It seems like there’s never a great time to take on a home improvement project. You have to make sure you can be home while construction is going on to supervise, and then you have to live with the mess that is made during the construction process. If you have any plans for hosting visitors, you’ll probably want to delay renovations until a later time. However, if you keep waiting for the perfect time, you’ll never make any upgrades to your home!
Fortunately, there are some home improvement projects that don’t take a long time or completely disrupt your home life. One of them is installing retrofit windows in San Diego.
Retrofit window installation involves having your old window units removed and then having new, energy-efficient windows installed in their places. When done correctly, there is no damage done to the surrounding walls (interior or exterior), and therefore, no repairs that need to be made to the walls once the new windows are in.
If you hire a professional retrofit window company in San Diego, like BM Windows, the installation process will likely only take one day (or maybe two days if you have an exceptionally large number of windows in your home). That’s not to say that the entire process will only take one day—just the actual installation of the retrofit windows.
What typically happens when you decide to replace the windows in your home is you would first have someone from a retrofit window company come to your home for a consultation. During that meeting, the company representative will go over all of your options—including the various brands of retrofit windows you can choose from and any upgrades you might want to consider. They will take measurements of your existing windows and provide you with a quote on retrofit windows for your specific home. Once you approve the quote, your custom retrofit windows will be ordered. Manufacturing your windows will typically take a month or two. Once your windows come in, an installation date will be scheduled. The entire process could take two months or more, but most of that time involves your windows being built at the manufacturing plant, and not work being done in your home.
You should start shopping for retrofit windows at least two months before you want them installed. A lot of people wait until the summer months—when temperatures start rising—to inquire about retrofit windows. Unfortunately, they won’t be able to start experiencing the benefits of having energy-efficient windows for a while. If you want to have retrofit windows installed before the weather starts heating up, it’s best to start shopping for new windows in the winter or early spring. Then, by the time the weather warms up, you are ready for the hotter temperatures with a San Diego home that’s better insulated with retrofit windows.