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

Trusted Impact Windows & Doors for Fort Lauderdale Homeowners

Impact Windows & Doors in Fort Lauderdale are not a luxury upgrade. They are the difference between a house that rides out a Category 3 storm intact and one that loses its roof to pressure changes the moment a window gives way. We install, replace, and service hurricane-rated windows and doors for homeowners across Fort Lauderdale, and we have done this work since 2008 under the name TruePane Windows & Doors, led by Dale Kessler, a second-generation glazier who founded this company in 2008 on a simple rule: if the pane is not true, the job is not done. Call (954) 280-4413 and a live person answers, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. No voicemail tree, no answering service in another state.

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What matters most to a Fort Lauderdale homeowner is that the product meets Miami-Dade or Florida Building Code standards, the installation is square, and the warranty is real. We register both manufacturer warranty layers in writing before the truck leaves your driveway. That is the same standard we bring to Impact Windows & Doors in Acacia Villas and every other community we serve.

What Our Impact Windows & Doors Service Includes

Impact protection is not one product. It is six separate systems, and each one has to be spec’d, measured, and installed correctly or the rating means nothing. Here is what we handle in Fort Lauderdale, and what each job actually involves.

Hurricane Impact Windows

These are laminated glass units built with an inner layer of polyvinyl butyral (PVB) or SentryGlas that holds the glass together when hit by windborne debris. A Fort Lauderdale home within one mile of the coast needs windows rated for the wind zone it sits in, and that rating must match the specific opening, not just the window line. TruePane measures every opening twice, quotes manufacturer lines side by side on paper, and installs to the manufacturer’s published anchoring schedule. We do not substitute anchors or skip a fastener because the old frame had fewer.

Impact Sliding Glass Doors

A sliding glass door is the largest single opening in most Fort Lauderdale homes, and it is the one most likely to fail under negative pressure if the frame was shimmed wrong or the rollers are out of alignment. We see doors that bind in July humidity because the original installer set them too tight to account for thermal movement. We set impact sliders to glide with one hand year round, and we verify the interlock at the meeting stile so the two panels do not separate when the wind tries to bow them.

Impact Entry & French Doors

Entry doors carry a different failure risk than windows. A door that looks solid can be held to the jamb with three-inch screws in a soft pine frame, which is why impact-rated entry doors need a full frame replacement, not just a slab swap. We install impact French doors with reinforced astragals, multi-point locking, and hinges rated for the door weight. If the existing rough opening is out of square, we correct it before the door goes in. A door that binds in August was never set true.

Impact Garage Doors

A garage door is the weakest structural plane on most Fort Lauderdale houses. When the wind gets behind it and the bracing fails, the roof loses its pressure balance and the whole envelope can come apart. TruePane installs impact-rated garage doors with wind-load reinforcement, heavier tracks, and bracing struts engineered for the door’s specific width and the home’s wind zone. We also check the opener, the springs, and the track alignment because a reinforced panel on a worn track fails the inspection.

Hurricane Shutters & Protection

Not every opening needs a full replacement. Some Fort Lauderdale homeowners want accordion shutters, roll-downs, or Bahama shutters on the original architecture, and those products are only as good as their attachment points. We install and service shutters with anchoring that matches the wall construction, whether that is concrete block, wood frame, or steel. We show you the fastener pattern before we drill. If the shutter does not deploy in under a minute when the storm is six hours out, it was installed wrong.

Wind Mitigation & Code Compliance

This is the paperwork side of impact protection, and it is where we save Fort Lauderdale homeowners real money on insurance premiums. A wind mitigation inspection credits roof-to-wall connections, opening protection, and the home’s geometry. We provide the documentation your carrier needs after a qualifying install, and we have walked hundreds of homeowners through the Broward County and Florida Building Code requirements since the codes tightened after Hurricane Andrew. We pull permits where required and we do not close out a job until the inspection passes.

Brands We Service for Impact Windows & Doors

We are an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines, and our crews work regularly with PGT, CGI, and CWS products across Fort Lauderdale. PGT’s WinGuard and CGI’s Sentinel lines are both common choices for coastal homes, and we have installed enough of them to know the anchoring schedules and the warranty registration process by heart. What we give you is a side-by-side quote on paper so you see exactly what each line costs, what it is rated for, and what the warranty covers. No glossing over the fine print.

