Windows & Doors in San Marino - Written Price Before Anything Is Ordered

Fast, Reliable Windows & Doors Across San Marino

Window and door replacement in San Marino runs $4,500 to $25,000 depending on whether you’re swapping a few builder-grade units or restoring period-correct wood casements on a 1930s estate. We do both, and we do them on the city’s terms, not ours. Barrett & Sons Construction has worked through San Marino’s Design Review Board process enough times to know what passes, what stalls, and what gets sent back with a redline. If you’re planning window or door work anywhere in the 91108 or 91118 zip codes, start by calling Tom’s crew at (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate. We’ll tell you what the DRB will actually approve before you spend a dollar on materials.

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

We’re not a national outfit that sends a rotating cast of strangers to your door. Tom Barrett founded this company in 1998, and his sons run the crews. When we work in San Marino, we know the houses we’re walking into: the 1920s Spanish Colonial Revivals off Huntington Drive, the Tudor Revivals near Lacy Park, the Mediterranean estates tucked along the oak-lined streets above Mission. That same local knowledge shapes every San Marino Kitchen Remodeling project we take on. Every job gets the same treatment: permits pulled, inspections signed, and every price change put in writing as a change order before the work starts. No surprise invoices, no “we’ll get it approved later.”

San Marino homeowners call us because they want a contractor who answers his own phone and stands behind what he signs. That’s the 90-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, Tom comes back. One call. His name, his address, and his license number are published and verifiable, which is exactly how it should be when someone is cutting into your home’s exterior.

And if you want a second opinion on any written estimate you’ve already received for window or door work in San Marino, we’ll review it free. Sometimes the numbers are right but the materials are wrong for your house. Sometimes both are wrong. We’ll tell you either way.

Our Windows & Doors Services in San Marino

Here’s what we do most often in San Marino, and how the city’s requirements shape each one:

Window Replacement

Window replacement in San Marino is rarely a simple swap. Most homes here were built between 1920 and 1950, and their windows have specific sash dimensions, wood species, and divided-lite patterns that the Design Review Board expects you to match. We handle the full process: documenting the existing units, preparing DRB submittal drawings, sourcing period-appropriate wood or steel, and installing with putty glazing where the original used it. A typical San Marino window replacement runs $4,500 to $15,000 depending on the number of openings and whether custom milling is required.

Door Installation

Whether it’s a front entry door on a Mediterranean Revival or a rear door that leads to a patio, San Marino doors often sit in thick masonry walls that were never designed for modern anchoring systems. The same care goes into our Driveway & Pavers in San Marino, where we match materials to the home’s original character. We install doors with proper seismic fastening through unreinforced stucco and masonry so you don’t crack the façade or void your permit. Door installation starts around $800 for a single standard unit and rises with custom millwork, hardware restoration, and finish work.

Custom Windows & Doors

This is the heart of our San Marino work. The Design Review Board will reject generic off-the-shelf units on historic homes, so we regularly mill custom Douglas fir casements, match true divided lites, salvage and restore bronze hardware, and reproduce the exact trim profiles from the original construction. Custom windows and doors in San Marino run $800 to $3,000 per opening but can run higher when we’re reproducing complex arched tops or matching Gladding-McBean-style tile details around the surround.

Impact Windows & Doors

San Marino sits on the alluvial fan directly below the San Gabriel Mountains. When Santa Ana events channel down the range, wind-driven debris is a real concern, especially for homes with aging steel sash or single-pane glazing that’s approaching a century old. Impact windows and doors from PGT and CGI give you the wind and debris protection you want without sacrificing the historic look, provided the exterior profile and finish match the original. Impact window installation in San Marino runs $8,000 to $25,000 depending on how many openings and whether you’re doing doors as well.

Trusted Brands We Service in San Marino

We install Simonton, Ply Gem, PGT, and CGI windows and doors because these are brands our customers can look up, compare, and verify. More importantly, we know how to make them work on San Marino homes: matching Simonton’s wood-clad lines to an original 1930s profile, pairing PGT impact glass with the divided-lite pattern the DRB wants to see, and selecting finishes that read as period paint, not vinyl gloss. We stock common replacement parts for these brands and order custom units based on your specific rough openings, so we’re not a crew guessing at measurements from a photo. When you see the Barrett & Sons name on the truck, the materials are what we said they’d be.

Common Windows & Doors Problems We See in San Marino Homes

• DRB rejection of vinyl or fiberglass replacement windows: Off-the-shelf units with the wrong sash profile, simulated divided lites, or bright-white vinyl frames get flagged immediately. On a Spanish Colonial Revival, the board expects true divided lites and a frame profile that matches the original wood. We document everything before submittal so the first application has a real chance.
• Seized steel sash and rusted frames: Many 1920s and 1930s San Marino estates still have original steel casement windows. Decades of rain and morning fog from the San Gabriel foothills rust the hinges and seize the operators. In some cases we can restore and re-hang them; in others, replacement with custom steel or wood that matches the original grid pattern is the only path that satisfies the DRB.
• Cracked stucco around door openings in unreinforced masonry: Large door openings in old San Marino homes often have no seismic anchorage. Normal settling plus the occasional seismic event near the Sierra Madre fault zone cracks the surrounding stucco. We install proper anchors and pack out the opening so the new door hangs square and the stucco patch blends with the original lime-based finish.
• Improper caulking of historic lime stucco surrounds: Standard acrylic caulk applied over lime-based stucco traps moisture. That moisture rots the original wood sills and jambs from the inside out. We use compatible sealants and primers rated for historic masonry, and we repair the underlying wood before re-setting the window or door.

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We Also Serve Cities Near San Marino

Our Windows & Doors crews serve homeowners across the San Gabriel Valley, including San Gabriel, East San Gabriel, Alhambra, and East Pasadena. If you’re just outside San Marino’s city limits, the same written pricing, permit-pulled process, and 90-Day Done Right Promise applies to your job. Call us and ask; we’ll tell you straight whether we cover your street.

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