Tailor-Made for You
Find out how Pella® windows and doors are made specifically for your home.
Discover how full-service window and door replacement by Pella can help.
When you choose a Pella® door or window, you aren't just picking a stock item off a shelf. Most of our products are custom made to fit your home's exact specifications.
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Pella, Iowa, Murray, Kentucky, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Three of the nine Pella window and door manufacturing sites - all of which are proudly rooted in the United States.
Some people may not know but most of our windows and doors are made to order, specific to each customer's home, room and exact opening.
Our designs, engineering, testing and careful material consideration allow us to build our products with confidence.
There are so many details to consider in a window: style, size, interior color, exterior color, hardware, screens and wall depth — just to name a few. We offer so many combinations of Pella windows and doors, somewhere over seven octillion - that's 27 zeros - because we know each customer's home is unique.
Made-to-order is our standard. We build products according to the needs desired for each unique opening, so we can help bring your vision to life.
Take this project for one of our customers. One of the windows they ordered is for their daughter Emily's room. A beautiful casement window with grille detail that allowed them to personalize her room. It'll enable light and fresh air into her space. It's the window you're watching being built right now, which you can see transformed from raw lumber to treated pieces and components and finally into a fully built window.
This family, just like all our customers, have entrusted us with their projects, entrusted us with a piece of their home. And that's something we take very seriously.
We're not just building a window, we're crafting a window - specific for Emily's room - and helping create a space she'll enjoy three years.
Between the talent of our design engineers who built innovative and efficient processes and machines and our plants, and the craftsmen and women who pour skill and care into the products they build, we're proud of the windows and doors that leave each of our plants every day.
We built this one for Emily's room.
Selecting Raw Wood
We build most of our products from Ponderosa and Sugar Pine. These wood species are easy to work with yet extremely durable. Mahogany, Cherry, White Oak, Red Oak and Douglas Fir are also available.
Making the First Cuts
Our chop saw operators scrutinize each piece of wood to ensure only the best material is used. It's not unusual for each one to make more than 250,000 chopping decisions each day.
Assembling the Window Frame
Exact measurements are critical. Our professionals gather precise dimensions of each window frame to create windows that fit and perform to our high standards.
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Installing the Glass
Glass is installed meticulously for a seamless fit. Pella window glass features the latest in technology like argon gas insulation and layers of coating that protect window treatments from fading.
Built Just for You
We build according to precise measurements, your style preference, hardware choices, color and much more. Here's how a custom wood window is created.
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Applying Grilles
Our optional standard or custom simulated-divided-light grilles create the look of individual panes. Pella's wide range of profiles is cut individually, and hand applied by our most experienced craftsmen. Pella's wood craftsmen have been honing their skills, on average, for over 14 years – that's longer than it takes for most to earn their PhD.
Inserting the Window Sash
It takes precise maneuvering to bring sash and frame together. Pella designs undergo rigorous performance testing to help ensure they function properly.
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Adding Jamb Extensions
Customized jamb extensions ensure your window fits its opening exactly. They can be applied at our factory and come in all of our paints and stains for a finished look.
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Packing for Protection
We conduct tests that simulate what our products go through on the road. The Pella packaging system is made of materials specially engineered to protect your investment from the hard knocks of travel.
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Loading for Delivery
Our team receives special training on the proper loading of products. Whether we're delivering a large window weighing hundreds of pounds or a padded envelope, your investment is secured for transport according to a meticulous strategy.
Bring Your Vision to Life with Pella
Every home is unique. That's why Pella builds products tailor-made for your home and offers more than seven octillion (that's a seven with 27 zeroes) custom combinations of doors and windows. Whether it's a more secure front door or all new windows for your home, we're committed to building products that bring your vision to life.