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Window and door replacement in Aldine runs $4,500 to $25,000 depending on whether you’re swapping panes in a 1970s wood-frame ranch or opening up load-bearing walls for impact-rated sliders. Most Aldine jobs take two to five days once materials land, and yes, we pull Harris County permits on every replacement we touch. That’s not boilerplate. In unincorporated Harris County, skipping permits on window and door work leaves the next homeowner holding a repair bill for headers that never should have passed. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll send someone from our Windows & Doors crew to your place, look at what you actually have, and hand you a written line-item quote before anything gets ordered.
We know Aldine. We know the clay soil under 77060 shifts enough to rack window frames out of square, and we know the salt-heavy Gulf air east of Beltway 8 chews through cheap door hardware in five years flat. Our Aldine customers aren’t calling us for a quick swap. They’re calling because the last window job leaked, the patio door binds, and somebody’s got to finally fix it right.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Aldine’s Preferred Windows & Doors Company
Tom Barrett started this company in 1998, and he’s still the guy who shows up to walk your job with the sons who run the crews. That matters in Aldine specifically, because so much of what we find here is hidden behind siding that was nailed up when nobody was watching. We’ve replaced windows and doors in Aldine long enough to know the 1960s-to-1980s housing stock intimately: slab-on-grade, wood-frame, single-pane aluminum, and a lot of unpermitted patchwork from decades of storm repairs. Ask anyone on your street, or look up the license number yourself. Tom publishes his name, address, and license on every contract.
Every scope, every allowance, every price change arrives as a written change order before work happens. No surprise invoices at the end. And you get the 90-Day Done Right Promise written on the contract: if something’s not right, one call brings Tom back. Crew members are background-checked, uniformed, and they carry the Barrett & Sons name on their trucks. We answer the phone 24/7 with a live person, not a voicemail box in another state.
Our Windows & Doors Services in Aldine
Window Installation
We install new windows in Aldine homes every week, and the first thing we do is check the rough opening before anything gets ordered. Aldine’s Houston Black clay moves slabs seasonally, so a window that was square in March might be racked half an inch out by September. We rebuild the rough-in, flash it for flood-zone humidity, and set the new frame dead level. Simonton and Ply Gem are our most common new-construction options in 77060, and we stock the parts to back them up locally.
Door Installation
A new exterior door in Aldine has to stand up to Gulf air that rusts uncoated hinge screws and weatherstripping within a few years. We specify hot-dip galvanized hardware and marine-grade finishes on every exterior door we hang here. Interior doors are simpler, but we still level them to the actual slab, not to what the slab looked like in 1972. If the frame is racked, we tell you before we touch it, and we give you the price in writing.
Window Replacement
Most replacement work in Aldine is on those 1960s-to-1980s wood-frame ranches with the original single-pane aluminum windows. We pull the old frame to the studs, fix what’s behind it, flash the opening properly, and set a modern double-pane vinyl or impact-rated unit. Expect $4,500-$15,000 for a whole-home replacement in Aldine, depending on how many windows and how much framing repair the clay has made necessary. We have seen undersized headers, missing flashing, and rotted sills hiding back there, and we’ll show you photos before we close the wall.
Impact Windows & Doors
For Aldine homeowners who remember Harvey, impact windows and doors aren’t an upgrade, they’re the point. We install impact-rated units that meet Harris County’s current code for flood-zone low-lying neighborhoods, and we handle the permit and inspection sign-off for the work. Impact window installation in Aldine typically runs $8,000-$25,000. That’s a real number, not a phone call teaser, and we’ll stand behind it in a written quote.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Aldine
We stock and install Simonton, Ply Gem, and PGT in Aldine, and we choose the line based on what your house actually faces. Simonton’s vinyl double-hung is the workhorse for standard replacement on 1960s-1980s homes. PGT’s impact line is what we recommend for anything within reach of Greens Bayou flood-carried debris. We keep local inventory on common frame sizes and hardware, which means we’re not waiting two weeks for a bracket when a spring storm comes through and you need a door that closes and locks tonight.
