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Window and door replacement in Woodland Hills runs $4,500-$25,000 depending on how many openings you’re doing, the materials you choose, and whether you’re replacing like-for-like or going up to dual-pane impact-rated units. We’re Barrett & Sons Construction, and if you live in the 91364, 91365, 91367, or 91371 zip codes, you’ve probably seen our trucks on the 101 or heading up Topanga Canyon Boulevard. Tom Barrett and his sons run the crews, pull every permit LA Building & Safety requires, and put every price change in writing before a single nail moves. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll come take a look at what you’ve got.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Woodland Hills’s Preferred Windows & Doors Company
We’re not a franchise dispatching strangers from three counties away. Tom Barrett’s name is on the truck, his license number is published and verifiable, and his sons are on-site most days. When you call about a Windows & Doors job in Woodland Hills, a live person answers, 24/7. Not a voicemail box, not an out-of-state call center. Tom lives close enough that if something isn’t right, he wants to know about it before you’ve told your neighbor.
Woodland Hills homeowners have told us the same story for 29 years: a national company quoted one number on the phone, then handed them a different bill at the door. That doesn’t happen with us. Every scope, every allowance, every price change arrives as a written change order before work proceeds. And every job carries our 90-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, Tom comes back and makes it right, one call.
Dispatching and scheduling for Woodland Hills is coordinated from our Los Angeles office, but the crews working on your windows are local, background-checked, and uniformed. They carry the Barrett & Sons name because they’ve earned it.
Our Windows & Doors Services in Woodland Hills
Window Replacement
Most of the houses on the Woodland Hills valley floor were built in the 1950s through 1970s, and a lot of them still have their original aluminum single-pane windows. Woodland Hills records the highest air temperatures in LA County, and that heat cycles those frames relentlessly. We replace them with dual-pane units sized to the rough-in, not the old sash. If the framing’s rotted or sagged, you’ll see it documented on a change order before we touch it.
Impact Windows & Doors
This is where Woodland Hills is genuinely different from Sherman Oaks or Van Nuys. The entire community sits inside Los Angeles’s Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, and California Building Code Chapter 7A applies to any window or door replacement that touches the building envelope. That means dual-pane, tempered glass, ember-resistant vents, and ignition-resistant frames. We spec these components on every Woodland Hills job, because skipping them gets you red-tagged mid-project and leaves your walls open while the permit stalls. Pricing for impact window installation in Woodland Hills runs $8,000-$25,000.
Door Installation
Exterior doors in Woodland Hills have to do two jobs: hold up to the thermal expansion that cracks stucco at the corners, and seal tight enough that embers don’t find a gap during Diablo wind events. We install doors in the 91364 and 91365 zip codes with attention to the rough opening, the flashing, and the threshold seal. A door that doesn’t close square because the framing shifted over 40 years of heat isn’t a door problem alone; it’s an opening problem. We fix the opening, then set the door.
Sliding & Patio Doors
Hillside lots climbing toward Mulholland Drive sit on expansive clay soils, and that soil moves. Aluminum sliders on those lots bow and bind when the ground shifts, breaking the seal and letting embers in. On a 1960s ranch off Mulholland Drive, we pulled an original single-pane slider and found the framing had sagged a full 3/4 inch from decades of thermal cycling in Woodland Hills’ record heat. We sistered the load-bearing header, re-squared the rough-in, and set a dual-pane slider with ember-resistant mesh. All documented on a change order before we cut, and signed off by the LA Building & Safety inspector before insulation went back in.
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 Woodland Hills
We carry brands you can look up, not mystery labels off a van. For Woodland Hills window jobs, we regularly install Andersen and Marvin; for sliders and patio doors, Milgard’s Tuscany line has held up well in our experience with WUI-zone inspections. We stock common replacement parts locally for Woodland Hills customers and can often get specialty components faster than a big-box order. If you want a particular brand, tell us and we’ll price it in writing. If you’re not sure what you need, we’ll show you options that pass Chapter 7A and fit your budget.
