Custom Windows & Doors in Fort Lauderdale - Free In-Home Measure, Written Price

Fast, Reliable Custom Windows & Doors Across Fort Lauderdale

Custom Impact Windows & Doors in Fort Lauderdale are not a design luxury - they are a structural requirement. This city sits inside Broward County’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, one of only two counties in the country where every replacement window and every exterior door must carry a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance or a Florida Product Approval. A unit that is perfectly legal in Boca Raton will not pass plan review here. We know that because we pull permits in Fort Lauderdale every month, from Coral Ridge to Rio Vista. Call (813) 320-9346 and we will walk you through what your house actually needs before you spend a dollar.

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Why TruePane Windows & Doors Is Fort Lauderdale’s Preferred Custom Windows & Doors Company

We are not the newest outfit in town and we don’t pretend to be. We’re led by Dale Kessler, a second-generation glazier who founded TruePane in 2008 after watching too many homeowners get handed a warranty that meant nothing when the seal failed. The company has served local communities since 2008 through the craft tradition Dale grew up in. That matters in Fort Lauderdale, where a bad install does not just leak - it flexes under hurricane wind loads and fails the next inspection.

Our Custom Windows & Doors team includes background-checked, uniformed technicians who set windows the way they would in their own mother’s house. We measure every opening twice. We quote Andersen, Pella, Marvin, PGT, CGI, and ES Windows side by side on paper so you see exactly what you’re buying. And before the truck leaves your driveway, both manufacturer warranty layers are registered in writing with their durations stated. That is The Keystone Standard, and we’ve backed it with a 90-Day Done Right Promise since day one. If the pane is not true, the job is not done.

Fort Lauderdale homeowners tend to have long memories. They remember the contractor who left a fogged seal and a patio door that binds in July. We hear those stories constantly in Victoria Park, Colee Hammock, and the beach corridor condos. Our answer is the same every time: a square deal upfront, written change orders, and a live person who answers the phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week - not a voicemail tree, not a callback form.

Our Custom Windows & Doors Services in Fort Lauderdale

Most of what we do in Fort Lauderdale falls into a few categories, and each one carries its own HVHZ permitting considerations. Here is what we actually do, not just what fits on a website menu.

Custom Shape Windows

Fort Lauderdale’s older homes, especially the 1950s and 1960s concrete block stucco stock in Coral Ridge and Victoria Park, are full of non-rectangular openings: eyebrow arches over front doors, porthole windows in mid-century facades, trapezoid glass tucked under rooflines. A custom shape window in this market has to be fabricated to the exact rough opening, then engineered for HVHZ wind pressures. We order each one as a custom unit, not a cut-down stock window, because a cut-down frame loses its NOA rating. Expect to spend $1,800 to $4,500 per custom shape impact window, depending on size, glass package, and frame material.

Oversized Glass Panels

The mid-century picture windows and water-facing glass walls in Fort Lauderdale are what make those houses worth what they are. Replacing a 10-foot or 12-foot span of glass with impact-rated oversized panels means the glass is thicker, the frame deeper, and the engineering set typically requires signed-and-sealed shop drawings from a Florida PE. We handle that drawing submittal as part of the permit package, which most homeowners do not realize they need until plan review kicks the application back. A large oversized panel project in Fort Lauderdale runs $6,000 to $18,000, with the engineering and permit package usually adding $1,200 to $2,800 on top.

Commercial Storefront Glazing

Fort Lauderdale’s commercial corridors - the storefronts along Las Olas Boulevard, Sunrise Boulevard, and the Federal Highway strip - need glazing that meets HVHZ impact standards without wrecking the original storefront’s lines. We replace commercial storefront glazing with systems that maintain sightlines while carrying the required NOA numbers. For a typical 8-foot storefront bay, plan on $85 to $140 per square foot installed, including anchor upgrades to the surrounding block. Salt air from the Atlantic and the canal network means we push commercial clients toward stainless hardware and structural silicone that will not corrode out in five years.

Architectural Grilles & SDLs

Simulated divided lites, or SDLs, are the way to keep an older Fort Lauderdale home’s original look while meeting current code. A 1950s Coral Ridge or Colee Hammock house with true divided lite windows cannot be retrofitted with impact glass while keeping the original thin muntins - the glass package changes the frame depth. We install architectural grilles applied to the interior and exterior of a single impact-rated lite, matched to the original pattern. A full-home SDL package on a 2,000-square-foot Fort Lauderdale home typically runs $14,000 to $32,000, and the grille pattern goes in the contract as a drawing before we order glass.

