Siding and window contractor recommendations??

Hello all,
I’m in the process of collecting estimates for siding and windows for my home in the south metro. Thought I’d tap the resources here again for recommendations or if someone on this site is interested in the work?

I can personally recommend Barrier Exteriors and would also recommend Krech Exteriors after getting an estimate from them myself and seeing their work on my neighbor’s house.

I could not recommend any other company than Top Notch Construction. The owner Nick has been my friend since we were in elementary school. The kid grew up on a ladder. He also still lives in the south metro. I would proudly/gladly PM you his direct number if you are still interested.

We got 4 quotes for windows and http://www.thewindowgeeks.com/ was the lowest quote for full replacements, only lower quote was for inserts. They were also the nicest to work with of the four, no sales games or other time wasting bull. They get installed Friday so I can let you know how that goes later if you are still looking.

Whatever you do, go through a company that will A) Do the work themselves and stand behind it; and B) install a product from a trusted manufacturer with some longevity in the business.

We had a new roof and all new windows put in our home shortly after we bought it 11 years ago. For the roof we went with en established product and have had no quality issues — but the supplier placed a lien due to the invoice for shingles not being paid. They blamed a shoddy sub-contractor and eventually resolved it for us, but big headache.

The windows we got suckered into a “deal” on and they were a freaking disaster, just a crappy product. When we tried to get warranty service on them we were notified that the company who made the window had gone out of business. From my research it seems possible their whole operation is to sell faulty windows via multiple shell companies with similar names, which inevitably go out of business just in time to avoid warranty claims. Then they reform and do it all over.

Agreed. Be conscious of the fact that some exteriors “contractors” are actually sales companies who sub out all of their work. Be sure to work with a contractor who actually has employees doing work in the field. Even then consider specifying that they can only subcontract the work with your approval.

A couple of “lessons learned the hard way” from my past projects:

Ask your window contractor to install a full pan flashing system that ties to the exterior WRB/tyvek. Lots of them just slap down some aluminum tape in the sill and install the window, which offers little protection if the window leaks. If you do windows and siding at the same time it would make this even easier.

Tell you siding contractor that they need to complete the WRB/tyvek prior to beginning any work on the siding (don’t let them start the siding on one side while they’re still working on the WRB on another side). The WRB is what really counts and you’ll want to get a good look at it before it’s covered by the siding. If the siding crew comes on site and starts pushing the WRB crew you’re asking for trouble.

Good luck!

I will second who Reef suggested, Window Geeks. I worked with Todd, the owner, last year when I had a new patio door installed. He was the one who came out, took all of the measurements and went over all of my options. Never pushed me to take a more expensive option. I’ve been remodeling our home and have been using specific casing from HD. He had the crew go to HD, purchase that casing, and install it which I thought was nice. I was very happy with the quality of the work.
I will also add that I THINK he does what’s mentioned directly above, he subs out the work. But I was very happy with the crew that came as they were clean, respectful and did a great job.

Thanks guys. Krech is coming out Monday for a quote. Turns out he’s a friend of a friend. I’ll be calling a few others too.

My son works for Lindus Construction ,Baldwin I know they are in the cities all the time, they do good work and are on angie’s list ,give them a call.

Stan