One or both sashes slide sideways in a track. You get a wide opening without lifting the weight of a sash.
Exterior windows and doors only. We do not install interior doors or interior windows.
How it opens
A sliding window, often called a slider, has one or two sashes that glide sideways in a track. It suits wide, short openings and gives you plenty of glass with little frame. In North Alabama the track collects pollen and grit, so plan on cleaning it a couple of times a year.
The details
Wide, short openings, basement windows, and rooms where you want the most glass with the least frame. Where a double-hung would need two narrow units side by side, one slider gives the same opening with less frame in the view.
Sliders are also easy for anyone who finds lifting a sash hard, because you push sideways instead of up.
The simplest mechanism of any window that opens, with the fewest moving parts to fail. It seals less tightly than a casement and about the same as a double-hung.
The weak point is the track. It collects pollen and grit, which is a real concern during a North Alabama spring.
A slider seals against a track, and a track is the part of a window this climate fills. Spring pollen, then summer grit, then fall leaves all end up in the lower track, and a track that is not clear stops the sash closing square. That is the trade for the wide, low opening a slider gives you.
Weep holes, the small drain slots on the outside of the sill, matter more on a slider than on any other style, because a blocked track holds water against the frame.
Twice a year, open the sash, vacuum the track and wipe it with a damp cloth. Skip cleaners and sprays, which leave a film that holds more dirt. Check that the weep holes on the outside are open; a short piece of wire clears them. If the sash still drags after a good clean, the rollers underneath may be worn.
We price after measuring, line by line, with the materials named. These are the things that move the number.
We walk your exterior, measure, and show you the options. There is no charge and no pressure.
You get a written scope with every line and material named. Then we order for your home.
Cut, fitted, trimmed, cleaned up and hauled away the same day. You never look at a pile of old frames.
Real ACM job photos. Every photo marked “ACM job photo” is from one of our own jobs.
ACM job photoPorch window replacement
Old porch windows with failing frames replaced with a new picture window and sliders, set and sealed from the outside.
ACM job photoDouble-hung window replacement in brick
A worn double-hung window with a deteriorated sill replaced with a new white double-hung unit.
ACM job photoNew picture window on a brick ranch
A large picture window installed on a brick ranch home, finished and cleaned up the same day.
ACM Pros replaced our windows and our front door in Hazel Green, AL. We are very happy with the work and the team.
They seal less tightly than a casement and about the same as a double-hung. The seal depends on the sash meeting the track evenly along its whole length. The wider the window, the more the quality of the installation shows.
Twice a year with the pollen we get here: a vacuum and a wipe, not a chemical. Most slider complaints we are called about turn out to be a track problem, not a window problem.
Wide and short. Where a double-hung would need two narrow units side by side, one slider gives you the same opening with less frame in the view.
On a single slider one sash moves and the other is fixed. On a double slider both move, so you can open either side. A double slider gives more choice for airflow, while a single slider has one fewer moving part.
For most people they are the easiest style to open. You push the sash sideways on rollers instead of lifting its weight. Good rollers and a clean track keep it that way for years.
It can, if the open half is large enough. Only one sash opens on most sliders, so roughly half the window is clear space, and it has to be sized with that in mind. That is worth checking at measuring for any bedroom or basement window.
No. We replace exterior windows only, the ones in your home's outside walls. We do not install interior windows or interior doors of any kind, and we do no interior remodeling.
Every window style and frame material, measured and installed from the outside with a sill pan and proper flashing.
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Entry, patio, exterior French and storm doors, set on a sealed sill pan so the threshold stays dry for years.
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We're based in Madison and work across North Alabama, providing sliding windows in every area below. We do not work in Tennessee.
Tell us what you're picturing. We'll come out, measure up, and give you a free written estimate, so you know exactly what to expect before any work begins.
