San Bernardino Window Replacement is San Bernardino County's trusted specialist in window replacement in San Bernardino, CA, specializing in dual-pane Low-E glass, retrofit vinyl frames and fiberglass windows built for sun-baked walls. We offer sliding patio door replacement and laminated sound-control glazing.
Slide the handle. Same wall and camera: only the window changed.
BeforeAfterOur team provides whole-house and whole-building window programs, delivering cooler rooms, quieter bedrooms and tighter openings for both residential and commercial projects. The installer who measures every opening is the one who sets the new unit, and we write the NFRC U-factor and SHGC for each opening on the written quote before anything is ordered.
From the sill pan and flashing tied into the building paper behind your stucco to an association-wide rollout planned one building at a time, our team handles every detail. Serving San Bernardino, Redlands, Highgrove and Rancho Cucamonga, we bring frame and glass samples to your kitchen table or the board room and leave a written scope behind.
Association boards, apartment owners and commercial building owners get a bid path, not a sales visit. The work is priced by the opening count, approved as one specification, and scheduled so residents and tenants keep living and working around it.
For a homeowner association, the CC&Rs and the architectural review committee usually control what an exterior window may look like, so the job starts with one frame color, one grid pattern and one glass package the board can approve for every home. California's Davis-Stirling Act limits how large a special assessment a board can levy without a membership vote, which is why we break a community program into phases a reserve budget can carry.
For apartment buildings, California Civil Code section 1954 requires written notice before a landlord enters a unit, so we hand the manager a unit-by-unit schedule early enough to post notices. For retail and industrial owners, front-office glass on tilt-up concrete buildings and ground-floor storefront systems are bid from the plans, with product data submitted for approval and a mock-up opening signed off before the rollout begins.
Send the plans, an opening schedule or simply a unit count, and the bid comes back itemized by building or by elevation.
Why San Bernardino Window Replacement
The installer who measures your openings is the one who sets the new windows, from the first visit to the final walk.
Boards and owners
Bid packages, submittals, mock-up openings and phased schedules for associations, apartment buildings and commercial properties.
Windows on the San Bernardino Valley floor wear out from heat, wind and grit long before anyone calls them old. The city sits at the foot of the San Bernardino Mountains, where summer afternoons climb to desert-like temperatures and the record high of 118F was set in July 2018. Low afternoon sun on a west or south wall loads the glass for hours, and clear single-pane glass in a bare aluminum frame does almost nothing to stop it.
Then the Santa Ana winds arrive. They begin as dry high pressure over the Great Basin, speed up through the Cajon Pass on the city's northwest edge, and can drop the relative humidity below 10 percent. That dry, gusty air finds every worn weatherstrip and every loose interlock on an old slider, and it packs dust into tracks and sill channels until the sash grinds.
Two more pressures shape a window job here. Interstate 10, Interstate 215 and State Route 210 meet inside the city and the BNSF intermodal yard sits within it, so plenty of bedrooms face steady truck and rail noise. And on the foothill edges such as Arrowhead Springs, the same winds raise wildfire danger. A window plan that answers only one of these four pressures is solving part of the problem, which is why our measure covers the exposure of each wall, not just the size of each hole.
Most San Bernardino homes get one of two installs, and the stucco decides which. Stucco is a cement plaster laid over wire or plastic lath, with asphalt-saturated paper or building wrap behind it to keep water off the framing. An original aluminum window is usually nailed through a flange that is buried under that plaster, which is exactly why the install method matters.
A retrofit leaves the old frame in the wall, cuts out the sashes and glass, and sets a new unit inside it with a flush fin that covers the old metal. No stucco is cut, the interior drywall is not touched, and the job is fast and clean. It works when the old frame is square, solid and dry. You give up a little glass area, because the new frame sits inside the old one.
A full-frame install cuts the stucco back around the opening, removes the entire old window, and sets a new nail-fin unit that is lapped into the building paper and flashed properly. It is the right call when there are water stains under a sill, rotted framing, an opening being resized, or a fire-zone detail to meet. It costs more because it adds stucco patching and paint at every opening. We look at both before quoting and write the choice for each opening on the scope, so a mixed house, retrofit on the sheltered walls and full-frame on the wall that has leaked, is priced honestly. Either way, a new window and frame counts as an alteration under the California Energy Code, while swapping only the glass or sash in a frame that stays put is the exception.
In valley heat the glass package matters as much as the frame, so every quote names both. These are the combinations most San Bernardino homes and buildings end up choosing between.
Vinyl, or uPVC, insulates well and needs very little upkeep, which makes it the usual whole-house choice for a ranch home on a budget. Ask for welded corners and a color that suits the wall; on a long west elevation, a lighter frame is the safer pick.
Fiberglass gives very good thermal resistance with a stiff, durable frame. It is the frame we steer people toward for the hottest elevations, where a large opening sits in full afternoon sun.
Wood inside gives Craftsman and custom homes the warmth they were built with, and an exterior cladding keeps the weather off the wood so the outside does not need constant paint.
