Windows and Doors

The windows of 23 Linden Drive were all replaced in 2007 by VGV Windows of Burlingame, CA. The windows themselves are manufactured by a company called LBL windows out of Oregon, which provides a lifetime warranty on the windows to the purchaser of the windows. For anyone who buys the a home installed with LBL windows, they do allow a limited time transfer of the warranty.

In the front of the home the windows feature a Queen Anne style grid. Almost all the windows in the home are single hung windows (they open up and down, not side to side), as was the custom for homes built in the same era as this one. The sliding glass door in the dining room is also an LBL door, and has the same warranty as the windows. The windows and sliding glass doors are vinyl, double-paned, energy efficient and argon filled.

The windows themselves are retrofit installed, which means that the new vinyl windows are installed in the existing frames of the original wood windows, which gives them an original installed look. Retrofit installed windows also do not require a permit for installation because they do not require any stucco work on the exterior or change to the building's structure.

The original window in the kitchen was a garden window, and was replaced with a modern retrofit garden window from LBL.

All the windows and the sliding glass door, have custom trim work on the interior of the home. The custom trim was installed to match some of the original trim found in the home when we bought it. Every window in the home now has this matching trim work.

Where required by code, tempered glass is used in the windows (next to doors, in the sliding glass door, bathrooms, etc). We also had tempered glass installed where it wasn't required by code, in the two front upstairs bedrooms, because we knew they would be occupied by children, and we wanted the rooms to be as safe as possible.

The doors throughout the home were all upgraded to six panel molded doors. This was an upgrade from the flat slab doors that existed when we purchased the home. This also meant all new casings around every door in the house. The front door and the side lite for the front door was also changed out to one with a stained glass and caned window. The door and side lite were custom ordered. We had the same contractors that installed all the other doors install the 10 panel french doors to the den in the ground floor. These doors have been stained a light pecan color, but have not yet been coated with clear covering, which is why the plastic is still covering the windows. A buyer can decide to coat the doors or leave them as is, and remove the plastic immediately.