What we find across Scottsdale
Scottsdale runs two quite different jobs and the neighborhood tells us which one before we set off.
43.9% of the city was built between 1980 and 1999, and that mainstream stock is first-generation dual pane now thirty to forty-five years old. It is well past what a sealed unit lasts, and fogging in those houses is the single most common call we take here.
The gated golf communities are the other job. DC Ranch, Grayhawk, Troon North, McCormick Ranch, Gainey Ranch, McDowell Mountain Ranch and Scottsdale Ranch run fixed panes and multi-slide doors that were never a stock size. Those are made to a template, they cost more and take longer, and for us they are routine rather than a special order. Very large panels sometimes need more than two people to set.
Most of those communities want a contractor logged in at the gate before the visit. Tell us which one when you call and we will arrange it rather than turning up and waiting.
Old Town and the older streets nearer downtown still hold single pane in aluminum frames, and stock sizes there we usually cut and fit the same day.
Scottsdale also has the largest commercial base in this part of the Valley. The Airpark alone holds more than 2,900 businesses and over 51,000 employees across 8.6 square miles, which makes it one of Arizona’s biggest employment centers. Add Fashion Square, Kierland Commons, Scottsdale Quarter, Old Town and SkySong and storefront and entry door glass is steady year-round work.