Pella

My experience with Pella was nothing at all like any of the other reviews on this site. I had to replace my front door. I was referred by a friend, and was contacted by Chris **. Chris was honest and friendly in helping me choose the door that best fit my home and my price range. If you're in the Hampton Roads area I highly recommend you do business with Pella.

I recently purchased my home, which came with all Pella windows and doors including a Pella storm door on my front entryway. I do not regularly use this door, so it stays shut and locked at all times. The home recently went under full inspection for our insurance company which included windows and doors. Last night 02/12/19 our area was hit with a thunderstorm that brought high winds (gusts of 20-30mph). Nothing uncommon for our area. I woke up this am to find that the door had been damaged, the frame bent and the full front glass shattered. I contacted Pella customer support, I was told to have my original door paperwork, as well as registration number and before and after photos if I had them.

Just last week (Tuesday, February 5, 2019), we had a Pella front door, sidelights and transom installed. The door doesn't fit well inside the sidelights. There are drafts around. The sidelights do not seal at the bottom. You can see outside under the sidelights. The purchase was made through Lowe's. The installation is not the issue. The door and sidelights came as a single unit. The installer let Lowe's know about the issues. Lowe's contacted Pella. Pella called me yesterday (6 days after installation - 2/11/2019). "Cassandra" said that she doubts anything can be done about the issues, but they scheduled someone to come out on Tuesday, 2/19/2019. She was implying that it is our problem now, because a low-profile sill was installed and they don't recommend that.

They are in our basement. None (NOT 1) will lock; we have to put a piece of pipe in the windows to keep someone from opening them. They let all the cold in also. I wish we had just used Champion again.

I recently purchased a Pella storm door. I purchased because I thought the Pella name meant quality. It turned out that the instructions were terrible. I spent a very long time reading instructions and making sure I got things correct. I ended up putting the door in backwards. There is now a hole on the wrong side of the door. Now I find out that other doors predetermine right or left and you do not have to drill your own hole. I wish that I would have read about that before purchasing this problem.

We are building a new house and are considering Pella windows. We have them in our current house and have been pleased with them except for the skylights. One of the skylights is leaking and needs the seal replaced. Seal replacement was required about 10 years ago and stopped the leak. Recent information from Pella indicates that they no longer offer support for their skylights. I made a commitment to Pella by having a hole in my roof with their product in it. I expect a similar commitment from the company to me. I will have to replace the seal myself. I will not be using Pella's product in my new home.

The cost to replacement a French door handle/lock - not the door just the handle! Was over 400.00 self installed! It’s not a door we can switch out because it’s a 3 door unit from 1994. The Pella company wanted to charge 400 $ for the handle! Do not purchase items because the replacement for a minor part can cost too much money! I’m very disappointed in Pella???

Had Pella double storm doors installed in 2012. California has been in a drought for several years so it wasn't until several years later that we got some rain. One morning I noticed my ceiling dripping water. At the time I couldn't tell where it was coming from so after the rain I had the ceiling repaired. The next rain I noticed a wet area adjacent the Pella installed storm doors and thought the rainwater was coming in through the seal under the door. I called Pella and they sent a technician who said the door wasn't installed square or the house had shifted causing the door to go out of square and they would contact me about what to do.

Signed contract on Sept 25, 2018 and gave a deposit of 1340.00 for a door and sidelight. Delivery was on Nov 8th but I refused to let them install. Quality of sidelight was very disappointing-glass too small and came in cheap looking. Hard to communicate with installer because his English was very poor. Our salesman is playing hard to get. We just want our money back!

We are the second owners of a home built in 2003 and we took possession in 8/2009. The first thing we did was check warranties on all items for building the home. We have case windows throughout the house plus a 6' sliding glass door from Pella. We proceeded to test each window and then the sliding door. 10 out of 12 case windows failed and had to be replaced. The sliding door was fine (maybe!).

Purchased Pella Premium products when building a new home in 2006. Big mistake. Doors have always been drafty but now after a service call to fix broken indoor blinds, for which I paid for in advance and waited two months for, I am being told that half the units need to be replaced because the exterior cladding has delaminated and caused the panels to rot! In reading others complaints I have discovered that this is a known problem.

Cost? $13,000!

