Aurora is the second largest city in Colorado and the second largest source of window replacement demand in this metro, and it is dominated by a housing era that is failing right now on schedule.
We are independent. No manufacturer sets our quotas, which means we can tell you what your house actually needs, including when that is a repair rather than a replacement.
Aurora grew in waves, and the wave your house belongs to tells you most of what you need to know about your windows.
1950s and 1960s, original Aurora. North Aurora near Colfax, Hoffman Heights, Del Mar, Highline Villages. Ranch homes with steel or early aluminum windows. Aluminum frames conduct cold directly through the frame, so these houses feel drafty even when the glass is intact. Full replacement is usually the answer.
1970s and 1980s, the big expansion. Village East, Utah Park, Aurora Knolls, Meadow Hills, Summer Valley. This is the largest single population of failing windows in the city. First generation double pane units are now forty to fifty years old, well past any reasonable seal life. If you are seeing fog between the panes, sashes that will not stay up, or hardware you cannot find parts for, this is why.
1990s and 2000s, the southeast push. Tallyn's Reach, Saddle Rock, Southshore, Beacon Point, Murphy Creek. Builder-grade vinyl on twenty to thirty year old homes. Some are fine. Many are reaching the end of their seal life now, and the second wave of failures is arriving.
2010s and newer. Painted Prairie, Green Valley Ranch East, the Aurora Highlands. Mostly too new for replacement, occasionally in scope for upgrades driven by noise, especially on approach paths near the airport corridor.
Same numbers we publish everywhere, because they are our numbers rather than a marketing figure:
Aurora's 1970s and 1980s ranch and two-story stock tends to run high on window count, which is exactly the situation where being independent does real work. A twenty window house quoted on a premium line lands in a very different place than the same house on a value line, and we can show you both instead of pushing you toward financing on the only line we are allowed to sell.
A lot of older Aurora homes have aluminum framed windows, and homeowners often ask whether they can just upgrade the glass.
Usually not worth it. Aluminum conducts heat straight through the frame, so even with better glass the frame itself keeps pulling cold into the room and collecting condensation. You end up paying for half a fix.
We will tell you this before you spend money on it. That is the kind of answer a company earns nothing by giving.
Aurora has a large stock of homes with unfinished or partially finished basements, and basement bedroom conversions are common here. Any bedroom below grade needs a code-compliant egress window, and that is a different job from a standard replacement. It usually involves cutting the foundation opening and installing a well.
We do this work. Ask us about it at the consultation if a basement conversion is anywhere in your plans, because it is much cheaper to do the window work as part of a planned project than as an emergency after an inspection.
We repair windows. Most companies in this market do not.
On Aurora's 1970s and 1980s stock, the honest answer is often mixed. Some units are repairable, some are past it, and a good assessment saves you money on the ones that do not need replacing. We will walk the house and give you a real breakdown rather than a single number for everything.
Aurora requires permits for most window replacement work, and definitely for full frame replacement, any change in opening size, and egress work. We pull them where they are required.
Depends on the house and the window count. A high-count 1970s two-story and a builder-grade home in Saddle Rock are not the same specification, and being independent means we can put more than one line in front of you and let the trade-offs decide it.
Three financing paths, including two Colorado energy programs we are an authorized contractor for. We will walk you through all three, including the parts that are inconvenient for us to mention.
We can source dozens of manufacturers. These are the five we know cold.
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Yes. Aurora is a core service area, not an edge of the map for us.
Probably most, but not necessarily all, and we will tell you which. Seal failure does not happen uniformly. South and west elevations usually go first.
In most cases yes, with a retrofit insert. If the frame itself is failing, full frame is the better call and we will explain the cost difference.
If it is going to be a bedroom, yes, and it needs to be a code-compliant egress window. Worth planning now.
Yes. Entry, patio, and storm doors.