Pella^® Certified Contractor · Chicagoland

Crafted for Chicago's finest homes.

Pella^® windows and doors and James Hardie^® siding, specified and installed under one owner's eye, from Winnetka to Naperville.

Complimentary consultation Design your exterior

Financing available

Monthly plans, subject to credit approval Complimentary consultationA preview of your own home, finishedWritten proposal

The Pella^® standard

Pella Certified Contractor. Fewer than 5% of contractors nationwide.

Fewer than 5% of contractors in America carry this badge.

Pella does not hand its name to just anyone. A Pella Certified Contractor has to earn it, then keep earning it. It is the first thing to ask of anyone who will be cutting into the walls of your home, and it is the bar Platinum Experts holds itself to on every job.

01Professionally trained in Pella installation, with required education kept current
02A required minimum of completed Pella jobs before earning the name
03Third-party background checks on Pella jobsite workers
04Insurance purchased and maintained to work as a Certified Contractor
05Industry best practices, a safe workplace and quality workmanship

Requirements as described by Pella Corporation. "Fewer than 5% of contractors nationwide" is Pella's own program claim.

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Installed the way Pella intends.Trained on the products we put in your walls, not learning on your house.

Vetted people in your home.Background-checked crews, insured work, one owner accountable for all of it.

The top of a small list.When fewer than one in twenty contractors qualify, the choice gets simpler.

I'm looking for

Begin with the opening.

Three crafts, one standard. Choose where your project starts and we will bring the samples, the drawings and the answers to your home.

Windows

A mahogany-grain two-panel arch entry door with sidelights and a fanlight transom in snow

Doors

Siding

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The Collection

Specified to the sixteenth of an inch.

Detail · fold-away crank casement

Windows

Pella^® Reserve and Lifestyle Series windows built to the proportions of your home, from the putty profiles of a Hinsdale Tudor to the narrow sightlines of a modern lake house.

Styles: Double-hung, casement, awning, picture and special shapes
Reserve: Traditional: historic putty profile, true-divided-lite look. Contemporary: narrow sightlines, fold-away crank
Exteriors: Wood or aluminum-clad wood; black and custom colors
Screens: Rolscreen^® retractable screens on select casements

Pella^® Reserve · sold through select Pella dealers

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Fiberglass 2-panel arch · sidelights · fanlight

Entry doors

The first thing a guest touches. Pella fiberglass and steel entry doors in real wood grains or smooth paint, set level, sealed tight and finished with hardware that ages well.

Panels: 2-panel arch, Craftsman, plank, full and 3/4 light, twin colonial
Finishes: Oak, fir and mahogany grain fiberglass, smooth fiberglass or steel
Glass: Sidelights plus rectangle or elliptical transoms; single or double doors
Hardware: Oil-rubbed bronze, satin brass, matte black and more

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Hinged French patio doors

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Patio doors

Pella Reserve patio doors open a room to the terrace and close tight against a lake-effect January. Traditional or Contemporary, in sizes built around your opening.

Systems: Hinged, sliding, bifold and multi-slide
Hardware: Developed with Baldwin^®
Sill: Low-profile sill options for a near-seamless step
Sizes: Virtually unlimited custom sizes

Fiber cement lap · first frost

James Hardie^® siding

Fiber cement engineered for Chicago. James Hardie's HZ5^® products are made for climates with freezing temperatures, seasonal swings, snow and ice, and we cut, flash and trim them square.

Profiles: HardiePlank^® lap, HardieShingle^®, HardiePanel^® vertical, HardieTrim^®
Finish: ColorPlus^® factory finish, resists fading and UV
Warranty: ColorPlus limited warranty on paint and labor, up to 15 years
Colors: Statement Collection^®; Iron Gray is James Hardie's 2026 Color of the Year

See all 19 colors on a real home →

Seen something you want on your house?Jesse brings the samples to you, in your own light.

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Design studio

Try it on before you commit.

Pick a Chicagoland home like yours. Choose James Hardie siding, Pella window finishes and a door color, in fall or in a Chicago winter. Hold the button to see the house as it stands today.

Your design

Preparing the house…

Screen colors are close, not exact. We bring real Pella and James Hardie samples to your home.

Iron GrayJames Hardie ColorPlus

Your look

Bring this look to my consultation

Before & after

Same house. A different standard.

A Hinsdale Tudor Revival, window by window. Watch the replacement come together, then drag the line to compare the house before and after.

Day 1

The Hinsdale TudorDivided-lite casements and double-hungs in a dark exterior finish · concept time-lapse

Hinsdale Tudor before: original white windows

Hinsdale Tudor after: dark divided-lite windows

BeforeAfter

Drag to compareSame light, same trees, same brick · concept rendering

This winter

In January, the whole block compares.

Snow strips a street down to its bones: rooflines, windows, the color of the siding against the white. It is when a renewed house stands out most, and when a tired one shows every year.

Iron Gray lap siding, black-finish windows and a Brick Red door · same street, same snow · concept rendering

A snowy suburban street at dusk: the center house before, dated like its neighbors

The same street: the center house after, with new siding, windows and door

BeforeAfter

One house, one winterConcept time-lapse

The Wilmette Dutch ColonialFirst snow · concept film

Oak Park Prairie SchoolArt glass at blue hour · concept film

Want to see your style of home in snow? The Design Studio has a Winter switch.

Plan this winter, install on your schedule

Financing

Invest in the house. Keep your cash working.

Financing through

Many of our clients pay outright. Others prefer predictable monthly payments, or a promotional plan timed around a bonus. GreenSky is home-improvement financing offered through contractors like us, and Jesse's office can walk you through it before the consultation or at the table.