I bought a Pella front-entry door from Overhead Doors in Lethbridge 2 years ago. It cost me approximately $7,000.00. Now the handle on the inside of the door has come loose. I called Overhead Doors and they told me there was no more warranty and they would charge me to come look at it. What kind of hardware do they use? Dollar store? Also, same year, purchased a sliding patio door at $9,300.00. Last year I found the screen would not stay open. I called them about it and they sent some guy in a ponytail over who told me it was because my house was crooked and not their problem. Have they never heard of a wedge? Would definitely NOT refer Pella to anybody ever.

We replaced our french door leading out to the deck a few years ago. We went with Pella doors thinking they would be a better quality. We were completely wrong and only a few years later, water comes in during heavy downpours. I called Pella customer service and it will take several months for someone to come for a look. Looks like $9,000.00 for the doors is down the drain. I would never recommend Pella to anyone and would never consider them again. Hope this review can prevent another person from making the same mistake I made.

We have had our Pella Windows and doors for 11 years. What a disappointment! We THOUGHT we were spending extra funds on the 'better quality name brand' windows for our new house built in 1997. Wow, were we wrong! Every year I get frustrated more and more as I sit with drafty windows. Here we go, starting another cool weather season and I am literally watching the draft blow a piece of paper off the window sill. We both grew up in an old drafty houses and were intent to not have that problem. We absolutely made the wrong choice with Pella. From the beginning, we had door problems. Our back door let rain in and it puddled on our brand new wood floor several times before we changed. The front door came with slanted side lights. They fixed the problem but I do not know how a reputable company could let a product leave with something that obvious and not be found in a quality check.

Nov 15, 2018. Marrero, LA. 70072. This letter is to inform the General Public and Pella Window how incompetent Pella Window and their contractor K.C. Company is, and how badly they have mistreated me. I contacted Pella Window through their website. They sent me their contractor, K.C. Company. I agreed upon a price for 10 windows in January 2018. They came out and installed 2 different style of windows in one room! I bought 10 windows. 5 were made a certain way, and 5 were slightly different. Part of my problem is that I allowed their installer to damage my old windows as he removed them from my home. This was a BAD MISTAKE! Once I discovered that my windows did not match, I had no alternative but to leave the mismatched windows in my wall and Pella will reorder the right windows….

If you're considering windows/doors please do yourself a favor and look elsewhere - I'm wishing I had. I've been paying for Pella Impervia double hung windows and doors to the tune of ~$40k, which were either: 1) installed incorrectly, resulting in damage to my walls, ceilings, hardwood floors, 2) partially installed - as in physically sitting only halfway through the hole in my walls, 3) have yet to be delivered. Ordered in June '18 - partially 'installed' August '18.

Bought 8 Pella double hung wood clad windows and one sliding door unit. The door was the first to fail. Moisture in between the panels caused the frame to rot. The cladding totally fell off one unit. The others, the sashes are totally rotted and need to be replaced. I have moss growing in between the panes of glass in a so-called sealed unit. Bottom line JUNK, so if you happy with them and they are 1-5 years old... just wait. They cannot stand the test of time. I have Anderson in the addition, yep thirty years old and no issue at all...

We purchased 5 PELLA Architect Casement Windows ($2900) as a "family room window set" 120x60" in 2013 from PELLA Showroom. After 2 yrs, one window of the 5 developed a broken seal (condensation issue); it was within warranty for parts and labor. Now 3 yrs later, all 4 other PELLA Windows began leaking, with water actually pushing through glass panes, past wood framing, into house and ruining sill stops. Clearly all 5 of these PELLA Windows were a defective product to begin with. All parts are covered under 10 yr warranty, but I was quoted $1239.75 from Buffalo, NY PELLA repair shop on Walden Ave. for the labor. When local PELLA tech evaluated my case in person, I was told new PELLA showroom owner requires full payment BEFORE he would even place the order for the replacement windows.

I had a $2600 window put in back in June. Right away I noticed it didn't lock correctly (SAFETY ISSUE!) I thought maybe it needed to "settle in place"-but no. I contacted them. Took a week or 2 to get someone out to fix it, only to be told in AUGUST that I need a new sash. It's now NOVEMBER and it still is not fixed. I'm in Minnesota... It's getting cold here. Those ** think its ok to have a huge gaping hole from an open window when they eventually get around to replace it in winter here. All I get is a runaround and lies from one customer service or manager jerk to another. They have my money, I still don't have a working window.

Bought a combination window patio door unit for around 9 grand. Everything was installed poorly, the screen doors bind like a 15-yr old door and the service guy said to just spray WD-40. It's brand new! It needs adjustment but they got their money and they're out.