We also service units from Ply Gem and other makes that were installed years ago by companies that no longer answer the phone. A failed seal on an older impact window is often repairable with OEM parts or a properly matched replacement sash, and we stock common hardware and glass packs so we are not waiting on a distributor for weeks. Whether you have PGT, CGI, CWS, Ply Gem, or any other make, we will give you a straight answer about whether it is a repair or a replacement. The same brand expertise applies to our Impact Windows & Doors work in Alafaya and throughout the region.

Signs You Need Impact Windows & Doors Right Now

• Your windows are original single-pane glass from the 1980s. Broward County code changed drastically after Hurricane Andrew, and pre-1994 windows do not meet current impact standards. A single-pane unit with an aluminum frame is the reason your insurance premium is higher than it should be.
• You see condensation between the glass panes. That fog means the seal has failed and the insulating or laminated unit is no longer performing to its rating. On an impact window, a failed seal can signal that the laminate is separating, which weakens the entire opening.
• Your sliding door sticks, drags, or needs two hands to open. A door that binds is a door that is fighting its frame. The frame has shifted or the rollers have worn out, and that same pressure point is where a storm will find its way in.
• Your shutters rattle, jam, or take more than a minute to close. Shutters are your last line of defense, and the time to find out they do not work is not six hours before landfall. A jammed track or a corroded pivot is a $150 repair today and a four-figure emergency if the storm catches you first.
• You got a wind mitigation inspection that came back with low credits. That report is telling you where the weak points are. If the opening protection line item came back as none or partial, you are paying more for insurance every single year than the fix would cost.

Our Impact Windows & Doors Process - Step by Step

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   The site visit and measurement. We come out, walk every opening, and measure twice. We check square, plumb, level, and the condition of the rough opening, the buck, and the surrounding framing. We look for old water intrusion behind the stucco and for aluminum frames that have corroded at the sill from years of sprinkler overspray.
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   The written line-item quote. You get the manufacturer, the product line, the design pressure rating, the anchoring method, and the price for every single opening, side by side on paper. No blanket numbers. No good-better-best sales funnel. Just the numbers you asked for.
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   Permits and scheduling. We pull the Broward County permit where the scope requires it, we schedule the inspection, and we tell you the date we will start and the date we expect to finish. We will be there when we say.
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   The install. Background-checked, uniformed technicians do the work, and they work in your home the way they would work in their own mother’s. We protect the floors, we seal the openings, and we set every unit true before the first fastener goes in. The glass goes in last, not first.
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   Warranty registration and closeout. Before the truck leaves your driveway, both manufacturer warranty layers are registered in writing with the durations stated. You get the paperwork. The inspection passes. The job is done right, and if something is not, you call us and we make it right within 90 days. No paperwork fights, no arguing.

That is the Keystone Standard, and it applies to every single job we take. It is the same promise behind our Impact Windows & Doors work in Altamonte Springs and every other street we park the truck on.

How Much Does Impact Windows & Doors Cost in Fort Lauderdale?

Impact Windows & Doors Near Fort Lauderdale - Our Service Area

We serve homeowners throughout Fort Lauderdale and the surrounding communities, including Aventura, Atlantis, Azalea Park, and the neighborhoods along the Broward coast. Our crews run routes through the same streets our founder has worked for decades, so we are close by when you need us back. Our home page has the full picture of what we do, and a live person answers the phone around the clock. No call goes to a regional call center.

Frequently Asked Questions - Impact Windows & Doors in Fort Lauderdale

Schedule Your Impact Windows & Doors Service in Fort Lauderdale Today

Call (954) 280-4413 now and a live person will answer, day or night. We will schedule your free estimate, measure every opening, and give you a written line-item quote with no obligation. Dale Kessler and the TruePane Windows & Doors team have served Fort Lauderdale since 2008, and we plan to be here for the next 42. If the pane is not true, the job is not done.

Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Fort Lauderdale since 2008.