Most calls about windows in Spring Valley, Pomona and the rest of Rockland County start with one of three complaints: water getting in, cold air getting in, or a window that no longer opens, closes or locks. Not all of them need a new window. A drafty sash may only need weatherstripping or a new balance; fog between the panes means a failed glass seal, and sometimes just the glass unit is replaced. When replacement is the right answer, we measure every opening, check the frame and sill for rot, and install each window with flashing and a sloped sill so water drains out. Entry doors, interior doors, sliding doors and their frames get the same attention, and the estimate comes in writing, opening by opening.
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Water at a window comes from one of three places, and each one has a different fix. Through the window: a failed seal at the glass, worn weatherstripping, or clogged weep holes in the bottom track, so rain fills the track and spills over inside. Around the window: missing or failed flashing at the edges, or no sloped sill pan underneath, so water gets behind the siding and into the wall. From above: an overflowing gutter, a siding or roof problem, or another window higher up, with water running down inside the wall and appearing at the window below. A new window set into a wet opening will leak the same way. If the drywall under or beside the window is stained or soft, the water may already be inside the wall — see Leak Behind a Wall before you replace anything.
A draft you feel at the bottom of a double-hung window usually comes from a sash that no longer closes all the way — a worn balance, a lock that does not pull the two sashes together, or weatherstripping flattened over the years. Those are repairs. Cold air around the outside edge of the frame, behind the trim, is a gap between the window and the wall, sealed from inside once the trim is off. Replacement makes sense when the frame or sill is rotten, the sashes are warped, the glass has fogged in several windows, or parts for that model are no longer made. On a cold day, a thermal camera shows exactly where the air comes in, so the repair matches the problem.
A door that rubs at the top corner usually has loose hinge screws or a frame that has shifted, not a door that needs replacing — longer screws driven into the framing behind the jamb often fix it. Daylight around a closed entry door means worn weatherstripping or a worn threshold, or a door out of alignment. A door that is cracked, rotted at the bottom or swollen out of shape, or a frame that is soft at the sill, calls for replacement. An entry door goes in as one prehung unit with its frame, set plumb and level, with the sill flashed so water stays out, and the lockset and deadbolt fitted. New interior doors can usually be matched to the ones you already have, in style and in swing.
Licensed home improvement contractor — Rockland County Lic. #H-26-770. Renovation and repair work in Rockland and Orange County. If a leaking window has left mold inside the wall, a licensed mold remediation contractor handles it before the new window goes in. Mold work is done by a licensed mold remediation contractor, as New York State requires. EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm (NAT-F351238-1) — lead-safe work practices in older homes.
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