For landlords and managers
One request, the right glass pro, for every unit you manage
Hamilton's rentals run from converted brick houses in the Lower City to apartment towers, and the glass problems split along the escarpment. Below: cracked sash panes and missing storms. On the Mountain: fogged units and balcony doors fighting the wind. We connect landlords and managers with independent local glass pros who take on multi-unit work.
- Several units, one request
- Turnover and tenant-damage repairs
- Licensing and condo rules in mind
Between tenants
Turnover and tenant-damage glass repairs
Move-out is when the glass list gets written.
Cracked or broken panes
A knock during the move, a ball, a dropped sash. The pane can usually be replaced on its own; see broken window glass.
Screens torn or missing
Lost in moves, torn by pets. Rescreening is a small job, and several frames fit in one visit. See window screen repair.
Locks, cranks and latches
Sliders that won't lock, cranks that spin, balcony doors that won't latch. Usually parts, not new windows.
Building-wide
Balcony doors, sealed units and screens across a building
In a tower or larger walk-up, the same problems repeat suite after suite. Balcony doors drag on worn rollers or a gritty track; see sliding door repair. Fog between the panes means a failed sealed unit, which can usually go into the existing frame; see foggy window repair.
Condo buildings
Condo boards: approval before work on common elements
In an Ontario condo, windows and balcony doors are often common elements. Changing them generally needs board approval first, recorded under section 98 of the Condominium Act in an agreement registered on title. The declaration decides who owns what, so if you rent out a suite, check with management before booking more than a like-for-like repair.
Rental licensing
Rental licensing: why window condition matters
Hamilton now permanently licenses rental buildings of five or fewer units in Wards 1, 8 and parts of Ward 14. The program grew out of complaints about property standards and absentee landlords, among others. Check your address on the City's rental housing licence page; we don't map streets to wards.
Broken glass, torn screens and windows that won't lock are ordinary property-standards problems, easier fixed before anyone asks. Our rental licensing guide covers the window side.
The quote
What drives the cost of multi-unit glass work
A building's worth of glass is quoted as a list. What moves it:
- Number of units, and how many visits it takes
- What each item is: screen, rollers, sealed unit or pane
- Sizes and glass types, since sealed units are made to order
- Access: occupied suites, keys, elevators, balconies
- Frame and track condition
A unit-by-unit list with photos lets a pro price much of it before a walk-through.
Heritage rentals
Designated and heritage-district rentals
Some Lower City rentals sit in a heritage district or are designated. There, replacing windows or doors, removable storms included, needs a Heritage Permit first; fixing a broken pane usually doesn't. A smashed sash pane can go ahead; a window swap waits. See the heritage district guide.
How it works
How multi-unit requests are handled
Send the addresses, units and a line on each, with photos, and say who handles access: you, a super or the tenant. An independent pro who takes on multi-unit work and covers those addresses quotes you directly; if a building falls outside their area, we find another. Shops downstairs? See commercial glass.
Questions
Questions from landlords
Explore your options
More for landlords
Pros we work with handle rental and multi-unit glass across the city, including Westdale and Ainslie Wood, Hamilton Mountain, Downtown Hamilton, Durand and Stoney Creek.
List the units, and we'll find the pro
Addresses, unit numbers and a few words on each: cracked pane, torn screen, balcony door that won't lock. Photos help. A pro who handles rental buildings quotes you directly.