openers left alone, with no visible seam between old and new.

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Replace All the Sliders

The sliders stick in their tracks, whistle in the wind and let frost build on the meeting rail. The picture window between them is fine. Replace the sliders, keep the rest.

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Replace the Worst Windows First, the Rest Next Year

The whole house is not in the budget this year, and it does not need to be. The windows letting water in get done now; the ones that are only tired wait, measured and written down.

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Replace Windows One Room at a Time

You are redoing the house a room at a time, or paying for it a room at a time, and the windows should follow. Here is how one room's windows run as their own job and still match the next room's.

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Finished-Basement Bedroom Windows to Egress Size

The basement was finished with a bedroom, but the window is the same small hopper the house was built with. That room needs a way out, and the other basement windows are due anyway.

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Replace the Windows in a Sunroom Addition

The sunroom was added after the house, with its own windows from its own builder, and they have gone before the house's windows did. Here is how a room that is mostly glass gets redone.

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Replace a Row of Three Windows as One Mulled Unit

Three windows sit in a row across the living room wall with a strip of siding and trim between each. You want them to read as one window with thin lines between, not three boxes.

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Combine Two Windows Into One Wide Window

Two narrow windows sit a foot apart on the same wall and neither one gives you the view. One wide window would. Here is what it takes to get there, including what is inside that strip of wall.

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Replace Several Windows to Match the Ones You Keep

Some of the windows are fine and staying. The new ones have to sit next to them without looking like a different house. Here is how the match is made, and where it has limits.

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Replace a Unit's Windows Between Tenants

The unit is empty for two weeks between leases, and the windows have been on the list for years. This is the moment to do them, with no tenant to work around and the painter coming after.

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Second-Floor Windows Only

The main floor was done already, or it is fine, and the upstairs windows are the ones that frost, stick and rattle. Here is how the second floor runs as its own order, access included.

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Garage and Mudroom Windows Together

The small windows in the garage, the mudroom and the laundry are the last ones anyone thinks about and the first ones to rust, rot or crack. Doing them as one small order gets them off the list.

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Several Windows With New Interior Trim

You are replacing some of the windows, not all, and the trim around those is coming off anyway. Here is how new casing goes on the new windows and still sits right next to the old rooms.

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Several Windows Quoted From Your Photos

You have four or six windows to replace, not the house, and you want a number before anyone comes out. Here is exactly what to shoot and what comes back.

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Windows by product line (19)

MI 1650 Double-Hung Replacement Windows

Your old wood double-hungs rattle and the glass sweats, but the frames and trim are sound. The MI 1650 is the window built to slide into that frame.

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MI 1650 Slider Replacement Windows

You are ordering MI 1650 double-hungs and a few openings are too wide or too short for one. The slider from the same series fills them and still matches.

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MI 3500 Casement Replacement Windows

The builder put MI 3500 windows in your house and now the kitchen or the bedroom over the garage needs a crank-out. Here is how the casement is matched and installed.

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MI 3500 Double-Hung Replacement Windows

The siding is coming off, or the old frames are too far gone for an insert. This is the MI double-hung that goes in with a fin, flashed to the sheathing like new construction.

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MI V3000 Slider Replacement Windows

The 1970s aluminum sliders frost over every January and the latches are shot. The V3000 slider is the straight swap: same shape of opening, vinyl frame, warm glass.

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MI V3000 Picture Window Replacement

The big front window fogged between the panes years ago and the frame around it is tired. The V3000 picture window is the fixed unit that matches the rest of an MI house.

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Silver Line V1 Double-Hung Replacement Windows

You need every window in the rental sound and sealed, not fancy. The V1 is Silver Line's plainest double-hung, and installed right it does the job.

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Silver Line V3 Double-Hung Replacement Windows

You want a Silver Line double-hung that looks like a window, not a budget line, and maybe a dark exterior. The V3 is that window.

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Silver Line V3 Slider Replacement Windows

Wide, short openings and a budget that does not stretch to a premium line. The V3 gliding window is Silver Line's slider with the fuller frame.

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Silver Line 70 Series Casement Replacement

The label on your crank windows says Silver Line Series 70. Half of them fog and two will not latch. Here is what replaces them and how.

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Andersen 100 Series Casement Replacement

You want a casement in black or bronze from a Minnesota maker without the price of a wood window. The Andersen 100 Series casement is that window.

