Double-Hung, Single-Hung & Casement Replacement in The Woodlands, TX
The everyday operating styles, plus sliders, awnings and fixed picture units. New balances, new hardware, and sashes that tilt in so you can clean the outside from inside.
The styles that make up most of a house
A single-hung window has one moving sash, the bottom one. A double-hung has two, so both halves slide and both tilt in for cleaning. A casement swings out on a crank, which seals tighter than either because the sash pulls against the frame as it closes.
Sliders move sideways in a track, awnings hinge at the top so they shed rain while open, and picture units do not open at all — which is why they can carry the largest glass with the least frame.
Most houses are a mix, and most replacement projects are too. What matters is that each opening ends up with the style that suits how you use the room, how it faces, and what your covenant will approve.
Signs it is time
These are the complaints we get called about most often, and they are mechanical as much as thermal.
The sash falls shut on its own
The balance has failed. It is the single most common call we get, and propping it with a stick is not a fix.
Painted shut or swollen tight
Decades of paint and humidity. If a window has not opened in years, it is not going to start.
You feel air at the sill with it locked
Weatherstripping has compressed or the sash no longer meets the frame square.
The lock will not meet its keeper
A racked or dropped sash. Beyond the nuisance, an unlockable window is a security problem.
Condensation on the inside frame
Common in our humidity on older frames with no thermal break, and it leads to mildew at the sill.
You cannot clean the outside
Older sashes do not tilt in. Modern ones do, which on a second storey is worth a lot on its own.
How we do it
This is the bread-and-butter work, and the pace reflects that — but not at the cost of the sealing.
Measure every opening individually
Houses are not as consistent as their plans. We measure each opening in three places rather than assuming they match.
Confirm style and grille pattern
Operating style per room, and a grille pattern that matches the rest of the elevation so covenant review goes smoothly.
Set, shim and seal
Shimmed square so the sash operates and locks properly, insulated at the perimeter, sealed inside and out.
Operate every window with you
Open, close, lock, tilt. If anything is stiff we adjust it before we pack up, not on a callback.
Most of the housing stock, most of the calls
Hung and casement windows are the bulk of what The Woodlands was built with, across every village and every decade of development. Whatever else a house has, it has a lot of these.
Our humidity is hard on the mechanical parts specifically. Balances corrode, timber sashes swell and stick, and paint bonds a window shut faster here than it would in a dry climate. That is why so many of these calls start with 'it will not open' rather than 'my bill is high'.
Operating style questions
Including the covenant one, which matters more here than in most places.
Single-hung moves only the bottom sash. Double-hung moves both, which gives you better ventilation control and lets both sashes tilt in for cleaning. Double-hung costs more; on a second storey it is usually worth it.
Get a Number Per Opening
Every opening priced separately, so you can do the whole house or start with the three that annoy you most.
Serving The Woodlands, Shenandoah, Oak Ridge North, Spring, Conroe and south Montgomery County