Windows & Doors in Austin - Written Price Before Anything Is Ordered

Backyard Doors, Front Doors, and a City Built on Limestone

When you live in Austin, a front door isn’t just a front door. The same sun that burns off Lady Bird Lake by 9 a.m. in July is working on your door frame, your window seals, and your patio sliders every single day. We spend a lot of time in neighborhoods like Travis Heights, Hyde Park, and Bouldin Creek, and we see what that relentless heat does to wood frames, vinyl tracks, and glass seals. Barrett & Sons Construction handles Windows & Doors the way this city actually demands they be handled: with materials rated for hard sun, installation crews who know the difference between a pier-and-beam bungalow and a new slab-on-grade infill build, and pricing that arrives in writing before the first tool comes off the truck. Call us at (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate, and we’ll talk about your house specifically, not a generic checklist.

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Fast, Reliable Windows & Doors Across Austin

Replacing windows and doors in Austin typically runs $4,500 to $15,000 for a standard whole-home window replacement, with impact-rated installations starting around $8,000 and going up to $25,000 depending on how many openings and what brand you choose. Most jobs in Austin take two to five days once materials arrive, and we coordinate the permit and inspection schedule so you’re never left guessing. Whether you’re in 78723 near Mueller, 78724 east of the airport, 78725 by the river, or 73301 down south, our crews know the housing stock, the soil conditions, and the HOA quirks that come with each pocket of the city. That local familiarity is the difference between a smooth install and a surprise. Call (877) 610-1318 and ask for Tom Barrett. He answers his own phone.

Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Austin’s Preferred Windows & Doors Company

Tom Barrett founded this company in 1998, and his sons run the crews. That’s not marketing language. If you hire us for window replacement in Austin, the people showing up at your door are the people whose name is on the side of the truck. We don’t dispatch strangers from an out-of-state call center, and we don’t hand you a bill at the end that looks nothing like the quote at the beginning. Every scope change, every allowance adjustment, every material substitution arrives as a written change order before work proceeds. That practice alone has earned us a strong local reputation among Austin homeowners who’ve been burned by national outfits that quote one number on the phone and show up with another.

Homeowners in neighborhoods like Wells Branch and Anderson Mill call us because they want a contractor they’ll see again at the hardware store. That’s exactly who we are. Calls are answered by a live person 24/7, not a voicemail box. Our crew members are background-checked and uniformed on every visit. And we back every completed job with the 90-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, one call brings Tom back to make it right. No fine print, no runaround.

We also know the permit process in Austin well enough to tell you the truth about it. The permit inspector works for you, not for me, and that’s why I like him. Every eligible window and door job includes permits pulled and inspections signed. If a contractor tells you permits are optional on a structural opening change, walk away. Ask anyone on your street, or look up the license number yourself.

Our Windows & Doors Services in Austin

Window Installation

New window installation in Austin means more than swapping glass. It means checking the rough opening for rot in those 1920s to 1950s craftsman bungalows around Bouldin Creek and Travis Heights, where pier-and-beam foundations settle and old wood sashes have been painted shut for decades. We frame, flash, insulate, and trim every opening so the window actually performs in 100-degree heat. Most standard window installations in Austin fall between $4,500 and $15,000 for a typical single-story home, depending on the number of openings and whether you choose vinyl, wood, or composite frames.

Door Installation

A front door in Austin takes a beating. Direct afternoon sun on western exposures, humidity swings, and the occasional hailstorm all punish cheap doors faster than people expect. We install exterior doors with proper threshold sealing, weatherstripping rated for real sun exposure, and frames squared to the house, not just eyeballed. Door installation in Austin typically runs $800 to $3,500 per opening depending on whether it’s a simple slab swap or a full frame-and-sidelight replacement with trim work.

Window Replacement

If your Austin home still has original single-pane aluminum windows, you’re paying for it every August. Single-pane glass in a city where summer highs sit at or above 100 degrees is a losing game. Window replacement in Austin runs $4,500 to $15,000 for a standard single-family home, and the energy savings on a well-sealed double-pane install start showing up on the first full summer bill. We handle the full tear-out, haul-away, installation, and exterior trim so the finished opening looks like it was always meant to be that way.

Impact Windows & Doors

Austin doesn’t sit on the coast, but it does sit in hail alley. Hail claims are a regular part of life from March through June, and impact-rated windows are increasingly the choice for homeowners who’d rather not replace glass twice in a decade. Impact window installation in Austin runs $8,000 to $25,000 for a whole-home project, with brands like PGT and CGI leading the field for real impact ratings that hold up in the kind of storms that roll through central Texas. We also handle impact sliding glass doors for patios and balconies where a flying limb or hailstone is a genuine risk.

Trusted Brands We Service in Austin

We install and service windows from Simonton, Ply Gem, and PGT, among others. These are brands you can look up, with published performance ratings and real warranties, not mystery products off a van. Because we stock common parts and hardware locally for our Austin customers, we can often turn around a hardware repair or glass replacement faster than shops that have to order every component. If you’re not sure which brand fits your opening, your budget, and your sun exposure, we’ll walk you through it in plain English during the free estimate. Call (877) 610-1318 to schedule yours.

Common Windows & Doors Problems We See in Austin Homes

• Failed window seals from heat cycling. Austin’s temperature swings between summer highs and overnight lows cause the argon gas in double-pane windows to expand and contract until the seal fails. You’ll see fog between the panes or condensation that never clears. That’s a replacement, not a repair, and we tell you straight if that’s the case.
• Swollen or stuck doors on western exposures. Homes in neighborhoods like Hyde Park and Clarksville with full afternoon sun see wood doors swell, warp, and refuse to latch. It’s not a hinge problem most of the time. It’s a door that was never sealed correctly for this climate, and the fix usually involves re-hanging and sealing, or a full replacement.
• Bowed sliding door tracks on slab homes. East of I-35, the Blackland Prairie clay under your foundation moves several inches vertically between drought and rainy season. That movement transfers to door frames and sliding glass door tracks, which then bind or fall out of square. We see this constantly in 78724 and 78725 homes built on slab-on-grade with no deep piers.
• Rot around windows on pier-and-beam bungalows. The older craftsman homes in 78702 and 78704 were built before modern flashing standards. Decades of Texas rain have worked into the rough openings, and by the time you see peeling paint or a soft sill, the rot is usually inside the wall. We open it up, cut out the rot, and rebuild the opening properly before setting the new window.

Pricing for Windows & Doors in Austin, TX

We Also Serve Cities Near Austin

Besides our work across Austin itself, we regularly serve homeowners in Hornsby Bend, Wells Branch, Anderson Mill, and Jollyville. If you’re in one of those communities and you’re tired of contractors who won’t drive out, call us. We live in the area, and we answer the phone. The same crews that handle Windows & Doors in Austin are available for these surrounding communities, and we bring the same written pricing and permit process to every job. For a broader look at what we do across the metro, see our overview of Windows & Doors in Austin.

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