Impact Windows & Storm-Rated Doors in Friendswood, TX

What Makes Friendswood Different

Friendswood is a different job from the newer suburbs around it, and the reason is age. Much of the housing stock dates from the 1970s through the early 1990s Sunmeadow, Wedgewood, Forest Bend, brick traditional and ranch homes under genuinely mature pine and oak canopy. A large share of those homes still have their original aluminum window frames.

Original 1970s aluminum is the single worst glazing situation we encounter in the metro. It is almost always single-pane, and the frame has no thermal break at all, so the metal conducts heat straight into the room. On a west-facing wall in August you can feel the frame radiating. Replacing that generation of window produces the biggest comfort difference of any project we do, clients consistently notice the noise reduction before they notice the energy saving.

The second thing that makes Friendswood distinct is flooding. Clear Creek runs through the community and Harvey affected an extraordinary proportion of homes here. That has two consequences for our work. Many houses have already been through remediation, elevation or partial rebuild, which means openings may have been altered and are frequently no longer square, something that has to be measured, not assumed. And homeowners here are unusually well informed about mitigation, insurance documentation and what their carrier wants to see.

Because Friendswood sits partly in Galveston County, windstorm requirements are more likely to be a live consideration here than in the inland suburbs. We will confirm what applies to your specific address before quoting.

The pine canopy is the detail most quotes miss here. Friendswood’s mature pines are beautiful and they drop substantial limbs in high wind, which means the realistic threat to a window on an ordinary stormy night is falling timber rather than a named hurricane. That is an argument for laminated glass that has nothing to do with the coast, and it is the reason impact glazing often makes sense on the tree-facing elevations of a Friendswood home even when code does not require it.