Anderson Window & Door Installation provides a wide selection of windows and doors for residential customers in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. The company can also install flashing and match stucco texture, and it backs every window and door installation with a lifetime warranty.
Owner John Scalmanini founded Anderson Window & Door Installation in 2000. A licensed general contractor with 30-plus years of industry experience, Mr. Scalmanini estimates he has managed more than 85,000 window installations throughout his service area.
Anderson Window & Door Installation is a Certified A-Plus Dealer for Milgard Windows and Patio Doors, a Circle of Excellence "Platinum" Dealer for Andersen Windows and Patio Doors, and a Certified Simpson Door Dealer. Mr. Scalmanini supervises every job and says he takes time to make customers aware of all their options. “If they’re able to make informed decisions, each customer will receive the finished project as they imagined it.” To see examples of its products and their applications, potential customers can visit the company’s San Jose showroom.
“We’re committed to providing complete customer satisfaction by delivering quality products at competitive prices. Our professional installers maintain the highest standards of ethics, service and workmanship; they’re a tight-knit team and they take pride in a job well done.”
When replacing windows and doors, choose a company that’s a certified dealer for the products it installs. “It’s important for the firm to have relationships with the manufacturers of its products,” says John Scalmanini, owner of Anderson Window & Door Installation in San Jose. “To become a certified dealer, you can’t be someone who only installs a few windows per month. You have to be experienced and prove you know how to do service work. Also, once certified, companies receive preferred pricing and training directly from the manufacturer.”
Homeowners should also be wary of low bids. As a rule, contractors bidding on the same job shouldn’t have radically different prices. If one bid is considerably lower, it’s either because the contractor has made a mistake and is bidding a smaller scope, or they’re using substandard materials or labor. “When you take the low bid, you’ll get a poor installation most of the time,” says Mr. Scalmanini. “You don’t get something for nothing in this industry.”
When it comes to maintaining your windows and doors, not much work is required. Mr. Scalmanini advises to take basic maintenance steps, such as keeping the paint in good shape. “You should also inspect the seals and caulking every few years to make sure they aren’t cracking or splitting. If they are, call the installer and have them fix the problem. But if it’s a good installation, you shouldn’t see those problems. You should see nice seals for years and years.”
Anderson Window & Door Installation has been providing new and replacement windows and doors for Santa Clara and San Mateo County homeowners since 2000. The company is a certified dealer for many top window manufacturers, including Andersen, Milgard, Marvin, Simpson and JELD-WEN. As a Class B general contractor, it also handles construction work associated with window and door installations, from framing and stucco application to sheet rock and trim work.
Owner John Scalmanini has more than 25 years of experience in the contracting industry. Mr. Scalmanini says he's proud of Anderson Window & Door Installation's ability to handle numerous aspects of its clients' window and door projects. "We don't subcontract any of our installation work–it's all done by our highly-trained installers. A lot of companies pay their workers per window. That encourages them to work more quickly and cut corners so they can install more windows and earn more money. My employees are paid by the hour, so they take the time to do the job right."
Whenever Anderson Window & Door Installation replaces a window or door, it performs a full replacement instead of simply inserting a product into an existing frame. "That causes problems," says Mr. Scalmanini. "You can't get a good seal on a window unless you replace the frame, and door panels will warp if placed in an old frame."
The company is also a certified dealer for all the products it sells and installs. "We buy directly from the manufacturers, which allows us to be very price competitive," says Mr. Scalmanini. Because it's a certified dealer, manufacturers entrust and pay Anderson Window & Door Installation to handle any warranty service work that's required on their products.
Mr. Scalmanini's firm is part of Andersen Windows and Doors' "Circle of Excellence," the highest certification the manufacturer offers. As a result, the company receives preferred pricing on Andersen windows, and its installers are factory-trained to service various products. "It took us five years and a lot of window installations to achieve this certification," says Mr. Scalmanini. "Now, we can pass the pricing and benefits of that training on to our customers."
