Anaheim Elite Windows: Residential & Commercial Window Replacement, Repair and Installation
Title 24 compliant low-E replacement windows, vinyl and fiberglass frames, patio doors and storefront glass. Free in-home measure across Orange County from a licensed, insured crew.
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Anaheim Elite Windows is a licensed and insured window contractor with over 20 years of experience installing, replacing, and repairing windows for residential and commercial properties in Anaheim, CA.
Our work covers full-frame and insert replacement windows, new-construction installs, double-hung and single-hung sashes, casement and awning units, horizontal sliders, bay and bow assemblies, picture and architectural glass, egress windows, patio and sliding glass doors, French doors, entry doors, window screens, insulated glass unit replacement, skylights, and commercial storefront and curtain wall glazing.
We work in vinyl, fiberglass, composite, aluminum, and clad-wood frames, glazed with dual-pane and triple-pane insulated glass, soft-coat low-E coatings, argon and krypton gas fill, warm-edge spacers, laminated safety glass, tempered glass, and obscure or acoustic glass packages.
Every unit we quote carries an NFRC label, and we size the glass package to hit the U-factor and solar heat gain coefficient the 2022 Title 24 energy standards ask for in the inland Orange County climate zone, rather than selling you the cheapest sticker in the catalog.
Anaheim Elite Windows is licensed by the CSLB, fully insured and bonded, installs to AAMA and NAFS guidelines, and backs every job with a written workmanship warranty on top of the manufacturer glass and frame coverage. Se habla español, and the in-home measure is free.
Our Window Services in Anaheim, CA
Energy-Efficient & Low-E Windows
Energy-efficient windows in Anaheim are won or lost on solar heat gain, not on insulation. The number that decides your August electric bill is the SHGC on the NFRC label, and most of the quotes homeowners show us are chasing the wrong one.
Title 24 Compliant Windows
Title 24 compliant windows are judged by the inspector on one thing: what the NFRC label says. California's Building Energy Efficiency Standards set a maximum U-factor and a maximum solar heat gain coefficient for replacement fenestration, and if the sticker on the glass does not meet them, the job does not pass.
Vinyl Windows
Vinyl windows are the honest value pick for most Orange County homes, and anyone telling you otherwise is usually selling something with a bigger margin. They never need painting, they will not corrode in the salt air that drifts inland on a west wind, and a well-built frame will hold its seal for decades at roughly half the price of fiberglass.
Fiberglass & Composite Windows
Fiberglass windows cost roughly double what vinyl does, so the only useful question is when that premium is actually buying you something. Three situations justify it in Anaheim: large openings, dark exterior colors, and narrow sightlines you cannot get any other way.
Wood & Clad-Wood Windows
Wood and clad-wood windows are what a period house needs, and a vinyl slider in a 1920s Craftsman opening will look wrong from the sidewalk for as long as you own the place. Clad-wood solves the maintenance problem that scares people off timber: a solid wood interior for the room, wrapped in an extruded aluminum or fiberglass exterior that never gets painted.
Aluminum Windows
Aluminum windows come in two entirely different products, and confusing them costs Anaheim homeowners real money every summer. The original single-pane aluminum sliders in most pre-1980 tract houses here are the reason the back bedroom is unlivable by mid-afternoon; modern thermally broken aluminum is a legitimate high-performance frame that belongs on specific houses.
Double-Hung & Single-Hung Windows
Double-hung windows are the ones that get painted shut, and in the older neighborhoods of this city that is one of the most common calls we take. A double-hung has two operating sashes in one frame, an upper and a lower, and both of them are supposed to move; a single-hung has a fixed upper sash and only the bottom one slides.
Casement & Awning Windows
Casement windows seal tighter than anything else you can buy, because the crank pulls the sash into the weatherstrip instead of sliding past it. Awning units use the same hardware hinged at the top, which is why you can leave a kitchen or bathroom window cracked through a February rain and nothing comes in.
Sliding & Gliding Windows
Sliding windows are the default in Southern California tract housing, which means most of the ones in this city are original, aluminum, and running on rollers that gave up somewhere around the Clinton administration. A horizontal slider moves one sash past another in a track, and everything good and bad about the style follows from that.
Bay & Bow Windows
A bay or bow window is not really a window job, it is a small carpentry project with glass in it. There is a projection to support, a roof to flash, an interior seat board to finish and a header to check.
Picture & Architectural Windows
A picture window is the cheapest square footage of glass you can buy and the tightest-sealing unit in the catalog, for the same reason: nothing about it moves. No sash, no balance, no roller, no lock, no gap for air to find.
Egress Windows
Egress windows are what let a room legally be a bedroom, and the number that decides it is net clear opening, not the size printed on your invoice. That single misunderstanding is the most common reason a garage conversion or an ADU gets red-tagged at inspection, usually after the drywall is already up.
