Arroyo Historical is a licensed, bonded and insured contractor specialized in wood window repair, manufacture and installation. We make old windows new and we make new old windows. Whether your old windows are loose, tight, drafty, stuck, broken or missing, we can help.
A Holistic Approach to Specialty. The function of any part of a building is contingent on the whole. Accordingly, we are experienced in all trades having bearing on proper window function. This includes foundation, framing, siding, interior walls and finish carpentry — always using tried and true techniques and exceeding code. Historic buildings can be full of surprises, but after a decade of field work and research, we have a pretty good idea of what we will encounter.
Call us at (626) 989-1285
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Cost. Time. Quality. Choose all three. The methods and materials that made the old houses of our area are not extravagance. Homes had to work well and work reliably. If they broke they needed to be very fixable. Expansion and remodeling was carried out from start to finish by craftsmen working from the original plan legible in the building itself, and informed by professional norms.
The past is the future. Older buildings are inherently green. The academic consensus holds the energy efficiency of new construction incapable of overcoming the inefficiency of replacing old with new. The materials lost in the process are rare, priceless and extremely high-performing. The extreme density of the first-growth wood gave it higher load-bearing capacity as well as fire-resistance, pest-resistance and rot-resistance. In the field we resent having to pull nails out of it because of how it grips. Even in cases where the home was not built to the highest standards of craftsmanship, the material keeps them standing generation after generation. That means less replacement, less cost and more green. All of this applies for individual components, like windows.
The Bottom LInes. Delivering high value serves our real bottom line: the preserving the historic built environment. In accordance with this bottom line we also select one project per year to perform pro bono. Municipalities, organizations and home owners can request to be considered here.
We are on the Board of Silverlake Heritage Trust and are active members of Highland Park Heritage Trust.
We consult with Historians Charlie Fisher and John Ripley.