You lean across the sink to shove the window up, and it sticks halfway again. The 1960s built more of North Huntingdon's houses than any decade before or since, and many still have the windows to prove it. We replace them opening by opening, so the kitchen, bedrooms and back door all close tight before the cold comes.
North Huntingdon Windows & Doors
Of the township's homes, 69% date from before 1980, and almost nine in ten are single-family houses standing on their own. The windows and doors on them are what owners call us about.
A 1960s house still on early windows has glass that fogs, sashes that drop and frames that let the wind through. Owners notice it in the bedrooms first, where the heat never quite reaches the corner by the glass.
Each old unit comes out and the frame is checked for rot. Bad sills are rebuilt, the replacement is leveled over a sloped pan and foamed in with a low-pressure sealant, and inside trim goes back so the room looks as it did.
Replacement windowsIn about one owned home in three here, the owner is past 65. Plenty of them say the hardest window in the house is the one over the kitchen sink, where you have to lean across the counter to lift it.
A casement or awning window that opens with a crank at the sill, so it works with one hand from where you stand. Built to the existing opening's size, it stays on the township's no-permit list.
Replacement windowsRoute 30 is the township's busiest road. For owners whose bedrooms face it, the trucks at night matter more than anything else about a window, and they ask what glass will soften the sound.
Laminated glass, or panes of two different thicknesses, quiet road noise more than ordinary double glazing does. We also seal the gap between frame and wall, since sound comes in around a window as well as through it.
Glass optionsThe sliding door to the back deck gets used all summer and fights you all winter. Owners want one that rolls smoothly, locks firmly and doesn't leave a cold line of air across the kitchen floor.
We take out the old unit, look at the subfloor and the deck ledger for water damage, and set the new door on a sloped pan. Flashing laps over the ledger so rain runs off the deck instead of into the house.
Patio and sliding doorsChildren live in about 32% of township households. Parents with a crib or bunk bed near an upstairs window ask what keeps a toddler from pushing a screen out on a summer evening.
Where the sill sits low in a second-floor room, the code calls for a device that limits how far the window opens, one an adult can release in an emergency. We check each bedroom sill before ordering.
Egress and bedroom windowsSmall windows set high in a basement wall are often the leakiest in the house: single glass, rusted frames and a sill that holds water. Owners ask about them before finishing the basement.
We pull the old frame, repair the masonry or the wood buck, and set a tight new unit with a sill that sheds water to the outside. Finishing the space itself is on our North Huntingdon basement page.
North Huntingdon basementsHomes and households: Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024, North Huntingdon Township. Permits: township permit FAQ.
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 North Huntingdon
On North Huntingdon window and door jobs, three questions recur: where the township draws its permit line, how the EPA treats older paint, and which glass beside a door has to be tempered.
LargerWindows that need a township permit
The township's permit list is unusually plain: same-size window replacement needs no permit, and larger windows do. A bigger opening goes through the township's own review, which the kitchen page describes, so we file before ordering the glass.
North Huntingdon permits69%Township homes built before 1980
For homes built before 1978, EPA's renovation rule covers every window replacement; it never qualifies as minor repair. That means a certified firm, plastic containment and cleanup, and the agency's pamphlet delivered within 60 days of the start. Most township houses fall under it.
EPA lead renovation rule (opens in a new tab)24 in.From a door's edge, glass is tempered
Sidelights, and any window set within 24 inches of where a door swings closed, count as a hazardous location under the code when their glass reaches below 5 feet from the floor. That glass has to be safety glass, so we specify it on every new entry door with sidelights.
Entry doorsWindow & Door Questions
Township owners tend to raise these before a tape measure comes out. Our main windows and exterior doors page lays out an install from start to finish.
Ask a QuestionPrice follows the openings, the windows chosen and what sits behind the old frames. A plain insert in a solid frame is the least; rebuilt sills, a larger opening, a new slider or laminated glass for road noise raise it. You see a written figure once we've measured.
Window price rangesNo. Plenty of township owners begin where it's worst, often the bedrooms or the kitchen, and finish the rest in a later season. We note every opening on the first visit, so later windows match the first ones in color and style.
The order of the workNot when it goes into the same opening. State rules don't count that as a structural change, and the township's list asks for permits on larger windows, not door swaps. Widening the opening for sidelights is another matter, and we'd check first.
North Huntingdon permitsSometimes. When the sash and frame are sound and only the sealed glass has failed, a new glass unit can go into the old sash. If the frame is soft or the sash won't stay up, a full replacement is the better spend, and we'll say which.
What we findVinyl is the economical choice and needs no paint. Fiberglass holds its shape through hot and cold and takes paint. Wood looks right in an older room but needs upkeep outside unless it's clad. Seeing samples side by side helps you choose.
Window materialsOther Services
Across North Huntingdon we also take on kitchens, bathrooms, attic rooms, basements and additions. Pick whichever you need 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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