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Andersen 100 Series Single-Hung Replacement

You asked for Andersen 100 Series double-hungs and were told there is no such thing. The single-hung is what you order, and here is what that means on the wall.

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Andersen 400 Woodwright Double-Hung Replacement

A 1920s house with original wood double-hungs and the trim to match. You want new windows that look like they belong. The Woodwright is Andersen's answer.

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Andersen 400 Series Casement Replacement

The oak trim stays, the old casements go. You want a crank-out with real wood inside that matches it. The 400 Series casement is the one most Twin Cities houses with stained trim end up with.

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Ply Gem 1500 Vinyl Window Replacement

Your 2000s house came with builder-grade Ply Gem windows and a few are fogging. The 1500 is the current Ply Gem vinyl line that fits the same openings.

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ProVia Endure Double-Hung Replacement

You want a vinyl double-hung that does not look like vinyl inside, in a color outside that is not white. The Endure double-hung is the ProVia window for that.

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ProVia Aeris Casement Replacement

The oak casements in your 1990s house are fogging and the cranks are stripped, but the oak trim is staying. The Aeris casement puts real wood back in the opening.

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ProVia ecoLite Slider Replacement

Six basement sliders and a budget. You want them made to the opening by a maker you trust, in white, without options you will not use. That is the ecoLite slider.

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ProVia Endure Bay Window Replacement

The bay window's roof leaks, the seat board is soft and the side windows fog. The whole thing comes out and a new Endure bay goes in, supported and flashed right.

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Options, glass and finishes (10)

Tempered Glass Replacement Window Beside a Tub or Shower

The window over the tub or next to the shower is fogged or rotting, and someone told you the new one has to be tempered. It does, and it is a normal order once we measure it.

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Rain Glass Bathroom Window Replacement

You want the bathroom window to let in light and nothing else, and you like the look of rain glass more than flat frosted. We order the window with it and put it in.

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Full Screen or Half Screen on Replacement Windows

The window quote has a line that says half screen and you are not sure if you want it. Here is what each one covers, which windows it fits and how to decide room by room.

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Grilles Between the Glass or Simulated Divided Lites

Two windows can have the same grid pattern and look completely different up close. The build of the grille, not the pattern, is what you are choosing here.

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Bronze Exterior Replacement Windows

You have decided on bronze. Now the questions are which lines come in it, what the inside looks like, and what the trim, capping and patio door do to match.

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Almond and Tan Replacement Windows to Match Older Siding

Your siding is beige, the old windows are almond, and a bright white window would look like a patch. The right off-white is on a sample card, and we hold it against the wall before anything is ordered.

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Woodgrain-Interior Vinyl Replacement Windows

The house has oak trim and you do not want white vinyl frames inside it. A woodgrain interior keeps the frame in the same family as the casing without buying a wood window.

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Replacement Windows for a 2x6 Wall: Jamb Depth and Extensions

Newer houses, additions and anything built for Minnesota insulation have 2x6 walls. The window has to be ordered for that depth or the casing has nothing to land on.

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Single-Hung or Double-Hung Replacement: Which to Order

The quote can go either way and the windows look the same from the curb. Here is how to decide each opening in about a minute.

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Replacement Windows With a Higher Sill for Child Safety

The bedroom window sill is at a toddler's chest and it bothers you every time you walk in. A shorter window with a higher sill takes the low opening away for good.

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Questions before you book (10)

Can Windows Be Replaced in the Rain?

The forecast for install day shows rain and you are wondering if the crew still comes. Usually yes, and here is where the line is.

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How Messy Is Window Replacement?

You have seen a remodel and you do not want that. Window replacement is smaller than it looks from the street, and here is what actually lands on your floor.

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Do You Move Furniture for Window Replacement?

There is a bed under the bedroom window and a hutch full of dishes under the dining room one. Here is what you move, what we move, and what nobody moves.

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Will New Windows Match My Existing Trim?

The oak trim is the best thing in the house and you do not want white vinyl casing next to it. Here is what happens to the trim with each kind of window, and how a match is made.

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Do You Need Scaffolding for Second-Floor Windows?

You are picturing a wall of scaffolding in the flower bed for a week. For most upstairs windows it is a ladder and a few hours, and here is when it is more than that.

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How Long Is the Wall Open During Window Replacement?

