Windsor-Essex, OntarioGet matched with a window and glass pro in Windsor-Essex
Muggy morning and the patio door is fogged on the outside? That's dew, gone by lunch. Fog sealed in between the panes, where no cloth can reach, is a blown seal: the thermal glass (the trade calls it a sealed unit) has let damp air in. We're a free referral service, not the ones holding the caulking gun. We connect you with an independent local pro, then check that you heard back. Car windshields go elsewhere; this is house and shop glass.
Start with the symptom
What's going on with your window, door or glass?
Hazy glass, a crack, a slider that grinds, a ripped screen, a shower door, a shop window: pick the card that's closest. Small jobs count. One screen, a worn sash balance, a mirror trimmed to size or a single pane gets passed along like a full set of windows.
Not sure what you need? Snap a photo, add a line, and we'll route it.
Get a free quoteSummer is the busy season
Summer is the busy season here: humidity, west sun, thunderstorms and screens
Windsor has Ontario's warmest, muggiest summers. Screens and patio doors see use from about mid-April to the end of October, and thunderstorms roll through more often than they do up the 401 in Toronto.
- Humid mornings
- Dew on the outside of air-conditioned glass burns off. Fog between the panes stays; that's the seal.
- West-facing glass
- Late-day sun bakes west walls. Film or solar-control glass can take the edge off.
- Storms and screens
- After a thunderstorm, check glass and screens. A torn porch bay usually takes fresh mesh in the same frame, not a rebuild.
Send a photo of the torn bay or fogged pane, and say which way the wall faces.
Before and after comparison
Fix or replace
Replace the glass, one part or the whole window? What a good pro checks first
Frame first. If the frame and sash are solid, the fix is usually the one piece that failed: new thermal glass, a crank, a balance. If the frame is soft, warped or leaking, the straight answer is a new window. We sell neither, so we don't lean either way.
Frame before glass
Press the sill, work the sash, check the corners. A sound frame can take new glass made to size.
One worn part is a real job
A sash balance gone slack or a crank that strips: often that single part is all that's wrong.
Old wood sash can stay
In Olde Sandwich Towne, the City's heritage plan favours refinishing original wood windows and adding a storm over swapping in vinyl.
Several blown seals, or a tired frame
When fog spreads unit by unit, that's when whole new windows earn their keep. Only full ENERGY STAR windows count toward the provincial rebate; new glass can't.
How the match works
How the match works, and who calls you back
Free, with no obligation. Ask around Windsor-Essex about hiring for glass and you'll hear the same story: left a message, never heard back. So the call back is what we watch.
You describe it and add a photo
Your own words are fine: "blown seal in the back bedroom" or "porch screen torn." A wide shot plus one close-up of a corner helps.
Photo helpsAn independent pro reviews it and contacts you
We pass it to a local pro who does that kind of work and covers your part of Windsor-Essex. They call or email with questions, or to book a look.
You compare and decide
Take the quote, ask questions or walk away. We check back afterward, and if your request went quiet, we pass it along again.
No obligation
Got a picture on your phone?
Fog, a crack, a torn bay, a slider off its track: snap it and say which room it's in.
Who sends requests
Homes, rentals and main-street storefronts across Windsor-Essex
Houses, core to County
Wood sash and storms in the older city; sliders and casements with ageing thermal glass in the County subdivisions.
Window servicesRentals and small buildings
Windsor is a renter's city too, with two campuses. Landlords can send several suites' glass and screens in one request.
For landlordsMain-street storefronts
Broken shop glass gets secured, then replaced. City façade grants cover main-street storefront doors and windows.
Storefront glassWhere it happens
Windsor houses, Windsor problems
Sandwich, Walkerville and Ford City were their own towns until 1935, and the windows still show it: wood sash, storms and porches in the old cores, aluminium sliders on the postwar streets. In the County, Tecumseh and LaSalle filled in with 1980s and 1990s subdivisions whose first thermal glass is now old enough to fog. Outside the towns below? Ask, and we'll check for a pro.
Quick answers
Quick answers for Windsor homeowners
Usually not. After a night of air conditioning, the glass can be cooler than the muggy air outside, so moisture beads on the outer face and burns off once the sun hits it. Fog locked between the panes means the seal has failed. The humidity and condensation guide explains both.
Usually, as long as the frame and sash are in decent shape. A pro orders new thermal glass cut to your window's size and fits it into the existing sash. Defogging can clear a lightly fogged unit, though the seal stays broken. A whole new window is for a failing frame or a house full of blown units. Foggy sealed unit repair compares the three.
A same-size swap usually doesn't need one, but the City's building-permit page is silent on it, so confirm with the City of Windsor first. A bigger or new opening, a walkout, a porch or a sunroom does need one. In the Sandwich heritage district, an original street-facing window can need a heritage permit too. County towns issue their own. See replacement windows.
Yes, send it. A torn screen, one cracked pane, a worn balance or a mirror to cut gets passed along like a houseful of windows would. Got a few small things? List them together so one visit covers them. Window screen repair is the classic summer one.
A referral service. Windows Windsor doesn't sell, measure or install anything. An independent local pro who does that kind of work quotes you directly, and any contract or warranty is between the two of you. Sending a request is free, and you can turn down any quote. How it works covers what we share and when we follow up.
Next step
Tell us what's wrong, and add a photo
A line or two and a picture from your phone will do. We'll hand it to an independent Windsor-Essex pro who handles that kind of job, then check you heard back. Free to ask, and you're not committed to anything.