I bought solid wood entry doors from Pella, a nightmare is the best way to describe it. I am disabled and they have really taken advantage of me. The doors came in twice and were rejected by the installer not me, they finally came and installed them and there are numerous defects including a screw through to the front of the door. On install I was told no worry Pella will replace the door slab, well after months of waiting Pella is refusing to replace the door. The repair guy came out to put some putty on it and try to blend it in. Bottom line Pella made a bad door and are refusing to stand behind it.

We built a new home and chose Pella windows and doors. The quality of windows has declined over the years. This is our 2nd time purchasing Pella. We ordered a double/french door with glass and rod iron. After our front was installed we noticed dirt between in the pane in our left french door. It took Pella about 2 weeks to schedule us a 6-week visit. They came out and agreed that the glass needed to be replaced. It took another 6 weeks to replace the glass. When they did they replaced the glass with a rain texture, our other glass is a wave texture. So now our french glass door has mismatched glass. They said it would take another 6 to 8 weeks to get the wave glass.

You are treated first class by Pella when it comes to ordering doors & windows but beware, when you hand over your money and your items arrive you will be greatly disappointed!!! No one will return your calls and nobody will help you. That's the trouble we've been dealing with. Thanks Pella for not standing up to your words!

I have a 4 panel (12') and 2 panel (6') Pella patio sliding door units on the back of my house. I took pictures of the worst case but all of the other panels are well on their way to looking the same. Water seeps behind the aluminum cladding and rots the wood door. By the time I noticed this problem the doors had already begun rotting. I taped the seam only to delay this costly replacement as long as I could. Pella takes no responsibility for this design flaw. They blame the customer for not periodically applying sealant around the glass where it meets the metal trim. I find this odd given the panels came from the factory with no sealant applied and there were no instructions to do this in any of their product literature.

Had Pella Designer Series windows installed in my home in 2006. Since day one, I have had one window with a faulty mechanism to raise and lower the between glass blinds. It has never worked. In the beginning it was under warranty and replaced. Now I must pay and the problem still is not fixed. It's never been fixed. Because so many of their stores are going our odds business, it's very hard to find a local showroom or repair center. It takes forever to get someone to come out to fixed the problem. I'm very disappointed in this company and their service. I can see why they have a one star rating. I don't recommend using Pella... ever.

We had Pella Windows to come out and install two big picture windows and put in a new door w/ doggie door. They did and AWESOME job!!! Now, we built this house in 2016 so the custom huge screens and the storm door were still new. The installer lied and said the screens were cemented, which they were not, so lie #1, they were screwed in because my husband put screws in the screens to keep them from blowing out. You don't cement in screens anybody would know that. The screen door was removed and replaced with their new door. Well, we get home and we started looking around for our screens and storm door, NOTHING! We made a call to the installer, he indicated my screens and storm door were in the back of his truck, at this point we said NO! We want our screens and door, his response he would bring them back.

When I first met the sales rep from Pella, she was very pleasant and took the time to explain product choices (at least that's what I thought). Total price for the door was $4400. A few weeks prior to installation the sales manager contacted me to ask for more money since they had 'mismeasured' the door. I refused to pay any additional money as this was not listed in the contract. On 8/14/18, the company installed a door with the sidelight on the wrong side, the door had nail dents and the window scratched. The frame was multi-colored: white, dark and light wood pieces.

I replaced a sliding patio door. The measurements by Pella were wrong. The stationary piece was too small. The screen door was bent and defective. The rollers were broken, leaving the sliding door unusable. In all, the experience was horrible. Pick another company! My previous experience with Marvin was great. I recommend Marvin! Skip Pella. Product is junk!!!

April 2018 I had all my windows change as I was promise by Pella Windows the windows are very quiet windows. Heat stay in the winter... Home stay cool in the summer. BAD CHOICE. WINDOWS ARE VERY VERY NOISY. When contacted PELLA WINDOWS reply was, "Nothing we can do." What kind of business do something like that.

We paid $5,722.39 for Pella 12', 3 panel slide glass door with retractable screen, PLUS $1,430.00 for Pella's recommended installer to remove the old Pella slide glass door and install the new one. The old Pella slide door was leaking and ruined the carpet in the bedroom. Well, the new Pella slide door also leaks when there's a heavy rain. The retractable screen has never retracted properly and has fell off from the glue that taped it to the door frame.