Windows & doors
A window is a hole in your wall that has to keep out water, wind, and heat for thirty years. The brand matters; so does the frame material, and so does how it is flashed in. We get all three right.
What the frame is made of
Glass packages have become similar across good brands. What separates a window that lasts from one that fails is mostly the frame, and in Colorado that means how it handles intense sun and big temperature swings. A frame that grows and shrinks a lot every day works its seals loose, and a failed seal means fog between the panes, drafts, and water in the wall.
That is why we steer people toward composite and fiberglass frames, and toward the better vinyl lines when budget leads. We install every window the same way regardless of brand: flashed into the weather barrier, sill pan underneath, so any water that gets past the window is sent back outside.
Windows
Composite
Fibrex composite, a blend of reclaimed wood fiber and thermoplastic polymer: stiff and stable like wood, low maintenance like vinyl, and twice as strong as vinyl. The 100 Series is Fibrex inside and out; the A-Series pairs a wood interior with a composite and fiberglass exterior.
Fiberglass
Pella Impervia frames are Pella’s own fiberglass: strong, slim, and expand at nearly the same rate as the glass, so seals stay tight through Colorado’s swings. Takes hail and UV very well.
Vinyl
Well-built vinyl windows with welded frames and solid warranties. The value choice when you want quality without the composite or fiberglass price.
We can install less expensive builder-grade windows, but we don’t recommend them here. Thin vinyl frames move a lot in high-altitude sun and cold nights, seals fail sooner, and you end up paying twice.
Doors
Most of our entry and patio doors come from ProVia, built to order, and we install them as complete systems.
The door, frame, sidelites, transom, threshold, and weatherstripping, built to fit together and installed as one unit, rather than a new slab hung in an old frame. ProVia Signet and Ascent fiberglass or Legacy steel. We build each one with you: line, color, glass, and design.
Smooth, tight-sealing sliders in vinyl, fiberglass, and composite, from ProVia, Andersen, Pella, and Simonton.
Hinged in-swing and out-swing patio doors, single or double, for the classic look with modern seals.
Therma-Tru
Therma-Tru fire-rated doors in steel and fiberglass, for the door between the garage and the house and any other opening that needs a rating.
Questions
Composite and fiberglass are the most stable in Colorado sun and cold and last the longest. Quality vinyl is a solid value. We will look at your openings, your exposures, and your budget and recommend one, with the price of each so you can compare.
Yes. We can do an insert replacement inside the existing frame, or a full-frame replacement that is flashed back into the wall. If you are re-siding, it is the best time to do windows, because the whole opening is exposed and can be flashed properly.
Builder-grade vinyl frames are thin, and here they expand and contract a lot. Seals fail, glass fogs, and they start leaking air years before a good window would. We will install them if you ask, but we will tell you why we don’t recommend it.
Instead of hanging a new door in an old frame, the door, frame, sidelites, threshold, and weatherstripping come as one engineered unit. It seals tighter, swings better, and the whole thing carries one warranty.
Building code requires a fire-rated door between an attached garage and the house. Other openings may need one depending on the design. We will tell you what your opening requires and what rating makes sense.
A free consultation at your house. We measure, look at how each opening is built, and give you options by brand and material, with prices.
