Window and Glass Repair in Karori, Wellington

That last group makes up most of the work. Single glazed aluminium from that era has no thermal break at all, so the frames run with water every winter morning, the rubbers have long since gone hard, and the friction stays have usually failed at least once. Whole house retrofits are common here because the houses are large enough that heating them through a Karori winter costs money.

Sixty year old aluminium and what is worth doing

The first question on a 1960s or 70s house is whether the frames are worth keeping. If the extrusion is straight and the corner joints are tight, they are. Re rubbering, new stays and retrofitted double glazed units get you most of the way for about half the cost of new joinery.

If the corners have opened, the powder coat is chalking through and the sashes have dropped, replacement is the honest answer. We price both on the same quote so you can see the difference instead of take our word for it.

Karori is cold, and the valley holds it

Karori sits in a valley behind the town belt with limited sun on the southern side of many streets. Houses there hold onto cold in a way that the north facing suburbs do not, and it is reflected in how often we get called about condensation and draughts here.

On south facing rooms, thermally broken frames are worth the extra and not standard double glazing, because otherwise you fix the water on the glass and it moves to the frame.

Large houses mean whole house pricing

Karori houses tend to have more windows than the city average. That works in your favour, because retrofit pricing improves per window as the count goes up. A standard family home with 10 to 20 windows commonly lands around $10,000 to $18,000 for a full retrofit.

Doing two rooms at a time always costs more per window than doing the lot. If the budget does not stretch to everything, we would rather stage it by elevation than by room, starting with the south and west.

What we get called out for in Karori

• Window Repair in Karori, diagnosed before anything is quoted, not after.
• Glass Repair in Karori, common sizes measured and glazed in 24 to 48 hours.
• Sash Cord Replacement in Karori, new cord, weights rebalanced, pulleys freed.
• Rotten Window Sill Repair in Karori, soft timber cut back to solid and new timber scarfed in.
• Leadlight Window Repair in Karori, bowed and sagging panels straightened and re leaded.

Karori sits on the same run as Kelburn, Brooklyn and Ngaio, so we are usually in the area anyway.