Houses built close together and rear elevations pointing straight into the afternoon sun. Both are fixed on the glass already in your frames.
Almost every call we take in Newmarket and Aurora comes down to one of two things, and the first is proximity. The subdivisions that filled in east of Leslie, up through Stonehaven and Glenway, and across the Bayview side of Aurora were laid out on tight lots with generous window packages. Your second storey glass ends up level with the neighbour's second storey glass, sometimes fifteen feet away, with a clear line between two bedrooms or two ensuites. Nobody involved is doing anything wrong. There is simply nowhere else for either window to point.
What people do about it is the actual problem. The blind goes up, and then it stays down permanently, and a room that was designed around daylight spends its life dim. You have paid for the window twice, once to the builder and once in the daylight you no longer get.
The second thing is orientation. A large share of the housing here backs west, which puts the kitchen and family room glass into full afternoon sun from about two o'clock. In a two storey with an open rear elevation that heat climbs the stairwell and settles upstairs, which is why the complaint usually arrives as a bedroom that will not cool down rather than as a kitchen that is too hot.
Both are surface problems on sound modern glass. The windows in a fifteen year old Aurora home are not failing and do not need replacing. What they lack is any control over light and heat, and that is added to the pane rather than swapped out with it.
Newmarket and Aurora jobs start at about $1,200, the same as our Simcoe County minimum. That is not a per window price. It is where a day with a two person crew works for both of us.
We work out of the south end of Simcoe County, which puts you under half an hour away, closer than Orillia and well inside our cottage runs. There is no travel surcharge on York Region addresses.
The most requested job in these two towns. A dual reflective covering keeps your daylight and your view out while the neighbour's side reads as a mirror. It works on a light difference, so it reverses after dark with your lights on, and we say that before you buy rather than after.
Learn MoreFor west-backing kitchens and family rooms that become unusable after two. Cuts the heat coming through without darkening the room or putting a visible finish on a rear elevation your neighbours look at.
Learn MoreRear patio doors back onto a shared path or a green corridor in a lot of these builds, and that is the pane that gets tried. A bonded layer holds the glass together on impact and turns a quick entry into a slow, noisy one.
Learn MoreThe answer when a room needs privacy after dark as well as during the day. Clear on demand, frosted on demand, from a switch or your phone. It suits an ensuite or a home office facing the house next door.
Learn MoreFrosted and fluted work for front door sidelights and stairwell glass, which in these subdivisions usually came standard and usually looks it. It adds privacy at the entry and gives a builder elevation something of its own.
Learn MoreNobody in a fifteen year old Newmarket home has a glass problem. The units are sound, the seals are intact, and a replacement quote buys you the same performance you already have in a slightly newer frame. The thing that changed is what you need the window to do, and no amount of new glazing addresses being fifteen feet from the house next door.
Surface work is aimed at the actual complaint. It goes on in hours, on the panes you own, with no tear-out and no order lead time. Your sealed units stay sealed, the edges stay free to breathe so your window warranty is not affected, and the elevation looks unchanged from the street. The room gets its daylight back and stops being a room with the blind permanently down.
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"From consultation to installation, everything was seamless. The smart glass is impressive, easy to use, and adds a luxury feel to our home. Would definitely recommend."
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The usual job here is the upstairs bedrooms plus the rear patio doors, and that is a single day with a two person crew. A whole home with privacy upstairs and solar work across the back runs two to three working days. You get the schedule in writing before any deposit.
Yes. Nothing is removed and nothing is ordered. We apply the covering to the surface of the panes already in your frames. In a subdivision where the windows are ten or fifteen years old and perfectly sound, that is the only sensible way to change how they perform.
Regularly, and more often than people expect. We work out of the south end of Simcoe County, which puts Newmarket and Aurora under half an hour away. That is closer than Orillia and a good deal closer than our Muskoka work. There is no travel surcharge on York Region addresses and the minimum job size is the same as our Simcoe County one.
No, but it narrows what we can use. Almost every home in the newer Newmarket and Aurora subdivisions has Low-E glazing, and only some coverings are rated to sit on it. We identify the exact glass at the site visit and quote only what is safe. Edges are left unsealed so the sealed unit keeps breathing and your window warranty stays intact.
No, and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling. A dual reflective covering works on a light difference. In daylight the outside is brighter, so the exterior reads as a mirror. After dark with your lights on that reverses and people outside can see in, exactly as with clear glass. If night privacy is what you need in a room, that is a switchable glass conversation instead.
Interior work runs year round. Most people call in June once the west-facing rooms have become a problem, which is also when we are busiest. Booking between January and April gets you a much earlier date and has it finished before the heat arrives.
Jobs here start at about $1,200, the same as our Simcoe County minimum. That is not a price per window. It is the point where sending a two person crew out for the day works for both of us.
One call, a look at the glass, a written quote. No pressure and no hard sell.
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