Making Window Replacement Easier Atlanta GA

Whether you're putting in the windows on your own job or subcontracting the work out, it's important to make the whole process painless for the crew coming in to install. Tim Murphy, president of Tim Murphy Carpentry, a full-service remodeling company in Chicago that specializes in window replacements, says the most important thing to do is to make sure the openings have been framed correctly and are the right size. After that, Murphy suggests the following:

The biggest problem Murphy encounters when he's doing a window installation on someone else's job is that the windows won't fit in the pre-framed openings. That's why, in some situations, Murphy prefers to have his own crew do the framing. But in general, he makes the situation work. "If it's a wooden frame, you can adjust anything you need to," the remodeler says. "Our rule of thumb is that if the windows are on site, we'll get them to fit."

Plan ahead

Of course careful planning can go a long way to avoiding on-site problems. Kevin Cassidy, president and CEO of K.C. Company, a window replacement firm that operates 10 stores selling Pella windows in the Baltimore/Washington area, says that well before the company's two-man crew arrives to do the installation, a supervisor from his company meets with the homeowner to "set the expectations, talk about protecting the property, the furniture."

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