Aluminum is strong and slim, and modern frames add a thermal break so the metal stops carrying heat straight through. It is the base for thin black sightlines and for commercial storefront work.
A Low-E coating reflects infrared heat while letting visible light through, and argon in the gap between the panes insulates better than air. On a west wall, the number that matters most is a low SHGC, the share of the sun's heat that gets through the glass.
Laminated glass bonds panes to a plastic interlayer that damps sound and holds the glass together if it breaks. Tempered glass is the safety glass that fire-zone rules call for. Either can be built into a dual-pane unit.
The process
A short call covers how many windows and doors, which rooms bother you most, and whether the home sits in an association. The in-home measure is booked at a time that suits you.
Every opening is measured, each wall's exposure is noted, and the scope lists frame, glass, install method and the NFRC values for each unit. Homes built before 1978 get lead-safe work practices written in, because the EPA renovation rule covers paint disturbed around old frames.
Windows are made to the measurements, so the order date, the manufacturer's lead time and the install day are all written on the quote instead of guessed at on the phone.
Old units come out one opening at a time, so the house is never left wide open. Each new window is set, shimmed, sealed and flashed, and the sill is water tested before trim goes on.
We operate every sash and lock with you, finish any stucco patch, haul the old glass and frames away, and hand over the product paperwork and the written warranty.
What we install
Twenty services, from a whole house of windows to a whole association.
Commercial Windows & Glazing
Aluminum Storefront Systems & Storefront Glass
Apartment & Multifamily Windows
HOA & Condo Window Programs
Warehouse Office & Industrial Glazing
Wildfire-Resistant Windows (Chapter 7A)
Multi-Slide & Folding Glass Door Walls
Bay & Bow Window Additions
Arched & Architectural Shape Windows
Skylight Installation & Replacement
Soundproof & Sound-Control Windows
Victorian & Craftsman Window Restoration
Black-Frame & Steel-Look Windows
Energy-Efficient & Title 24 Window Upgrades
Fiberglass Replacement Windows
Vinyl Replacement Windows
Wood & Clad-Wood WindowsRetrofit Windows for Stucco Homes
Sliding Patio & French Door Replacement
New Window Openings & EnlargementsWindow replacement in San Bernardino is priced per opening and then summed for the house, so the number of windows and their sizes move the total more than anything else. After that come the frame material, the glass package, and whether each opening is a retrofit or a full-frame install with stucco to cut and patch.
As a rough guide, vinyl replacement units are typically estimated at roughly $450 to $1,200 per window installed, and fiberglass units at roughly $900 to $2,000 per window. A whole-house energy upgrade from old single-pane aluminum is usually estimated somewhere around $6,000 to $18,000, while a foothill home moving to tempered fire-zone glazing typically runs an estimated $8,000 to $30,000. Association programs are budgetary estimates, roughly $100,000 to $800,000 per community, confirmed on bid from the opening count and a site walk. Rebate and utility programs change often, so we check what applies when we quote rather than promise an amount here.
All of these figures are estimates for San Bernardino and are subject to change. Your final price is set in the written quote after the free in-home measure, once the openings, the frame and the glass are chosen.
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Questions
Window replacement here is typically estimated at roughly $450 to $2,000 per window installed, depending mostly on the frame material and whether the install is retrofit or full-frame. Glass upgrades, sizes and stucco work move it from there. Your written quote, written after the free measure, sets the final price.
Retrofit is usually the answer when the old aluminum frame is square, dry and solid, because no stucco is cut. Full-frame is worth the extra cost where a sill has leaked, framing is soft, or the opening is changing size. Many houses end up with a mix, and the scope names the method for each opening.
A dual-pane Low-E unit with a low SHGC is the best starting point for a west or south wall, since that number measures how much solar heat passes through. Argon in the gap helps the U-factor. Both values are printed on the NFRC label, and we write them on your quote so you can compare.
Yes, laminated glass and a wider gap between panes are the two changes that make the biggest difference near the 215, the 10 or the rail lines. Window noise ratings are given as STC, and OITC is the rating weighted toward low-frequency traffic and train noise, so ask for both on bedroom windows.
Where the building department applies California's wildland-urban interface rules, windows must be multipane with at least one tempered pane, or another listed option such as glazing that passes the state fire marshal's test. Foothill homes often choose tempered dual-pane glass even where it is not required. We confirm what your address needs before ordering.
Often yes, and the Energy Code applies whenever a new window and frame goes in. Where the city or county requires a permit, it is listed on your quote and handled as part of the job, along with the energy compliance paperwork the inspector asks for.
Yes. Boards and community managers send the opening count or a building list, we propose one specification for the architectural committee to approve, and the bid comes back phased so each stage fits the reserve budget. Owners then see the same window on every home.
Yes. The measure, the frame and glass samples and the written quote cost nothing, and there is no obligation to go ahead. It takes long enough to measure every opening properly, so plan to walk the house with us.
Homeowners get a free measure at the house. Boards, managers and contractors can send plans or an opening count for a bid.
Calls only, we do not receive text messages.
