Oakdale, Minnesota
Seasoned Window Replacement in Oakdale, MN
Split levels and ramblers from the 1970s and 1980s fill most streets in Oakdale, and the windows in them are usually one of two things: dark anodized aluminum that frosts over on the inside every cold snap, or original wood casements with cranks that have seized. Because the city kept annexing land into the 1990s, the house next door can be twenty years newer and already into its second set of windows.
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Aluminum frames are why the glass sweats
Aluminum conducts, so on a January morning the frame sits near the outdoor temperature and the moisture in the room condenses on it and runs down onto the stool and the wall. Some of those 1980s units have a thermal break and most do not. Warm edge insulated units end that, but the openings themselves need attention: split levels stack odd sizes, a small landing window at the half flight, a wide picture unit in the living room, short awning windows tight under a boxed soffit with almost no room above the eave. Wind reaches these walls straight on, with no river valley or wooded bluff nearby to slow it, so frames get set and fastened for pressure. Where years of condensation have stained the wall below, we can repair the drywall and reset the stool and apron under the new unit.
Window Replacement in Oakdale
What changes after the aluminum comes out
Frost on the frames stops
Bare aluminum runs close to outdoor temperature, so room moisture condenses on the frame and soaks the stool. Warm edge units with insulated frames end that, and the wet wall under the sill with it.
Split level openings on three levels
The landing window at the half flight, the picture unit in the living room and the low unit on the lower level are three different sizes, three different unit types and three different installs.
Awning units under boxed soffits
There is almost no room above the eave on these houses, so the head detail has to work in a couple of inches. We flash it to drain out rather than trusting caulk to hold the water back.
Rough openings sealed against draft
Original installs on 1970s and 1980s builds stuffed fiberglass into the shim space and called it done. Wind here arrives with nothing to slow it, so that gap gets foamed and sealed properly.
Dark frames changed without repainting
Bronze anodized aluminum dates a house. New frame colors get chosen against the siding and trim you already have, and since we do siding too, we can tell you what will actually match.
Measured house by house
Oakdale annexed land into the 1990s, so one street can front plats recorded twenty years apart. Your neighbor's window sizes and framing depth tell you nothing useful about yours.
How we work on Oakdale split levels
Somebody answers at any hour
We are open 24 hours, seven days. If a sash comes out of its track on a Sunday or a pane goes through in a wind, you are not leaving a message until Monday.
Headers and framing depth checked first
Wall thickness on a 1970s split level is not what a catalog assumes, and some openings were framed light. We look at both before any sizes get sent anywhere.
Out and in on the same day
Each opening is emptied and filled the same day, so your house is never sitting open overnight in a place where the wind has nothing to break it.
We show you what came out
The rotted stool, the frost track down the aluminum, the fiberglass shoved into the gap. You get to see the reason the work was needed instead of taking our word for it.
The metal and glass leave with us
Old aluminum frames, broken glass and a driveway full of screws are ours to deal with. We haul the units off and sweep the ground before we go.
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What Oakdale homeowners ask
What people in Oakdale ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Why do the windows in my Oakdale house frost on the inside in winter?
Almost always the frames. Aluminum without a thermal break conducts cold straight through, so the frame sits near outdoor temperature and the moisture in your air freezes on it. Storm windows and plastic film do not solve that, because the problem is the metal, not the glass. Replacing the units with insulated frames does.
There is a window over my stairs that nobody can reach. Can it still be replaced?
Yes. The stair landing window on a split level is a normal part of this work. It usually comes out from inside with staging built on the flight, and the outside gets handled from a ladder or a small setup on the ground. We plan that before the day rather than improvising on it.
My Oakdale street has houses built years apart. Does that change the window job?
It does. The city grew by annexation into the 1990s, so plats twenty years apart can face each other across one street. That means different framing depth, different original window brands and different opening sizes on the same block. Nothing gets ordered from what we did next door. Your house gets measured on its own.
Stop the January frost on your frames
Tell us which windows sweat and which cranks have seized. We will measure the openings on your split level and lay out what replacing them takes. We answer any hour.
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