Taylors Windows builds the windows it installs. Vinyl replacement and new-construction windows, from double-hung and casement styles to bay and bow units, are made at its own plant here in the Upstate. Mark Nichols bought the business in 1992, and it remains family-owned, not a franchise. Officially it is Taylors Window & Screen, named for where it started, in a shop on Main Street in Taylors.
The lineup also includes sunrooms, porch and patio enclosures, screens, and patio, entry, and storm doors. Contractors and handy homeowners can buy windows direct for their own projects. The company covers the Upstate and reaches as far as Columbia, Charleston, and Asheville. Reviewers often single out the install crews as courteous and careful to leave the site clean, and some say buying from a local maker was part of the appeal.