Raleigh Window Pros provides professional double-hung windows and sash packs in Raleigh, NC for residential and commercial properties across Wake County. The state's window-replacement interpretation names double-hung and casement assemblies specifically, and it puts sash-only work in the repair column. Change the sashes inside a sound frame and no energy table applies to the job at all.
That is the cheapest genuine fix in this trade and almost nobody in Raleigh advertises it. A sash pack — two new sashes, new jamb liners, new balance shoes, dropped into the frame you already own — costs a fraction of a replacement window and takes roughly an hour per opening once the interior stops are off and set aside.
It only works on a frame that is genuinely square and genuinely dry. We read the reveal at the head, at both jambs and at the sill, then probe the sill nose and the jamb bottoms with an awl. More than a quarter of an inch out of square and the new liners bind against the sash, so we decline the job rather than force it and blame the parts.
Raleigh's 1970s and 1980s stock is where sash packs shine hardest. Solid wood frames, single-glazed sashes whose glazing putty gave up two decades ago, and balances that gave up before the putty did. The frame material in those houses beats anything you can buy new today, and skipping it to sell a replacement is waste dressed up as progress. We say that out loud before we put it on an invoice.
On post-1995 vinyl double-hungs, sash-only work is rarely possible, because the sash profile and the balance system are proprietary to a product line that may no longer be manufactured by anybody. When we cannot source the correct part we say so plainly rather than fitting a universal balance, hoping, and leaving you to discover the difference next spring.
If the whole unit genuinely has to come out, the double-hung details worth paying for are a metal-reinforced meeting rail, a cam lock that draws the two sashes together instead of merely latching them shut, and constant-force coil balances rather than block-and-tackle assemblies that go slack unevenly and drop a sash on your fingers in year eight.
Both sashes should tilt in, and that is not the convenience feature it sounds like. A sash that tilts is a sash you can clean from inside on a second storey, and it is a balance somebody can service in ten years without pulling stops off the jamb, splitting the paint line and repainting a whole room to fix one window.
One warning about air leakage. A double-hung carries more linear feet of weatherstrip than any other operating type, which is exactly why its tested air-leakage rating usually reads worse than a casement of identical size. On an exposed elevation in a Piedmont wind that difference is measurable, and it is worth knowing before the order goes in.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — insert assemblies set into a retained existing frame, sash packs with new jamb liners and balance shoes, constant-force coil balances in a double-hung frame, soft-coat low-E on the second surface for solar rejection, stainless warm-edge spacer in a dual-seal sealed unit, poured and debridged polyurethane thermal breaks in aluminium — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Raleigh and nearby communities including Cary, Apex, Wake Forest, Holly Springs.
What We Handle
Everything our double-hung windows and sash packs in Raleigh covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of double-hung windows and sash packs work in Raleigh, NC. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
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Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Raleigh services.
Materials, equipment and how we do double-hung windows and sash packs
The difference between double-hung windows and sash packs that lasts and double-hung windows and sash packs that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with insert assemblies set into a retained existing frame, sash packs with new jamb liners and balance shoes, constant-force coil balances in a double-hung frame, soft-coat low-E on the second surface for solar rejection, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every Raleigh job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. Years of window work in Wake County means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do double-hung windows and sash packs outside Raleigh
Raleigh Window Pros covers Raleigh and the surrounding communities of Wake County. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Double-Hung Windows and Sash Packs in Cary, NC — Wake County, population 174,721 at the 2020 census
- Double-Hung Windows and Sash Packs in Apex, NC — Wake County, population 58,780 at the 2020 census
- Double-Hung Windows and Sash Packs in Wake Forest, NC — Wake County, population 47,601 at the 2020 census
- Double-Hung Windows and Sash Packs in Holly Springs, NC — Wake County, population 41,239 at the 2020 census
- Double-Hung Windows and Sash Packs in Fuquay-Varina, NC — Wake County, population 34,152 at the 2020 census
- Double-Hung Windows and Sash Packs in Garner, NC — Wake County, population 31,159 at the 2020 census
Start on the Raleigh Window Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Raleigh Chooses Raleigh Window Pros
- ✓We name which of the four cases in North Carolina's window-replacement interpretation your opening falls into, and the quote says so in plain words
- ✓Climate Zone 4A numbers go on the proposal per opening, taken from the certified NFRC label rather than a brochure's centre-of-glass figure
- ✓We tell you where to spend the Section N1102.3.3 exemption, because twenty-four square feet of it exists once per dwelling and most people waste it
- ✓No residential aluminium in Wake County, and no impact-rated glazing sold as hurricane protection a hundred and twenty miles from the coast
The standards behind double-hung windows and sash packs
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The double-hung windows and sash packs work we do in Raleigh follows published industry standards: NFRC sets the U-factor and SHGC ratings on every window label, and ENERGY STAR defines the efficiency thresholds by climate zone. If a contractor cannot tell you which standard a detail comes from, that is worth asking about before you sign.
Every double-hung windows and sash packs project in Raleigh gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (844) 511-2320 for a free double-hung windows and sash packs free estimate in Raleigh, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.