Mount Pleasant, north-west Brampton
Mount Pleasant: newer homes, basement units and busy doors
Most of Mount Pleasant is young, so the glass itself is rarely what gives out first. What needs attention is more often a screen that keeps jumping the track, a slider that won't lock, or a basement window that has to become an egress window before a second unit can be registered. We're a free referral service. We connect you with an independent local pro who takes that kind of job, and nobody from us will turn up at your door unasked.
At a glance
- Built
- Mostly after the GO station opened in 2005
- Housing
- Townhouses, condo townhouses and detached homes
- Common jobs
- Window screens, slider hardware, patio rollers, egress windows
- Check first
- Condo corporation permission; any builder or maker warranty
A transit village that grew after 2005
Mount Pleasant grew quickly after Mount Pleasant GO opened in 2005, planned as a transit-oriented urban village. That means more townhouses than Brampton's older suburbs, and windows mostly still on their first set.
It also means more shared walls. A townhouse may have a basement unit, a condo corporation, or both, so a request here often needs a word about who else lives there or has a say.
Newer windows: hardware, screens and warranty questions
In a newer house the problems are usually small and mechanical:
- The screen keeps jumping the track: often a bent frame, a missing clip or a loose spline. See window screens.
- The slider won't lock: rollers that have dropped, or a keeper out of line. See sliding door repair.
- A casement that sticks or won't close tight: usually a hinge or crank adjustment, covered on window repair.
Check your paperwork first. A newer home may still have coverage from the builder or the window maker. Find the purchase papers, and photograph the stamp on the metal spacer between the panes; it can identify the unit. Start with whatever is still covered; the pro we match you with can quote the rest.
Basement units and egress windows
The City of Brampton allows up to three units on a lot, and second and third units must be registered with the City. A second unit is allowed in a townhouse as well as a detached or semi-detached house, but the window side can be tighter in a row house, where a middle unit has no side wall to work with.
The drawings for a two-unit house have to show the egress and exit windows and which egress option applies. A new or enlarged opening needs a building permit. The window pro fits the window; the City decides what's required. Our basement windows page walks through it in order.
Townhouses and condo permission
In a condo townhouse, the windows and doors may belong to the condominium corporation rather than to you. Check the declaration or ask the property manager before booking.
Where a permit is needed for work on a condo's common elements, the City asks for a Notice of Permission to Construct, signed by the corporation; it's in the City's new or enlarged openings package. Even a like-for-like repair may need the corporation's approval. Tell us it's a condo townhouse, so the pro knows to ask.
Around the reconstructed station library
The old CPR Brampton Station, saved in 1981, was rebuilt in Mount Pleasant as a library and civic space, and the village filled in around it and the GO line. The pros we match you with cover the whole area, freehold and condo alike.
To start, tell us whether it's a townhouse or a detached home, which unit the job is in, and what needs attention. A photo of the screen, track or window helps the pro bring the right parts.
Mount Pleasant questions
My Mount Pleasant windows aren't that old. Why are they already failing?
Usually because the moving parts wear before the glass does. Rollers, cranks, latches and screen clips take daily use, and a busy household works them hard. A seal can also fail early now and then. Check for builder or maker coverage first, then have a pro look. Most of these jobs are a part, not a new window.
Can I add an egress window to a newer townhouse basement?
Often, but a townhouse gives you fewer walls to work with, usually just the front and back. The City of Brampton decides which egress option applies, and the drawings for a second unit must show it. Enlarging an opening needs a building permit, and in a condo townhouse the corporation's signed permission too. Our basement windows page explains the steps.
Do condo townhouses need board approval for new windows?
Very often, yes. In many condo townhouses the windows and exterior doors are common elements, so the condominium corporation decides on changes. If a permit is needed, the City asks for a Notice of Permission to Construct signed by the corporation. Ask your property manager before booking, and mention it on your request so the pro knows.
The screen on my townhouse patio door keeps jumping the track. Can it be fixed?
Usually. A patio screen door that jumps its track normally has worn or misadjusted rollers, a bent frame or a damaged track. New rollers and an adjustment fix most of them, and a bent frame can be remade to size. Replacement is only needed when the frame is badly twisted. See screen doors for the details.
In a townhouse with a basement tenant, who needs to be home when the pro comes?
Whoever can open the rooms the pro needs, and whoever decides on the work. If the window is in the basement unit, the tenant should get notice and agree a time. The owner, or a family member acting for them, should be reachable to approve the quote. Put both names on the request so the pro knows who to call.