Chris Perry, Project Manager at Weather Pro Windows and Doors, works with homeowners through the window and door replacement process from the first consultation to the finished installation. He joined the company in 2020 as a Sales Associate and moved into project management, bringing a background in customer service and follow-up. Chris focuses on helping homeowners understand their options and what to expect, so the process stays clear from start to finish.
Canada does not publish one legal “standard door size.” You'll find typical factory sizes for residential entries: most single exterior doors are 32, 34, or 36 inches (813, 864, or 914 mm) wide and 80 inches (2032 mm) high. The opening in your wall still decides the order.
Hire a company that can name whole-window ENERGY STAR figures for Canada, measure every opening on site, install with accountable crews, and honour both product and labour after freeze-thaw, wind, and a long heating season.
A kitchen window above the sink should be a casement or an awning you can crank across the counter, or a slider if the sash has no room to swing outside. The deciding factors are reach, exterior clearance, faucet height, and whether that opening has to vent steam.
Vinyl window frame degradation is the gradual breakdown of the exposed surface of a rigid PVC frame under ultraviolet light, combined with mechanical fatigue from repeated expansion and contraction. Whether you are looking at powder on your finger, or a corner joint that has opened, the cause is almost always one of those two forces.
Window condensation freezing happens when moisture in indoor air meets a glass surface cold enough to first condense into liquid, then turn to frost or ice on the room-facing pane. It is one of the most common winter complaints in Edmonton, and one of the most frequently misread.
Choose the casement on an exposed wall where the sash can swing clear of the deck, the walkway, and the downspout. Choose the slider where the sash cannot project, or where the opening is wide and low, and a crank sash would be the wrong shape.
Retrofit installation fits a new assembled unit inside the existing frame, replacing the sash, glass and hardware while leaving the frame, jambs, and trim in place. Full frame replacement, commonly called brick-to-brick, removes everything down to the rough opening.
Single slider vs double slider windows comes down to which sash moves. A single slider has one sash that slides and one that stays fixed. A double slider has two sashes that both slide.
A window safety restrictor is a mechanical device fitted between a window sash and its frame that limits how far the window can open, normally to a clear gap of no more than 100 mm, so the window still ventilates a room without creating a fall hazard.
