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Windows & Doors · New London County, CT

Windows and doors done right,down to the flashing.

You know both of them. The window fogs, the door needs a shoulder in August, and the room they're in is the one nobody sits in. Windows and doors across New London County since 2018, majority veteran staffed, with the number in writing before anything comes out of the wall.

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Signs It's Time

You already knowwhich room.

Everybody's got one. The question is whether it's the glass, the door, or the frame both of them are hanging in. Check anything you've noticed.

The door was fine. The frame it hung in had moved.
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Check what you've noticed Every one of these you can spot standing in the room. That's what we'd come look at Every one of those is the opening, not the glass or the slab. Find out what the frames look like before you buy anything.
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What's Included

The window isthe easy part.

Anybody can order a window. The job is the opening it goes into, and whether the water that gets past the glass has somewhere to go. All eight are in the written number before we start.

Six of eight disappear behind trim Once the casing goes back on, nobody sees the sill pan again until it fails.
  1. 01 The Measure Every opening measured on its own. Your house isn't square and never was.
  2. 02 The Tear-Out Old unit out, and the framing sees daylight for the first time since it was built.
  3. 03 The Opening Rot at the sill gets cut out and replaced, and you hear that number before we cut.
  4. 04 Sill Pan & Flashing Where water goes when it gets past the glass. It will get past the glass.
  5. 05 The Unit Set plumb, level and square, in a house that is none of the three. That's the whole trade.
  6. 06 Insulation Low-expansion foam in the gap. Not a rag, not a fistful of fibreglass jammed in with a putty knife.
  7. 07 The Trim Casing inside, capping outside, cut and fit to the opening you actually have.
  8. 08 Sealing Caulk where it seals. Backer rod where it has to move, because a window that can't move cracks.
And the part you notice in February A room you stop walking past on your way to a warmer one.

If it's on that list, it's in the price. Change orders happen when somebody left three of these out to win the bid.

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Insert or Full-Frame

The cheap quote is an insert.Nobody tells you that.

There are two ways to replace a window and they are not the same job. One of them is half the price, and there's a reason. Here's both, including which one we'd pick for your house and why.

Cheaper Insert Also called a pocket window. The new unit drops inside your existing frame. Trim and capping never get touched.
Cost Less. Often a lot less.
Time Faster. Often same day.
Best for A sound frame with no rot. They do exist, and when they do we say so.
The catch You keep the old frame, and whatever is happening inside it. You also lose an inch or two of glass on every side, permanently, and nobody ever looks at the sill. If the frame is rotting, an insert hides it and you find out in eight years.
Done right Full-Frame Everything out to the studs. Old unit, old frame, old sill, all of it, and the opening gets rebuilt.
Cost More. It is more work.
Time Longer. Trim and capping get touched.
Best for Any opening where the sill is soft, and most houses over forty.
The catch It costs more and it is a bigger job than you wanted. It also means somebody actually looked at the framing, flashed the opening properly, and gave you back the full glass. That is the whole difference and it never shows up in a brochure.
Half the quotes you get will be inserts. Most of them will not say so.

If the frame is sound, an insert is the right answer and the cheaper one, and we will tell you that. If it isn't, we will show you the sill and let you decide. Either way it says which one on the quote.

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Entry, Patio & Interior Doors

A door that sticksisn't a door problem.

It's a frame problem. The house moved, the opening racked a quarter inch, and the door is just the part that tells you. Planing the edge fixes it until August, when the wood swells and it's back.

  • We square the opening, not the door. If the frame moved, that's the fix. Anything else is a haircut.
  • Entry, patio, slider, storm and interior. The threshold gets a sill pan, because water goes under a door too.
  • Weatherstrip and sweep set so they actually touch. That gap under your front door is a hole in the wall you pay to heat.
  • Strike and deadbolt aligned to the frame we just made square. No shoulder required.
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The only part of your house you touch every day Which is why a door that fights you is the thing you'll notice long after you've forgotten what the roof cost.
Window Questions

The ones nobodywants to answer.

Three of these have answers that cost us money. They're here anyway, because you're going to find out eventually and we'd rather it was now.

Ask us anything If it's not here, it's not a stupid question. It just means nobody's asked it lately. Call Now (860) 743-2556 Get My Window Quote

Depends entirely on the frame. If your old frame is sound, an insert is the right answer and it's cheaper, and we'll say so.

