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Fast, Reliable Custom Windows & Doors Across Davie
Davie Door Installation and window work usually means full-frame replacement, not a caulk-and-insert job. Most homes here are 1970s and 1980s single-story concrete block ranches, many on equestrian-zoned acreage where original jalousie windows and single-pane sliders remain. Those openings can’t be retrofitted to meet Florida’s High Velocity Hurricane Zone code. They have to come out to the block. TruePane does that work every week across Davie, from Forest Ridge to the parcels off Shotgun Road and Orange Drive. Call (954) 280-4413 and a live person answers, 24/7, not a phone tree. We’ll schedule a free estimate and send a background-checked, uniformed technician to measure your openings twice before quoting manufacturer lines side by side on paper.
Why TruePane Windows & Doors Is Davie’s Preferred Custom Windows & Doors Company
Homeowners in Davie have long memories. A fogged seal or a sliding door that binds in July sticks with you for twenty years. That’s exactly the customer we built TruePane for. Founder Dale Kessler started this company in 2008 as a second-generation glazier who was tired of seeing out-of-true installs and warranty paperwork that fell apart when a homeowner actually needed it. He put the founding rule on the shop whiteboard: if the pane is not true, the job is not done. That standard governs every Impact Windows & Doors in Davie install our crews do, whether it’s a 10-foot impact slider on a ranch off Flamingo Road or a set of custom shape windows on a Colonial-style home near the Breezeswept Park area.
What Davie customers get from us that they won’t find with most outfits: every manufacturer warranty layer registered in writing before the truck leaves the driveway. Both layers, with durations stated. We call it The Keystone Standard. Then there’s the Done Right Promise. If something isn’t done right, we come back and make it right. No paperwork fight, no fine print, no arguing. That’s the deal in writing.
We’re an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines, including, PGT, and CGI. When you call for an estimate, our techs bring side-by-side quotes on paper so you see exactly what you’re buying and what each line costs. That’s a rare practice, and it matters when you’re spending five figures on openings that have to stand up to a Category 4.
On the scheduling side, we coordinate Davie jobs from our South Florida metro office, but crews live and work locally. Response time to a Davie site call is typically next-day for estimates. The company has served local communities since 2008 through Dale’s family craft tradition, and we act like a company that plans to be answering the phone in Davie thirty years from now. We sponsor county fairs and church roof funds. We hire local and train apprentices into journeymen. A live person answers every call, day or night.
Our Custom Windows & Doors Services in Davie
Every Davie property brings something different, especially out on acreage. These are the services we do most for this market. If you have an unusual opening, a commercial storefront on University Drive, or a glass wall on a horse property, one of these fits. Visit Custom Windows & Doors to see the full service line, or read below for what specifically shows up in Davie.
Custom Shape Windows
Ranch homes might not seem like they’d have architectural shapes, but Davie has a surprising number of arched and radius windows, along with half-rounds over entry doors, in the older custom homes and the upscale equestrian estates. Many of those openings still have single-pane wood or aluminum frames that leak air, condense, and won’t pass a wind mitigation inspection. We template every radius and arch on site, not from a factory chart, because forty-year-old framing is never exactly true. The new unit is built to our template and set in a fully taped, square rough opening. Call (954) 280-4413 to have a technician template your shape window for a load-bearing quote.

Commercial Storefront Glazing
Davie has a real commercial strip along University Drive, State Road 84, and Davie Road, plus storefronts and tack shops serving the equestrian trade. We replace tempered storefront glass, aluminum entry systems, and damaged door hardware for these businesses. Commercial storefront in Davie has to meet HVHZ impact requirements just like residential, and we handle the NOA paperwork on every opening. A business owner can’t afford a boarded-up storefront for a week, so we schedule materials before tear-out and most storefront glass swaps are done in a single visit.

Curtain Wall Systems
Curtain wall on community buildings, clubhouses, and some of the larger custom homes in Davie requires its own care. These systems carry entire building loads around the glass, so the anchoring, thermal break, and drainage plane all have to be specified correctly. We scope curtain wall jobs from the structural drawings through the rough opening, pulling the Broward County permit and coordinating the inspections before we order a single lite. It’s not fast work, and it shouldn’t be.