It is the question behind every winter install and every rainy forecast: how long is there a hole in my house? Shorter than you think, and only one at a time.

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Can You Match a Discontinued Window Line?

The label on the old window names a series nobody sells anymore, or a company that is gone. Here is how close a match gets and what you will be able to see.

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What If the Framing Under My Window Is Rotted?

The old window is out and the wood under it is black and soft. Here is what happens in the next hour, what it costs extra, and what you get to see.

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What Size Replacement Window Fits My Opening?

You measured the window and the numbers do not match anything on a shelf. They are not supposed to. The window is built to the hole, and here is how the size is set.

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Do Replacement Windows Come With Screens?

You are comparing quotes and one says nothing about screens. They are part of the window on every line we sell, and here is what to expect on each style.

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Whole house and house types (8)

Whole House Window Replacement — One Measure, One Order, Room by Room

Every window in the house at once: one measure, one order, one schedule, and the house closed up every night.

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Window Replacement for a 1950s Rambler — Picture Window to Bedrooms

A one-story house from the 1950s with original wood windows, aluminum storms and a big picture window facing the street. The windows follow a pattern, and so does the fix.

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Split Level House Window Replacement — Upper, Lower and Stair Windows

Split entry, bi-level or tri-level: the upper windows are high off the ground, the lower ones sit near grade, and the entry window is over the stairs. Each level needs its own plan.

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1.5 Story Dormer Window Replacement — Upstairs Knee Wall Bedrooms

The upstairs windows in the dormers are drafty and hard to reach, and the bedrooms up there are the coldest rooms in the house.

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Townhome Window Replacement With HOA Approval — Specs, Forms, Install

Your windows are failing, but nothing changes on the outside until the association signs off. We give you the paperwork they want, then do the job their way.

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Mobile Home Window Replacement — Manufactured Home Windows Set Right

The mobile home windows are drafty, fogged or will not latch, and the windows at the big-box store do not fit the openings.

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Window Replacement in a Brick House — Set Behind the Brick Returns

Brick does not move, so the window has to fit the opening. We replace windows in brick walls without touching the masonry and seal them tight to it.

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Window Replacement in a Stucco House — Sealed Without Cracking It

Stucco does not forgive a sloppy window install. We replace the windows without cracking the walls, and flash them so water stays out.

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Replacement by room (12)

Kitchen Window Replacement — Over-Sink Reach, Casement or Slider

The window over your sink is foggy, stuck or leaking at the sill, and whatever replaces it has to open from behind the counter and meet the tile cleanly.

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Living Room Window Replacement — Picture Unit, Flankers, View Glass

The front window is the one everybody sees from the street and the one you look through every evening: fogged, drafty, or just the wrong glass for a west-facing room.

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Dining Room Window Replacement — Bay, Bow or Ganged Units at the Table

The dining room is where people sit still next to the glass for an hour, so a cold or drafty window there gets noticed every winter dinner.

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Master Bedroom Window Replacement — Big Units, Egress, Deck Door Match

The biggest bedroom has the biggest windows and the coldest wall, a deck door beside them that does not match, and blinds that never quite block the streetlight.

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Nursery Window Replacement — Fall Stops, Egress Size, Warm Glass

A baby is on the way, the spare room is becoming the nursery, and the one drafty window in it is a second-floor window a toddler will reach in two years.

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Home Office Window Replacement — Glare, Street Noise and Fresh Air

You work at a desk next to this window eight hours a day, and the sun on the monitor, the cold off the glass and the traffic outside are now part of the job.

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Laundry Room Window Replacement — Small Awning or Slider, Humidity Out

A small window above the washer that drips every time the dryer runs, with a soft sill and glass you cannot see out of anyway.

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Mudroom Window Replacement — Back Entry Window Beside the Door

The window by the back door takes slush off the boots, salt off the dog and a slam every time someone comes in, and the sill has given up.

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Upstairs Hallway Window Replacement — The Window Everyone Forgets

Every bedroom has a new window and the hall still has the old one: drafty, a different color from outside, and sitting over a roof that makes it awkward to reach.

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Bonus Room Over the Garage Window Replacement — The Cold Room Fixed

The room over the garage is ten degrees colder than the rest of the house, the windows frost inside, and the kids will not sleep up there in January.

