Windows & Doors in Santa Monica - Written Price Before Anything Is Ordered

Fast, Reliable Windows & Doors Across Santa Monica

Window replacement in Santa Monica typically runs $4,500-$15,000 for a full-home project, while impact-rated window and door packages start around $8,000. The salt air and marine layer here punish cheap aluminum frames and unsealed flashing faster than almost anywhere else in Los Angeles County, so we schedule most Santa Monica consultations within a few days of your call. Barrett & Sons Construction has been replacing and installing windows and doors in Santa Monica’s coastal neighborhoods long enough to know which products hold up on Ocean Avenue and which ones fail within five years. Call (877) 610-1318 and talk to Tom Barrett directly. He’ll tell you whether you actually need impact glass or whether a higher-end standard window will do the job, because he’s not selling you a brand, he’s protecting your house.

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Key Takeaways:

• Full-home window replacement in Santa Monica runs $4,500-$15,000; impact packages start at $8,000.
• Santa Monica sits inside the California Coastal Commission’s coastal zone, which means many window and door projects along the beachfront trigger a Coastal Development Permit review that projects just east in Culver City never face.
• Salt corrosion and the persistent marine layer mean window frames, flashing, and door hardware need coastal-rated materials, not whatever a big-box store has in stock.
• Tom Barrett answers his own phone at (877) 610-1318, and every scope change arrives as a written change order before any work begins.

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

Tom Barrett founded this company in 1998 and has spent 29 years putting his name on every truck, every contract, and every completed job. His sons run the crews. When you call about windows and doors in Santa Monica, you’ll talk to Tom or someone who sits twenty feet from him, not a call center reading from a script.

Santa Monica homeowners call us because we know the coastal zone review process inside out. A window replacement on a 1920s Spanish Colonial north of Montana Avenue in 90402 is a different job than a sliding door swap in a 1960s soft-story apartment building south of Wilshire. We’ve pulled permits through Santa Monica’s building department enough times to know which inspector wants what, and we’ve sat through enough Coastal Commission staff reviews to prepare paperwork that doesn’t stall your project for months. The permit inspector works for you, not for me. That’s why I like him.

Every price change arrives as a written change order before work begins. Every eligible job includes permits pulled and inspections signed. If something’s not done right, Tom comes back. It’s written on every contract: the 90-Day Done Right Promise. One call brings him back, no fine print, no phone tree.

Our Windows & Doors Services in Santa Monica

We handle the full scope of Windows & Doors work for Santa Monica homeowners, from a single bedroom window replacement to full-home impact-rated packages on beachfront properties. Here’s what we do most often.

Window Installation

New window installation in Santa Monica runs $4,500-$15,000 for a typical whole-house project, depending on how many openings you have and whether coastal wind-load engineering applies to your structure. Homes in the flatlands south of Pico and the canyon-adjacent streets above San Vicente often require different structural anchoring than a standard tract house east of the 405. We measure every opening ourselves, order the exact sizes, and schedule the install so you’re not living with plywood for three weeks.

Door Installation

Entry doors, French doors, and side doors in Santa Monica take a beating from the salt air. Hardware corrodes, thresholds rot, and weatherstripping gives out. We install fiberglass, wood, and steel entry doors, plus interior door packages, with an eye toward what’s going to last within a mile of the beach. No mystery brands off a van. We install Simonton, Ply Gem, and PGT because you can look those names up before you sign anything.

Window Replacement

Older Santa Monica homes from the 1920s through the 1950s often still have their original single-pane sashes. Replacing them changes your energy bill immediately, especially in the marine layer months when moisture sits against your frames until noon. We remove the old windows, inspect the rough opening for hidden rot or termite damage, and install the new units to Santa Monica’s current coastal building standards. Window replacement here runs $4,500-$15,000 for a typical home, and we’ll give you a written line-item quote before any work starts.

Impact Windows & Doors

Impact-rated windows and doors in Santa Monica start around $8,000 and can run to $25,000 for larger homes with multiple sliding glass openings. The 90401 and 90402 beachfront streets are where we see the highest demand, because homeowners there know the difference between a standard window and a laminated impact unit. Impact glass protects against coastal storms and debris, but it also cuts sound dramatically, which matters when you live near Main Street or a block from the Promenade. We install PGT and CGI impact products that meet Florida Miami-Dade standards, which exceed California’s baseline coastal requirements.

Trusted Brands We Service in Santa Monica

We stock and install Simonton, Ply Gem, and PGT windows and doors, chosen because they hold up in coastal conditions and because you can research every model number before you sign a contract. For impact-rated openings, we use PGT and CGI laminated units. We maintain local parts inventory for Santa Monica customers, which means a broken sash, a failed balance, or a damaged screen gets replaced without waiting two weeks for a shipment from a warehouse in Florida. If a brand isn’t worth putting our name on, we don’t put it in your house.

Common Windows & Doors Problems We See in Santa Monica Homes

• Salt-corroded aluminum frames and hardware. The salt-laden ocean air on the beachfront streets of 90401 and 90402 eats aluminum extrusions and steel fasteners faster than inland contractors ever see. Frames that looked fine five years ago suddenly won’t latch, and door hinges seize up when the marine layer sits on them all winter. We replace these with corrosion-resistant materials and coastal-rated hardware.
• Fogged double-pane units in older homes. A lot of 1980s and 1990s condos and single-family homes across Santa Monica got cheap vinyl dual-pane windows that have since lost their seals. You’ll see condensation between the glass panels, especially on the north side of a building. The fix is a full sash or window replacement, not a repair, and we’ll tell you that honestly before you spend money on a patch job.
• Soft-story buildings with original single-pane windows. Santa Monica’s mandatory soft-story seismic retrofit program put a spotlight on the 1950s-1960s wood-frame apartment buildings south of Wilshire, many of which still have original single-pane windows in the units. When those buildings come up for retrofit compliance, the window openings often need seismic anchoring and upgrade work at the same time. We’ve done enough of these to know how to coordinate the window scope with the structural engineer’s drawings.
• Crank-out casement windows that jam from sand and salt buildup. Homes in the Ocean Park and Sunset Park neighborhoods deal with fine beach sand working its way into window tracks and crank mechanisms every time the wind comes off the water. We see casement operators that simply won’t turn after a few years. Replacement with modern casement or awning windows, plus proper track sealing, keeps the sand out and keeps the window working for a decade or more.

Pricing for Windows & Doors in Santa Monica, CA

We Also Serve Cities Near Santa Monica

Beyond Santa Monica itself, our Windows & Doors crews serve Venice, Century City, Culver City, and Beverly Hills. If you’re in one of those areas and looking at window or door work, we bring the same coastal permit knowledge and brand accountability to every job. And if you’re thinking about projects outside the windows and doors scope, we also handle Fence Installation in Santa Monica and Driveway & Pavers in Santa Monica.

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