Architectural Grilles & SDLs
Simulated divided lites and true grilles-between-glass are big in Davie’s taller Colonial and Mediterranean-influenced homes, especially on the interior ranch estates that border the open equestrian parcels. We install SDLs from the factory inside the insulated glass unit, which keeps the exterior glass surface flat and cleanable and eliminates the wood or aluminum grille bars that rot or oxidize in Florida humidity. If you want a true divided lite with individual panes and bars, we do that too, but we’ll tell you honestly where SDL is the smarter lifetime choice.

Oversized Glass Panels
This is one of the most common requests out on Davie acreage. Homeowners replace a 12-foot sliding glass door or a picture window wall and want to go floor-to-ceiling with a panel that’s 9 or 10 feet tall and 13 feet wide. An oversized panel like that weighs several hundred pounds, needs a substantial header and a crane or glass suction rig for the set, and the rough opening has to be dead square and flashed properly. We did a Forest Ridge ranch where our techs pulled a 12-foot aluminum slider with a failed seal and fogged insulated glass. The argon had leaked years ago and the single-pane, non-impact frame would not pass any Miami-Dade NOA check. We tore the old jamb down to block, corrected the rough opening with flashing tape, and set a fusion-welded Marvin Ultimate impact slider with low-E glass, argon fill, and a U-factor that cut the AC load on that west-facing back porch. The county permit required the opening to be inspected before we re-cased it, and the homeowner now has a W-rated opening that doesn’t leak during afternoon thunderstorms. That’s the standard every oversized panel gets.
For all of these services in Davie, start with a call to (954) 280-4413. Free estimate, line-item quote on paper, and both warranty layers registered in writing before we leave the driveway.

