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Window Replacement Cost in Palo Alto, CA: what the permits say

How much does window replacement cost in Palo Alto? The usual windows & doors job filed with Palo Alto is $12,852, from 216 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $9,474 and $27,250. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

$12,852usual filed value
$9,474–$27,250middle half of firms' usual jobs
216priced permits (100% of 216)
67firms on file
81days, permit issue to final
Sep 2026records through

How much does window replacement cost in Palo Alto?

The usual windows & doors job filed with Palo Alto is $12,852, from 216 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $9,474 and $27,250. Half of jobs were filed for less, half for more. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill. A windows & doors permit here usually takes 81 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →

What the spread looks like

Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 216 priced permits across 67 firms, pooled into one. Half of Palo Alto windows & doors permits were filed between $5,400 and $25,300.

PercentileFiled valueReads as
10th$3,0001 in 10 permits filed below
25th$5,4001 in 4 filed below
50th$12,800the middle permit
75th$25,3001 in 4 filed above
90th$45,2001 in 10 filed above

Busiest firms and what they usually charge

Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months. Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in; both are shown for firms with 5 or more priced permits. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.

FirmPermitsLast 12 moUsualMiddle half
Renewal by Andersen of San Francisco7525$9,474$4,158–$24,645
The Home Depot3113$9,409$4,443–$16,792
Cal Coast Window & Door Inc85$29,234$19,862–$43,787
Pella Doors & Windows of Northern California94$19,241$8,371–$52,000
Alexander Company44——
Able Glass Co73$10,500$10,487–$13,500
American Vision43——
Custom Exteriors Inc33——
Brothers Home Improvement Inc62$27,964$15,068–$33,245
Community Reconstruction Solutions42——

Why filed values run low or high

  • The 10 busiest firms usually file $9,474; the 65 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $19,241.
  • One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 windows & doors permits is filed under $3,000 and 1 in 10 over $45,200, 15 times as much.
  • 100.0% of the 216 permits carry a value; the 0 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 216 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Palo Alto, 1 in 10 windows & doors filed values sit under $3,000, the middle half between $5,400 and $25,300, and 1 in 10 over $45,200.

  • $58,800Above $45,200: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Palo Alto.
  • $12,852Right at the usual $12,852: in the middle of the file.
  • $2,100Below $3,000: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule window replacement in Palo Alto

Palo Alto files the fewest windows & doors permits in February (56 against an average month of 100) and the most in July (144). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in Palo Alto →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Palo Alto Development Center building permits on single-family, duplex and ADU homes. The window is October 2023 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.

Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.

The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.

Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. How the records work in Palo Alto →

Common questions

  • How many quotes should I get for a windows & doors job in Palo Alto?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Palo Alto windows & doors firms usually file between $9,474 and $27,250 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 2.9 times apart and both be normal for Palo Alto. A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.
  • What range is normal for windows & doors jobs in Palo Alto?Half of permits were filed between $5,400 and $25,300; 8 in 10 between $3,000 and $45,200. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
  • How much do window installers charge in Palo Alto?The usual windows & doors job is filed at $12,852; the middle half of firms usually file between $9,474 and $27,250. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $9,474, less than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
  • Why is this different from the per-window prices I see online?Online prices are quoted per window. A filed value is one number for the whole job on one permit, often many windows plus the work around them, and the Palo Alto file does not record how many each job covered, so we can't turn $12,852 into a price per window.
  • How many windows & doors firms work in Palo Alto?67 firms appear on the file; 36 pulled at least one permit in the last 12 months.
  • Where does this data come from?City of Palo Alto Development Center building permits on single-family, duplex and ADU homes, read October 2026. How the records work in Palo Alto →

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