The sash slams down because its cord snapped years ago, and the storm window behind it has been painted shut since anyone remembers. Nearly a third of Irwin's houses predate 1940, and plenty still hold windows like that. We measure each opening, set new units made to fit, and leave the old trim looking right.
Irwin Windows & Doors
About 85% of Irwin's homes were built before 1980, 57% are rentals, and roughly one building in seven holds two units. Those three facts shape most of what owners and landlords here ask us to fix.
Windows from the twenties or thirties hang their sashes on cords over pulleys, with iron weights hidden in the wall. Cords break, weights rattle, and owners get tired of propping windows open with a stick.
We pull the sashes and stops, lift out the weights, and pack the empty pockets with insulation before setting the replacement. Old casing that comes off clean is reinstalled, keeping the prewar character of each room.
Replacement windowsIn Irwin, a vacated unit loses its registration, and the borough inspects it again before the next lease. Landlords ask us to fix the windows that stick, won't stay up or have no working lock before the inspector arrives.
The property maintenance code wants every openable window to open easily and hold its position, and ground-floor windows in a rental to latch. We fix or replace the ones that fail, unit by unit, between tenants.
What we findRoughly 15% of Irwin homes are one half of a two-unit building. An owner on one side wants new windows but doesn't want the facade to look like two houses glued together afterward.
We note the neighbor's grille pattern, frame color and sash lines, and order units that sit comfortably beside them. All the work stays on your side of the party wall, from the inside out.
Replacement windowsIn 38% of the borough's owned homes, the owner is 65 or past it. Plenty of them name the front door as the trouble: a tall sill to step over, a knob that's hard to turn and a storm door that slams.
A new entry door on a lower, flashed threshold, a lever handle in place of the knob, and a storm door with a closer that eases it shut. We check that the stoop meets the sill so there's no surprise step.
Entry doorsWhen the rear door leads right into the kitchen, every gap around it is felt at the stove. Owners ask for a back door that closes without a shove and stops the cold air sliding across the floor.
First the jamb and subfloor beneath the old door get checked for rot. A pan sloped to the outside goes down, the new door is hung true, and weatherstrip seals all four edges. A half-light or full-light door keeps the kitchen bright.
Exterior doorsOlder bedrooms often have narrow windows, and owners hear that bedrooms need an escape opening. They ask whether new windows must be bigger, which would mean cutting the brick or siding.
Usually not. The code lets a replacement keep its opening if it's the biggest standard unit the maker offers for that frame and opens at least as wide as the old style. We measure the clear opening and show you the options.
Egress and bedroom windowsHomes and households: Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024, Borough of Irwin (rounded). Rental inspections: Irwin Code §195-5.
The rest of the job
How it runs, what it costs and who builds it are on our main windows & exterior doors page.
Windows in Irwin
Three local matters come up on Irwin window and door jobs: lead in the paint of older houses, the inspection each new tenant triggers, and which work sends plans to CEA for review.
85%Irwin homes built before 1980
Federal lead rules treat window replacement in a pre-1978 home as renovation that disturbs paint, never a minor repair. The firm must be EPA-certified, the work area contained and cleaned, and EPA's pamphlet handed to you within 60 days beforehand. In Irwin that describes most houses.
EPA lead renovation rule (opens in a new tab)57%Irwin homes that are rented
Once a unit is vacated, its registration lapses and the borough inspects again against its codes before the next lease. Windows that won't open or lock are easy to fail on. The Irwin kitchen page explains the registration.
Irwin rental registrationCEAThe borough's plan reviewer
State rules don't treat a window or door set into its existing opening as structural. Widening one under a new beam is, and the plans then go through 424 Main to CEA, whose review runs as long as three working weeks. We confirm with the borough either way.
Irwin permits, explainedWindow & Door Questions
These come up in Irwin before we've written a number down. A full window install, step by step, is on our main windows and doors page.
Ask a QuestionCount the openings, pick the windows, then add whatever the old frames hide. An insert in a sound frame is the lighter end; rotted sills, prewar openings that need full-frame work or a new back door push it up. The written figure follows our measurements.
Window price rangesYes, with care in the order. Sash proportions, grille patterns and the width of the frame all change how a facade reads. We size each unit to its opening rather than shrinking the glass, and keep or remake the outside trim to match.
Trim, capping and sillsOver new windows, usually not. Modern double-pane units do the job a storm did, and an old aluminum storm can trap water against the new frame. Where an owner is keeping original sashes, a good storm in front of them still earns its place.
What we findAbout one Irwin household in four has children. When a bedroom sill sits lower than 24 inches off the floor and the drop outside is over six feet, the code asks for a limiter or guard so the sash can't open wide. We check every upstairs sill.
Egress and bedroom windowsOnly near the windows. In an older house we move furniture back, seal the work area with plastic and clean it before we leave, as the lead rule asks. Most rooms are usable again the same evening, with the window closed and trimmed.
The order of the workOther Services
For Irwin homes we also do kitchens and baths, attic and basement rooms, and rooms added onto the borough's smaller houses. Choose a service below.
Kitchen RemodelingNew layouts, new cabinets, new counters: framed, built, and installed by the same crew.View Service
Bathroom RemodelingFull gut renovations with proper waterproofing, new framing, and tile set by hand.View Service
Attic FinishingUnused attics framed into bedrooms and offices: subfloor, insulation, drywall, and a proper stair.View Service
Basement FinishingUnfinished basements turned into real rooms: framed, insulated, drywalled, and finished by our crew.View Service
Additions & ADUsAdditions and accessory dwelling units (ADUs), framed from the ground up and tied in clean.View Service
Exterior Restoration & Structural RepairsRotted trim and siding, sagging joists, failed sills: opened up and repaired to solid wood.View Service
Decks & Covered PatiosDecks, covered patios and three-season rooms, flashed to the house and built for Westmoreland winters.View ServiceVerified Google Reviews
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