How We Vet the Installer Who Quotes Your Windows
A written quote is only as good as the company standing behind it. Before any installer can quote through this site, they clear the eight checks below, and every one of them is something you can verify yourself, whether or not you use us.
Windows are a once-in-25-years purchase where the install matters as much as the product. A good window set badly leaks, sticks, and voids its own warranty. So the installer is the real decision, and this is how we make it before you have to.
Get your written window quote
Enter your ZIP. One vetted local installer measures your openings and writes the quote. Nobody else gets your number.
- Free
- Written quote
- Measured in person
- One local company
- No pressure
Prefer to pick a time? Book the free measuring visit →
Active PA Home Improvement Contractor registration
Pennsylvania’s Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act requires nearly every contractor doing home improvement work to register with the Attorney General and display an HIC number on contracts, vehicles, and advertising. We look the number up, confirm it is active, and confirm the registered name is the company that will be in your driveway. Expired or borrowed numbers end the conversation.
Check it yourself: Search the contractor by name or HIC number on the PA Attorney General’s registry. It takes a minute, and the number should also appear on the written quote.
General liability insurance, confirmed with the carrier
A current certificate of insurance in the contracting entity’s name, and a call to the carrier to confirm the policy is in force. A PDF alone is not proof; certificates are easy to edit and policies lapse. This is the policy that pays if a ladder goes through your siding or a unit is dropped through your porch roof.
Check it yourself: Ask for a certificate of insurance listing you as certificate holder. A legitimate company produces one the same day, and the agent’s phone number is on it.
Workers’ compensation for everyone on the crew
If an uninsured installer is hurt on your property, you can be personally exposed. We confirm coverage for employees and ask directly whether subcontracted crews are used and how they are covered. Subcontracting is common and can be excellent; undisclosed subcontracting is not.
Check it yourself: Ask: “Are the people installing my windows your employees, and are they on your workers’ comp policy?” Get the answer in writing.
A real Lehigh Valley track record
A local address, reviews that span years and towns, and finished jobs in the same housing stock as yours: brick twins in Allentown, mid-century ranches in Palmer, 2000s colonials in Forks. Storm-chasers and out-of-area outfits that appear after a hail event do not clear this one, however good the truck wrap looks.
Check it yourself: Ask for three addresses in your township from the past year. Local installers answer instantly; ask if you can drive past.
Certified for the product lines they quote
Most manufacturer warranties only pay in full when a certified installer did the work, and a bad install voids coverage no matter the window. We confirm certification for the lines each partner sells, and we confirm that they sell more than one line so the recommendation fits your house rather than their inventory.
Check it yourself: Ask which warranty covers the window and which covers the labor, and how long each runs. Two separate answers is the right answer.
Written, itemized quote before any deposit
Every opening on its own line, with product series, glass ratings, insert or full-frame, finish work, disposal, both warranties, and terms that hold for 30 days. This is the standard the whole site is built on, and it is the one homeowners tell us matters most after the fact.
Check it yourself: Compare the quote you receive against the twelve line items on this site. Every item should be there before you are asked for anything.
No pressure tactics
Today-only offers, marathon presentations, calls to a manager for a special deal, and refusing to leave the quote behind are grounds for removal. The installer measures and quotes; you decide, on your schedule, with the document in hand.
Check it yourself: If you feel rushed at the visit, tell us. That feedback is how companies leave the network.
Follow-up after every visit
We check in after the measuring visit and after any install. Patterns of no-shows, quotes that changed after the visit, or unreturned calls remove a company. Our fee is flat and per introduction, so we gain nothing by protecting a bad one and lose our reason to exist if we do.
Check it yourself: Tell us how it went. It changes who we send to your neighbors.
Why we keep the network small
Lead-selling sites profit by adding installers, because every extra company is another buyer for the same homeowner’s phone number. Our model runs the other way. One introduction goes to one company, so we only need enough vetted installers to cover the 25 towns we serve, and we would rather have a gap on the map than a company we cannot vouch for. When a ZIP is not covered, the form says so instead of taking your details anyway.
Small also means we know the people. We have met the owners, seen the trucks, and read the quotes they leave behind. That is not a substitute for the eight checks, but it is how we notice when something starts to slip before a homeowner has to tell us.
What removes a company
Any of the following ends an installer’s place in the network, usually after one conversation:
- A lapsed HIC registration or insurance policy that is not renewed within the grace period we allow.
- Two homeowner reports of pressure tactics or a quote that changed after the written version was delivered.
- A missed measuring visit without notice, more than once.
- A written quote that arrives without the line items every installer agrees to include.
- A warranty claim the company declines to honor without a documented reason.
What we do not claim
We are not a licensing body, an insurer, or a guarantor of anyone’s work. Your contract is with the installer, and their warranty is the one that covers your windows. What we can say plainly is that no company reaches your door without clearing these eight checks, and that companies that stop clearing them are removed.
The fine print is in the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, including exactly who receives your information.
Vetting questions
Do you install the windows?
No. LehighValleyWindowQuote.com is a matching service operated by VERACO LLC. The independent local installer we match you with does the measuring, the quote, and any installation under their own contract, registration, and insurance.
How many installers will contact me?
One. Your request goes to a single vetted company for your ZIP. We do not sell it to several installers, which is the reason the service exists.
Does Pennsylvania license window installers?
There is no statewide trade license for window installation, but the Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act requires HIC registration with the Attorney General for nearly every home improvement contractor. Municipalities may also require permits. Every company in the network holds an active HIC registration.
How often do you re-check a company?
Registration and insurance are re-verified at least annually and whenever a certificate expires. Homeowner feedback is reviewed after every introduction. A company can be paused between annual checks if feedback warrants it.
What if I do not like the installer?
Tell us. There is no obligation at any point, not before the visit and not after you have the written quote. We will note the feedback and, if you want, look for another company in your area.
Can I use these checks on a contractor I found myself?
Yes, and you should. Every one of them is something a homeowner can verify in an afternoon: the registry lookup, a certificate of insurance, written warranty terms, and an itemized quote.
Before you sign anything
- Questions to ask before signing a window contract →Twelve questions on company, product, install, warranty, and terms.
- What's included in a window replacement quote →The line items a written quote must have, and the red flags.
- How to get a window replacement quote →ZIP, 60-second form, one measuring visit, written quote. Every step explained.
- Online window quote vs. in-home measuring visit →What an instant online quote can and cannot tell you, and how to skip the sales pitch anyway.
- How to compare window replacement quotes →Same glass, same scope, same count. Apples to apples.
Get a quote from an installer who cleared all eight
Enter your ZIP. One vetted local installer measures your openings and writes the quote. Nobody else gets your number.
- Free
- Written quote
- Measured in person
- One local company
- No pressure
Prefer to pick a time? Book the free measuring visit →