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

Fast, Reliable Custom Windows & Doors Across Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale Door Installation and custom windows are not a luxury decision. They are a code requirement, an insurance requirement, and a materials decision shaped by one of the most punishing climates on the U.S. coast. Fort Lauderdale sits inside Broward County’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone (HVHZ), one of only two counties in the entire country with that designation. Every replacement window and door here must carry a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance (NOA) or Florida Product Approval before the city will even look at your permit. At TruePane Windows & Doors, we have spent years working through that permitting layer for homeowners from Croissant Park to Coral Ridge, and we quote the job correctly the first time. We also know that salt air near the 165 miles of canals and the Atlantic does things to window frames and door hardware that inland contractors never see coming. Call us at (754) 238-2201 for a free estimate and we will walk you through exactly what your house needs.

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

Fort Lauderdale homeowners do not want a sales pitch. They want a straight answer about why their window is fogged, why their door binds every July, and what it will cost to fix it for good. That is the conversation we have every week in neighborhoods like Victoria Park, Riverland, and Sailboat Bend. Our crews have pulled enough corroded jalousie frames out of 1950s CBS homes to know that a “simple repair” call in Fort Lauderdale rarely stays simple. When we find it, we say it plainly, quote both the minimum-code option and the coastal-spec option side by side on paper, and let the homeowner decide with full information. That approach is why Fort Lauderdale homeowners keep calling us back on the second and third project, and why Custom Windows & Doors work from TruePane carries a Done Right Promise in writing. We arrive when we say we will. We measure every opening twice. And we register both manufacturer warranty layers before the truck leaves the driveway.

TruePane is led by second-generation glazier Dale Kessler, who founded the company on a rule that has never come off the whiteboard: if the pane is not true, the job is not done. Our technicians are background-checked, uniformed, and trained as apprentices into journeymen, because we plan to be in Fort Lauderdale thirty years from now. Dispatch and scheduling are coordinated from our South Florida office, and our crews serve Fort Lauderdale locally. A live person answers the phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Our Custom Windows & Doors Services in Fort Lauderdale

We install, replace, and service Custom Windows & Doors in Fort Lauderdale with a focus on the work this city actually requires: impact-rated, marine-grade, and custom-fabricated to fit openings that were never standard to begin with.

Custom Shape Windows

Most of the original homes in Fort Lauderdale were built with jalousie windows and simple rectangular openings. But the mid-century ranch homes and 1960s waterfront builds also feature arched transoms, radius corners, angled bay windows, and eyebrow casements that big-box replacements simply cannot match. Custom shape windows in Fort Lauderdale run roughly $1,100 to $2,800 per opening, depending on the radius geometry, frame material, and whether the glass package must meet large-missile impact testing. We measure every opening twice, template the actual rough opening, and fabricate the unit to fit the rough opening, not the other way around. For canal-front homes in Las Olas Isles or Harbor Beach, we specify marine-grade fusion-welded frames with stainless hardware, because standard aluminum will pit within a few seasons of salt air exposure.

Commercial Storefront Glazing

Fort Lauderdale has thousands of linear feet of commercial storefront on Federal Highway, Sunrise Boulevard, and Las Olas, and a good portion of it is original to buildings put up in the 1960s and 1970s. Storefront glazing in Fort Lauderdale is governed by the same HVHZ code as residential work, which means the standard hollow aluminum frames sold at supply houses in Central Florida do not pass permitting here. We quote storefront replacements with thermally broken, large-missile-rated systems that carry a Miami-Dade NOA. Project costs vary widely by storefront length and glass type, but a typical Fort Lauderdale storefront replacement runs from $95 to $180 per square foot, installed. For commercial clients, we also coordinate phased installs so the shop or office is never closed during business hours longer than necessary.

Curtain Wall Systems

Along the A1A beachfront corridor, aging condominium buildings from the 1960s and 1970s are now under mandatory milestone inspections under Florida’s 2022 SB 4-D legislation. The inspections are catching original curtain wall systems with failed structural glazing, seal delamination, and fogged insulated glass units that have lost all argon fill. Curtain wall replacement in Fort Lauderdale condominiums is a major capital project, not a repair. Costs for full curtain wall replacement on a Fort Lauderdale high-rise typically run $130,000 to $600,000 per building elevation depending on square footage, access requirements, and whether the existing anchors are reusable. We work with condo boards and property managers to stage the work around occupied units, and we register both manufacturer warranty layers in writing before the project closes.