Common Windows & Doors Problems We See in Woodland Hills Homes
- Stucco corner cracking around window openings. Original stucco on 1950s-1970s ranch homes cracks at the corners from extreme thermal expansion, letting water behind the paper and rotting the rough-in framing. By the time you see the crack outside, the framing may already be compromised.
- Bowed and bound aluminum sliders on hillside lots. Expansive clay soils shift, and single-pane aluminum frames don’t flex with them. The result is a broken seal, a window that won’t lock, and a gap that lets embers in during wind events.
- Failed waterproofing discovered only after the old window comes out. We open walls on Woodland Hills homes every month and find flashing that was never right to begin with. That’s a code issue now, and the inspector will want to see it corrected before insulation goes back in.
- Ember entry through old vents and gaps. Homes that predate current fire-resistant construction standards often have open eave soffits and single-pane windows that would never pass Chapter 7A today. Replacing the window is the trigger point to bring the opening up to code.
Pricing for Windows & Doors in Woodland Hills, CA
Here’s what you’re looking at for the two most common Woodland Hills window and door jobs:
| Service | Typical Woodland Hills Range |
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| Window Replacement | $4,500-$15,000 |
| Impact Window Installation | $8,000-$25,000 |
What moves the number: how many openings you’re doing, whether you’re going to dual-pane impact-rated units, the condition of the rough-in framing, and whether your hillside lot needs a soils report before the permit gets approved. We write every allowance into the contract and send a written change order before any scope change touches the job. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate. We also honor a permanent 10% Senior & Veteran discount, and there’s no trip charge inside the county.
We Also Serve Cities Near Woodland Hills
Our crews work throughout the west San Fernando Valley and the foothills. If you’re in Canoga Park, Calabasas, West Hills, or Topanga, we can probably be there this week. Windows & Doors in Woodland Hills is where we run most of our WUI-zone window and door work, but the same code knowledge and written-pricing discipline applies right down the 101.
Serving Woodland Hills, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Woodland Hills 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 Woodland Hills
Yes, in almost every case. Woodland Hills sits inside the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, so LA Building & Safety requires a permit for window replacement even when the rough-in dimensions don’t change, because the replacement unit must meet Chapter 7A ignition-resistant standards. We pull every permit and the inspector signs off before the job closes. Call (877) 610-1318 if you want us to check your specific situation.
Potentially, yes. If the permit application requires a licensed geotechnical soils report, that report may also flag expansion or settlement issues that affect the rough opening for your slider. We’ve seen clay soil movement bow aluminum sliders on Mulholland Drive lots enough to break the seal. We’ll tell you what the report says and what it means for the door opening before you’re committed to anything.
Because Sherman Oaks isn’t in the wildland-urban interface; Woodland Hills is, in its entirety. The entire community falls inside Los Angeles’s Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, which triggers California Building Code Chapter 7A on window and door work: dual-pane units, tempered glass, ember-resistant vents, ignition-resistant frames. Quotes that leave those components out won’t pass inspection. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll show you the line items.
We write a change order. Before we cut anything, the contract includes allowances for typical unknowns: rotted rough-in framing, failed flashing, water damage behind the stucco. If we pull the window and find more than the allowance covers, you get a written change order with a price before we touch the extra work. An allowance that isn’t on paper is a surprise waiting for a date. That’s how we’ve run Woodland Hills jobs since 1998.
It means the LA Building & Safety inspector has verified that the installed window meets the code requirements that apply to your home, including Chapter 7A fire-hardening components if your property is in the WUI zone. It matters because an unsigned inspection leaves you with an open permit that can block a future sale or refinance. We don’t close out a Woodland Hills job until the inspector has signed.
Call Barrett & Sons Construction for Your Woodland Hills Windows & Doors
If you’re replacing windows or doors in Woodland Hills, you need a contractor who knows Chapter 7A, knows what the heat does to stucco and framing, and puts every dollar in writing before it’s spent. That’s us. Call (877) 610-1318 to schedule your free estimate. Ask for Tom. If a written estimate from another company looks too high or too low, bring it in; we offer a free second opinion on any written estimate. And if you’re over 65 or a veteran, you’ll get 10% off, permanently.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Woodland Hills, CA since 1998.