San Bernardino Window Replacement is San Bernardino County's specialist in wood windows in San Bernardino, CA, specializing in aluminum-clad wood windows, Douglas fir and pine interior frames, and factory-finished stained or painted sash. We offer extruded aluminum cladding and fiberglass-clad wood units.
Our team provides whole-house wood window replacement for custom and Craftsman-style homes, delivering warm interior wood for homes and durable, low-upkeep exteriors for both residential and commercial projects. Our own installers measure every opening, and we write the wood species, the cladding type, the interior finish and the NFRC values into the quote before ordering.
From matching an interior stain to existing door casings to flashing the last clad sill on the house, our team handles every detail. Serving San Bernardino, Redlands, Claremont and Upland, we fit new wood windows that look right inside a house built around wood trim.
Why San Bernardino Window Replacement
The installer who measures your openings is the one who sets the new windows, from the first visit to the final walk.
Clad-wood windows put real wood on the inside of the house and an outer layer of aluminum or fiberglass over the exterior of the frame and sash, so the part the weather hits is not wood. In San Bernardino that is almost always the right version of a wood window. An all-wood exterior is possible, but in this climate it commits you to a steady repainting cycle. The Department of Energy notes that wood frames insulate relatively well but expand and contract with the weather and need regular maintenance, and that aluminum or vinyl cladding reduces that upkeep. Manufacturers add that cladding resists rot, corrosion and insect damage, and that routine cleaning is usually all a clad exterior asks.
Roll-formed cladding is sheet aluminum bent to shape through a series of rollers. Extruded cladding is aluminum heated and forced through a die, giving a thicker, heavier profile that holds its shape and resists dents. On a wall that takes afternoon sun and wind-blown grit, extruded is the version we recommend.
Some lines clad wood in a fiberglass composite instead of aluminum. It suits owners who want the frame to move with the glass on the outside and wood on the inside. If you want new wood windows but the house still has its original wood sash worth saving, that is a restoration job with its own page; this page is about new wood and clad-wood units.
Dry heat shrinks and checks unprotected wood, and this valley supplies plenty of both. Wood is hygroscopic: it settles to a moisture content in balance with the temperature and humidity of the air around it, and it shrinks as it dries. Most of that shrinkage happens across the grain, where tangential shrinkage often runs about twice the radial.
When the outer layer of a board dries faster than its core, drying stresses build, and once they exceed the wood's strength across the grain, the surface checks and splits. Wood left exposed to strong sun dries too fast in a dry summer for exactly that reason. San Bernardino's summers are hot and arid, and the Santa Ana winds push warm, dry air through the Cajon Pass in autumn on top of that.
Cladding takes the sun so the wood does not. Heavy extruded cladding set slightly off the wood leaves an air space that improves thermal performance and lets moisture escape, so the wood underneath stays close to the stable indoor conditions it was dried for. Factory-applied wood protection before assembly adds another layer against the dry seasons and the occasional wet winter.
Dust is the other local enemy. Grit settles in sill tracks and on exterior finishes, so a smooth, pre-finished cladding that rinses clean is worth more here than it would be on the coast.
Interior wood can be stained or painted to match the trim you already have, which is the whole point of choosing wood. A Craftsman living room with stained casings or a custom home with painted millwork should not end up with white plastic frames.
We bring interior wood and finish samples to the measure and hold them against your existing casings so the match is chosen in your own light.
Clad exteriors come pre-finished in a range of standard and custom colours, so the outside of the window never needs painting. Higher-end extruded cladding uses architectural coatings; one maker specifies a Kynar 500 PVDF resin finish that meets the AAMA 2605 standard for coatings on aluminum.
That short list is the trade you make for real wood inside: a clad window asks far less of you than painted wood, and far more of the installer, who has to flash and seal it so water never gets behind the cladding.
A clad-wood window has to meet California's Title 24 limits like any other replacement, so the unit's NFRC U-factor and SHGC go on your quote. Metal cladding can slightly lower a wood window's thermal performance, which is one more reason the glass package matters: on sunny walls we choose a Low-E coating with a low SHGC and argon between the panes.
Wood units are heavier than vinyl and are often ordered to exact sizes, so the measure is careful work. Some go in as a retrofit within the existing frame; others need a full-frame install with the stucco or siding cut back. That decision is made at the measure and written into the scope, and the sill is flashed and water tested before any interior trim goes back on.
Building or managing a custom-home community, a historic commercial building or a clubhouse with wood windows? Clad wood in one species and colour can be specified across a whole project and priced as a bid.
Wood and clad-wood windows in San Bernardino are typically estimated at roughly $1,200 to $2,500 per window installed, and a whole house is that range applied to every opening. Within that range, price moves with:
Please read these as estimates; they are subject to change with lumber, aluminum and glass pricing. Your written quote, prepared after a free in-home measure, sets the final price for your house.
The process
Four steps, and nothing is ordered until you have signed off on the written quote.
We look at every opening with you, check the frames, the sills and the stucco around them, and measure each one for the unit that will go in it.
Frame material, glass package, label values, install method and the order date arrive in writing. For a community or a commercial building the work is split into phases, so every resident or tenant knows their day.
Old units come out, openings are checked for water damage, and each new window is set, flashed and sealed, with a water test at the sill before trim goes back.
We open and lock every window and door with you before calling it finished, and adjust anything you flag.
Questions
Clad-wood windows do. The cladding takes the sun and dust outside while the wood stays inside, where conditions are stable. Unclad wood exteriors can work but need regular refinishing in this climate.
Wood and clad-wood windows here are typically estimated at roughly $1,200 to $2,500 per window installed, depending on species, cladding, glass and install method. Your written quote after the measure sets the actual price.
Yes. Interiors come factory stained, factory painted, primed or unfinished, and we match samples against your existing casings at the measure.
Extruded aluminum is the most common and takes dark colours well; fiberglass cladding moves more like the glass. Both protect the wood. We show you both on the lines we quote.
Very little outside: rinse the dust off, keep the weep holes clear and check the sealant joints yearly. The interior wood is cared for like any finished trim.
If the original sash is sound and the house is historic, restoration may be the better call, and we cover it on its own page. If the sash is failing or you want modern insulated glass throughout, new clad-wood units are the replacement.
Yes, with the right glass. We confirm the NFRC U-factor and SHGC for each unit meet the limits for your address and list them on the quote.
Yes. One species, finish and cladding colour across a project is a straightforward spec, and we price it as a bid from the plans or the opening schedule.
Homeowners get a free measure at the house. Boards, managers and contractors can send plans or an opening count for a bid.
Calls only, we do not receive text messages.
