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PGT Construction in Lompico, CA | Iron Beam Contractors
We’re an independent construction crew that installs, replaces, and services PGT windows and patio doors throughout Lompico, CA, and nearby communities like PGT in Brookdale. Lompico’s unincorporated Santa Cruz Mountains setting puts your PGT units between two competing pressures: the damp, shaded canyon that drives rot and seal failure, and the wildland-urban interface fire code that demands those same windows hold up as part of your home’s ignition-resistant envelope. Call (833) 756-5936 for a free estimate, and we’ll tell you exactly what your PGT installation needs before we touch a rough opening.
Iron Beam Contractors is not authorized, sponsored, or endorsed by PGT. We’re a general contractor that has worked with PGT WinGuard aluminum, WinGuard Vinyl, and Coastal-series impact assemblies across the San Lorenzo Valley long enough to know which frame profiles show up on Lompico cabins and how they behave in this canyon. For homeowners here, that means one crew handles the window replacement, the surrounding rough-opening work, the flashing, and the roof if needed, without handing you off to three different subs. See our full PGT sales & service page for the broader scope of what we cover across the county.
Why Lompico Residents Choose Us for PGT Service
Because PGT repair in Felton and Lompico rarely stops at the window. We’ve pulled too many old redwood-era frames out of damp canyon walls here to pretend a window swap is a simple drop-in job. The rough opening is usually rotten, the sill pan was never flashed correctly, and the last homeowner’s fix involved caulk that gave up years ago. Nolan Driscoll, our owner, grew up learning to read soil, grade, and structure before he ever managed a jobsite, and he built Iron Beam on a straightforward rule: tell the homeowner what’s in the wall before you open it, not after. That’s why our crews carry fresh flashing, sill pans, and backer rod on every Lompico window job, whether the scope calls for it on paper or not.
We spec OEM PGT hardware and glazing when the existing frame and glass package are still sound, and we stock the common replacement rollers, latches, and weatherstrip that heavy impact sliders on shaded properties burn through. When a PGT unit’s seal or interlayer has failed and fire performance is compromised, we’ll say so plainly and recommend replacement rather than a repair that won’t hold up to the next fire-season inspection. One contractor, every phase. That’s the point.
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Common PGT Construction Problems We Solve in Lompico
- Fogged or failed impact glass seals. Lompico’s heavy redwood canopy and long shaded winters push moisture against canyon-facing sliders year-round. When the desiccant in an insulated PGT unit is spent, the glass fogs between panes, and on impact-rated glazing that fog signals the interlayer may no longer perform the way Cal Fire expects it to. We replace those units rather than patching them.
- Drag, stiffness, and corroded rollers on heavy sliders. Impact-rated PGT sliding doors are heavy to begin with. Add constant damp, moss, and redwood duff, and the roller carriages and latches corrode until the door takes real effort to move. A slider that won’t close flush is an ember-intrusion risk in Lompico’s WUI zone, not just an annoyance. We rebuild or replace the hardware and set the door to seal tightly.
- Vinyl frame and sash weld cracking. We see this on older PGT WinGuard Vinyl units in Lompico where the house sits in deep shade most of the year. The welds at the sash corners crack under repeated thermal movement and debris weight, and water starts tracking behind the frame. If the frame is otherwise sound, we can sometimes re-seal and re-set the unit; if not, it’s replacement time.
- Failed aluminum thermal breaks and perimeter sealant. Where moss and roof runoff sit against the sill of an older PGT aluminum unit, the perimeter sealant degrades and the thermal break begins to fail. Air and water get into the rough opening. On Lompico hillside homes, that moisture then works downhill through the wall assembly, which is a much bigger repair than the window itself.
- Rough opening rot behind otherwise serviceable windows. We’ve lost count of the Lompico jobs where the PGT window was fine but the framing around it wasn’t. The damp canyon air and old flashing details do the damage. We cut out the bad wood, re-flash the opening, and reset the existing unit when it still has life left.
PGT Service in Lompico: What Local Conditions Mean for Your Equipment
Here’s what makes Lompico genuinely different from Scotts Valley, PGT in Mount Hermon, or Santa Cruz down the hill: the roads. Lompico’s private roads are narrow, winding, and often single-lane with grades that stop a loaded delivery truck cold. A standard PGT slider shipment that would drop in a driveway in town often can’t make the turn onto a Lompico road at all. That reality reshapes how we sequence every installation here. We plan for smaller loads, we stage glass and frames at the flat spot near the driveway mouth, and we hand-carry units up to the house when the climb is too tight for anything else. It’s slower, but it means we don’t leave a truckload of impact windows sitting on a blind corner below your property line. When we schedule a PGT install in Lompico, the delivery plan is part of the job quote, not an afterthought.
On a shaded canyon lot off Lompico Road, our crew replaced a set of fogged, dragging PGT WinGuard impact sliders facing the redwood canopy. The seals had failed and the rollers had corroded to the point where the doors were hard to close and no longer ember-tight. The private drive was too tight for the delivery truck, so we staged the new units at the driveway mouth and carried them up by hand. Then we reset the rough openings with fresh flashing and ignition-resistant sealant before hanging the replacements. We finished by re-hanging hardware and weatherstrip so the sliders sealed cleanly against the canyon damp and fire-season ember exposure. If the structure makes sense on paper, it’ll hold in the field. If it doesn’t make sense on paper, we fix it before we touch a beam.