Trusted Brands We Service in Fort Lauderdale

We are an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines, and we quote them side by side on paper so the comparison is real. In Fort Lauderdale specifically, we install a lot of ES Windows, and Andersen impact-rated lines because they hold NOA listings that clear Broward County plan review without delays. We also work with Eco Window Systems in Fort Lauderdale for homeowners who need a solid mid-tier impact option. When a Fort Lauderdale customer’s existing window has a failed sealed unit under warranty, we process the manufacturer claim for you - both warranty layers were registered in writing when we installed it, which is exactly why we register them before leaving the driveway. No arguing, no lost paperwork.

Common Custom Windows & Doors Problems We See in Fort Lauderdale Homes

Fort Lauderdale is hard on windows in ways inland Florida is not. The combination of salt aerosol from the Atlantic, brackish canal air, and year-round humidity above 75% accelerates failures that would take decades elsewhere. Here is what we find most often.

• Salt-corroded jamb anchors and sill tracks on canal-facing homes. The brackish water frontage along the city’s 300-plus miles of tidal canals puts salt in the air on the water side of the house, and that salt attacks aluminum anchors and sill tracks. Sashes bind, then stick, then fall out of the track during operation. We replace the anchors with marine-grade stainless and reset the frame before the sash lets go.
• Failed EPDM weatherstripping and gasket shrinkage in 1950s CBS jalousies. Original jalousie windows in Coral Ridge and Victoria Park are still common, and the rubber gaskets in those frames have long since shrunk and cracked. Brackish humidity condenses inside the frame channel, rots the interior trim, and eventually the glass panes rattle in place. Jalousies cannot be retrofitted for impact; they need full replacement.
• Undersized or non-NOA aluminum mullions on mid-century picture windows. The wide picture windows from the 1960s were engineered for a different wind code. Under current HVHZ loads, those skinny mullions flex and the sash pops out of the thermal break. A proper replacement means a deeper frame pocket and a unit that carries a current Miami-Dade NOA.
• Fogged sealed units from old single-pane-to-double-pane conversions done wrong. Homes that had double-pane glass thrown into original 1950s frames years ago now show fog between the panes, meaning the seal is dead. The original frame was never designed for the thicker glass package, and the weep system does not drain correctly. We replace the entire unit with a properly engineered impact-rated frame and new glass.

Pricing for Custom Windows & Doors in Fort Lauderdale, FL

What Happens When a Fort Lauderdale Remodel Opens Up Your Walls

Here is what this page is really about, because it is the moment every Fort Lauderdale homeowner remembers: you think you are swapping a few windows or a sliding door, and then the opening comes apart and the wall shows you what is inside. We opened up a 1963 concrete block stucco home in Victoria Park expecting a simple jalousie-to-impact window swap. What we found were corroded steel lintels and rotted wood bucks behind the original aluminum frames. Our crew had to reframe two openings, replace the flashing tape, and upgrade the anchors to meet HVHZ engineering before the new ViewLux impact-rated casements could be set during this Fort Lauderdale Door Installation. That was a change order we priced and got signed before cutting anything, and that is the rule on every job.

A 1950s or 1960s CBS home in Fort Lauderdale frequently conceals the same set of surprises: wiring that is no longer to code once the wall cavity is exposed, framing that has rotted where jalousie leaks have dripped for decades, and waterproofing that was never installed in the first place. A permit on a window replacement does not automatically trigger a full electrical rewire, but if the inspector sees exposed, degraded wiring inside an opened wall cavity, the scope expands. We handle that by inspecting first, writing allowances into the contract, and getting any surprise priced and approved in writing before our crew touches it. That is what a square deal looks like: no line on the final bill that you did not initial first.

We Also Serve Cities Near Fort Lauderdale

Our crews serve Custom Windows & Doors in Fort Lauderdale and the surrounding Broward cities, including Plantation, Pompano Beach, Hollywood, and Coconut Creek. If you are in one of those markets, the permitting rules shift slightly, but the Keystone Standard does not. Call (813) 320-9346 and a live person answers, day or night.

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Get Your Free Estimate in Fort Lauderdale

If you’re in Fort Lauderdale and you’re tired of looking at fogged glass, binding sliders, or windows that rattle every time a summer squall lines come through, call (813) 320-9346. We’ll send a background-checked, uniformed technician to measure every opening, quote the manufacturer lines side by side on paper, and register both warranty layers in writing before we ever touch a screw. No surprises on the bill. No arguing about the warranty. If the pane is not true, the job is not done.

Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Fort Lauderdale and surrounding Broward County communities.