Whole House Window Replacement in Maplewood, MN
Your Maplewood rambler has three kinds of windows upstairs and little hoppers in the basement bedrooms.
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Whole house window replacement in Maplewood usually means a 1950s–70s rambler or split-level with a patchwork of originals and old retrofits upstairs and small hopper windows in a finished basement. JMB Builders measures every opening, replaces the main floor as one matched set, and enlarges the basement bedroom windows to egress size on the same order and the same trip. Priced per opening. Send photos and we reply within one business day, or book a free in-home estimate.
- Priced per opening, each on its own line
- Basement egress windows on the same order
- Main floor replaced as one matched set
Most Maplewood houses are 1950s–70s ramblers and split-levels, and most have a finished basement with at least one room used as a bedroom. Upstairs the windows are a mix: a few originals with storms, a 1980s slider someone swapped in, a 1990s vinyl double-hung in the kitchen. Downstairs the bedrooms have the original hopper or glass-block windows set high in the block wall, too small to climb out of.
Doing the whole house at once lets both problems get fixed in one order. The main floor is measured, each opening listed and marked insert or full-frame, and the set ordered together so color, glass and grilles match from the street. The basement bedroom openings are cut down through the block to egress size, a new well is set outside, and a slider or casement sized for egress goes in with a drain and a cover. The same frame color and glass carry downstairs so the house reads as one job.
The south leg of Maplewood is different housing, 1980s–90s two-stories with their first builder packages fogging, and those get a straight whole-house swap with the same opening-by-opening quote. Maplewood is a scheduled full-day trip from Zimmerman, so install days are set in advance. Painting is quoted as a separate line — or leave it primed and caulked and paint it yourself.
Get a written quote for this job
Three photos and a sentence is enough: a reply within one business day, or ask for a free in-home estimate. Or text the photos to 763-250-3621.
What you supply
- Access to every room, including the basement bedrooms, so each opening can be measured
- Your picks: line, frame material, exterior color, glass and grilles
- Which basement rooms are or will be bedrooms
- Finish for new interior trim, or leave it primed
What JMB supplies
- In-person measure of every opening upstairs and down
- A quote with each opening on its own line, egress openings called out
- One order through ABC Supply, with options such as MI Windows, Silver Line or ProVia
- Old windows, storms and frames removed and hauled away
- Block cut and the egress opening framed, with a well, drain and cover outside
- New units set, insulated, flashed and sealed, room by room
- Interior and exterior trim as quoted, and photos in your job folder
How it is priced: per opening
Quoted in writing from your photos, with a reply within one business day. What moves the number:
- Number of main-floor openings and how many are picture or mulled units
- Number of basement openings enlarged to egress, and the well and cover for each
- Insert vs. full-frame where sills or frames have rot
- Vinyl vs. fiberglass, glass package and grille pattern
- Digging and grading outside each egress well
- Patio or entry doors added to the same order, each its own line
- Interior trim and painting, quoted as a separate line
Send a photo of each side of the house, a close-up of a basement bedroom window from inside and outside, and tell us how many rooms downstairs are bedrooms.
How long it takes
A Maplewood rambler with one or two egress windows: usually two to three install days on scheduled full-day trips, the egress cuts first. Lead time depends on the line and is written on the quote.
How your project works
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Photos or a free in-home estimate
Send photos and we reply within one business day, or book a free in-home estimate at your Maplewood house.
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Measure upstairs and down
Each main-floor opening is measured and marked insert or full-frame. Each basement bedroom window is measured against egress size and the wall and grade outside checked.
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Quote with egress called out
Every opening is its own line. Egress openings list the cut, the well, the drain and the cover so the price is clear before anything is ordered.
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One order, full-day install trips
Egress openings are cut and set first, then the main floor goes room by room. Floors are covered, and each day's rooms are closed up before we leave.
Whole House Window Replacement in Maplewood, MN: questions, answered
Can the basement bedroom windows be enlarged on the same job as the rest of the house?
Yes, and it is the best time to do it. The egress openings are listed on the same quote, the windows come in the same line and color as upstairs, and the cutting happens on the first install day. One order and one set of trips covers the whole house.
How big does a basement bedroom window have to be in Maplewood?
The Minnesota building code sets a minimum clear opening, sill height and well size for a bedroom window you can escape through, and the City of Maplewood building department applies it. We measure your opening against those numbers and size the new window and well to meet them.
What happens to the block wall when you cut an egress opening?
The opening is cut down through the block with a saw, the sides are cleaned up, a treated buck is set and the new window is flashed to it. Outside, a well is set against the wall, drained to the footing drain or a gravel bed, and covered. The cut is noisy and dusty for part of a morning, and the room is sealed off from the rest of the basement while it happens.
Do I need a permit to replace all my windows and add egress windows in Maplewood?
The City of Maplewood building department sets that rule. Cutting a larger opening in a foundation wall is usually treated differently from a same-size window swap. We check for your address and pull a permit when one is required.
My upstairs windows are from three different decades. Will they all match after?
Yes. The whole main floor goes on one order in one line, color, glass and grille pattern, so the mismatched look from the street is gone. Openings that were resized by earlier work are measured as they are now and listed on their own line.
How long does a whole-house job with egress windows take in Maplewood?
Usually two to three install days on scheduled full-day trips. The egress cuts and wells go first, then the main floor room by room. Each day's rooms are closed up before we leave, and lead time on the order is written on the quote.
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