01Get pre-qualified
See the plans you may qualify for in minutes, on your phone. GreenSky describes pre-qualification as a soft inquiry that will not affect your credit score.¹
02Get approved
Choose a plan and submit the formal application. This is when GreenSky runs a hard inquiry, and approval is subject to credit.
03Get it installed
Your windows, doors or siding go in on your schedule, and you pay monthly under the plan you accepted.

Promotional

Deferred interest

Promotional periods on approved credit. Pay the balance in full before the promotion ends and no interest is charged; if not, interest is charged from the purchase date.

Fixed term

Zero-interest loan

Where offered, 0% APR for a fixed term with equal monthly payments. You know the payment and the payoff date from day one.

Fixed rate

Low monthly payment

Spread a larger project over a longer term at a fixed rate, with a fixed monthly payment that fits your budget.

Ask about financing at my consultation

¹ Pre-qualification is available where offered and is not a guarantee of approval. Financing for GreenSky^® consumer loan programs is provided by participating lenders, not by Platinum Experts. Subject to credit approval. Plan availability, rates and terms vary by applicant and program, and are disclosed before you accept. GreenSky^® is a registered trademark of GreenSky, LLC.

The Pella palette

Specify it like an architect.

Every home is specified from the full Pella and James Hardie catalogs, not a short list. A few of the choices you will make at your table, with the real names.

20Pella EnduraClad^® exterior colors, plus custom

⅛″Pella Reserve sizing increments, built to your opening

575″widest Pella Reserve multi-slide patio door frame

19James Hardie Statement Collection^® colors

Product names, colors and options as published by Pella Corporation and James Hardie. On-screen color chips are approximations; we bring physical samples to your home. Availability varies by product line.

The Reserve standard

We take on a limited number of homes each season, so that every window, every door and every board of siding is measured, specified and finished under the eye of our owner, Jesse Monroy.

A family business.Jesse runs it with his family, and his name is on every job.

One owner, every project.Jesse measures, specifies and walks every home himself.

Our own crew.Drop cloths down, daily clean-up, a home left cleaner than we found it.

Built on names with history

Pella^®Since 1925 · still owned by the founding Kuyper family

James Hardie^®Roots to 1888 · fiber cement engineered for freeze and thaw

Before you call anyone

Your house tells you first.

Most homeowners we meet noticed the signs a winter or two before they called. Tap the ones you have noticed in your own home.

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Tap any you have noticed.

Heat gain and heat loss through windows are responsible for 25%–30% of residential heating and cooling energy use. U.S. Department of Energy

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Selected residences

Every home has a name.

From North Shore estates to the classic homes of Oak Park, Glen Ellyn and Naperville. Select a residence for its specification.

The Platinum process

Measured twice. Ordered once.

Step 01
Complimentary consultation
At your home or by appointment at the Pella showroom. Jesse walks every room with you, opens every sash and notes what is drafting, sticking or fading.
Step 02
Design & specification
Profiles, wood species, exterior colors, grille patterns, glass and hardware, chosen with real samples in your light. Working with an architect? We follow the drawings.
Step 03
A written proposal
One clear document with every opening listed, your options side by side, and financing through GreenSky^® if you want it.
Step 04
Installed by our own crew
Floors covered, furniture protected, every opening sealed and flashed for Chicago winters, and the site cleaned every day before we leave.
Step 05
The owner's walkthrough
Jesse checks every window and door with you before we call it finished. If it is not right, it is not done.

Step 01 starts here.A complimentary consultation, at your home or the Pella showroom.

Start with step 01

Reviewing window elevations with homeowners on a stone terrace

A note from the owner

I started as a subcontractor on other companies' crews, installing windows and doors in some of the finest homes around Chicago. Those homes taught me what a good installation feels like: a sash that closes like a car door, trim that lines up to the sixteenth, a crew that leaves the house cleaner than they found it.

Platinum Experts is the company I always wanted to work for. We take on fewer homes so I can be on every one of them.

"I want to do it once, and once only."

Jesse Monroy

Owner · Platinum Experts

Meet Jesse at your home.Complimentary. No obligation.

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What fine windows do

Silence the street. Frame the lake.

Quiet the street outside
Frame the view, not the frame
Close like a car door
Keep their color for decades
Look original to the architecture

Questions, answered plainly

Before we meet.

The things homeowners ask us most, before they ever pick up the phone.

Is the consultation really complimentary?

Yes. There is never a charge for a consultation and never an obligation. The written proposal is yours to keep either way.

Will I get a price at the visit?

Yes. After Jesse measures and walks you through the options, you get a written proposal with every opening listed. We do not publish prices online because no two homes are alike.

What does Pella Certified Contractor actually mean?

Pella describes its Certified Contractors as professionally trained, certified and background verified, with a required minimum of completed Pella jobs, maintained insurance and third-party background checks on Pella jobsite workers. Pella says fewer than 5% of contractors nationwide carry it.

Who will be working in my home?

Our own crew, with Jesse on every project. Floors covered, furniture protected, and the site cleaned every day before we leave.

Can you work in the winter?

Ask us. Winter is when drafts and fogged glass are easiest to find, and Jesse will tell you honestly what makes sense to do now and what to schedule for spring.

Can I finance the project?

Yes, through GreenSky^®, subject to credit approval. Plan options are explained at your consultation, with no pressure to decide at the table.

Do you work with architects and builders?

Yes. We review rough openings before framing closes, provide Pella specifications and samples for client meetings, and schedule around your trades.