What happens when you call
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Trusted Brands We Service in Davie
We’re authorized installers for PGT, CGI, and Eco Window Systems in Davie, and we install and service Ply Gem, and ES Windows too. For Davie specifically, PGT and CGI tend to win on impact-rated ranch home replacements because they’re made in Florida and their NOA paperwork moves fast with Broward County plan review. CWS is a strong option when a homeowner wants a heavier architectural frame. We stock common parts and hardware for these lines locally, which means a service call for a failed roller or a stiff lock usually doesn’t wait on a factory shipment. If you have a warranty issue on a PGT or CGI window a different company installed and then stopped answering the phone for, call us. We service what we sell, and we’ll tell you plainly if a repair makes more sense than a replacement.
Common Custom Windows & Doors Problems We See in Davie Homes
- Jalousie windows that can’t be retrofitted. The louvered sashes and narrow aluminum frames on original Davie jalousie windows physically cannot hold an NOA-rated impact panel. There’s no insert trick, no add-on film that gets you there, and no legitimate wind-mitigation credit. The entire frame comes out and a full replacement goes in. Homeowners expecting a cheaper insert are usually surprised by this, but it’s Florida code and it’s the only way.
- Wide 1970s sliders with undersized headers. A lot of Davie’s 8-to-12-foot sliding glass door openings on old ranch homes have original thin aluminum headers that deflect under the weight of today’s heavier impact-rated units. We check the header on every opening before we order. If it needs a structural upgrade, that changes the scope and the quote, and we tell you that on paper before any work starts.
- Fogged insulated glass and oxidized frames from humidity. Davie’s year-round heat and humidity, plus intense UV, attacks aluminum frames and insulated glass seals harder than central Florida. What starts as a cloudy strip at the bottom of a sliding door is argon gas that leaked out years ago. By the time you can see it, the thermal performance is gone and the unit is just a glass sandwich waiting to fail at the next storm.
- Long hauls and tight ranch access. Delivery trucks can’t always navigate unpaved easements or tight gates out on Davie’s equestrian parcels, especially after an afternoon rain turns a grass path to mud. We scope access before we commit to a delivery window, and we coordinate a staging area clear of horse traffic and septic drainfields before materials arrive. If a crane is needed for an oversized panel, we plan for that before quote, not on install day.
Pricing for Custom Windows & Doors in Davie, FL
You’ll get a line-item written quote before any deposit, with no surprises on the bill. Ranges below are for Davie’s market, based on what we’ve scoped and installed in the past two years.
- Custom shape window (radius or arch), impact-rated: $1,200-$2,800 per opening, installed, depending on size, frame material, and whether the rough opening needs structural correction.
- Commercial storefront glass replacement: $700-$1,900 per lite for typical tempered or impact glass, plus framing work at $60-$110 per linear foot where the old frame is damaged.
- Oversized glass panel (9-13 feet wide), impact-rated: $4,800-$11,000 per panel, installed, including structural header reinforcement where required and crane or suction-rig set.
- Full-frame sliding glass door replacement (8-12 foot opening), impact-rated: $2,800-$6,500 installed, depending on the line, the header condition, and whether the old jamb goes to block.
What moves the price in Davie: whether the property is on county septic and well, which affects where materials can be staged; whether the opening is on a second story or requires a lift; whether the frame is original aluminum and needs a full tear-out down to block; and whether the manufacturer line you choose is PGT, CGI, Marvin, Andersen, or something else. We keep the quote in front of you with manufacturer line prices side by side, so you decide based on numbers, not a salesman’s talking points. Seniors and veterans get a permanent 5% discount, and we honor a $50 credit on any repair over $250. Call (954) 280-4413 for a free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Davie
Our crews work all over Broward and the surrounding counties, and we regularly handle custom window and door jobs near Davie in Davie adjacent communities like Acacia Villas, Alafaya, Altamonte Springs, and Altoona. If you’re inside Broward County, even just outside the Davie limits, call (954) 280-4413 and we’ll scope your property and schedule a visit.
Serving Davie, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Davie 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 - Custom Windows & Doors in Davie
Because jalousie window frames cannot physically hold an NOA-rated impact panel. The louvered sashes, narrow channels, and thin aluminum extrusions were never engineered to support the weight and wind load of impact glass. There is no legitimate retrofit kit, no film certification, and no glass shop that can make a jalousie pass a Miami-Dade High Velocity Hurricane Zone inspection. The window has to come out, frame and all, and be replaced with a full-frame impact-rated unit. If a contractor tells you otherwise, ask for the NOA number in writing. Call (954) 280-4413 and we’ll show you exactly what the replacement involves and what it costs.
Yes. In unincorporated Davie and on most equestrian-zoned parcels, replacing a sliding glass door is a structural window and door permit through Broward County, even when the rough opening stays the same size. The county reviews the NOA paperwork on the new unit, and the opening often must be inspected before we re-case it, especially when the original header is aluminum or undersized. We handle all of that in our quote and on the job. The permit gets pulled, the inspections get scheduled, and the paperwork gets registered before the truck leaves. That’s part of The Keystone Standard, no extra fee buried in the fine print.
Yes, if the rough opening is corrected, flashed, and taped before the panel goes in. A 10-foot oversized panel that leaks isn’t a glass problem. It’s a flashing problem, a rough opening problem, or a header deflection problem. We pull the old jamb to block, correct the opening, apply flashing tape at every seam, and set a fusion-welded frame that carries the panel without bending. Then we register the NOA paperwork and give you the Done Right Promise in writing. If it leaks in the first ninety days, we’re back. No argument. Call (954) 280-4413 to have us scope the opening and give you a real quote in writing.
Septic drainfield setbacks and wellhead protection zones restrict where heavy equipment can sit. A crane outrigger or a material staging area placed over a drainfield can compact the soil and damage the field lines, and a crushed drainfield is a five-figure repair. Well setbacks work the same way; county code keeps construction traffic away from the wellhead. We check the survey for your drainfield and well locations before we finalize a delivery or crane plan. On long acreage parcels off unpaved easements, we’ll often stage materials at the road and cart them in, or schedule a smaller crane with a closer reach. This is a Davie-specific site condition that we plan for at quote, not on install morning. Ask us how your septic and well line up with the opening we’re working on when you call (954) 280-4413.
For Davie’s HVHZ market, a good impact-rated insulated window carries a U-factor around 0.28 to 0.30 and an SHGC between 0.20 and 0.25. Translating: the window blocks meaningful heat gain through the glass while still letting in natural light, and the low U-factor means the interior surface doesn’t radiate heat into a room in summer. In a 1970s ranch that still has single-pane aluminum frames, replacing all openings with these numbers usually cuts the AC load on the home by 15 to 25 percent, depending on orientation and how much west-facing glass the house has. That is not a small number on a Davie summer electric bill. We can quote impact windows with different glass packages and show you the U-factor and SHGC for each on paper. Call (954) 280-4413 for a free estimate.
You want this work done right the first time, by a company that will still answer the phone in Davie thirty years from now. That’s the way TruePane has always run, and it’s the way Dale Kessler set it up in 2008. Our Custom Windows & Doors team serves all of Davie and the surrounding communities. Call (954) 280-4413 and ask to schedule a free estimate. We’ll measure twice, quote manufacturer lines side by side on paper, and register both warranty layers before the truck leaves your driveway.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Davie 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.



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