Windows & Doors in Older Burbank Homes
Window and door replacement in older Burbank homes, starting with what sits behind the casing: the header, the sill framing and any old wiring in the wall.
Behind the casing of an old window in Burbank there can be a header that was never sized for the opening, a sill plate gone punky from a slow leak, or a cloth-wrapped wire running up the jamb to a porch light. None of it shows until the trim comes off. What we find there decides the job: a retrofit insert, a full-frame replacement, or framing and wiring repairs before any new unit goes in.
When the header is the problem
A door that binds at the top corner or a window sash that sticks halfway often points to a sagging header. In older framing that header may be a single flat board, or missing entirely where the opening was widened at some point. If we find that, the opening is shored, a properly sized header goes in on solid jack studs, and only then is the new unit set. Skipping that step leaves a new window to rack in its frame as the load keeps settling onto it.
Old wiring in the jamb
Older houses sometimes carry knob-and-tube wiring or early cloth-sheathed cable through the walls beside their openings, feeding porch lights, doorbells and outlets under windows. When a jamb is opened and live wiring of that kind turns up, we stop and have it traced. A short run can be replaced with modern cable while the wall is open, and a larger find becomes part of a rewiring scope. It changes the order of work and the written quote, so we tell you before the next opening is touched.
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Repair suits a window whose frame is square and whose sill is solid, even if the glazing putty is cracked and the cords are broken. Replacement makes sense when the sill has rotted through, the frame has twisted, or the header above has dropped. We open the casing on a sample window to see which applies.
Profiles matter as much as the glass. We look at how deep the sash sits in the frame, how wide the stiles are and whether the grilles run in a cross or a prairie layout. Units are then chosen to repeat those lines, and sound original trim is reinstalled around them.
The City of Burbank building division reviews the work. Replacing a window generally needs a permit, and any change to an opening needs one along with a header detail. Rewiring found inside the wall is added to the electrical scope. We handle the forms and book the inspections as each stage is ready.
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