Custom Windows & Doors in West Hollywood - Free In-Home Measure, Written Price

Fast, Reliable Custom Windows & Doors Across West Hollywood

Custom windows and doors in West Hollywood are rarely a simple swap. In a 1.9-square-mile city where most buildings predate 1979 and fall under rent stabilization rules, nearly every replacement on an occupied unit triggers both the city’s Design Review requirement to match original Art Deco or Spanish Colonial profiles and the Rent Stabilization Ordinance’s tenant-notification mandates. No neighboring city layers that same double gate on a single casement swap. We’ve worked inside those rules for years, so when a West Hollywood landlord or condo owner calls (888) 635-0804, we can tell them exactly what the job will require before the first jamb is removed. That matters when a unit sits empty waiting on a custom-matched profile.

Why TruePane Windows & Doors Is West Hollywood’s Preferred Custom Windows & Doors Company

West Hollywood homeowners and property managers don’t have time for a contractor who learns the city’s Design Review process on their dime. We walk into every job on Havenhurst Drive, Sweetzer Avenue, or Fountain Avenue already knowing what the review board will flag: sightline proportions on steel casements, frame color on Spanish Colonial facades, stucco return details on Mid-Century Modern buildings. That knowledge comes from doing the work here, not from a franchise playbook. Dale Kessler founded TruePane in 2008 on a rule he keeps on the whiteboard: if the pane is not true, the job is not done. Every Custom Windows & Doors technician who works in West Hollywood measures every opening twice, quotes manufacturer lines side by side on paper, and registers both warranty layers before leaving the driveway. We’re an authorized installer for PGT, CGI, and ES Windows, among more than a dozen lines, and we bring samples to your unit so you see the actual aluminum or steel profile going in, not a brochure photo.

Our crews are background-checked and uniformed, and they work in occupied rent-stabilized units the way they’d work in their own mother’s apartment: drop cloths down, access coordinated with tenants under RSO notice rules, and a clean opening at the end of every day. The Done Right Promise means if something isn’t right after we leave, we come back and make it right. No paperwork fight, no arguing. A live person answers the phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. When a West Hollywood property owner calls at 9 p.m. because a window got boarded by a storm, a person picks up. Not a voicemail tree.

Our Custom Windows & Doors Services in West Hollywood

Custom Shape Windows

West Hollywood’s pre-war courtyard apartments are full of arched transoms, porthole windows, and radius-top casements that no off-the-shelf manufacturer stocks. When one of those fails on a rent-stabilized building, the landlord cannot just order a rectangular replacement and call it done. Design Review will reject it. We fabricate custom shape windows to match the original opening exactly, including the radius arc, the muntin width, and the sightline the review board measures. On a Streamline Moderne building on Havenhurst Drive, we built a custom radius-top window with a dual-pane low-E insulated glass unit that passed inspection without altering the facade. That’s the only kind of fix West Hollywood accepts, and we’ve been doing it long enough to get the fabrication right the first time.

Commercial Storefront Glazing

West Hollywood’s commercial strips on Santa Monica Boulevard and Melrose Avenue run on narrow storefronts where a cracked pane or a failed aluminum door closer shuts down a business until it’s fixed. Our West Hollywood storefront glazing work covers tempered glass replacements, entrance door replacements, and aluminum storefront frames that meet current energy code. We schedule around business hours when we can, and when a tenant needs a storefront secured after a break-in or a bad impact, we get a crew there fast. The live person who answers the phone is the same voice who dispatched a crew to a Melrose boutique at 6 a.m. after its glass door shattered.

Curtain Wall Systems

A handful of post-war and newer commercial buildings in West Hollywood use curtain wall systems, and those jobs go wrong quickly when the installer treats them like residential window replacements. We service curtain wall glass, gaskets, and thermal breaks, and we quote the work honestly: curtain wall repair in West Hollywood typically runs $900 to $2,800 per bay depending on glass size, access conditions, and whether the mullions need re-anchoring. Replacement of a full curtain wall section on a West Hollywood commercial facade rarely starts under $18,000 because the engineering and crane access costs are real. We don’t pad that number, and we don’t pretend a patch will hold when the mullion anchors are corroded.

Architectural Grilles & SDLs

This is where West Hollywood Design Review gets exacting. Spanish Colonial Revival and Art Deco facades use divided-light patterns that read as the building’s architectural signature. A landlord who swaps in a flat glass unit with a snap-on grille that sits too proud or too thin gets a rejection letter and a boarded window. We fabricate architectural grilles and simulated divided lites (SDLs) that match the original bar width, depth, and profile. On a Sweetzer Avenue Spanish Colonial, we matched 5/8-inch-wide muntins with a putty-profile SDL that read as true divided light from the street. The city approved it, and the tenant gained a window that actually seals against street noise. These Custom Windows & Doors in West Hollywood jobs are not forgiving of shortcuts, so we don’t take them.

