Window Installation & Repair in Long Island, NY

Salt air off the water, coastal storms that arrive sideways, and a freeze and thaw cycle that works at a house all winter. Much of the housing stock here went up in the 1950s and 60s, and a lot of it still carries original doors, windows and unfinished basements. R&L Contractor has been handling window installation & repair for homes in Long Island for more than twenty-five years, and that experience is what tells us where a house here tends to fail first.

Windows are where a house leaks money. Not dramatically, not in a way you can point to, but continuously: every winter, through every draft, on every heating bill you pay without quite understanding why it is so high.

R&L Contractor has installed and repaired windows across Long Island for more than twenty-five years, and the thing homeowners are most surprised to learn is that the window itself is only half the purchase.

The Installation Is the Product

A high performance window set into an opening that was never flashed correctly, shimmed square or sealed properly will underperform a cheaper window installed well. The manufacturer’s rating describes the unit in a laboratory. Your wall is not a laboratory.

So we do the unglamorous parts properly: inspect the opening once the old unit is out, repair any rot we find in the framing, set the new window square and plumb rather than forcing it to the old opening, flash it so water drains out instead of in, and insulate and seal the perimeter without over-packing it and bowing the frame.

What New Windows Actually Do

They stop the drafts you have learned to live with. They cut the noise from the street. They make rooms usable in January that you currently avoid. And they change how the house looks, inside and out, more than most homeowners expect.

In an old Long Island house with single glazed windows and worn weatherstripping, the comfort difference is immediate and the bill difference shows up in the first cold month.

Repair Versus Replacement

Not every window needs replacing. Hardware fails, balances break, sashes stick and stops get painted shut. Those are repairs, and we will make them rather than sell you a project.

What cannot be repaired is a failed insulated glass unit. When you see fog or moisture between the panes, the seal has gone and the window has lost the insulating value it was bought for. Cleaning it is impossible, because the moisture is inside the glass.

How We Work

Free assessment, honest pricing in writing, and one crew that removes, installs, seals and trims. No handoffs, no gap between the company that sold the windows and the crew that installed them, and no argument later about whose fault the draft is.

Let us look at what your windows are costing you.

Style, Light and the Look of the House

Windows are the eyes of a house, and the wrong proportions or grille pattern can make a good facade look wrong in a way people notice without being able to name it. We match what the house is asking for rather than whatever is on sale.

Free assessment, honest pricing in writing, and licensed crews serving New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Permits and Paperwork in Long Island

When the job needs a permit, we pull it through your town building department (Hempstead, Islip or Brookhaven), so the work passes inspection and stays legal at resale. Free estimate, honest written pricing, and one licensed crew serving Long Island and the surrounding towns.