PGT Models & Products We Service in Lompico
The PGT products we work on most in Lompico are the ones that were spec’d for this canyon a decade or two ago and are now showing age. That includes PGT WinGuard Aluminum impact-resistant windows and sliding glass doors, which appear on a lot of the sturdier hillside homes, and PGT WinGuard Vinyl units, including the EnergyVue and insulated-glass configurations that were popular on redwood-era remodels. We also service PGT Coastal and impact-rated slider and fixed-window assemblies, plus the aluminum single-hung and horizontal slider replacement units that fit the simpler cabin openings up here. We use OEM PGT hardware and glazing when the frame is still serviceable, and quality aftermarket rollers, latches, and weatherstrip when OEM parts are discontinued or back-ordered. If the glass package itself has failed, we recommend replacement, not patchwork, because Lompico’s fire code doesn’t grade on effort.
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Here are the ranges we quote for the PGT-adjacent work we do in Lompico. These cover typical scopes on the area’s older cabins and hillside homes. A full quote depends on access, rough-opening condition, and the specific PGT product line you’re installing.
| Service | Typical Cost in Lompico |
|---|---|
| Impact Window Installation | $8,000 – $25,000 |
| Window Replacement | $4,500 – $15,000 |
| Roof Replacement | $8,000 – $20,000 |
| Roof Repair | $400 – $1,800 |
What moves the number on a Lompico PGT job is rarely the window itself. It’s the access. If we’re hand-carrying sliders up a steep drive, that’s labor. If the rough opening is rotted from decades of canyon damp, that’s framing and flashing. If Cal Fire flags your existing windows during a defensible-space inspection, that’s scope creep you didn’t plan for. A free estimate from us includes walking the actual site, so the quote reflects your road, your grade, and your walls, not a generic line item. Call (833) 756-5936 to schedule yours.
Serving Lompico, CA — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re our General Contractor in Lompico and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage — if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs – PGT Construction in Lompico
Yes, and significantly. Lompico sits in a high fire-severity wildland-urban interface zone, which means Santa Cruz County and Cal Fire review window and door replacements through a fire-hardening lens first. If you’re replacing windows, you’ll usually need units that meet Chapter 7A-style ignition-resistant requirements, which in practice means impact-rated or otherwise hardened glazing and ember-resistant detailing at the rough opening. PGT’s impact-rated lines are a natural fit here, but the specific model and glazing package has to match your site’s exposure and the inspector’s checklist. Call (833) 756-5936 if you’re unsure what your project triggers.
Sometimes, but often not. Many Lompico properties sit on narrow, single-lane private roads with grades that a loaded delivery truck can’t safely navigate or turn around on. We plan for that reality up front. Smaller staged loads, pump trucks staged at the road, and hand-carrying from the flat spot at the driveway mouth are all normal parts of a Lompico PGT install. If you already know your road gives trucks trouble, tell us on the first call and we’ll build the delivery plan into the quote.
On a Lompico hillside home, that fog usually means the insulated glass seal has failed and the desiccant is spent. If the frame and hardware are otherwise sound, roll-and-seal replacement parts can fix the drag, but a fogged impact unit that’s lost its interlayer performance should be replaced, not repaired. The reason is specific to this zone: the window isn’t just a window here, it’s part of your ignition-resistant envelope, and a failed interlayer no longer does that job. We’ll assess it honestly. Call (833) 756-5936 and we’ll come look before you spend money on a patch.
Yes, and you should expect it. Lompico has a lot of older cabins, redwood-era homes, and legacy structures with unpermitted additions or unknown original work. Once you pull a permit for a window replacement, Santa Cruz County often discovers that the existing building doesn’t match the records. That can add time and scope. We’ve helped Lompico homeowners work through those triggers, and we’ll tell you what’s likely to surface before the inspector shows up. The estimate covers the window; the conversation covers the reality.
It shortens the maintenance interval more than the window itself. Lompico’s deep canyon shade and heavy canopy keep sills, tracks, and hardware wet for months at a time, which accelerates roller corrosion, weatherstrip failure, and sealant degradation. The frames and glass are built for worse. What suffers is everything around them. If you’re on a shaded lot in Lompico, plan on more frequent hardware service and seal checks than a full-sun homeowner would need. It’s cheaper to service a roller now than to replace a rotted rough opening later. Call (833) 756-5936 for an honest look at your PGT units.
Service Areas Near Lompico
We run PGT window and door work throughout the Santa Cruz Mountains and into the South Bay foothills. Lompico residents call us from Ben Lomond and Felton regularly, and we’re familiar with the different access and code realities in each canyon. For work down the San Lorenzo Valley, see our PGT service in Ben Lomond page or our PGT service in Seven Trees coverage. We also serve the broader Lompico service area including the private roads and hillside lots that make this town its own thing.
Book Your PGT Service in Lompico Today
If your PGT windows or sliders are fogged, dragging, or flagged by a fire inspection, call (833) 756-5936 for a free estimate. We’ll walk your Lompico property, assess the access and the rough openings, and give you a line-by-line scope before any work starts.
Written by Nolan Driscoll, Owner at Iron Beam Contractors, serving Lompico and the Santa Cruz Mountains since 2005.