exteriors
Replacement Windows in Canton, GA
We install replacement windows as part of an exterior scope, most often alongside siding or after a storm. Full-frame or insert depending on what the existing opening will take, and the same pre-1978 lead-safe rules apply — with one detail that catches almost everybody out.
Filing on this? What we do and do not do in an insurance claim — including the one thing Georgia law does not allow anybody to offer you.
What we actually do on this job
- Every opening measured individually, because they are not the same even when they look it
- Full-frame or insert decided per opening, on the condition of the existing frame
- Sill pan, flashing and integration with the wall's water barrier
- Interior and exterior trim made good
- Old units removed and disposed of
- Federal lead-safe work practices on any pre-1978 home, with no square-footage floor — see below
How it goes
01
Measure every opening
Not one opening times twelve. Settlement, previous work and original construction tolerance mean they differ, and a window ordered to the wrong size is a six-week delay.
02
Decide full-frame or insert, opening by opening
An insert is faster, cheaper and keeps the existing frame; it is the wrong answer where that frame has rot in it. We open one and look rather than assume.
03
Flash it into the wall properly
A window is a hole you put back. The sill pan and the way the flashing laps into the wall's water barrier decide whether that hole leaks in ten years.
The detail almost every contractor gets wrong about pre-1978 homes
The federal renovation rules exempt minor work — six square feet or less of disturbed paint inside a room, twenty square feet or less outside. Most people, including a lot of contractors, assume a single window swap falls under that. It does not. Window replacement and demolition of painted surfaces are always covered, regardless of square footage, with no floor at all. So one window in a 1972 house brings the full containment, work-practice and cleanup requirements into play, and the pamphlet has to be delivered before work begins. We work that way as an EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm, and it is worth asking anyone else quoting the job whether they do.
On homes built before 1978 we work as an EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm, and the containment and cleanup that requires is priced into the job rather than added to it. What the rule requires →
Questions about windows
How long does a window job take?
A whole-house replacement is usually two to four days depending on count and whether any are full-frame. Ordering is the long pole — units are made to your measurements and that lead time is weeks, not days.What changes the price?
Count, size, whether the opening takes an insert or needs a full-frame replacement, the frame material and glazing package, and how much trim has to be rebuilt. Pre-1978 homes carry the lead-safe work practices, and those are priced in from the start rather than added later.Is a single window really covered by the lead rules?
Yes, on a pre-1978 home. Window replacement is always covered regardless of square footage — the six and twenty square foot exemptions do not apply to it. It is the most commonly missed detail in the whole rule.Do windows need a permit?
Sometimes, and the answer is local — some jurisdictions permit a like-for-like replacement and some do not, and altering an opening generally does. We check yours before we order.
Free inspection
Request an inspection window
Three steps — four if there has been a storm. About ninety seconds.
Get on the roof and know for sure.
Forty-five minutes, dated photographs, a written answer, and no obligation of any kind.