Impact-Rated & Security Windows
Impact-rated windows in Anaheim are not about hurricanes, and any contractor selling them to you that way is padding the invoice. What laminated impact glass actually buys you here is forced-entry resistance, Santa Ana wind loading on exposed lots, freeway noise reduction and UV control, and on the right openings that is genuinely worth the money.
Patio & Sliding Glass Doors
A patio slider you have to shoulder open is the most annoying thing in the house, and it is usually a two-hundred-dollar roller problem sitting inside somebody else's three-thousand-dollar quote. Before anyone talks to you about a new door, the rollers, the track and the alignment should be checked, because on a sound frame that is the entire repair.
French Doors
French doors are the best-looking way to get to a patio and the easiest to install badly. Get the hanging wrong and within two years the pair sags, the astragal stops meeting in the middle, there is a draft down the center of the opening and the lock only engages if you lean on the door.
Entry Doors
The front door is the only part of your house every visitor touches, and on most Orange County tract homes it is still the original slab with a deadbolt that needs a hip check. Replacing it is one of the few jobs that improves how the house looks, how it seals and how secure it is, all in a single day.
Window Screens & Sun Screens
Window screens are the least glamorous thing we do and one of the most cost-effective, and solar screens on a west elevation are close to the best dollar-per-degree upgrade available in this city. They stop the sun before it ever reaches the glass, which is a fundamentally better place to stop it than after it has already come inside.
Glass Repair & Insulated Glass Units
Foggy glass means the edge seal on your insulated glass unit has failed and the desiccant inside is saturated. Nobody can drill it, drain it, and make it permanently right, whatever the internet says, but you also do not need a whole new window: the sealed glass package comes out and a new one goes in while the frame, the sash and the hardware stay exactly where they are.
Commercial Storefront & Curtain Wall
Commercial storefront glass is engineered to a design pressure, inspected by the building department, and usually has to go in without closing the business. That combination is why it is a different trade from residential window replacement, and why the crew doing your house is not automatically the crew for your retail unit.
Skylights & Solar Tubes
Almost every leaking skylight we are called to look at is a flashing problem, not a skylight problem. That is why resealing it with a tube of caulk buys you exactly one dry winter, and why the same skylight has now been caulked by three different people.
Why Anaheim Chooses Anaheim Elite Windows
- ✓Over 20 years installing and replacing windows across Orange County
- ✓Residential and commercial, from single-family homes to retail storefronts and office glazing
- ✓In-house installers, never subcontractors you have never met
- ✓Glass packages sized to the U-factor and SHGC that Title 24 asks for in inland Orange County
- ✓Itemized quotes per opening, so you can see exactly what each window costs
- ✓Licensed by the CSLB, fully insured and bonded, with a written workmanship warranty
- ✓Se habla español
About Anaheim Elite Windows in Anaheim, CA
Anaheim Elite Windows has spent over 20 years pulling old windows out of Orange County houses and putting better ones in. We started as a two-man crew doing retrofit inserts in postwar tract homes off Ball Road and grew the way you would want a window company to grow, which is slowly and by referral.
Today we handle single-pane glass swaps, whole-home replacements, custom bay and bow assemblies, patio and entry door packages, and commercial storefront glazing, and we still run every job with our own in-house installers rather than handing your house to a subcontractor you have never met.
The part nobody tells you about windows is that the unit matters less than the opening it goes into. A $1,200 fiberglass window installed over rotted framing with no flashing will leak sooner than a $500 vinyl unit set correctly.
So we measure every opening in three places, check the sill and the framing before we order anything, shim plumb and square, insulate the perimeter with low-expansion foam, flash the head and sill, and seal the exterior with a sealant rated for real movement. That is also why we quote per opening.
When a bid is one number for the whole house, you cannot see what you are being charged for.
We help you pick the glass rather than selling you a brand.
That means reading the NFRC label out loud with you, explaining what the U-factor and the solar heat gain coefficient actually do in the inland Orange County sun, and steering you to a double-silver or triple-silver soft-coat low-E with argon fill and a warm-edge spacer instead of an upsell you do not need.
We are licensed by the CSLB, fully insured and bonded, install to AAMA and NAFS guidelines, and back every installation with a written workmanship warranty. Se habla español, and the in-home measure is free.
Service Areas
Anaheim Elite Windows serves Anaheim, CA and surrounding communities including:
How It Works
1. Measure and quote
We measure every opening in three places for width and height, check the sill for rot and out-of-square framing, and walk you through frame material, glass package, and NFRC numbers. You get an itemized quote per opening, not a lump sum you have to take on faith.
2. Order and schedule
Custom units are built to your measurements, which usually takes three to six weeks depending on the manufacturer and whether the glass is laminated. We set a firm install date once the order lands, and the same in-house crew handles your job start to finish.
