Windows & Doors in Bourget: Farm Country, Francophone Roots

Bourget sits where the farm fields of Clarence-Rockland meet the pines of the Larose Forest — a village of roughly a thousand people, mostly French-speaking, named after a Montreal bishop. Unisson Groupe's installation territory now reaches here, with windows and doors built at our own factory in Saint-Laurent and installed by our own crews. Here is what that means for a Bourget home.

Why Unisson now serves Bourget — and what factory-direct means

We have spent years replacing windows across greater Montreal, and the Ottawa–Hawkesbury corridor along the Ottawa River is a natural extension: same climate, same construction habits and, in Prescott-Russell, largely the same language. Bourget is about two hours from our Saint-Laurent factory by Highway 40 and the 417 — close enough that our own crews handle measurement, delivery and installation without subcontracting. That matters in a village this size, where a 'local' window company is often a dealer reselling someone else's product with a hired installer.

Factory-direct means one company is responsible for the whole chain. We measure your openings, build the units on our own lines — welded UPVC or hybrid aluminum-UPVC frames, sealed glass units, hardware — then deliver and install them with crews who work for us. No middleman margin, and no finger-pointing between manufacturer and installer if something needs adjusting after the first winter.

It also means the person quoting your project actually knows what the factory can build: a custom size for an old farmhouse opening, an exterior colour matched to existing siding, or a triple-glazed unit for the north bedroom that faces open fields. The estimate is free and in-home, in French or English — your choice.

• One contract: measurement, manufacturing, delivery and installation under one roof
• Own factory: ENERGY STAR certified UPVC and hybrid windows built in Saint-Laurent, Montreal
• Own crews: no subcontracted installers, and the same company answers the phone for service
• Bilingual: quotes, contracts and job-site conversations in French or English

Homes in Bourget: farmhouses, bungalows and open-field wind

Bourget's housing tells the village's story. Along the main street and the older side streets you find the classic Prescott-Russell mix: storey-and-a-half farmhouses and village homes from the early 1900s, post-war and 1960s–70s bungalows with brick fronts, split-levels and raised bungalows from the 1980s and 90s, and a modest number of newer builds on the edges. Out on the concession roads, working farms and hobby properties often pair a century-old house with a 1990s addition — and two very different generations of windows.

What fails here is fairly predictable. Original wood windows have often been painted shut or replaced once already with 1980s aluminum sliders that frost over in January. Wood sills rot on the weather side, single-pane basement windows sweat, and older steel entry doors rust along the bottom edge where road salt splashes. On farm properties the extra factor is exposure: with no windbreak between the house and a kilometre of open field, a slightly loose sash becomes a serious draft in a west wind.

The climate does the rest. Eastern Ontario winters bring nights near -30 °C, summers are humid, and the shoulder seasons run dozens of freeze-thaw cycles through every joint in the house. Much of the area also sits on the clay of the old Champlain Sea floor, which moves with moisture — one reason older openings around here are rarely perfectly square when we measure them.

Which windows and doors make sense here

For most Bourget homes we recommend our welded UPVC windows: they do not rot, never need paint and ride out the freeze-thaw cycle without the frame joints opening up. Where the look matters — a farmhouse with wood trim, a village home with a specific colour — our hybrid windows pair a UPVC interior with an aluminum exterior that takes a durable finish in dozens of colours. Casements and awnings seal tightest against wind; if you prefer sliders, our current ones use compression seals and are a different animal from the 1980s units they replace.

Glass is where the Ontario winter is won. Every window we sell is ENERGY STAR certified under Canada's single national specification in force since 2020: a U-factor of 1.22 W/m²·K or lower, or an Energy Rating of 34 or higher. Triple glazing with two low-E coatings and argon fill goes well beyond that, and on a farmhouse north wall or a big picture window facing the fields it is the difference between sitting by the window in February or avoiding it.

For doors, we build insulated steel and fibreglass entry doors with multi-point locks and adjustable sills, plus patio doors with properly insulated thresholds — both worth a look on a rural property where the side door gets far more use than the front. See the full range on our windows page or ask for details during your estimate.

• UPVC casement and awning windows for the tightest seal against open-field wind
• Hybrid aluminum-UPVC when a specific exterior colour or a wood-trim look matters
• Triple glazing, low-E, argon for north walls, bedrooms and large picture windows
• Steel or fibreglass entry doors with multi-point locks; patio doors with insulated thresholds

Ontario specifics: building code, rebates and permits

Ontario's rules differ from Quebec's, and we have done the homework. The Ontario Building Code sets minimum energy performance for new housing through its SB-12 supplement; in the Ottawa-area climate zone that works out to a window U-factor in the region of 1.6 W/m²·K, depending on the compliance package. Every Unisson window clears that comfortably, and bedroom windows can be sized to meet the Code's egress rule — an unobstructed opening of roughly 0.35 m² with no dimension under about 380 mm — which matters if you are turning a farmhouse attic into a bedroom.

Rebates change often, so treat this as a snapshot. At the time of writing, Ontario's Home Renovation Savings Program, delivered under the Save on Energy banner with Enbridge Gas for gas-heated homes, offers a per-opening rebate for ENERGY STAR certified windows and doors, subject to minimum quantities and program dates. The federal Greener Homes Grant is closed to new applicants, though an affordability stream exists for eligible lower-income households. We supply the ENERGY STAR certification numbers and itemized invoice these programs ask for — but confirm the current terms before you count on a cheque.

Permits are municipal. Bourget falls under the City of Clarence-Rockland, and as in most Ontario municipalities, replacing a window in its existing opening is generally treated as maintenance that does not require a building permit. Enlarging an opening, adding a window where there was none, or changing a bedroom window in a way that affects egress usually does. When a project touches those lines we flag it and point you to the right counter at the municipal office in Rockland.

How it works from Montreal: measurement to installation

The process starts with a free in-home visit. A Unisson estimator measures every opening, checks framing and sill condition, walks through styles, colours and glass, and leaves you a written quote — not a range. There is no obligation and no pressure; Bourget homeowners like to compare, and we are comfortable being compared.

Once you sign, the order goes to our Saint-Laurent factory. Production typically takes a few weeks, longer in the spring and fall rush, and we confirm a delivery and installation date before the units ship. Our own trucks bring the windows to Bourget and our own crews install them — most single-family homes are finished in one to three days, old units hauled away and the site cleaned.

Because we build what we install, the warranty is a single conversation: one company stands behind the product and the workmanship, and any service call is handled by the same people who did the job. Financing is available to spread the cost over time; ask at your estimate or see our financing page. The first step is booking your free estimate.

• Step 1: free in-home measurement and written quote, in French or English
• Step 2: production at our Saint-Laurent factory — typically a few weeks
• Step 3: delivery by our own trucks on a confirmed date
• Step 4: installation by Unisson crews, usually one to three days
• Step 5: one warranty, one phone number, financing if you want it

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