Garfield is home — our shop sits at 163 Midland Ave Unit B, two blocks from the Passaic River. Most of Garfield's 30,000 residents live in two-family homes built between 1910 and 1940, with original wood double-hung windows that have been painted shut, drafted out, or replaced piecemeal over four generations. We work in Garfield every day, often within walking distance of the shop.
Local job mix runs heavy on full-window replacement (vinyl over wood for the energy savings), broken pane repair on the original 6-over-1 sash, and emergency board-up after the Boulevard's occasional commercial break-ins. We can be on-site in Garfield within the hour for emergency glass calls.
Local building stock
What We Work On in Garfield
Predominantly 1910-1940 two-family wood-frame homes, brick rowhouses near the river, post-war ranches in the eastern wards. Commercial along Passaic Street and River Drive features 1950s-era aluminum storefront systems due for reglaze.
Our work here
Recent Garfield Jobs
Door Installation · 1 day · 2026
Modern Glass-Lite Door — Garfield
Set a modern flush door with a stacked column of rectangular glass vision lites on a contemporary Garfield home — the glasswork that makes a modern entrance read clean.
The look on a modern door lives in the glass: evenly-spaced tempered vision lites, tight even reveals, and a flush finish with no visible fasteners. We fabricated and set the lites to line up dead-straight and sit flush in the slab. Two blocks from our shop — Garfield is home turf.
Typical projects
Common Garfield Jobs
Vinyl replacement of original double-hung wood windows
Single-pane to insulated-glass-unit upgrades
Storefront glass repair on Passaic Street commercial
Custom shower enclosures in renovated bathrooms
Storm window installation on historic homes
Garfield Note
Garfield's building department is at 111 Outwater Lane. When a job needs a permit, we pull it and coordinate inspections directly so homeowners don't have to.
Seasonal pattern in Garfield
Garfield's pre-1940 two-family stock typically still has original wood double-hung sash that's painted shut, badly weatherstripped, or running drafty single-pane glass. Winter heat loss through these windows is dramatic — vinyl IGU replacement is where the heating-bill savings are real. Spring/fall is the right install window; we avoid full tear-outs in deep winter when condensation on rough openings becomes an issue.
A window replaced in its existing opening, without changing the opening's size or framing, needs no construction permit (N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.7(c)1v), as long as a replacement egress window does not come back smaller. When a job does need one, we pull it directly under NJHIC #13VH13970900 — homeowner does not file or pay the township separately.
Neighborhoods we serve in Garfield
East Garfield Belmont Plauderville Passaic Street corridor
Do I need a permit to replace my windows in Garfield?
Only if the rough opening size is changing (e.g., switching from a small original window to a larger modern egress unit) or the framing is being altered. Replacing a window in its existing opening — insert or full-frame, one window or the whole house — is ordinary maintenance under N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.7(c)1v and needs no construction permit, as long as a replacement egress window does not come back smaller in required height, width or net clear opening. When a job does need one, we pull it under NJHIC #13VH13970900 directly with Garfield; clears in 5–7 business days.
My 1925 two-family has 6-over-1 wood sash — can you match the look in vinyl?
Yes — modern vinyl double-hung is available with grilles-between-glass (GBG) in the 6-over-1 pattern or simulated divided light (SDL) with applied muntins for the historically-correct look. We can show you both options at the estimate. Real true-divided-light (TDL) is also available but typically 2–3× the cost of GBG; rarely worth it unless you're inside an HPC district (Garfield is not).
Can you do same-day broken pane repair for my two-family rental?
Yes — broken glass repair on standard double-hung is typically same-day if the glass is a stock size. Custom-cut tempered or laminated glass requires 2–5 business days for the cut. Emergency board-up the same day to keep the unit secure and weatherproof. Insurance documentation included free if the cause is a covered event.
The full detail
Windows, Glass & Doors — Statewide Guides
This page covers Garfield. The pages below carry the method behind it — how a replacement is measured and flashed, what a repair actually costs to scope, when a failed insulated unit can be swapped without replacing the window, and a calculator you can run before you call.
Precision is a full exterior contractor, too — roof repair & replacement, leak and flashing work, gutters, siding, chimneys, and skylights, same-day in Bergen County, and elsewhere depending on the job and how booked we are that day, from our Garfield shop.
Windows and glass are one trade; water extraction, structural drying, mold remediation and the rebuild afterwards are another, and we do both. The Garfield water page sets out this town’s own flood record — the river gauge readings that put water on which roads, the claim history behind them, and what the work involves in the buildings here.