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Shed and Doghouse Dormer Window Replacement — Flashed Into the Roof

Small windows up in the roof that leak at the corners, frost inside and never matched the new windows you put in downstairs.

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Attic Window Replacement — Gable Windows, Vent or Egress Size

The little window at the top of the gable has a cracked pane, a rotted sill and a bird's nest behind it, or it is the only window in the attic bedroom you want to finish.

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More house types and eras (7)

Cape Cod House Window Replacement — Front Pairs, Gable Ends, Shutters

A symmetrical little house with two windows each side of the door, six-over-six sashes that are painted shut, and shutters that have to go back on straight.

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1940s House Window Replacement — Post-War Wood Sashes and Storms

A small house from the war years with wood sashes behind aluminum storms, odd window sizes, and plaster walls nobody wants opened up.

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1960s House Window Replacement — Wood Casements, Awning Stacks, Storms

A 1960s house with wood crank windows that no longer crank, storm panels clipped on every fall, and a big picture window with awnings under it that leaks at the joint.

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Barndominium Window Replacement — Steel Siding, J-Trim, Big Openings

A steel-sided post-frame house with big windows that fogged or sweat all winter, and trim that has to come off and go back on without wrecking the panels.

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Modular Home Window Replacement — Set on a Foundation, Not a Mobile

Your house came in two or three sections on trucks and sits on a real foundation, and the first company you called assumed it needed mobile home windows.

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A-Frame Cabin Window Replacement — Gable Walls of Glass, Loft Units

A 1970s A-frame at the lake with a gable full of single-pane glass that sweats, frosts and leaks at the joints, and a loft window nobody can reach.

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Earth Berm House Window Replacement — The South Wall of Glass

A 1970s or 80s earth sheltered house with a single wall of windows facing south, glass that sweats all winter, and no other way out of the bedrooms.

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Choosing the replacement window (8)

Double Hung or Casement? Picking Replacement Windows, Room by Room

The old windows are coming out either way. The question is whether the new ones crank out or slide up, and the honest answer changes from the kitchen to the bedroom to the front of the house.

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Casement or Awning Windows for Ventilation? Picking the Crank-Out

The house has no central air, or you just like a breeze, and the old windows barely open. Both crank-out styles seal tight in winter; they move air very differently in summer.

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Vinyl or Fiberglass Replacement Windows? Deciding by Opening and Color

Two quotes, one in vinyl and one in fiberglass, and the fiberglass number is higher. Here is where that difference buys something on a Minnesota house and where it does not.

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Clad Wood or Fiberglass Replacement Windows? When Wood Inside Matters

The house has stained woodwork and you do not want white plastic frames in the middle of it. Two ways to get there, one of them with real wood.

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White, Black or Bronze Replacement Windows? Picking the Frame Color

Every sample board has white, black and a bronze that looks brown in the showroom and grey on the house. Here is how we help you choose before the order goes in.

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Grille Patterns for Replacement Windows — Colonial, Prairie, SDL, GBG

The order form asks for a grille pattern and a grille type, and getting either one wrong is permanent. This is how we help you fill in those two boxes.

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Nailing Fin or Block Frame Replacement Window? Which One to Order

You have decided on a full tear-out, and the order form asks whether the new window comes with a nailing fin or as a block frame. The right answer depends on what the outside of your wall is made of.

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ENERGY STAR Most Efficient Replacement Windows — Ordering to the Label

The rebate form says Most Efficient and the window brochures all say ENERGY STAR. They are not the same thing, and the difference is written on the label stuck to each window.

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Glass and performance choices (8)

Replacement Windows for a Hot West Wall — Low-E Glass That Blocks Sun

By four o'clock the west room is ten degrees hotter than the rest of the house, the blinds are shut and the air conditioner is running flat out. The fix is in the glass order, not another fan.

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Replacement Windows for a Cold North Wall — Where to Spend on Glass

The north bedrooms are the cold ones, the glass there frosts first, and the couch under the north window is nobody's favorite seat in January. The fix is specific to that wall.

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Replacement Windows That Stop Condensation and Frost — What to Order

Every January morning there is a line of frost along the bottom of the glass and a puddle on the stool. New windows fix it, but only if the right parts of the window are specified.

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Tinted and UV-Blocking Glass Replacement Windows — Stop the Sun Fading

There is a lighter rectangle on the oak floor where the rug used to be and the couch arm nearest the window has gone grey. The windows are the way the sun gets in, and the glass order is where you stop it.

