Trenton holds the oldest housing story in Mercer County. The city grew as a manufacturing capital — potteries, wire rope, rubber and iron — and it built rows of brick and frame housing for the people who worked in them, most of it between the 1870s and the 1920s. Whole blocks in the Mill Hill area and through South Trenton and Chambersburg are two- and three-story rowhouses on narrow lots, shoulder to shoulder, with tall, slim double-hungs and, on many, arched or segmental brick heads over the openings. Neighborhoods on the city’s outer edges added frame twins and detached houses through the 1920s and 1930s. Almost none of this stock has ever been comprehensively re-windowed. What sits in these openings is usually original wood, a 1970s aluminum replacement, or a cheap vinyl unit forced into a masonry opening it never fit.
Rowhouse work is measurement work. We take every opening individually — no two courses of 1890s brick are identical — and order to size rather than shimming a stock unit into place. Arched heads get radius sash or a matched panel. Rotted framing behind the trim gets rebuilt before anything new goes in, and we follow lead-safe containment throughout on pre-1978 houses. A facade at a time is a perfectly reasonable way to do it.
We will measure every opening in your Trenton house, check the framing behind the trim, and tell you plainly what needs rebuilding before new sash goes in.
Book your free in-home estimate in Trenton — we come to you, it takes 15 minutes, and there’s zero obligation.
Yes — every Trenton project starts with a free, no-obligation in-home consultation. We measure every opening, recommend options for your home, and leave you with an honest written quote.
Yes. Window District is fully licensed, insured, and bonded, and our crews are experienced with the building types common to Trenton.
Most Trenton homes are completed in a single day. Larger or custom projects may take longer — we confirm the exact timeline at your free estimate.
Where required, we help navigate permits and building, HOA, co-op, or condo-board approvals so your Trenton project stays on track.
Yes. Break-ins, storm damage and impact breakage are among the most common calls we take in Trenton. We replace the whole sealed unit and the frame it sits in — not just the pane — and document the damage for your homeowners insurance claim, so your adjuster has what they need from a single visit.
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Book a free in-home estimate — we come to you, it takes about 15 minutes, and there's zero obligation.
No obligation. No high-pressure sales. Just expert design advice.