Cost to put window in brick wall

[Anonymous]

I want to either put a basic window in a side wall of our brick colonial or enlarge the existing window. Basic bedroom windows, just want more sunlight. NW DC. Rough estimate of cost? Is one cheaper than the other?

[Anonymous]

The big expense will be someone to cut the hole. The framing and window are not a big deal. I would guess at least $2k with labor.

[Anonymous]

$15k

[Anonymous]

Enlarging the existing one will be cheaper. I would make sure whomever you are asking to do the work is a solid mason. Agree the labor is going to be in the $2k range at least for adding a window, maybe less to enlarge, but there is a limit to that because that wall is part of the structural integrity of the home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$15k

This is at least triple the cost. At least

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Enlarging the existing one will be cheaper. I would make sure whomever you are asking to do the work is a solid mason. Agree the labor is going to be in the $2k range at least for adding a window, maybe less to enlarge, but there is a limit to that because that wall is part of the structural integrity of the home.

It depends on where and how your are doing it. We enlarged two windows in our basement that were not load bearing walls and hired a mason for I think $400 (he did a lousy job and we should have DIYed after watching him but that's a different issue) and then DIYed the windows but each window was $500 or so.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks for the feedback. I'll now start the contractor search. There Is No Way We Are DIYing this!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for the feedback. I'll now start the contractor search. There Is No Way We Are DIYing this!

Why not DIY? Installing windows is one of the easier things we did.

[Anonymous]

We did two medium windows in our cinderblock / brick 1940s colonial. Cost us $3k all in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We did two medium windows in our cinderblock / brick 1940s colonial. Cost us $3k all in.

We used Window Universe... I'd give them a 7/10. They were okay, communication was hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Enlarging the existing one will be cheaper. I would make sure whomever you are asking to do the work is a solid mason. Agree the labor is going to be in the $2k range at least for adding a window, maybe less to enlarge, but there is a limit to that because that wall is part of the structural integrity of the home.

I agree with this. It will be about $5k or so especially if they need to put in a lintel for structural support. Enlarging is the way to go.