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Laminated Glass Replacement Windows for Security on the Ground Floor

A window is the easy way into a house. You want the ground-floor and walkout windows to be the hard way, without turning the place into a bunker.

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Replacement Windows With Blinds Between the Glass — Where They Fit

You are tired of blinds that bend, cords that tangle and slats that need dusting, and you have seen the windows with the blind sealed inside. Here is where they are the right call and where they are not.

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Replacement Windows With Retractable Screens — Clear Glass Until Open

The view is why you bought the place, and a grey screen sits in front of it eleven months a year. On the right windows, the screen can go away until you need it.

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Replacement Windows for a Lake-Facing Wall — Wind, Glare and UV

The lake side of the house is the reason you live there and the wall that takes the beating. The windows on it should be ordered differently from the ones on the driveway side.

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Situations and timing (10)

Window Replacement in Winter — One Opening Open at a Time

The old window failed in December and you do not want to live with plastic over it until May. It does not have to wait; it has to be done in the right order.

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Window Replacement in Spring or Fall? Timing the Order for Minnesota

You want the windows done in good weather and you are trying to work out when to call. The answer is earlier than you think, in either season.

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Cold Upstairs Bedrooms — Window Replacement or Attic Insulation First?

The thermostat downstairs says it is warm and the kids are sleeping in sweatshirts. Upstairs rooms get cold for two reasons, and the quote should tell them apart before you spend on either.

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Replace the Windows or Add Storm Windows? Deciding for an Old House

The house has its original wood windows, the old storms are shot, and everyone has an opinion. Here is how we decide it standing at the window with a probe and a tape.

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Window Replacement in a Historic District — Getting the Approval

The house is in a designated district, the windows are shot, and the city wants to see what you plan to put in before you do it. We have been through that review and know what the file needs.

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Window Replacement for an Airbnb or Lake Rental — Built for Guests

Guests leave windows open in the rain, bend the blinds and lose the screens. The next set of windows should survive them, and go in without costing you a booked weekend.

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Window Replacement for a Home Daycare — Tempered, Limited, Egress

You run a licensed family child care out of your house and the windows are the old ones. The next set has to pass your licensor's walk-through and survive twelve kids a week.

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Window Replacement for an Aging Parent's House — Easy to Open and Lock

Your mother cannot lift the double hung sashes anymore, the locks are stiff, and you want the job done in one visit by people who will treat her house and her day with care.

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Windows for a Garage Conversion to Living Space — Egress, Insulation

The garage is becoming a bedroom, an office or a family room, and the one small window over the workbench is not going to do it. The window plan is where a conversion starts to look like a room.

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Windows for a Basement Finish — Egress Plus the Rest, One Order

You are finishing the basement and the plan has a bedroom. The egress window is the big item, but the four old hoppers around the rest of the basement are about to be buried behind drywall for thirty years.

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More windows jobs (76)

1920s Bungalow Window Replacement — Original Trim Kept, Pockets Filled

A pre-war bungalow with wood double hungs, broken sash cords, storms on the outside and wide craftsman casing inside that you do not want to lose.

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1930s House Window Replacement — Tudors, Cottages and Brick Revivals

A 1930s house with its original windows: double hungs in pairs, a few small casements up in the gable, storms outside, plaster and wood casing inside.

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Air Seal Around a Window Frame — Casing Off, Gap Sealed, Trim Back

The window locks tight and the glass is clear, but cold air pours out around the casing and under the stool. The leak is the gap between the window and the wall.

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Andersen E-Series Replacement Windows — Built to Order, Set Full Frame

You want a color or a size the stock lines do not make, with real wood on the inside, and you want one contractor to measure it, order it and put it in.

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Bathroom Window Replacement — Privacy, Venting, a Sill That Stays Dry

The bathroom window drips every winter morning, the bottom of the sash is turning black, and the blind has been shut for years because the neighbors can see in.

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Bedroom Window Replacement — Egress Kept, Quieter, Safer for Kids

Every bedroom has the same old windows: drafty at the bed, rattling when a truck goes by, and a kid's room where the sash slides wide open with one push.

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Best Replacement Windows for Minnesota Winters — A Buyer's Checklist

Every salesperson says their window is the warmest. You want a way to compare lines that does not depend on who is talking.

