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We provide independent CWS window and door service across Tequesta, and the one thing that makes our our Window Installation in Tequesta different here is simple: in a village where every parcel sits inside the wind-borne debris region, there is no such thing as a casual CWS repair. What looks like a tired roller or a fogged pane on a 1970s CBS home is often the first sign that a unit will not pass wind mitigation, and we will tell you that on the first visit. If you need CWS service in Tequesta, call (954) 280-4413 for a straight answer and a free estimate.
We are TruePane Windows & Doors, a second-generation glazier’s shop that has spent years working on CWS windows and doors in Tequesta’s salt air. We are an independent CWS service provider, not authorized by CWS, and we offer CWS sales & service across the village and surrounding Palm Beach County. Dale Kessler founded this company in 2008, but the craft goes back further than that: he grew up in Fort Lauderdale’s Sailboat Bend neighborhood, trained at McFatter Technical College, and spent two decades putting in impact-rated units from Coral Ridge to Dania Beach before settling into the kind of work that keeps Tequesta homeowners calling us back.
Why Tequesta Residents Choose Us for CWS Service
There are not many shops that will take a CWS call in Tequesta, put a background-checked technician in front of you the same week, and actually know the difference between a 700 Series roller and an Estate Series sash. We do. Our people have pulled apart enough CWS units in Tequesta to know which frames warp first, which tracks bind, and which IGUs lose their seal before the neighbor’s unit does. When we fix a CWS window or door here, we are not guessing at what the salt air and the 160 mph design pressure have already started doing to it. We look first, then we tell you the truth about what it will take.
Dale’s rule from the start has been the same: if it is not right on paper, it will not be right on the wall. That means we put the repair or replacement plan in writing before we touch a frame, we use OEM CWS parts when they are still made, and we stand behind the work with our Done Right Promise backed by The Keystone Standard. Both manufacturer warranty layers get registered in writing, with durations stated, before our truck leaves your driveway. That is the kind of thing that matters when you live in a house you intend to stay in for another twenty years.
Common CWS Windows & Doors Problems We Solve in Tequesta
- Aluminum frame oxidation and pitting. Tequesta’s tidal salt air corrodes original CWS aluminum frames faster than almost anywhere else in Palm Beach County. We regularly see pitting at the corners and fastener loss within three to five years on Estate Series units. Corroded frames cannot be re-anchored for wind mitigation. They get replaced, not patched.
- Roller and track corrosion on 700 Series horizontal sliders. Salt air gets into the track, settles on the rollers, and those doors start binding. By the time a homeowner calls us, the corrosion is usually into the frame itself. A roller swap buys a few months. A full-frame replacement is the only fix that will pass inspection.
- IGU seal failure on fixed picture windows. The humidity rolling off the Loxahatchee River and the Jupiter Inlet cuts the expected seal life roughly in half on CWS Impact Series picture windows in Tequesta. Fogged glass is not because CWS built a bad unit. It is because the estuary air is relentless. We replace the IGU with the correct replacement glazing, not a generic dry-seal insert.
- CWS jalousie and single-pane frames that will not meet code. This is the big one in Tequesta. Original CWS jalousie windows from the 1970s are non-compliant under current Florida Building Code wind-borne debris requirements. They are also uninsurable. We tear out and reframe these openings to bare block and install impact-rated units. There is no insert-only shortcut.
- Warped CWS 190 Series casement frames on stucco ranches. The heat and humidity cycle here moves aluminum in ways that inland homes never experience. Operators get stripped, frames sag, and the vent never seals again. On a CBS home built between the 1960s and 1980s, the cheapest long-term fix is usually full replacement, not another operator swap.
CWS Service in Tequesta: What Local Conditions Mean for Your Equipment
Because Tequesta is only about two square miles and every parcel sits inside the wind-borne debris region at design speeds above 160 mph, we cannot offer a cheaper non-impact CWS repair here the way we might in inland Palm Beach County. In Jupiter Farms or parts of Palm Beach Gardens, a homeowner might patch a corroded CWS frame, add shutters, and move on. In Tequesta, every opening in the village must meet the same impact code no matter how far the home sits from the water. That single fact changes the math on nearly every CWS service call we run in Tequesta, and it is the reason we will not quote a glass-only fix on a jalousie wall even when a customer asks for one. The inspector will not pass it. The insurer will not write it. We would be taking your money to do a job that fails, and that is not how we work.
We have seen this play out on a 1970s CBS ranch off Seabrook Drive. Our technician pulled out an entire wall of original CWS jalousie windows whose aluminum frames had corroded so badly the glass panes rattled in the tracks. We reframed the rough openings down to bare block, installed new CWS Impact Series fixed picture windows, and re-anchored the buck with stainless fasteners to hit the 160 mph design pressure the inspector required. The homeowner kept the original stucco return line, so from the street the house still looks like 1974, but it now passes wind mitigation with a full insurance discount. That job was a full-frame replacement, not a window swap, and it is the kind of work Tequesta’s older homes keep needing. For a broader look at where we work, see our Tequesta service area page.
