Gravel Roads and Century Sash: Uxbridge Windows and Doors
Brock Street century houses carry original wood sash in openings that stopped being square decades ago; ten minutes north at Sandford or Zephyr, the front door faces open field with nothing upwind of it. Both are an ordinary week here, and both mean windows and doors in Uxbridge get measured opening by opening rather than ordered in one repeated size. We bring the capping brake out to rural jobs, because stock trim lengths almost never fit a farmhouse wall.
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Moraine wind, squall snow and a township of century homes
Uxbridge sits at roughly 273 m on the northern slope of the Oak Ridges Moraine, which is why window trouble here is wind trouble first. The township lands inside snow squall warnings most winters, and dry blowing snow packs into any gap behind loose capping or a split brickmould joint, then melts into the wall cavity at the first thaw. On the concession roads there is nothing upwind to slow it down.
The town core is Quaker-planned and compact — Brock Street storefronts, century houses on the side lanes, a downtown heritage district that governs what can change on designated buildings. Those houses have tall, out-of-square openings and original wood sash. The subdivisions are a completely different job: Quaker Village went up through the 1980s and 90s in centre-hall farmhouse style, Testa Heights between the mid-80s and mid-90s, and both have reached the age where sealed units fog and patio sliders stop rolling.
Then there are the hamlets — Goodwood, Leaskdale, Sandford, Zephyr, Udora, Siloam, Glen Major. Farmhouses with 1970s additions, detached shops, long gravel driveways, entry doors facing open field. We schedule rural work in blocks so the crew stays on site instead of driving back and forth, and we bring the capping brake along, because nearly every hamlet job needs custom trim bends rather than stock lengths.
- 21,556 Township of Uxbridge residents, 2021 census
- 273 m Elevation on the crest of the Oak Ridges Moraine
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What we install across Uxbridge Township
One crew, five product lines, and a truck that actually gets out to the concession roads. Product and installation are both warranted.
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Replacement windows
Casement, awning, picture and slider units built for a 273 m ridge — triple pane, argon fill, Low-E. On Quaker Village two-storeys we typically swap the front sliders for casements that pull tight under wind pressure. See details -
Entrance doors
Fibreglass and steel entry systems with multi-point hardware for exposed Brock Street porches and concession-road farmhouses, where the door faces open field with no wind break in front of it. See details -
Patio and garden doors
Sliding and French doors onto the rear decks in Testa Heights and Foxbridge. We pan and flash the sill so meltwater after a February squall drains outward instead of tracking under the threshold. See details -
Garage doors
Insulated sectional doors from R-12 up for the deep detached garages and workshops that come with most rural Uxbridge lots, reinforced for double-width openings and moraine wind load. See details -
Secured entry doors
Hardened frames, three-point locking and reinforced strikes for hamlet properties around Zephyr, Udora or Glen Major, where the nearest neighbour can be a full concession away. See details
Recent work in Uxbridge and Durham Region
Recent township work, town and hamlet. Same crew from the measure through to the final capping bend.
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Craftsman entry door with glazed panels
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Kitchen window with built-in blinds
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Black insulated sectional garage door
Uxbridge neighbourhoods and hamlets we cover
Town, hamlet or concession road, it is the same crew on the same schedule. Rural addresses get booked as a block so nobody waits a week for a follow-up.
- Uxbridge village core (Brock Street) Quaker-era street plan, century homes and lofts above the storefronts, inside the downtown heritage district.
- Quaker Village Centre-hall two-storeys in farmhouse style from the 1980s and 90s; original double glazing now fogging between panes.
- Testa Heights Detached two-storeys and bungalows built mid-1980s to mid-1990s; hardware and balances usually go before the glass.
- Foxbridge Bungalow townhouses from 2015 backing onto the golf course; small openings and tight sightlines to match.
- Goodwood Hamlet on Highway 47 in the south of the township; 19th-century frame houses mixed with newer infill.
- Leaskdale The manse village where L.M. Montgomery lived from 1911 to 1926; brick farmhouses standing on open ground.
- Sandford Farm hamlet north of town — long driveways, detached shops, full wind exposure on every elevation.
- Zephyr North-west corner of the township near the York Region line; low-slung farmhouses with added-on wings.
- Udora, Siloam and Coppins Corners Crossroads settlements on the moraine, older village housing plus scattered rural properties.
«We're on a corner lot in Sandford with nothing between us and the field. The crew did five windows and the garage door in one day, and when the entry door needed adjusting after the first cold snap they came back without me having to chase anyone.»
Questions from Uxbridge homeowners
A same-size unit in an existing opening usually needs nothing. Enlarging or relocating an opening does, and Township of Uxbridge Development Services on Toronto Street South takes those applications through Cloudpermit. Two local wrinkles: downtown properties on the heritage register get reviewed, and if a rural basement gains a bedroom, ask how that reads against your septic approval.
Uxbridge sits about 273 m up on the Oak Ridges Moraine and falls inside snow squall warning areas most winters. We favour casements and awnings over sliders on exposed elevations, use continuous foam with backer rod at the perimeter, and cap in bent aluminium so blowing snow has nothing to pack behind.
Yes. Goodwood, Leaskdale, Sandford, Zephyr, Udora, Siloam and the concession roads between them are all in our service area. Rural jobs are scheduled as a block so the crew and the truck stay put for the day. Long gravel driveways and detached shops are routine for us.
Those 1980s and 1990s two-storeys came with builder-grade double glazing that is now well past its sealed-unit life — fogged panes, failed balances, sagging patio sliders. We generally do the full set at once so the capping and colour match, and add an insulated door on the garage entry.
Usually yes. We match sightlines, use simulated divided lites or interior grilles in the original pattern, and keep the brickmould profile close to what’s there now. Modern casements and hung units come in colours and proportions that read correctly from Brock Street while meeting current ENERGY STAR ratings.
Usually, provided it has been plowed to a truck width and there is somewhere to turn around. We phone the day before to check conditions and block rural work so the crew stays on one property instead of driving the concessions twice. On squall days we move the date rather than open a wall in blowing snow.
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