Door and window repair in Oakland

Oakland window rules and the hardware we handle

Any window replacement in Oakland needs a building permit, and Design Review may be required for window repair or replacement too. Like-for-like work can qualify for a Design Review exemption, but work that affects key features of a historic property goes through the regular process. That matters in a city with 800-plus Local Register properties in the Oakland Point area alone.

Our window work leaves frames and glass in place: locks, cranks, balances, caulk and new mesh in the screen frames you have. Doors are most of the job. Old wood doors swell in the rainy months and bind, and hinge, strike or edge work usually frees them. Send a photo of where the door rubs, or a short video if it's a slider that drags.

Worth knowing about Oakland

• Oakland lies between the active Hayward and San Andreas fault zones, and the City notes that many of its buildings may predate modern seismic codes.
• The Oakland Museum station, 0.7 miles from City Hall, records 22.6 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a summer high of 72.1°F and a winter low of 45.8°F.
• In the hills that burned in 1991, many homes were built on platforms over canyon walls or in levels stepping down the slope, often with the garage at street level.