3. Install, flash and seal
Old sashes come out, the opening gets checked and shimmed plumb and square, then we set the new unit, insulate the perimeter with low-expansion foam, flash the head and sill, and seal the exterior with a joint sealant rated for movement. Retrofit or full-frame, the water management is the part that decides whether a window lasts.
4. Inspect and warranty
We operate every sash and lock with you, check the reveals, haul away the old units and the packaging, and hand over the NFRC labels and warranty paperwork. If something sticks or whistles six months later, call us and we come back.
Recent Projects Across Orange County
What Anaheim Customers Say
Replaced fourteen windows with low-E units and the back bedroom finally stopped being an oven by two in the afternoon. They quoted per opening so I could see exactly what I was paying for, and the crew sealed and flashed everything properly.
Got three quotes. These were the only ones who actually read the NFRC label to me and explained what the solar heat gain number meant. Install took two days, the stucco was untouched, and the inspector signed off with no notes.
Our patio slider had been fighting us for years. They rebuilt the rollers and the track for a fraction of what another company quoted for a whole new door. Told me straight that the door itself was fine. That is rare.
Two fogged windows and a cracked pane. They swapped just the insulated glass units instead of pushing full replacements, matched the sightline exactly, and were done in one visit. Honest pricing and no upsell.
Commercial Window, Storefront & Curtain Wall Glazing in Anaheim & Orange County
We glaze retail centers, offices, medical suites, restaurants, light industrial buildings, and apartment and condo communities across Orange County. That covers aluminum storefront framing and thermally broken systems, entrance doors with closers and panic hardware, window wall and curtain wall, insulated and laminated safety glass, tempered glass to code, spandrel panels, and emergency board-up followed by a permanent glass replacement.
Commercial glass is a different animal from residential: it is engineered to a design pressure, it has to satisfy the building department and often the tenant's insurer, and it usually has to go in without shutting the business down.
We handle the permit set, we schedule after hours or weekends when the storefront has to stay open, and we can put multi-property owners on a scheduled replacement program instead of a string of emergency calls.
- ✓Aluminum storefront framing and thermally broken systems
- ✓Curtain wall and window wall glazing
- ✓Entrance doors, closers and panic hardware
- ✓Insulated, tempered and laminated safety glass to code
- ✓Offices, medical suites, retail centers and restaurants
- ✓Apartment, condo and HOA window replacement programs
- ✓After-hours and weekend installation so you stay open
- ✓Emergency board-up and permanent glass replacement
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does window replacement cost in Anaheim?
Vinyl retrofit replacement windows in Orange County generally land between $400 and $900 per window installed. Fiberglass and clad-wood run higher, roughly $800 to $1,600, and laminated impact or acoustic glass adds a few hundred more per opening. Full-frame replacement, where the old frame and nail fin come out down to the studs, costs more than a retrofit insert because there is stucco and trim work involved. We quote per opening after the measure.
Do I need triple-pane windows in Southern California?
Honestly, no. Triple pane earns its money in Minnesota, not in a climate where the design problem is keeping the sun out rather than keeping the furnace in. In Anaheim, a good dual-pane unit with a double-silver or triple-silver soft-coat low-E, argon fill and a warm-edge spacer will beat a cheap triple pane on solar heat gain and cost less. Spend the money on the coating and the install, not on the third lite.
What does Title 24 require for replacement windows?
California's Building Energy Efficiency Standards set maximum U-factor and maximum solar heat gain coefficient values for new and replacement fenestration, and the numbers are verified off the NFRC label on the unit. Inland Orange County sits in one of the hotter California Energy Commission climate zones, so the solar heat gain limit is the binding constraint on most jobs. We pull glass packages that meet the current prescriptive numbers and leave you the labels for the inspector.
How long does a whole-home window installation take?
Ten to fifteen openings is normally one to two days of install once the units arrive. Retrofit inserts go faster than full-frame replacement because the exterior finish stays put. The long part is manufacturing, not installation, so the honest timeline from deposit to finished job is usually four to seven weeks.
Can you just replace the glass instead of the whole window?
Often, yes, and we will tell you when that is the better call. If the frame is sound and the sash operates but the glass is fogged or has a failed seal, an insulated glass unit swap is a fraction of the cost of a new window. If the frame is warped, the balances are shot, or the unit is a 1960s single-pane aluminum slider, replacing the glass is throwing good money after bad.
Do you handle commercial storefront and office glass?
Yes. We install and replace aluminum storefront framing, entrance doors and closers, window wall and curtain wall glazing, tempered and laminated safety glass, and insulated units for retail centers, offices, medical suites, and apartment and condo communities across Orange County. We can also schedule the work after hours so your business stays open.