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Black Window Replacement — Black Exterior or Interior Frames Installed

You want black windows, and you have heard that dark frames warp, fade or look wrong next to white trim. Most of that is decided at the order and the install.

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Casement Window Hinge Replacement — Sash Dragging or Sagging Fixed

The crank still turns, but the sash scrapes the sill, the lock-side corner hits first, or the window will only close if you push it. The hinges are worn out.

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Casement Window Won't Lock — Lock, Tie-Bar and Keepers Repaired

The lever flops, will not move, or throws without pulling the sash in. The window closes but it is not locked, and you can feel the draft.

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Clerestory Window Replacement — High Glass Above a Lower Roof

The high windows that light the room from above are fogged, leaking a stain down the wall, or turning the loft into an oven every summer afternoon.

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Convert Three Season Porch to Four Season Windows — Insulated Glass In

The porch is the best room in the house from May to September, and you want to use it in January without a space heater fighting single glass.

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Corner Window Replacement — Two Units, the Corner Post and the Header

Two windows meet at the corner of the room with only a thin post between them, and the corner is leaking, drafty or sagging.

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DIY vs Professional Window Replacement — Where DIY Jobs Go Wrong

You have watched the videos and you are handy. Before you pull the first sash, here is what a window installer checks that a DIY job usually misses.

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Do New Windows Add Home Value? What Buyers and Inspectors Notice

You are weighing new windows and wondering whether any of it comes back when you sell, whether that is next spring or years from now.

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Does a Replacement Bedroom Window Have to Be Egress? Sizes Explained

You are replacing the windows in a bedroom and want to know whether the new ones have to meet egress, and which style gets you there without cutting the wall.

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Easy to Clean Replacement Windows — Tilt-In Sash and Crank-Outs

The upstairs windows have not been washed outside in years because it takes a tall ladder. New windows can fix that if the style is picked for it.

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Family Room Window Replacement — Big Back-Wall Glass, Done in a Day

The family room is where the TV, the couch and the biggest back-wall windows are, and those windows are drafty, foggy, or the wrong shape for how you use the room now.

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Four Season Sunroom Window Replacement — Fogged, Hot or Drafty Walls

Your four season room is a wall of glass. Some units are fogged, the room bakes in summer and chills in January, and you want windows that fix it.

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Garage Window Replacement — Attached and Detached Garages

The garage windows are original: single-pane, painted shut, the sill soft and the glazing putty gone. You want them replaced without a whole-house window project.

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Great Room Window Replacement — Two-Story Stacks, Transoms Up High

The great room has a wall of glass two stories tall, the upper windows are fogged or leaking, and nobody can reach them with a ladder.

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Half Round Window Replacement — Arched, Round Top and Eyebrow Units

The half round over your front window or entry has fogged between the panes, or the frame is soft, and you are not sure an arch can even be replaced.

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Hopper Window Replacement — Windows That Tip In From the Top

The basement hopper will not latch tight, the hinge along the bottom is rusted, or it falls into the room when you open it, and you want one that vents and locks.

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How Long Does Window Replacement Take? Order Wait vs. Days on Site

You want to know two things: how long until the windows show up, and how many days the crew will be in the house.

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How to Measure for Replacement Windows — Frame, Rough Opening, Photos

You want a number before anyone comes out, so you are standing at the window with a tape measure wondering which edge to measure from.

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How to Prepare for Window Installation — The Homeowner Prep List

The install date is on the calendar. A couple of evenings of prep makes the install days shorter and keeps your things out of the way.

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Jalousie Window Replacement — Louvered Glass in Breezeways

The breezeway or porch still has the old crank louver windows: glass slats that never quite close, broken clips and cold air all winter.

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Lake Cabin Window Replacement — View Windows Done While You're Away

The cabin is a weekend place, the lake-side windows are big and old, and some frames have gone soft. You want it done without losing a weekend at the lake.

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Log Home Window Replacement — Bucks, Settling Space and Flashing

Your log home's windows are drafty, fogged or rotted at the sill, and the opening has to keep moving as the logs settle.

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Loose Glazing Bead on Vinyl Window — Glass Re-Seated, Stops Replaced

The glass ticks when the wind blows, a strip of vinyl around it has popped out, or there is a gap you can slide paper into. The glass is fine; what holds it is not.