Common Windows & Doors Problems We See in Aldine Homes
- Racked openings from moving clay. Aldine’s expansive Houston Black clay heaves every wet season and shrinks through dry spells, which twists wood-framed window openings out of square. Sashes jam, glass seals break, and caulk lines inside the frame split open.
- Rusted hardware from Gulf air. Salt-laden air doesn’t stay on the coast. It rides east into Aldine and strips the finish off cheap door hinges, weatherstripping, and screws. Exterior doors start binding and whistling within three to five years if the hardware wasn’t coated for it.
- Rot at thresholds from trapped humidity. Pre-1990s aluminum windows without weep holes trap moist Gulf air against wood subfloors around door thresholds and sills. We see this constantly in 77060, and it’s usually hidden until the threshold feels soft underfoot.
- Unpermitted pre-Harvey storm repairs. A huge number of older Aldine homes had windows and doors swapped after storms without permits and without inspection. Non-impact glass, interior-grade hardware, missing flashing: we find it behind the siding on nearly half the older homes we open up.
Pricing for Windows & Doors in Aldine, TX
Window and door pricing in Aldine tracks the specs your house actually needs, not some statewide brochure number. A standard double-pane vinyl window replacement here runs $4,500-$15,000 for a typical three-bedroom ranch. Impact-rated window installation runs $8,000-$25,000 depending on home size and framing condition. Sliding and patio doors fall in the $4,500-$15,000 range, more if the rough-in has been racked by clay movement. The gap between the cheap spec and the coastal spec is real, and cheap hardware in Aldine’s humid, salt-laced air usually costs more by year eight than the good stuff would have cost on day one. We walk the job first. We price it in writing. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll have someone out to Aldine to give you a number you can hold us to.
| Service | Aldine Typical Range |
|---|---|
| Impact Window Installation | $8,000 - $25,000 |
| Window Replacement | $4,500 - $15,000 |
| Sliding & Patio Doors | $4,500 - $15,000 |
We Also Serve Cities Near Aldine
Our crews work Aldine daily, and we cover the neighboring communities too: Jersey Village, Humble, Houston, and Bellaire. If your home is in one of those pockets, you get the same local assessment and the same written quote. Call (877) 610-1318 and tell us which side of Aldine you’re on.
Serving Aldine, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Aldine area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - Windows & Doors in Aldine
Yes. Aldine is unincorporated Harris County, so there’s no city building department, but Harris County Engineering still requires permits and inspections on structural window and door replacement work. We pull the permit and schedule the inspection before we close the wall, and the permit inspector works for you, not for us, which is exactly why we like him there. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll tell you straight whether your job needs the permit, and we’ll put it on the written estimate.
Sliding patio doors in Aldine fail from two local forces working together: expansive clay racks the opening out of square, and salt-laced Gulf air rusts the roller hardware and weatherstripping. We replace the rough-in, install a hot-dip galvanized base pan, and set the new door to the actual slab, not to the original framing. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll look at your door before you commit to anything; the estimate is free.
Impact-rated coastal-spec windows typically add $300-$900 per opening over standard inland-spec vinyl in Aldine, so a whole-home difference usually lands between $3,000 and $9,000. The cheap spec will fail, faster than you’d like, in this air. For an exact line-item number on your house, call (877) 610-1318.
In most 1970s Aldine homes, the frames are part of the problem. The aluminum is pitted from decades of salt air, the weep holes are gone, and the rough openings have racked with the slab, so a glass-only swap usually leaks again within a year. We recommend full-frame replacement, and we’ll show you exactly what we found before you make the call. Estimates are free at (877) 610-1318.
It can. Aldine sits in the Greens Bayou and West Fork San Jacinto watershed, and post-Harvey Harris County rules may require flood-elevation documentation or moisture-resistant materials on certain replacement work. We check the current compliance picture before we open the wall, and if the county needs something extra, you’ll see it as a written change order before anything moves. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate and we’ll walk you through it.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Aldine since 1998.