Orange County, NY
Nu-Glass is based in Newburgh — Orange County's home-base glass and storefront contractor since 1989.
Orange County, NY is Nu-Glass & Storefronts' home county. Our shop sits at 154 N Plank Rd in Newburgh — the geographic and commercial hub of the county — and we've been serving businesses and homeowners across Orange County since 1989. That's more than three decades of storefronts installed along Route 9W, shower enclosures measured in Cornwall and Goshen, foggy windows replaced in Washingtonville and Montgomery, and aluminum entrances set in the Middletown and New Windsor retail corridors. Owner Rick Powles is on every job, every time.
Orange County spans from the Hudson River at Newburgh west to the Sullivan County line, and from Rockland County north to Ulster. That geography covers everything from the dense commercial corridors of the I-84 and Route 17 interchange zone around Middletown to the historic river towns along Route 9W, and the residential communities that have grown steadily through the interior of the county. We know this territory — not because we drive in from somewhere else, but because we've built glass work into it for over 35 years.
Orange County's commercial glass market is one of the most active in the Hudson Valley. The Route 17K and Route 211 corridors in Middletown support a high density of retail plazas, auto dealerships, medical offices, and restaurants — all of which generate ongoing demand for storefront glass repair, aluminum entrance replacement, and safety glass installation. The Route 9W corridor from Newburgh through New Windsor carries national retailers, banks, fast-food operators, and strip plaza tenants whose storefronts take weather damage, break-ins, and routine wear.
Nu-Glass handles the full range of commercial glazing for Orange County businesses:
We install new aluminum storefront systems for buildouts and remodels, and repair or replace individual storefront panels fast. Emergency board-up is available when a break-in or storm damage leaves a building exposed overnight.
Commercial entrance doors endure hundreds of cycles per day. We install and replace aluminum entrance door systems — including panic hardware, ADA-compliant door closures, and automatic operators — for retail, restaurant, office, and institutional clients across the county.
For larger commercial and institutional facades, we fabricate and install architectural aluminum curtain wall systems. Owner Rick Powles coordinates directly with architects and general contractors on new construction and facade renovation projects.
Anywhere building code requires tempered or laminated safety glazing — entrance sidelites, low windows, wet areas, railing infills — we supply and install code-compliant glass cut to size.
Failed IGUs in commercial storefront systems fog up and undermine thermal performance. We replace failed sealed units in your existing frames without disturbing the surrounding framing or exterior finishes.
For banks, pharmacies, cannabis dispensaries, and cash-handling businesses, we install rated bullet-resistant glazing and transaction window systems that protect staff without sacrificing visibility.
We supply and install commercial door closers, panic bars, push-pull hardware, and lock sets that match the traffic load and ADA requirements of each application.
Orange County's residential market is diverse — from the Victorian-era housing stock in the historic village centers of Cornwall-on-Hudson and Goshen, to the 1970s and 1980s ranch homes spread across the county's interior, to the newer subdivision construction that has expanded communities like Washingtonville and Montgomery over the past two decades. Each era of housing brings its own glass work, and we handle all of it.
A custom frameless shower enclosure transforms any bathroom. We measure your space, fabricate the glass panels to your exact opening, and install with your choice of hardware finish. Most Orange County installations are complete within one to two weeks of final measurement.
Not every bathroom calls for full frameless — and not every budget needs it. We design, fabricate, and install framed and semi-frameless shower door systems that look clean, seal properly, and last.
A broken window pane or cracked insulated unit leaves a home exposed to weather, drafts, and energy loss. We replace single panes, broken double-pane units, and specialty glass in your existing frames — usually same week or next.
When a double-pane window fogs between the panes, the sealed insulated glass unit has failed. We replace just the glass unit in your existing frame, restoring clarity and thermal performance without the cost of a full window replacement.
Patio door glass takes constant thermal stress. When it cracks or shatters, we supply and install the correct tempered, insulated replacement glass for your door make and model.
Wall mirrors, vanity mirrors, and gym mirrors cut to your measurements with polished edges and your choice of mounting. Many custom mirrors are ready next day.
Tempered glass tabletops protect wood furniture and create a clean visual layer. We cut to size, polish the edges, and deliver ready to place.
There are glass contractors that serve Orange County from warehouses in Rockland or Westchester — we live here. Our shop has been at 154 N Plank Rd in Newburgh since 1989, and Rick Powles has measured and installed glass in this county for over 35 years. That longevity shows up in ways that matter: we know the commercial corridors where fast turnaround means a business stays open, we know the historic building stock in the village centers where non-standard dimensions are common, and we know the residential neighborhoods where customers want a contractor who measures carefully and gets it right the first time.
We're also a single-crew operation — Rick is on every job, not dispatching a subcontractor you've never met. That means when you call for an estimate, the person who gives it is the person who shows up to do the work. No miscommunication, no markup chain, no surprises at installation.
We've worked with Orange County businesses ranging from individual restaurant owners replacing a single pane to general contractors managing full retail buildouts. We've worked with homeowners doing a bathroom renovation in Goshen and property managers maintaining storefronts in Middletown's strip plazas. The scale doesn't matter — the work gets done right.
We serve all of Orange County from our Newburgh shop, including Newburgh, New Windsor, Middletown, Cornwall, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Goshen, Montgomery, Walden, Washingtonville, Port Jervis, Warwick, Tuxedo, Florida, Harriman, Highland Falls, Fort Montgomery, Cold Spring (border area), and surrounding communities. Response times across the county typically run same day to next day for emergency work, and same week for scheduled estimates.
Call us direct or request a free on-site estimate — Rick Powles handles every job personally.