CWS Models & Products We Service in Tequesta
We service the CWS lines homeowners in Tequesta actually have: the Estate Series aluminum single-hung, the 700 Series horizontal roller, the 190 Series casement, and the Impact Series fixed picture window. Whenever we can source a true OEM CWS sash or roller, we use it. For older series that CWS no longer stocks, we rely on marine-grade aftermarket hardware: stainless steel rollers, bronze cam locks, and heavy-duty weatherstripping that hold up better in Tequesta’s salt air than the original aluminum parts did. We will always tell a homeowner if a repair will buy only a year, because on an impact-required home in Tequesta, a full-frame replacement is usually the only honest long-term fix. That is not upselling. It is math.
CWS Service Pricing in Tequesta
Most CWS service calls in Tequesta fall into one of three ranges: a simple hardware or weatherstripping repair runs $150 to $350. An IGU replacement or roller-and-track fix on a 700 Series slider typically lands between $250 and $600. A full-frame impact replacement on a 1970s Tequesta home, with tear-out, reframing, and new CWS impact units, commonly falls in the $1,200 to $3,500 per opening range depending on size, access, and whether the opening needs reframing to bare block. The salt air and the village-wide impact code push most Tequesta jobs toward the replacement end of that scale. Our free estimate is a written line-item quote, so you will see exactly where the money goes. Call (954) 280-4413 to schedule one.
Serving Tequesta, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Tequesta area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - CWS Windows & Doors in Tequesta
You cannot replace glass only in a 1970s CWS jalousie frame because the frame itself is non-compliant under current Florida Building Code wind-borne debris requirements and cannot be retrofitted to accept impact glazing. The louvered geometry, the corroded aluminum channels, and the original anchoring are all code failures. The opening must be fully demolished and reframed down to bare block before any impact product goes in. That is the only path to a passing wind mitigation report. Call (954) 280-4413 for a written quote on whichever openings need it.
Tequesta sits entirely along the Intracoastal Waterway and the Loxahatchee River estuary near the Jupiter Inlet, which puts every home in the village inside a continuous salt-spray and salt-humidity envelope that inland Jupiter homes do not share. The tidal salt air penetrates well beyond waterfront properties, settles on aluminum CWS frames and our Door Installation in Tequesta tracks, and corrodes fasteners within a few years. On a 700 Series horizontal slider, that means the rollers and track bind from corrosion, not wear. Five miles inland, the same door often just needs a roller swap. In Tequesta, the corrosion usually reaches the frame and forces a full replacement. Call (954) 280-4413 if your door is starting to drag.
Usually not. Original CWS aluminum frames on Tequesta homes built in the late 1960s through the 1980s are generally too corroded and too thin to meet the anchoring and design pressure requirements under current code. Re-anchoring only works when the frame is structurally sound, and in Tequesta’s salt air, that is rare after forty or fifty years. We will inspect the frame and tell you honestly whether it is salvageable, but on most CWS units from that era, the frame has already lost fastener integrity and must be torn out and replaced. That is the only way to pass wind mitigation. Call (954) 280-4413 for an evaluation.
Tequesta’s village government does review exterior changes on some properties, and older village neighborhoods can carry additional architectural review requirements beyond the Florida Building Code. We pull the permits and coordinate with the village where a review is required, but the dominant requirement in Tequesta is the wind-borne debris code, not aesthetic restrictions. On a 1970s CBS home, the typical path is a straightforward full-frame replacement that preserves the original stucco return and matches the surrounding architecture. Call (954) 280-4413 and we will check your address before we bid.
You see them because the home has not yet been pulled into a code or insurance trigger event. Older CWS single-pane, jalousie, and non-impact units remain in place until the homeowner sells, renovates, files an insurance claim, or loses coverage, at which point the non-compliant openings become a hard stop. They are grandfathered under older permits, but they are uninsurable as-is and fail any wind mitigation inspection immediately. Many Tequesta homeowners have not discovered that until the bank or the insurer asks. If you are unsure about yours, call (954) 280-4413 and we will tell you what you actually have.
Service Areas Near Tequesta
TruePane serves Tequesta and the surrounding communities, including Jupiter, Juno Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Hobe Sound, and Stuart. We also run CWS service into other parts of Florida where the same coastal conditions apply, including CWS service in Treasure Island and CWS service in Umatilla. If you are in Tequesta or nearby, the number is the same: (954) 280-4413.
Book Your CWS Service in Tequesta Today
We are independent, we are direct, and we show up when we say. We are not the cheapest bid in Tequesta, and we will not pretend otherwise. We are the last call you will need to make on a CWS window or door. Call (954) 280-4413 today for a free, written estimate on your CWS service in Tequesta.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Tequesta and Palm Beach County since 2008.
Six Reasons Homeowners Choose TruePane Windows & Doors
Impact systems engineered to design pressures up to +/-100, matched to your wind zone - your openings hold when the storm arrives.
Low-E insulated impact glass from our manufacturer lines commonly cuts monthly cooling bills 20-30%.
Laminated impact glass shuts out up to 40% of outside noise - traffic, neighbors, weather.
Monitoring services run $30-90 a month. Laminated impact glass resists forced entry around the clock, with no subscription.
Florida homeowners average around 25% savings on the windstorm portion of their policy after protecting every opening - some homes qualify for more.
A full impact package upgrades curb appeal, buyer confidence and appraised value in one project.