Trusted Brands We Service in West Hollywood

We install and service PGT, CGI, and ES Windows product lines, among more than a dozen manufacturers we’re authorized to carry. What matters for West Hollywood customers is that we stock no substitutes. A CGI impact window for a Sunset Strip condo gets quoted at the actual CGI spec, side by side on paper against ES Windows or another line, so the owner sees the real difference in frame thickness, glass package, and warranty layer before spending a dollar. We also carry the sealants and hardware specific to these lines, which means a hinge or a sash lock on an existing PGT or ES Windows unit does not wait six weeks on a parts order.

Common Custom Windows & Doors Problems We See in West Hollywood Homes

• Rusted steel casements on 1920s-30s courtyard apartments. Havenhurst Drive and Sweetzer Avenue buildings are full of original steel frames with rust at the sill and jamb. Once that rust breaks the putty bond, coastal breezes and street noise come straight through, and the sash starts to bind.
• Failed insulated glass units in pre-1979 aluminum sliders. Decades of thermal cycling splits the seal, and tenants report fog between the panes. Landlords cannot swap in cheap single-pane glass because Title 24 Solar Heat Gain Coefficient rules block it, so the whole sash or window must go custom.
• Design Review rejections on replacement frames. A generic vinyl or aluminum frame with the wrong sightline proportions gets bounced by West Hollywood Design Review. The unit sits boarded until a custom-matched profile is fabricated, which costs the owner weeks of rent and a second opening.
• Door sag and binding on canyon-adjacent slopes. Buildings along the base of the Hollywood Hills settle unevenly, and entry doors start to bind in July after a decade of soil movement. We re-hang and re-shim doors to swing true again, and where an original Spanish Revival door is beyond saving, we fabricate a matching wood or aluminum-clad door that clears Design Review.

Pricing for Custom Windows & Doors in West Hollywood, CA

We Also Serve Cities Near West Hollywood

TruePane runs crews into Beverly Hills, Universal City, Studio City, and North Hollywood for the same custom window and door work we do in West Hollywood. The design review rules change across the city line, but our standard does not. Measure twice, quote side by side, register both warranty layers in writing, and stand behind the work for 90 days with our Done Right Promise.

FAQs - Custom Windows & Doors in West Hollywood

Can a landlord replace windows in a rent-stabilized West Hollywood building without Design Review?

No. On any pre-1979 building covered by the Rent Stabilization Ordinance, window replacement that changes the exterior appearance requires Design Review approval. A landlord who replaces steel casements with standard aluminum sliders without review risks a city violation and a mandate to redo the work. We prepare Design Review submittals with photos, sightline measurements, and the replacement profile spec, and we schedule the work only after the city signs off.

Why do the steel casement windows on Havenhurst Drive need custom fabrication instead of off-the-shelf replacements?

Because the original steel frames have sightlines no current stock window matches. Design Review on Havenhurst Drive’s Streamline Moderne and Art Deco courtyard apartments measures the muntin width, frame depth, and profile radius against the original, and a stock aluminum or vinyl unit fails that check. We fabricate a custom steel-profile window that keeps the narrow original sightlines while housing a modern dual-pane low-E insulated glass unit. That’s the only way these openings get approved and sealed.

What does Title 24 require for replacement windows in West Hollywood, and how does that affect SHGC?

West Hollywood sits in LA’s Climate Zone 9, where Title 24 sets maximum Solar Heat Gain Coefficient thresholds for replacement windows on any permitted swap. In most cases that means dual-pane low-E glass is effectively required. A landlord hoping to save money with single-pane glass will fail inspection and get a stop-work notice. We quote the compliant glass package from the start and document the SHGC rating on the permit paperwork so there’s no surprise at final inspection.

If the glass on our 1970s aluminum slider is fogged, can the landlord just replace the glass instead of the whole window?

Sometimes, yes. If the aluminum frame is still square and the rollers and tracks are serviceable, we can replace just the insulated glass unit in the existing sash and save the landlord the cost of a full window. But on many pre-1979 West Hollywood sliders, the frame has corroded or the sash is out of square, and replacing only the glass leaves a window that still leaks air and binds. We’ll tell you which case you have after measuring the unit, and we won’t sell a full replacement when a glass swap will hold. Call (888) 635-0804 for an honest read on your building’s windows.

How does the RSO tenant-notification rule change the scheduling of a custom window job in a WeHo apartment?

The Rent Stabilization Ordinance requires landlords to give tenants written notice before certain entry and access events tied to repairs or capital improvements. On an occupied unit, that means the work cannot start the day the window shows up: the tenant gets the notice window, then we coordinate a specific access time. We build that into the schedule from day one, and we show up when the tenant expects us. A missed access window burns a full day on a custom job, so our crews confirm the time the day before and arrive prepared to finish in one visit whenever the opening allows.

Call (888) 635-0804 for a free written estimate on custom windows and doors in West Hollywood. We’ll measure, quote the right spec, and tell you straight what the city will and won’t approve.

Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving West Hollywood and Los Angeles County with West Hollywood Window Replacement since 2008.