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Windows Gallery

Pella replacement windows with permanent 7/8" ILT grilles really makes the curb appeal Pop. North Shore, Oak Park, Wheaton, Glen Ellyn or Fox Valley, this look is universal. Breathtaking! |

Custom Marvin replacement windows, Stick Built custom Bay window with copper roof in a Glen Ellyn sprawling French Chateau. WOW! |
The final touches on a Pella Box Bay replacement, Naperville.
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 Pella Historical replication in Hinsdale. Awesome 7/8" ILT grille work.
Notice the foam seal before historical trim applied. |

Preparing for Pella Replacement Double Hungs, Oak Park, Ill |

Full Frame replacement. Pella Wood windows. Oak Park, Ill. |

Preparing for new trim. Pella Aluminum Clad exterior/wood interior. Oak Park, Ill. Notice the nice tight fit. |

Custom sized to fit your home |

Custom maintenance free exterior trim professionally installed |

Beautiful, Warm, Cozy Tudor home. Oak Park, Ill. Windows are custom fit to your home. |

Classic Oak Park Tudor. Looking great with Pella full frame replacement windows. |
Pella looks like it always was |
Custom awnings - dark mahogany |
Pella - hand sanding for that smooth finish |
Pella - 5 wide bow prefinished |
Hand painted (grille) muntin |
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Direct sets in bay |
Attention to detail! |

Pella casements over kitchen sink |
 Pella replacement windows in a beautiful Glen Ellyn ranch home. The windows, the home, the spring blooms from trees and flowers, creates an awesome presentation of "House Beautiful" |
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air krete® Gallery
Removal of aluminum siding, drill 2 9/16" holes, insert hose to
bottom of cavity and fill |
Residential new construction. Apply behind screen mesh. |
Foaming solid masonry construction, school
buildings. Brick veneer/8" block/firring strips and plaster |
Chicago 3 bdrm brick ranch. Brick veneer/air
space/2x4 framing/plaster or drywall. Wall goes from R3 to R20. We tuckpoint the holes and only Nicor and you know we were there. |
Block fill for new construction industrial |
Infrared snapshot shows blue airkrete cavities vs. framing, and windows. |
Air Krete before you repair your stucco! |
Classic Oak Park Stucco with finished 3rd floor walk up attic. |
Knee walls and slanted ceiling of 3rd floor walk up attic. |
1920 balloon frame getting ready for siding |
1920 balloon frame after Air Krete and mastic Vinyl Siding |
Sound proofing a Chicago South Side Condo |
Crawl space below kitchen |
R 27.3 and no drafts in a previosly frigid floor of a 1925 Kitchen |
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Siding Gallery
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| James Hardie Artisan Naperville, Ill |
James Hardie Artisan makes it look like new in Wheaton, Il |
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| Naperville, James Hardie. A great, warm, squared away home to raise a family |
Wheaton, James Hardie. Stone, horizontal, shake and custom columns, what a beautiful blend of materials |
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| Naperville split level done in James Hardie cement Fiber siding, thrilled the owners with detail |
Naperville, James Hardie cement fiber shake on the gable. Notice the large Pella Awning window over the kitchen sink. The owner has a view of the park next door. |
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| This Apache Drive, 2 story in Naperville, is a James Hardie Cement Fiber show stopper. |
People love the detail and the way we created this recessed gable over the garage |
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| The heavy timber accent at the main entrance and surrounding the new Marvin windows in rough sawn flat casing gives this Naperville home a rustic and elegant look all in one |
I love this picture of Steve and Laura Pearson in front of their newly sided Wheaton home. Laura's total satisfaction radiates from her face as Steve beams with pride. This reaction to my organization's efforts, makes it all worthwhile. It works for me. Mike Schmidt |
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Re-sided Pearson residence. High Knob neighborhood, Wheaton, Ill. |

Strip it. |

1910 Berwyn balloon frame: is it possible? |

What a warm, beautiful home. |

Insulate and side one wall at a time. |

Now that is breathtaking! |

Lombard ranch being prepped for air krete insulation and mastic siding. |

Prep for siding, note the insulation holes are filled. |
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| Naperville, James Hardie, notice the custom columns on the front porch |
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Pre-Finish Gallery
Vinyl patio door with stained trim |
Pella looks like it always was
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Custom awnings - dark mahogany |
Pella Architect Classic sliding patio door |
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Target-Rehau fiberglass door |

Matching window and door |
Target-Rehau fiberglass entrance - stained and gelcoated |
Pella - hand sanding for that smooth finish |
Pella - 5 wide bow prefinished |
Hand painted (grille) muntin |
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Direct sets in bay |
Attention to detail! |
Fiberglass entry with composite glass above |

Pella patio door |

Pella casements over kitchen sink |
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Today Show
Mike Schmidt brings air krete to the Today Show in New York - Oct. 2006 |
Mike Schmidt roughing it with Sandra Bullock in the green room of the Today Show |
air krete display on the Today Show |

Lou Manfredini driving the point on the Today Show |
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