Wood Windows

A rather stately residence in a rather stately N.W. Portland neighborhood.

A kitchen window design for those who love light and a view of the great outdoors.

Money was not likely spared in either the design or the components used to create this architectural flourish of glass and the views and light that it affords.

Like a number of their competitors, Pella Wood Clad Windows are marketed as being among the best that money can buy.

And not unlike their top-shelf competitors, Pella wood windows are sorely tested by the realities of Willamette Valley weather, aluminum-clad or not.

While the extruded aluminum-clad wood window products are generally considered by many as being somewhat bullet-proof,…

…anybody who repairs wood windows in this region well knows how untrue that can be, depending upon roof-lines and eves, preventative maintenance or the lack thereof.

As you can see from several of the previous photos, the window assembly was not the only thing that succumbed to the ravishing consequences of joints and seams that failed to keep the moisture at bay.

As you can also see, this entire array of windows has no protection from what the weather patterns throw at it. But such repairs have become a daily part of what we do, and we get plenty of practice.

A new window assembly and a wall whose structural components have been made literally “better than new” is all in a day’s work for our crews.