Window install: How to prepare for your window install
/Getting your windows replaced can be really exciting. My favorite phone calls to make are the “your windows are here! Let’s schedule your install date!” phone calls. Often, the next question is “How do I prepare?”
Top 5 ways to prepare for your new window installation:
1) Clear a path for the installers to get to the windows. I am not calling you a hoarder. But most of us have piles. And once in a while those piles end up in the basement or in the corner of the bedroom. Right under that drafty window. If that happens to be the place at your house, just move the piles somewhere else so the guys can have easy access to the window without worrying about disrupting your things.
2) Take down any blinds, curtains or window treatments. The goal is to have a clean working space for the installers. If they have to stop and take down your window treatments, it is an unnecessary delay and an additional charge will be assessed to you.
3) Do you have a home alarm system wired to any of your windows or doors that we will be working on? You will need to call your alarm company before the install to have those wires disconnected (and then re-installed after the windows are in).
4) Clear the walls and shelves around the work area. This includes pictures on the wall, as well as trinkets or collectibles on shelves near the window. It is just better to be safe than sorry.
If you care about your items, protect them. That may sound harsh, but it is also common sense, right?
5) Dogs and Cats. Oh the stories we have. Window installation is loud. There are tools, there are strange voices, there are strange men in and out of the house. Dogs and cats can get skittish. They can bite. They can try and escape. Sometimes they do escape. And they RUN. So kennel them up during the install and don’t worry.
Sound easy enough?
Operations Manager, Universal Windows Direct
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