Window and Door Services in Rockland and Camden
Five kinds of window and door work for Rockland, Camden and the towns around them, and every one starts with us looking at the opening before a price is written.
- Windows and doors are all we do
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- 22 Midcoast towns, Rockland to Belmont
Which windows or doors does your house need?
- Bay and Bow WindowsA new bay or bow hung on supports its maker approves, with an insulated seat and a flashed roof. Priced after we look under the old one.See Bay and Bow Windows
- Entry Door ReplacementA new slab in a sound frame, or a prehung door on a sill pan when the threshold is soft. Installed doors average $3,500 to $12,000.See Entry Door Replacement
- Patio Door ReplacementSliders and French doors set on a drained, supported sill, taped where the deck meets the wall. Installed averages run $5,000 to $16,000.See Patio Door Replacement
- Vinyl Window ReplacementA frame you never paint, set as an insert in a square, dry frame or full-frame over a sill pan. Up to five windows average out at $5,000 to $15,000.See Vinyl Window Replacement
- Wood Window ReplacementOld sash tested with an awl, then kept or replaced with wood-clad units in the old pane pattern. A whole house averages $28,000 to $65,000.See Wood Window Replacement
Where do we replace windows and doors?
Rockland, Owls Head and the towns around them, 22 in all, across Knox, Lincoln and Waldo counties.
How Do We Choose a Window Material With You?
We choose a window material with you by looking at the house first and the price second: what the street face needs to keep, how much upkeep you will take on, and how close the walls sit to salt water. For most year-round Midcoast houses our answer is vinyl, and for the street side of an 1800s house it is wood-clad.
Vinyl window replacement costs the least of the three and asks for no paint, ever. Painting it would void Simonton's warranty, though, so the color you order is the color you keep.
Fiberglass sits in the middle on price. A 2009 Fine Homebuilding buyer's guide found that it grows and shrinks with heat at almost the rate glass does, while vinyl moves about seven times as much, and the same guide notes fiberglass can be painted.
Wood window replacement with wood-clad units costs the most, and it earns that on a captain's house or a Federal front where the pane pattern carries the look. Near the water, read the clad finish terms first: Marvin covers a clad finish for half as long within a mile of salt water.
Bay and bow windows come in all three materials, and the support and roof matter more than which one you pick. One local rule is worth knowing: on Main Street in Rockland, a change to a window's design, look or opening size goes to the city's historic review first.
What If You Can't Tell Whether an Old Window Should Go?
If you can't tell whether an old window should go, that call is ours to make at the visit, and we make it opening by opening with an awl and a square. Preservation Brief 9, from the National Park Service, cautions that peeling paint is not proof of rot, and a sash that looks tired can still test sound.
When the sash and sill are firm, we tell you to keep the window and leave it off the price. When the frame is square and dry but the sash is worn out, an insert goes inside the old frame and the trim stays.
When the sill is soft or the frame is out of square, everything comes out down to the framing, and the new unit is set full-frame on a pan that drains back outside. Doors follow the same test at the threshold, for an entry door or a patio door alike.
Not sure which service fits? Choose "A few windows", "The whole house" or "A door" on the estimate request, and we will sort out the rest at the house.
Which openings in your house need looking at?
Tell us the town and the windows or doors that bother you. We look at the sill and the frame first, then put the scope and the price in writing.