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Window Repair in Dunwoody, GA
The double-hungs your Dunwoody colonial was built with are pushing fifty — and it shows in windows that drop shut, jam halfway, or won't lock. Every symptom is a worn part with a printed price: hardware from $115, balances $175. The original window stays; only the tired parts leave.
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What Actually Failed
Find the Part Behind the Symptom
Many of Dunwoody's original double-hungs are still hanging after half a century, running on worn-out balances. 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 →A window that slams shut is the classic one here. It's the part that holds the sash, not the window. Keep the original and replace the part.
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The Window Is Fine. The Springs Quit.
The Guillotine Window
Half a Century On, Dunwoody's Original Double-Hungs Are Running on Dead Springs
The brick colonials of Dunwoody Club Estates, Redfield and The Branches went up in the 1970s and early '80s with honest wood double-hung windows — and a remarkable number of those originals are still in their openings today. What's quit isn't the window; it's the mechanism hidden inside the jamb. Spiral and block-and-tackle balances lose their spring tension after four or five decades, and the older rope-and-pulley sashes fray their cords — so the sash you lift comes crashing down the moment you let go. Homeowners call it the guillotine window, and around here it's practically a rite of passage. Add settled foundations that pull lock keepers out of line and paint layers that glue sashes into their tracks, and you get a house full of windows that technically work and practically don't.
- $175
Sash slams down the moment you let go → balances
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Lock won't line up or throw → hardware from $115
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Sash painted or swollen into its track → freed and tuned on-site
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Frayed cords on older rope-and-weight windows → re-rigged, priced per window
The Wedge
Your 1978 Window Deserves Better Than a Vinyl Funeral
Replacement crews look at a fifty-year-old wood window and see a tear-out ticket at $1,000+ per opening. We see a frame of real lumber — tighter grain than anything sold today — that needs maybe $175 worth of new balances and a $115 lock to run like it did under the first owner. Because the mechanism is a commodity part matched by measurement, not by brand, we service the originals no matter who milled them. And when the visit turns up something outside the hardware bench — fog trapped in a retrofit glass unit, a cracked pane, a soft sill on the shady side — it moves to the right specialist line on the same written sheet: sealed units from $198, glass from $198, wood rebuilds from $475. One scheduled visit, one quote, and the house keeps the windows it was designed around.
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Balances, cords, locks, lifts and weatherstrip — all serviced in place
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Parts matched by spec, so no brand is 'too old to fix'
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Fog, cracks and rot routed to their own catalog lines, same sheet
Restore, Don't Rip Out
Tuned · Tested · Warrantied
The Process
How Window Repair Works in Dunwoody
Every stuck, slamming, drafty window on one list — cleared in a single scheduled visit.
01/Tell Us What Each Window Does
Falls shut, sticks halfway, won't lock, whistles — plain descriptions are all dispatch needs to map your house to catalog lines and load the truck right.
02/Get a Firm Route Date
Dunwoody sits on our scheduled metro-Atlanta routes, so you get a real appointment date from dispatch — not a window of maybes.
03/Work the House, Window by Window
Balances swapped, cords re-rigged, locks re-aligned, tracks freed and weatherstrip renewed — each item at its printed price on one written quote.
04/Prove It and Warranty It
You watch every repaired sash glide, hold and lock before we leave, and the work carries a 5-year written workmanship warranty.
Transparent Pricing
How Much Does Window Repair Cost in Dunwoody?
Window repair in Dunwoody starts at $115 and is billed by the worn part, off the same printed catalog we use in every WowFix metro — confirmed in writing before a single screw turns:
- Locks, latches & lifts — from $115 · balances — $175 · casement cranks — $275
- Fogged or broken glass — sealed units from $198
- Soft or rotted wood — rebuilt in real wood from $375
- For scale — tearing out an original runs $1,000+ per opening
- Window repair cost — $115–$475 by part · foggy window repair cost · insulated glass unit guide · seal repair costs
Quoted On-Site, In Writing
Why WowFix
Why Dunwoody 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.
Our Own Technicians
Your repair is done by our own technicians, never subcontracted — visits run on scheduled routes with a firm appointment date.
Upfront, Honest Pricing
A clear quote before any work starts. No hidden fees, no upsells, no pressure to replace what we can repair.
See the Difference
Real WowFix Repairs: Before & After
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Local Coverage
Serving Dunwoody & Metro Atlanta
We repair windows across Dunwoody — the colonial streets of the Club Estates and The Branches, the ranches of Dunwoody North, the homes around the Village — and throughout metro Atlanta on scheduled routes.
In Dunwoody
- Dunwoody Village
- Dunwoody Club Estates
- The Branches
- Wynterhall
- Redfield
- Georgetown
- Dunwoody North
- Kingsley
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Reviews
What Our Customers Say
Carole W.
Verified Google Review
Eugene fabricated both screens and new half double-pane windows for my home. He was professional, dedicated, and experienced. He went above and beyond to ensure the job was done right and in a timely manner. I would highly recommend WowFix for work that meets all expectations!
5
Laura P.
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This is a great company. We appreciate the hard work and honesty of Eugene, who made sure our windows were fixed to our satisfaction. He completed the work on time as promised.
5
Bill D.
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I had a fantastic experience with WowFix. They repaired my existing windows by cutting out rotted sashes, fashioning new ones on-site, and splicing them in. They look and work absolutely good as new!
5
Bryce K.
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WowFix is a great company for repairs on doors and windows. I had two rotten double-door frames that they rebuilt. They communicate well and the pricing was fair.
5
See It For Yourself
A Real WowFix Repair — Start to Finish
No stock footage, no actors — this is one of our actual jobs. Watch a rotted, fogged-out window brought back to flawless, like-new condition.
Window Repair in Dunwoody — FAQ
The balance system — the hidden springs (or, in older sashes, the cords and weights) that carry the sash's weight. After forty-plus years the tension is simply gone, so the full weight free-falls. Prop it closed for now: a dropping sash pinches fingers and cracks glass. New balances run $175 per window, fitted into the original jamb without touching the frame or trim.
Before We Arrive
How to Prepare for Your WowFix Window Repair Visit
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Photograph each problem window in daylight
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.
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Note what each window is doing wrong
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.
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Clear about three feet in front of each window
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.
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Find any window brand or paperwork
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.
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Make sure we can reach the windows outside
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.
Proof
Real WowFix Repairs, Up Close
The Rot Comes Out, Not the Window
We fabricate an exact-profile piece from laminated lumber and splice it in.
Shattered Pane, Made Safe & Reglazed
New glass built to the window's exact size — frame and trim untouched.
Broken Glass on a Brick Ranch
The pane is the part that failed — so the pane is the part we replace.
Fog That Won't Wipe Off
A failed seal, not a failed window: the sealed unit is swapped, the frame stays.
Patio Door Saved from the Landfill
Rotted bottom rebuilt on-site — a fraction of the ~$10,000 a new door runs.
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Eugene Ko
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