Award Winning Window and Door Installation :A list of our milestones
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Our Awards
Our Crazy Skills- D Magazine Best of Dallas Contractor
- NT Window Dealer of the Year six of the last seven years.
- Former Guest Contractor The Learning Channel
- Editorial Resource Dallas Metro Home Improvement Magazine
- Window Consultant WFAA Channel 8 DFW Dream Home - Designing DFW
- Top Ten Installation Contractor Nationally; Top Installer in the Southwest, Paceseter Organization
- More than a Dozen Pacesetter Awards for Quality, Service and Professionalism
- Host of House Talk Texas on The Salem Radio Network
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Our Founders Professional Experience
Dallas Most Experienced Window and Door Installation Contractor
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Dave Traynor - Founder and General Manager
The Window Connection - Retail Division 12/2002 to Present
Owner and General Manager of one of the most widely respected replacement window and door companies in the Metroplex. Est. 1999.
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- NT Window Dealer of the Year six of the last seven years - Energy Master Vinyl Replacement Windows.
- Host of House Talk Texas on The Salem Radio Network. Heard in Dallas on 660 AM The Answer.
- Guest Contractor 2008 “The Learning Channel” Moving Up Series.
- D-Magazine Best of Dallas Contractor 2006.
- Editorial Resource "Dallas Home Improvement Magazine". Innovations in Windows and Doors.
- Design and Fabrication Consultant for WFAA Channel 8 and their Designing DFW Series.
- Google Glass Explorer and Creator of one of YouTubes most watched Window Installation and caulking Videos. (more than 70,000 views)
- Established, authored and promoted a major web presence for my company through ongoing development of web sites related to the home improvement industry.
- Attained top placement on MSN, Yahoo and Google search engines to establish a company with an advertising budget of less than 1% and establish the lowest overhead in the industry. This to facilitate the most cost effective installation company in North Texas. Lower overhead translates to lower costs to customers.
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The Window Connection - Replacement Window Installation Services
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- Attained top placement as installation contractor for both Home Depot and Lowe’s Stores, supervising an average of $50,000 per month in labor billing of retail installation services with small crew and myself.
- Also established myself among three of Dallas’ most respected manufacturers as “one of the best contractors” in Dallas (Resource Bldg. Materials, The Don Young Co., Alside Windows).
- Ran all window installations from all stores for both organizations for no less than two years for Home Depot and one year for Lowe’s managing all aspects of installation from measure to completion.
- Performed installation services for All American Siding, The Insulation Lady, Statewide Remodeling, Sears Home Improvements, ARI Sunrooms, Windoor World, and numerous other contractors on a project by project basis as needed and available.
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The Pacesetter Corporation, Dallas Texas (Omaha, Nebraska)
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6/1989 to 12/1999
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Install windows, doors, sunrooms and enclosures in a multistate area in excess of $100,000 in gross sales installations per month. Install as much product correctly as possible while perfecting specific techniques for problem applications and for use and direction in other markets. Install product at a pre-established labor number. Train new hires and equip them to apply production techniques learned and perfected to stay within appropriate budget.
Key Pre-2000 Achievements
- Attained positioning and moved from #5 Contractor in Dallas to #1 Contractor in the Southwest.
- Maintained an overall labor costs of 4.3 % to 6.5% total labor cost for installs.
- Installed over $20,000,000.00 in gross volume of product single handedly over a 10 year period of time.
- Trained more than 30 individuals to perform similar installation techniques to those I had adopted and organized.
- Top Ten Installation Contractor Nationally 1999, 1998, 1997 and 1995.
- Top Installation Contractor in the Southwest Division 1999, 1998, 1997.
- Eight other National Awards for Quality, Service and Professionalism.
Irving Glass and Mirror, Dallas Texas 6/1985 to 6/1989
Partner and 50% owner
Inherited one half of Dallas’ fourth largest glass and mirror company. Managed and maintained $1,000,000 in gross sales yearly of glass, mirrors, storefront glazing, curtain wall glazing, shower door contracts and other related products for residential and commercial use for a period of four years.
Key Early Achievements
- Attained Supervisor Position of the City Sales Department which accounted for approximately 40% of operations. Scheduling, hiring and oversight of 4 to 12 employees.
- Produced several key projects including Huffman Elementary School (Plano, Tx.), Shepton High School(Plano, Tx.), Sunrise Psychiatric Hospital (Arlington, Tx.), Mt. Pleasant Community College(Mt. Pleasant, Tx.), and Tyler National Bank (Tyler, Tx.)
- Learned and established myself as an authority in all phases of Commercial and Residential Glass Installation and Execution.
- Provided services to more than 1000 homes for Fox and Jacobs including all mirror, shower door and other glass products.
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My two youngest boys
This is the short team. Ethan, Danielle, Jacob and Caitlyn.
Our Facebook and our Twitter outreaches offer gifts and sale offers on great windows and doors for your home as well as entitle you to a raffle for goods and services. As social media is somewhat new we really appreciate your help in spreading the word.
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I do flawless work and there is none that is my rival.
I do out of the ordinary projects that change homes drastically.
Contact me anytime and let me find good ways to help!!!
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12/1999 to 12/2002