Window repair Etobicoke
From Long Branch houses to Humber condo towers: fogged sealed units and hard-to-slide balcony doors, fixed in the frame you have. Free photo quote.
What to do while you wait.
Keep children, pets, and anyone without proper footwear away from the broken glass. Shards can scatter several feet from the break point.
Glass still attached to the frame can fall without warning and cause deep cuts. Leave loose pieces alone until our technician arrives.
If you must walk near the area, wear closed-toe shoes and work gloves. Thin slippers or bare feet are a serious hazard.
Use a heavy tarp, thick cardboard, or plastic sheeting secured with tape to block wind, rain, and debris until we arrive.
Take photos of the damage from both inside and outside. These help our technician prepare the right glass size and type before arriving.
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Overview
Etobicoke is really three areas stacked from the lake to the airport, and each produces a different kind of glass job. Along the lakeshore, condo towers sit next to some of the oldest streets in the district. In the middle are the early-1900s Home Smith neighbourhoods, the Kingsway and Humber Valley Village. The north and west filled up after the Second World War with bungalows, townhouses and rental towers. Across the Etobicoke York council area, about 65% of homes were built before 1981 and 42.4% of dwellings are in buildings of five or more storeys.
That mix points to two kinds of glass job: ageing sealed units in older houses, and sliding balcony doors in condos. In both, the fix is usually the glass or the rollers, not the whole window or door. OhMyGlass Window and Door Repairs replaces the sealed unit in the existing frame where the sash still opens, closes and locks smoothly, and on a balcony door we look at the rollers and track before the glass. A cracked, warped or rotted frame is the exception that makes it a window-replacement job, and we will tell you if that is where you are.
Long Branch began in 1883 as a summer resort called Sea Breeze Park, and the land around the mouth of Etobicoke Creek was subdivided for cottages and housing in the 1920s; today it is mostly single-family detached homes. A little east, several large high-rise condominium developments have been built in south Etobicoke near the Humber River. The same short drive can take in a 1920s house with old sashes and a tower with window-wall glazing.
Tell us whether it is a house or a condo, which window or door it is, and send a photo. We will tell you whether it is a roller job or a glass job, and give you a written quote before anything is ordered.
Three Etobicokes, three kinds of glass job
Where you are in the district is a good predictor of what has gone wrong.
Mimico, New Toronto, Long Branch and Humber Bay. Mostly detached houses in Long Branch and high-rise condos in south Etobicoke, so condo balcony doors, window wall and approval rules come up often.
the Kingsway and Humber Valley Village, developed by Robert Home Smith starting around 1900. Check the age and condition of original or early replacement windows.
the East and West Mall, Rexdale, Thistletown and Markland Wood, filled in after the Second World War with high-rise rentals, townhouses and postwar bungalows. Ageing sealed units and rental tower repairs.
predominantly built in the 1950s and 1960s and common in Etobicoke. 28.5% of homes in the council area were built in 1960 or earlier and another 36.4% between 1961 and 1980.
many people searching for window replacement only need new glass. A new sealed glazing insert suits a frame that is intact and a sash that opens, closes and locks smoothly.
Balcony doors: check the rollers before the glass
A healthy slider glides open with two fingers. If yours needs a shoulder, the problem is almost certainly underneath the panel, not in it.
the rollers are worn or seizing, and sand and grit in the track act as an abrasive.
gouged track or rollers set too low. Rollers can be adjusted or replaced without touching the glass.
usually the panel riding low and missing its keeper, not a broken lock.
the replacement must be safety glass under the Ontario Building Code, so it is ordered to size, at patio door repair.
edge seals are six to eight times more permeable at 60 °C than at 20 °C, and days above 30 °C in Toronto rose from 9.7 a year in 1961 to 1990 to 14 a year in 1991 to 2020, so sun-facing units on a tower wear faster.
Condo approvals, permits and heritage
With 42.4% of dwellings in buildings of five or more storeys, the paperwork is often the long pole. General information, not legal advice.
by default the corporation repairs common elements and owners maintain their units, and the declaration can change that. Balconies and windows are typically exclusive-use common elements, and owner-added glazing under a section 98 agreement is usually the owner's to maintain.
boards commonly ask contractors for $2 to $5 million in liability insurance and a current WSIB clearance, and service elevators have to be booked.
new glass in an existing frame is generally treated as repair, but replacing whole windows or doors in any building other than a single-dwelling detached, semi or row house needs a Toronto building permit.
the two heritage conservation districts in the Etobicoke York council area, Teiaiagon-Baby Point and Weston Phase 1, are in the former City of York rather than Etobicoke. In either, replacing windows or doors visible from the sidewalk needs a heritage permit.
not on the City's list of districts, but an individual house can still be designated, so check before changing visible windows.
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Frequently asked questions: Etobicoke window repair
Who pays to fix a broken balcony door in an Etobicoke condo?
It depends on your declaration. Under Ontario's default the corporation repairs common elements and owners maintain their units, and balcony doors serving one unit are often exclusive-use common elements. Owner-added glazing is usually the owner's to maintain, while end-of-life replacement of original glazing usually falls to the corporation. Report it to management first. This is general information, not legal advice.
Why is my Etobicoke balcony door so hard to slide?
Often the rollers. A healthy slider opens with two fingers. Grinding, black metal shavings in the track, or a door that hops and drags point to worn or seized rollers, often sped up by grit in the track. Rollers can be adjusted or replaced without touching the glass.
Are the Kingsway and Baby Point heritage districts?
Teiaiagon-Baby Point is a heritage conservation district, so replacing windows visible from the sidewalk there needs a heritage permit. Baby Point was part of the former City of York, not Etobicoke. The Kingsway is not on the City's list of districts, but an individual house can still be designated, so check before changing visible windows.
Should I replace the glass or the whole window in my Etobicoke house?
If the frame is intact and the sash opens, closes and locks smoothly, replacing only the sealed unit is usually enough and keeps the frame. Only a cracked, warped or rotted frame makes it a window-replacement job, and we will tell you if that is where you are.
Do you work in the north end of Etobicoke?
Yes, including Rexdale, Thistletown, Markland Wood and the East and West Mall, as well as Alderwood, Islington, Humber Valley Village and Princess-Rosethorn.
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Local guide
About 65% of dwellings in the Etobicoke York council area were built before 1981; 42.4% are in apartment buildings of 5+ storeys (2021 Census).
South Etobicoke near the Humber has large high-rise condo developments, so balcony sliding doors and condo approval rules come up often.
A fogged sealed unit in a house is usually fixed with new glass in the existing frame; a hard-to-slide balcony door often needs only new rollers or a clean track, not new glass or a new door.
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