Window Installers in Santa Clara , CA

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Sunday, March 21, 2010

Who Rates Best (& Worst) in the San Francisco Bay Area? Now You'll Know.

Window Installers in Santa Clara, CA and Nearby

The right windows can make your home feel light and bright, give it character and charm, and provide beautiful views. But old windows can be drafty and uncomfortable, energy-wasteful, difficult to open and close-and can make your house look past its prime. We tell you about the available alternatives and provide ratings of 43 area firms.

From Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine

	Name	Number of ratings	Checkbook's top rating ()		What percent of customers rated firm "superior" on our survey for "overall quality"	Firm's price index score
			for quality	for price
1.	Able Glass 1129 Richard Ave Santa Clara, CA 408-496-9960	101 ratings	How does "Able Glass" rate compared to other window installers in Santa Clara , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
2.	American Vision Windows 365 Reed St Santa Clara, CA 408-617-0901		How does "American Vision Windows" rate compared to other window installers in Santa Clara , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
3.	Wholesale Windows 2200 Lafayette St #2 Santa Clara, CA 408-977-1003	19 ratings	How does "Wholesale Windows" rate compared to other window installers in Santa Clara , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
4.	Almaden Window & Door 5765 Winfield Blvd San Jose, CA 408-997-8234	39 ratings	How does "Almaden Window & Door" rate compared to other window installers in Santa Clara , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
5.	Airtight Vinyl Siding & Window 2601 Chanticleer Ave Santa Cruz, CA 831-462-9695	15 ratings	How does "Airtight Vinyl Siding & Window" rate compared to other window installers in Santa Clara , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
6.	Alexander Co 229 Harbor Way South San Francisco, CA 650-583-0860	75 ratings	How does "Alexander Co" rate compared to other window installers in Santa Clara , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
7.	American Home Renewal 310 A Shaw Rd South San Francisco, CA 800-747-0272	12 ratings	How does "American Home Renewal" rate compared to other window installers in Santa Clara , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
8.	Able Window 580 Crespi Dr #C Pacifica, CA 650-359-7306	14 ratings	How does "Able Window" rate compared to other window installers in Santa Clara , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
9.	ABC Window Contractors 811 Cesar Chavez St San Francisco, CA 415-826-6670	87 ratings	How does "ABC Window Contractors" rate compared to other window installers in Santa Clara , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.


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Sample Subscriber Comments/Reviews About Window Installers

CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).

As You Can See Below, Some Window Installers Get High Praise from Their Customers. Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Window Installers.

Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Installer: the windows did not stay clear.......
Subscriber from LOS ALTOS, CA wrote Another Installer: Double pane glass replacement on 12 windows..........
Subscriber from PLEASANTON, CA wrote Another Installer: What a pleasure to work with! Jim, Eldred and the entire installation crew were knowledgable,..........
Subscriber from SUNNYVALE, CA wrote Another Installer: I bought 3 house doors and one screen door at Able's. I felt I could..........
Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote Another Installer: The installers' carelessness and rushing through the installations left the walls surrounding the new windows..........
Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote Another Installer: Workers were excellent but product was poor and finally had to change manufacturers to get..........
Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote Another Installer: These are the most polite people to perform work in my home. The entire crew..........
Subscriber from DUBLIN, CA wrote Another Installer: A great outfit, work extremely well done. No surprises. I strongly recommend them........
Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote Another Installer: They rush through the work and when they cause damage, the individual doing the work..........
Subscriber from FREMONT, CA wrote Another Installer: In the Checkbook listing, this firm included Alameda County as one of their services areas...........
Subscriber from PALO ALTO, CA wrote Another Installer: We're very satisfied with the excellent service from Home Depot in replacing our home's windows...........
Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote Another Installer: It's with sadness and dissapointment that I cannot rate this firm very highly. We were..........
Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote Another Installer: mixed-up windows the first time but came back to change them with no problems at..........
Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote Another Installer: Fabulous company to deal with. Goes above and beyond on their service. Prompt response to..........
Subscriber from DANVILLE, CA wrote Another Installer: Honest people who do very good work. It was difficult to get a commitment as..........
Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote Another Installer: The general manager is unpleasant and rude and he, basically, is the point of contact..........
Subscriber from MENLO PARK, CA wrote Another Installer: Since they installed all our other windows, some of which needed repairs, I called Armstrong..........
Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote Another Installer: It was a pleasure to work w/ Larsen Construction from start to finish. I have..........
Subscriber from SAN CARLOS, CA wrote Another Installer: Our primary complaint was that we had to keep pressure on to get the estimate,..........
Subscriber from PALO ALTO, CA wrote Another Installer: Actually Select Windows is the retailer that sells the windows. Select Builders is the arm..........
Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Installer: Good prices and products........
Subscriber from SAN RAFAEL, CA wrote Another Installer: Excellent workers, dedicated to service, excellent work, clean up and efficiency.......
Subscriber from EL CERRITO, CA wrote Another Installer: The installers were generally skillful, however, they left quite a bit of broken glass behind..........
Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote Another Installer: Came out and boarded up window broken by burglary attempt. Boarded it up fine, promised..........
Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote Another Installer: The only reason why I'd rate this company lower in the first two catagories is..........
Subscriber from LAFAYETTE, CA wrote Another Installer: Although service was completed on time once scheduled, there was a delay in scheduling the..........
Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote Another Installer: Instaler scratched our newly refinished floor with pane of glass. Wooden Window was very responsive..........
Subscriber from DANVILLE, CA wrote Another Installer: Excellent service, price and installation. Would highly recommend to any of my friends and family...........
Subscriber from FREMONT, CA wrote Another Installer: Best Value. Compared against a dozen others includign PolyBau, Brothers, Bay City, Smart Windows etc...........
Subscriber from MARTINEZ, CA wrote Another Installer: I would use them again and did to install another door........
Subscriber from PLEASANTON, CA wrote Another Installer: Nice showroom, nice people, good products, poor deployment and even worse follow up. Contract was..........
Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote Another Installer: Great family owned business.......
Subscriber from VALLEJO, CA wrote Another Installer: Viplex was bought out by Home Depot in 2005 but most of the original Viplex..........
Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote Another Installer: Joe Collins does great work, very competitive prices, completely reliable. He installed a major window..........
Subscriber from DUBLIN, CA wrote Another Installer: The worst experience I have ever had with a "Home Improvement" contractor. Buyer Beware! Simonton..........
Subscriber from PLEASANT HILL, CA wrote Another Installer: I had all my windows replaced with dual pane windows. Glass Tech replaced all the..........
Subscriber from LOS ALTOS, CA wrote Another Installer: Crew severed too many alarm wires. Emergency call to alarm company to fix wiring. Used..........
Subscriber from HAYWARD, CA wrote Another Installer: My experience with AllBrand Windows was the absolute worst consumer experience I have EVER had-..........
Subscriber from FREMONT, CA wrote Another Installer: Brad the owner was that I was not satisfied with the color of the window..........
Subscriber from EL CERRITO, CA wrote Another Installer: They installed a window in the garage that was supposed to go in the kitchen..........
Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote Another Installer: Much hype-little service. Installation was delayed by 6 weeks. Very difficult to contact Anthony Saenz,..........
Subscriber from SAN RAMON, CA wrote Another Installer: After our windows were installed (and they were really nice, just what we hoped), we..........
Subscriber from HAYWARD, CA wrote Another Installer: Xo-Tek went above and beyond.The cost was lower then all six others I contacted with..........
Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote Another Installer: We had an extemely good experience with Almaden. Their quote was competitive (got 3), they..........
Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Installer: Mike and his crew replaced all of my windows and did a fabulous job. They..........
Subscriber from SUNNYVALE, CA wrote Another Installer: They came to our home, took measurements and gave us a quote, then never called..........
Subscriber from EL GRANADA, CA wrote Another Installer: They are expensive; the installer can be a bit grumpy. He was not completely prepared;..........
Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Installer: Installers couldn't speak English........
Subscriber from SAN LEANDRO, CA wrote Another Installer: my windows are non-standard sizes. ABC windows are custom made, so they can easily fit..........
Subscriber from ALBANY, CA wrote Another Installer: Very good work and low cost relative to comparable products........

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