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Low Maintenance Replacement Windows — Nothing to Paint, Inside or Out

You are done scraping and painting window sills every few summers. The goal is a window, and the trim around it, that never needs a brush.

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Modern Farmhouse Window Replacement — Black Frames, Simple Grilles

A 1990s or 2000s house with white vinyl windows and colonial grilles, and you want it to read as modern farmhouse from the street.

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Noise Reducing Window Replacement — Laminated Glass for Busy Roads

The bedroom faces the highway or a busy street, and the trucks wake the baby, or you, every night.

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Obscure Glass Bathroom Window Replacement — Privacy Glass Choices

The bathroom window faces the neighbors or the street, and you are tired of keeping a blind closed on the one window that should let light in.

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Octagon Window Replacement — Round and Eight-Sided Accent Windows

The octagon on the stair landing or the round window in the gable has fogged, gone soft along the bottom, or left a stain on the wall below it.

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Old Farmhouse Window Replacement — Out-of-Square Openings Set Right

A farmhouse that has settled for a hundred years: no two windows the same size, none of them square, and cold air coming from inside the walls.

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Pella Lifestyle Series Replacement Windows — Glass Picked Room by Room

You want wood windows inside without paying for Pella's top line, and you would rather spend on quiet glass in the bedroom than on every window in the house.

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Pella Reserve Replacement Windows — Traditional or Contemporary

An older house with deep wood trim, or a newer one with big modern glass, and you have narrowed it to Pella's highest wood line. The question now is who measures and installs it.

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Picture Window With Casement Flankers — Sizing, Hinges and Sightlines

You want the big front window to open on the sides, or the one you have already does and you want the new one laid out better: wider view, better breeze, matching frame lines.

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ProVia Aspect Replacement Windows — The Middle of ProVia's Lineup

You have a ProVia quote or brochure in hand, Aspect is the middle option, and you want to know what you give up against Endure and what you gain over ecoLite before you sign.

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Questions to Ask a Window Installer — and How We Answer Them

You have two or three window quotes on the counter and no easy way to tell them apart. These questions do it.

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Rental Property Window Replacement — Tenants Home, Unit by Unit

You own a rental house, duplex or small building, the windows are failing, and the tenants are not moving out for the job. Here is how it runs with people living there.

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Replace 1990s Builder Grade Windows — Fogged Glass, Leaking Mulls

The house was built in the 1990s and still has its original windows. Some are fogged, the double hungs will not stay up, and there is a water stain under the big mulled unit.

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Replace a Transom Window Above a Window — Upper and Lower Together

You have a fixed rectangular window stacked above another window — in a great room, a two-story wall or a stairway — and both need replacing.

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Replace a Triple Window Unit — Mulled Twins and Triples as One

You have two or three windows joined into one wide unit — triple casements, twin double-hungs or a picture window with casements — and the whole thing is failing.

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Replace a Wall of Windows — Stacked and Side-by-Side Units as One Job

The back of your house is mostly glass — a great room or living room wall of stacked windows — and it is fogging, leaking or losing heat all at once.

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Replace Aluminum Windows With Vinyl — Old Sliders and Single-Hungs

The aluminum sliders in your 1960s or 70s house frost over in January, drip on the sill and rattle in the wind.

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Replace Bay Window With Regular Window — Bay Out, Wall Framed Flat

The bay seat is cold all winter, the little roof has leaked, or the projection is in the way, and you would rather have a flat window in a flat wall.

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Replace Double Hung Windows With Casements — Opening by Opening

The sashes rattle, the bottom one has to be forced up, and the wind finds the meeting rail every January. You want crank-out windows that pull tight when they lock.

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Replace Fixed Window With Opening Window — Same Opening, Fresh Air

The room has a sheet of glass that does not open, and you want air, a screen, or a way out of a bedroom without changing the size of the window.

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Replace High Horizontal Windows — Ribbon Window Bands Done Together

Your bedrooms have a row of short windows up by the ceiling. They are drafty, the sliders stick, and you are wondering whether to keep them that size or make them bigger.

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Replace Kitchen Window During Remodel — Sized to the New Layout

The cabinets are ordered, the counter is going up an inch and the sink is moving. The window over it has to fit the new kitchen, not the old one.

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Replace Original Wood Windows — Painted Sash and Storms Out for Good

The house still has its first wood windows: single-pane sash painted many times over, storms hung outside, and a draft you can feel from the couch.

