# Window Repair > A window is a machine of about a dozen parts — and **the part that failed has a catalog price, from $115.** We repair the windows other companies only offer to replace. **From $115 · 4.9 · 500+ reviews** ## Window Repair: What We Fix ### Balancer Repair The window that slams shut like a guillotine the second you let go isn't broken — its balancers are. They're the hidden springs inside the side jambs that carry the sash's weight, and when they die the sash free-falls. New balancers are $175 per window, installed in one visit, and the window holds itself open again like the day it was made. ### Crank / Operator Repair A casement crank that spins without moving the window means the operator's gears are stripped — the window itself is fine. We swap the operator ($275), match the handle, and the pane swings out smoothly again. No prying, no 'just leave it shut forever', and definitely no new window. ### Locks & Latches A window that won't lock is a security hole disguised as an annoyance. Usually the latch is worn or the keeper has drifted out of line — a $115 fix, the cheapest line in our catalog. We align, replace and cycle it until it clicks shut the way a lock should. ### Weatherstripping That thin cold current along the sash on a winter evening is flattened weatherstripping — the seals wore out, not the window. Professional strips are profile-matched to your window's channel and seat mechanically, $115 per window with a three-window minimum. The peel-and-stick foam from the store lasts a season; these seal like factory. ### Window Screen Repair Torn, sagging or sun-brittled window screens rescreen for $100 with new mesh and spline set under even tension; bent frames replace new for $150. Screens ride along on any window visit — no separate trip needed. ### Rotten Wood Soft, flaking wood at a sill is the one window problem with a clock on it. We cut the decay out to sound wood and splice in a piece milled from laminated lumber to the original profile — from $375. Filler over rot is a one-year cosmetic; we don't sell it. ## Know What Your Window Is Made Of, and Repairs Stop Being Scary Behind the glass, every window is the same short parts list: a sealed glass unit doing the insulating, balancers or a crank doing the lifting, a latch doing the locking, weatherstripping doing the sealing, and a wood or vinyl shell holding it all. Each part fails on its own schedule — and each swaps on its own, for its own price. That one sentence is most of what the replacement industry hopes you never learn. - Sealed glass unit — fogs or cracks, swaps from $198 - Balancers, cranks, latches — the moving parts, $115–$275 - Weatherstripping — the sealing part, $115 - Sills and sashes — the wooden parts, rebuilt from $375 ## We Quote the Part Before Anyone Mentions the Whole Window Our crews carry the common parts for every major brand sold over the last forty years — and the uncommon ones we fabricate or source. The visit starts with a diagnosis and a written per-part price. If a window is genuinely past its parts (frame rot through the structure, an opening racked out of square), you'll hear that too, with the replacement math beside the repair math on one sheet. - Every brand welcome — including discontinued ones - Written per-part prices before any work starts - Honest escalation to replacement when the frame is truly done - 500+ reviews across our service areas ## How Window Repair Works One visit, whatever the symptom — here's how it runs. - **Tell Us the Symptom** — Foggy, stuck, drafty, cracked — plain words are enough; every symptom maps to a part. - **Diagnosis & Written Price** — The failed part named and priced from the catalog, on paper, before tools come out. - **The Repair** — Hardware swaps finish same-visit; made-to-measure glass returns within days, not distributor weeks. - **Test & Warranty** — Cycled, locked and checked with you watching — 5-year written workmanship warranty. ## How Much Does Window Repair Cost? The catalog is short and printed — the on-site quote just confirms which line is yours: - **Latches & locks** — $115 · **balancers** — $175 · **cranks** — $275 - **Sealed glass units** — foggy or broken, from $198 - **Weatherstripping** — $115 (3-window minimum) - **Rotted sills & sashes** — rebuilt in real wood from $375 ## Why NC Homeowners Choose WowFix - **Backed by a Warranty** — Every repair comes with a written workmanship warranty. If it's not right, we come back and make it right. - **Repair, Not Replace** — We fix the part that failed — glass, seal, sash or hardware — so you keep your windows and skip full-replacement cost. - **Local, In-House Crews** — Your repair is done by our own technicians, never subcontracted — most jobs booked within days. - **Upfront, Honest Pricing** — A clear quote before any work starts. No hidden fees, no upsells, no pressure to replace what we can repair. ## Window Repair — FAQ **Q: Is window repair actually worth it, or is replacement always smarter long-term?** A: Run the numbers: the average repair on our catalog lands between $115 and $375, and a quality replacement window starts around $1,000 installed. A repaired part performs like new — a balancer doesn't know how old its window is. Replacement wins only when the frame itself is failing, and that's a minority of the windows we're called about. The rest is margin, not necessity. **Q: Which window brands can you repair?** A: All of them, including the ones whose manufacturers vanished decades ago. Window hardware standardized more than the industry admits, our trucks stock the common patterns, and the sealed glass units we fabricate ourselves to measure — so brand extinction never blocks a repair. **Q: How do I know which part failed on my window?** A: You don't need to — symptoms do the talking. Won't stay open: balancer. Won't lock: latch or keeper. Fog between panes: sealed unit. Draft with the window locked: weatherstripping. Crank spins: operator. Soft wood: sill or sash. Describe what the window does and we'll bring the right parts. **Q: Do you serve my area?** A: Our own crews run every metro listed at the bottom of this page, plus the towns between — the city pages there carry the local details. Same catalog, same warranty everywhere. **Q: What warranty comes with a repair?** A: A written 5-year workmanship warranty on the work itself, on top of the materials. It's the same warranty whether you fix one latch or re-glass a whole sunroom. **Q: Can you handle old wooden windows with ropes and weights?** A: Gladly — sash-cord windows are honest machines and everything in them repairs: cords re-run, weights re-hung, sills rebuilt, glass renewed. Older homes are a specialty across our crews, not an exception. **Q: What if I genuinely want new windows instead?** A: Then you want our window replacement service — free written estimate, repair math shown alongside so the decision is informed, and installation done by people who spend the rest of their week fixing other installers' shortcuts. ## Serving NC & Surrounding Areas Our own crews repair windows in every metro we serve — pick your city below for the local page, prices are the same everywhere. Metros We Cover: Charlotte Metro, The Triad, The Triangle Where We Work: Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, Raleigh, High Point, Cary, Huntersville, Kannapolis, Burlington, Huntersville, Indian Trail, Gastonia, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Thomasville, Clayton, Garner --- WowFix · (888) 887-6833 · https://wowfix.us/window-repair/