Rotted Sill, Caught in Time
Decay cut out completely and rebuilt in real wood — no filler, no new window.
One stubborn window and everyone else said it's too small a job? We come for one window. Latch $115, balancer $175, glass from $198 — the same catalog whether you book one repair or twenty.
Real WowFix job — drag to see the difference.
Real WowFix job — drag to see the difference.
In Clayton, we come out for a single window. The first step is the same either way: figure out which part failed. Tap what your window is doing:
What is your window doing?
Diagnosis
The sealed glass unit
The seal around the edge of the glass opened. Moisture got in and filled the drying beads inside the unit like a bathtub. When the tub overflowed, the fog showed up on the inside of the glass, where no cloth can reach.
We swap just the glass unit in your frame, from $198.
How foggy glass gets fixed →Diagnosis
The pivot shoe, a small plastic part
Hidden springs in the sides of the frame hold the sash up through a plastic pivot shoe. Over the years the plastic dries out and its hook breaks off, so nothing holds the sash anymore. Sometimes a sash that was forced snaps its metal pivot pin instead.
New balances and shoes, $175 a window.
Why windows won't stay up →Diagnosis
The bottom of the sash and the sill
Paint is the only armor wood has. Once it cracks, rain soaks into the flat parts at the bottom and never dries, and a fungus turns the wood soft from the inside. The top of the window stays solid.
We cut out the rot and splice in new wood: a sash from $375, a sill from $475.
How rot starts and how we fix it →Diagnosis
The crank operator, a small gearbox
On a casement window, a little gearbox under the sash turns the handle into motion. Its teeth strip with age, or all at once when a stuck window gets cranked hard. The handle spins free and the window stays put.
A new operator bolts in, $275.
More on broken cranks →Diagnosis
The weatherstripping
The soft strip around the sash flattens with age and stops touching it, so air walks right through the gap. A worn latch that no longer pulls the sash tight makes it worse.
New weatherstripping, $115 a window (3 windows minimum).
How we seal drafty windows →Diagnosis
Just the glass
A stray ball, a stone from the mower, a hard knock. The glass broke; the frame and the sash didn't.
New glass in your frame: a single pane from $164, a double-pane unit from $198.
Glass repair, every type →Diagnosis
The screen: its mesh, or its frame
Sun slowly breaks down the coating on the mesh until the strands snap instead of flexing, and it tears. Press it gently with your thumb: springy mesh only needs a wash, stiff papery mesh is done. Then look at the frame.
Frame still straight
Rescreen: new mesh in your frame
$100
Frame bent, or no screen
New screen built to size
$150
Diagnosis
The sash lock
The lock on the middle rail pulls the two sashes together. When it wears out, or the sash settles a little low, the two halves no longer meet and the window won't lock.
A new lock, $115.
Window hardware we replace →Same catalog price for one window as for ten. The only minimum we have is on weatherstripping, three windows, because it's done as a set.
The same price we quote on the phone. Tell us what's going on — or just snap a photo — and see your estimate instantly.
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Preliminary estimate — your final price is confirmed on-site at booking. No surprises.
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Everyone in Clayton knows the drill: you call about the one window that won't open, and the big outfits either quote a whole-house replacement or quietly never call back — the job's too small to interest them. It's not too small for us. One latch, one balancer, one cracked pane: you get a real appointment, a catalog price and a fixed window. Small repairs are the backbone of what we do, not the leftovers.
The single window gets the works: honest diagnosis of which part actually failed, the catalog price in writing, the repair done to spec, and a warranty behind it. If the visit turns up something bigger brewing — fog spreading in a unit, sill wood starting to soften ($475 territory) — it goes on the sheet as information, not as pressure. Fix the one thing you called about; the rest is your call, this year or never.
One window or the whole house — the steps don't change.
Stuck, cracked, fogged, won't lock — describe the window in plain words and we'll bring the likely parts.
The failed part named and its catalog line written down — $115 to $375 covers nearly every window ailment.
Hardware swaps finish on the spot; most made-to-measure glass is built the same day and installed in minutes.
The window cycled, locked and released with you watching — written workmanship warranty in hand.
Same catalog at any job size — one window's price is simply its line:
Every repair comes with a written workmanship warranty. If it's not right, we come back and make it right.
We fix the part that failed — glass, seal, sash or hardware — so you keep your windows and skip full-replacement cost.
Your repair is done by our own technicians, never subcontracted — and most sealed glass is built the same day.
A clear quote before any work starts. No hidden fees, no upsells, no pressure to replace what we can repair.
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Clayton's single-window calls slot right into our Johnston County runs — the crew is passing through Flowers Plantation and downtown anyway, so the small job books fast.
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No stock footage, no actors — an actual WowFix job: a rotted, fogged-out window brought back to flawless, like-new condition.
Snap a clear photo of every foggy, cracked or stuck window in natural light. Morning light shows fog between the panes best and lets us quote faster — often before we arrive.
Jot down the symptom per window — fog between the glass, won't open or stay up, draft, cracked pane, or rotted frame. It tells us whether it's a glass-only swap (from $198) or hardware/wood work.
Move furniture, blinds and décor back roughly three feet so our crew can measure and work safely. It keeps the visit quick and your things out of the way.
If you have the original window brand, a sticker in the frame, or install paperwork, set it aside. It's not required, but it helps us match glass and parts on the first trip.
Unlock gates, secure pets, and clear the exterior path to the windows. Most glass-unit work is done from both sides, so outside access keeps everything one visit.
Decay cut out completely and rebuilt in real wood — no filler, no new window.
We fabricate an exact-profile piece from laminated lumber and splice it in.
New glass built to the window's exact size — frame and trim untouched.
The pane is the part that failed — so the pane is the part we replace.
A failed seal, not a failed window: the sealed unit is swapped, the frame stays.
Rotted bottom rebuilt on-site — a fraction of the ~$10,000 a new door runs.
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Lead Window & Door Repair Specialist
This content is written by Eugene Ko, a master craftsman with 17+ years of hands-on experience in residential and commercial window repair. Eugene has personally completed over 15,000 window and door repairs across North Carolina, so every answer here is grounded in real field experience — not guesswork.
Last updated: October 13, 2026