If the sill is soft, an insert just covers it up and you find out in eight years. We'll show you the frame and let you look at it yourself. The quote says which one it is.

Depends on how many, what size, insert or full-frame, and what the openings look like once the old units are out. Anyone giving you a number over the phone is guessing.

We measure every opening on its own, walk it, and you get a real number in writing. Free, and yours to keep whether you hire us or not.

Some. Not as much as the brochure says.

Going from single-pane to modern double-pane is a real difference you'll feel. Going from ten-year-old double-pane to new double-pane is mostly not. If somebody's promising you a payback number, ask them how they worked it out.

No. Do the bad ones. Do the rest whenever you want, or never.

We'd rather do four windows properly this year than talk you into fourteen and have you hate the whole experience.

Most houses are one to three days. A full-frame job on a big opening takes longer than an insert on a small one.

Nothing sits open overnight. Whatever comes out goes back in the same day, and your written quote gives the real window.

You hear about it that day, with a photo and a number, before we replace anything.

A soft sill is common on a house over forty and it's usually not a crisis. What it is, is the reason an insert would have been the wrong call. You'll see it before you pay for it.

We can. It'll be back in August.

A door that sticks means the frame moved, and taking wood off the door doesn't put the frame back. It works until the humidity turns, then you've got a door that sticks and a gap where it used to close. We'd rather square the opening once.

Interior casing and exterior capping are part of the job, not a line item that shows up at the end.

If you're planning new siding in the next few years, tell us now. Doing windows first means the siding gets cut to them properly instead of the other way round.

Windows Service Area

Close enough tocome back and adjust it.

Windows move. Houses settle, seasons turn, and once in a while a sash needs a tweak that takes ten minutes. Thirty miles means ten minutes is all it costs us too, which is why we'd rather be the ones who put them in.

Windows & Doors in New London County

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  • Gales Ferry
  • Groton
  • Mystic
  • Ledyard
  • New London
  • Norwich
  • Waterford
  • Stonington
  • Pawcatuck
  • East Lyme
  • Niantic
  • Old Lyme
  • Montville
  • Uncasville
  • Oakdale
  • Quaker Hill
  • Preston
  • North Stonington
  • Griswold
  • Jewett City
  • Lisbon
  • Bozrah
  • Salem
  • Colchester

Sitting just outside the line? Ask anyway. The answer is usually yes.

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Window Questions

The ones nobodywants to answer.

Three of these have answers that cost us money. They're here anyway, because you're going to find out eventually and we'd rather it was now.

Ask us anything If it's not here, it's not a stupid question. It just means nobody's asked it lately. Call Now (860) 743-2556 Get My Window Quote

Depends entirely on the frame. If your old frame is sound, an insert is the right answer and it's cheaper, and we'll say so.

If the sill is soft, an insert just covers it up and you find out in eight years. We'll show you the frame and let you look at it yourself. The quote says which one it is.

Depends on how many, what size, insert or full-frame, and what the openings look like once the old units are out. Anyone giving you a number over the phone is guessing.

We measure every opening on its own, walk it, and you get a real number in writing. Free, and yours to keep whether you hire us or not.

Some. Not as much as the brochure says.

Going from single-pane to modern double-pane is a real difference you'll feel. Going from ten-year-old double-pane to new double-pane is mostly not. If somebody's promising you a payback number, ask them how they worked it out.

No. Do the bad ones. Do the rest whenever you want, or never.

We'd rather do four windows properly this year than talk you into fourteen and have you hate the whole experience.

Most houses are one to three days. A full-frame job on a big opening takes longer than an insert on a small one.

Nothing sits open overnight. Whatever comes out goes back in the same day, and your written quote gives the real window.

You hear about it that day, with a photo and a number, before we replace anything.

A soft sill is common on a house over forty and it's usually not a crisis. What it is, is the reason an insert would have been the wrong call. You'll see it before you pay for it.

We can. It'll be back in August.

A door that sticks means the frame moved, and taking wood off the door doesn't put the frame back. It works until the humidity turns, then you've got a door that sticks and a gap where it used to close. We'd rather square the opening once.

Interior casing and exterior capping are part of the job, not a line item that shows up at the end.

If you're planning new siding in the next few years, tell us now. Doing windows first means the siding gets cut to them properly instead of the other way round.