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Replace Sliding Windows With Casement Windows — Same Opening

Your horizontal sliders stick in the track, only open halfway and whistle in the wind, and you want windows that crank open and seal shut.

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Replace Windows Without Removing Siding — Vinyl and Steel Siding

The windows are shot but the siding is fine, and someone told you new windows mean new siding. On most vinyl and steel sided houses they do not.

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Screened Porch Windows — Glass Windows Framed Into the Screen Openings

Wind drives rain across the porch floor and the season ends in September. You want glass in the openings without losing the screens.

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Second Story Window Replacement — Ladder, Roof Brackets or Lift

The upstairs windows on your two-story are drafty or fogged, and the question is how anyone gets up there to change them.

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Signs You Need New Windows — A Room-by-Room Checklist

One window fogged last winter, the bedroom one won't lock, and the kitchen sill is soft. You want to know if it is time.

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Simonton 6500 Replacement Windows — 6500 and 6550, Measured and Set

You like the 6500's woodgrain or black finish and the thicker glass, and you have found that where to buy it is not as simple as the brochure makes it look.

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Single Hung Window Replacement — Bottom Sash Opens, Top Stays Put

You want new windows that open from the bottom and cost less to build than a double hung, and you want to know what you give up.

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Stainable Wood Interior Windows — Real Wood Inside, No-Paint Outside

Your house has stained oak or pine trim, and white vinyl windows would look wrong in it. The fix is a window with wood on the inside you can stain.

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Stairway Window Replacement — Landing and Over-the-Stairs Windows

The window over your stairs is fogged, drafty or rotted, and nobody can reach it without a ladder balanced on the treads.

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Steel Casement Window Replacement — Old Metal Crank Windows

The old steel crank windows in your 1940s house are rusted, frost over in winter and the cranks have long since stopped turning.

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Tempered Glass Required? Replacement Windows by Doors, Tubs, Stairs

You are replacing a house full of windows and someone mentioned tempered glass. You want to know which of your openings need it before the order goes in, not after.

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Trapezoid Window Replacement — Gable and Clerestory Windows Up High

The angled windows high in your vaulted living room have fogged or leak at the corners, and nobody can reach them without a plan.

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Triple Pane Window Replacement — Heavier Units Set Right

You have decided on triple pane for the cold side of the house, or the whole house, and want it installed by someone who plans for the weight and the depth.

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Two Tone Replacement Windows — Which Lines Allow Which Color Pairs

You want the house dark from the street and the rooms light inside. That is a two tone window, and the pair you want decides which windows you can buy.

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Window Hardware Finish Options — Picked When the Windows Are Ordered

You are replacing the windows and want the cranks and locks to match the cabinet pulls and the door hardware, not whatever comes standard.

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Window in Shower Replacement — Tempered Glass, Sealed to the Tile

The window in your tub or shower wall is black at the bottom corners, the paint is peeling and the sill stays wet after every shower.

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Window Installation Day: What to Expect, Arrival to Walkthrough

The windows came in, the date is set, and the trailer pulls up in the morning. Here is how the day runs.

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Window Jamb Liner Replacement — Double Hung Sashes Kept

The wood sashes are fine, but the vinyl tracks on each side are cracked, bowed or hanging loose, and the window will not stay open or comes out in your hands.

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Window Opening Control Device Installation — Child Window Stops

You have a toddler and upstairs windows with low sills, and a screen is the only thing between an open window and the ground.

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Window Replacement in Plaster Walls — Plaster and Lath Kept Intact

Your house has plaster walls and original trim, and you have heard new windows mean cracked plaster. It does not have to, if the casing and returns are handled right.

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Window Replacement With Pets and Kids at Home — Dogs, Toddlers, Naps

You need new windows, but there is a dog who bolts for any gap and a toddler who follows every tool. Here is how the install day is set up around them.

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Window U-Factor and SHGC Explained — The Numbers on Your Quote

Two quotes, two brochures, and a sticker on a sample window full of decimals. You want to know which numbers matter and whether the window you get is the one you were quoted.

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Window Weatherstripping Replacement — New Seals, Same Windows

You can feel cold air at the edge of the sash, or see daylight past it, but the glass is clear and the frame is solid. The seal is worn out, not the window.

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