Architectural Grilles & SDLs

Older Fort Lauderdale homes in neighborhoods like Edgewood and Progresso Village often have a specific architectural character worth preserving, and we fabricate architectural grilles and simulated divided lites (SDLs) to match what the original builder specified. In Fort Lauderdale, exterior grilles on impact windows must be rated to the same wind zone as the unit itself. Cosmetic-only grilles applied to the outside of a window are not permitted in the HVHZ. Interior SDLs can be done to match the original sightlines without compromising the glass package. Custom grille and SDL work in Fort Lauderdale typically adds $38 to $75 per square foot to a window package, depending on profile type and finish. We match existing profiles from photos or sample pieces, so the replacement reads as original.

Trusted Brands We Service in Fort Lauderdale

We are an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines, including Eco Window Systems in Fort Lauderdale, and for local work we most often quote PGT, CGI, and CWS systems because all three carry the Miami-Dade NOAs that our permits require. We quote manufacturers side by side on paper so you see exactly what you are buying, with both warranty layers registered in writing before the truck leaves the driveway. We maintain strong relationships with local Fort Lauderdale distributors, which means we are not waiting on parts from out of state when a job is mid-stream. For a homeowner in Coral Ridge who wants CGI impact windows or a canal-front owner in Rio Vista who prefers PGT, we can give a written comparison in one visit.

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

• Corroded aluminum frames and binding sashes near the canals. Fort Lauderdale’s 165 miles of inland canals push salt air into neighborhoods far from the beach. Standard aluminum frames oxidize, the sash tracks fill with pitting, and the window binds shut within a few years unless the frames are marine-grade anodized or fusion-welded with stainless hardware.
• Original jalousie windows that cannot be permitted, insured, or repaired. Tens of thousands of 1950s and 1960s Fort Lauderdale CBS homes still have their original single-pane jalousie windows. Under today’s HVHZ code and insurance underwriting, those windows are effectively uninsurable and un-permittable. The city will not issue a permit to repair them. The homeowner is looking at a full impact-rated replacement, and we explain that plainly before any work is quoted.
• Door jambs that swell and throw the hardware out of alignment every wet season. Fort Lauderdale averages over 60 inches of rain a year. Untreated wood jambs, hollow-core slabs, and builder-grade hardware fail fast. We replace with composite or aluminum jambs, sealed end-cuts, and marine-grade hinges and thresholds specified for salt air.
• Fogged insulated glass units in aging A1A condos. The post-Surfside milestone inspections are forcing boards to address original curtain wall and storefront glazing with failed seals. The fogged IG units have lost their argon fill and their thermal performance is gone. We replace units, not just glass, and register the warranties so the board has a paper trail for the next inspection cycle.

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We Also Serve Cities Near Fort Lauderdale

TruePane serves Fort Lauderdale and the surrounding South Florida communities. We regularly schedule work in Plantation, Pompano Beach, Hollywood, and Coconut Creek. If your home is within a short drive of our Fort Lauderdale service routes, the same local crew, the same written pricing, and the same Done Right Promise apply. Call us and ask.

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Contact TruePane Windows & Doors for Your Fort Lauderdale Custom Windows & Doors Estimate

If your Fort Lauderdale home still has jalousie windows, fogged glass, a door that binds every wet season, or a condo board letter asking you to replace your windows, call us. We will come measure, quote both the code-minimum and the coastal-spec options on paper, and register both warranty layers before the truck leaves the driveway. The estimate is free, and the ask is always the estimate, never a hard sell. Reach TruePane at (754) 238-2201 and talk to a live person, 24 hours a day. We have been doing this work long enough to know what Fort Lauderdale does to windows and doors, and we build the spec to survive it.

Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Fort Lauderdale with the standard that if the pane is not true, the job is not done.