Window Repair in New Orleans

Big Easy Windows repairs windows across New Orleans, from Uptown and the Garden District to Lakeview, Mid-City, and Algiers Point. Our own licensed crew runs every repair, with a free on-site assessment and no subcontractors in your Orleans Parish home. We fix what your house actually needs and build the work for the city’s heat and humidity. Call (504) 384-8165 for a free quote.

Common Window Failures in New Orleans Older Homes

The tall, narrow sashes in raised center-hall cottages, shotgun doubles, and Creole townhouses swell shut in the summer, stick in their tracks, and rot at the sill where rain sits. We free swollen sashes, splice or rebuild rotted sills and stops, re-cord weighted sash systems, and replace cracked panes in original openings so the window still looks right on the block.

In the Lakeview and Gentilly brick ranches, the failures lean newer: fogged insulated glass where the seal blew, broken balances that drop the sash, and worn locks and latches. Most of those are repairs, not a full unit swap.

Repairs Built for a City Below Sea Level

Much of New Orleans sits at or below sea level, so wind-driven rain and standing humidity work on every joint. When we repair an opening we re-flash and re-seal it so water drains away from the wall instead of pooling behind the trim and starting the rot over again.

Honest Repair-or-Replace Calls in Orleans Parish

We assess in person and tell you straight. A single foggy pane or one rotted sill is a repair. A frame that’s gone soft all the way through isn’t worth patching, and we’ll say so. In a local historic district, exterior repairs can fall under HDLC review, or the Vieux Carre Commission in the French Quarter, and we keep the look those boards expect.