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

Fast, Reliable Custom Windows & Doors Across Fort Lauderdale

Custom windows and doors in Fort Lauderdale are not a luxury purchase. They are a structural requirement. This city sits inside Broward County’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, one of only two counties in the entire United States with that designation. A standard impact window sold in Boca Raton or West Palm Beach may not pass permit review here. That single fact drives most of what we do at TruePane Windows & Doors, and it is why we spec every custom unit for Fort Lauderdale against Miami-Dade NOA requirements from the first measurement, not as a correction after the permit gets bounced.

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We are Custom Windows & Doors specialists with many years in the trade. If you live in Victoria Park, Rio Vista, Tarpon River, or any of the canal-front neighborhoods stretching west toward Plantation, call (772) 577-2915. Dale Kessler founded this company on a rule he keeps on the whiteboard: if the pane is not true, the job is not done. That rule governs every custom window and door we install in Fort Lauderdale.

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

Fort Lauderdale homeowners tend to keep their houses for twenty years or more. They remember which contractor left them with a fogged seal and which one answered the phone when the hinge started binding. We have built our name in the neighborhoods along Las Olas Boulevard, the quiet streets of Sailboat Bend, and the waterfront lots off Cordova Road by doing the same thing on every job: measure twice, quote manufacturer lines side by side on paper, and register both warranty layers in writing before the truck leaves the driveway.

Our crews are local to South Florida, scheduled out of our Miami-area dispatch office, and we serve Fort Lauderdale daily. We are not a franchise operation. We hire local people, train apprentices into journeymen, and run background-checked, uniformed technicians on every site. A live person answers our phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Not a voicemail tree, not a callback form. When a Rio Vista homeowner calls at 7 p.m. because a window got cracked before a storm, a person picks up.

Dale Kessler built TruePane on a second-generation glazier’s standard, not a marketing plan. Every Fort Lauderdale job carries our Done Right Promise: if it is not done right, we make it right, with no paperwork fights and no arguing. Both manufacturer warranty layers get registered in writing, with durations stated, before we leave your driveway. We stand behind it.

Our Custom Windows & Doors Services in Fort Lauderdale

Custom Shape Windows

Fort Lauderdale’s 1950s through 1970s CBS homes often have arched, radius, or angled openings that no stock window fits. We build custom shape windows to match the existing rough opening exactly. In a Canal Drive home we recently spec’d, the original radius-top window over the front entry had settled out of square by three-eighths of an inch. A stock circular-top replacement would have left the frame twisted and the seal loaded wrong. We ordered a custom radius unit with a Miami-Dade NOA and marine-grade aluminum cladding. The window seated square and the homeowner got the compliance documentation for the permit file. Custom shape windows in Fort Lauderdale typically run $900 to $2,400 per unit, depending on glass package and frame material.

Commercial Storefront Glazing

Storefronts along Andrews Avenue, Sunrise Boulevard, and East Las Olas Boulevard answer to the same HVHZ code as residential work. We install and replace commercial storefront glazing with impact-rated systems that carry the required Miami-Dade NOA. Salt air and afternoon sun exposure eat standard aluminum mullions quickly near the Intracoastal. We spec marine-grade finishes and stainless fasteners on every storefront within a half-mile of the water. A typical commercial storefront replacement in Fort Lauderdale runs $85 to $160 per square foot, installed, depending on frame depth and glass type.

Curtain Wall Systems

Curtain wall work in Fort Lauderdale is a different animal than inland curtain wall work. The wind-load math on a building near the New River or with open exposure to the Atlantic requires heavier mullion extrusions, deeper anchoring, and impact glazing with a valid NOA number on the permit application. We do curtain wall design-assist and installation for low-rise and mid-rise commercial clients in the city. If you are replacing a curtain wall on a building within Broward County’s HVHZ boundary, the structural drawings must show compliance before the permit clerk will stamp it. We handle that documentation. Curtain wall replacement in Fort Lauderdale generally runs $120 to $300 per square foot, and the spread depends almost entirely on wind-load requirements at the specific site.

Architectural Grilles & SDLs

Simulated divided lites and architectural grilles are common in the historic-looking sections of Victoria Park and Sailboat Bend, where homeowners want the look of original divided-light windows without the energy penalty of true muntin grids. We install SDLs in custom windows and doors across Fort Lauderdale, matched to the existing sight lines of the home. The key in this climate is the spacer material. Cheap aluminum SDL bars inside an insulated glass unit will conduct heat and fail earlier in Fort Lauderdale’s humidity. We spec warm-edge spacers and marine-grade finishes. Grille packages on custom windows typically add $120 to $400 per unit in Fort Lauderdale.

Trusted Brands We Service in Fort Lauderdale

We are authorized installers for more than a dozen manufacturer lines, including. What that means for a Fort Lauderdale homeowner is simple: we quote those brands side by side on paper, with the same rough opening dimensions, so you can see the real price difference between a Pella impact custom shape and a Marvin equivalent. We do not push one brand over another. We push the one that gets a passing permit review and survives the next hurricane season. Parts for common Andersen and Pella hardware are already in our local stock, so a hinge or roller replacement does not mean waiting on a freight shipment.

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

• Canal-front corrosion on aluminum frames and sill tracks. Homes on the canals in Rio Vista and Tarpon River regularly show hardware failure within five to seven years on non-marine-grade aluminum. The salt air here is not seasonal; it is ambient. We replace the failed frames and spec marine-grade stainless hardware and fusion-welded corners on the new custom units.
• Non-NOA impact windows rejected at permit stage. A standard Florida Product Approval number is not enough in Fort Lauderdale. The permit clerk checks for a Miami-Dade NOA. When a contractor who mostly works Palm Beach County submits a Fort Lauderdale permit with a statewide approval number, the job stops. The homeowner waits. We list the NOA number on the permit application the first time.
• Jalousie windows still in place. A large share of 1950s and 1960s concrete block homes in Fort Lauderdale still have original single-pane jalousie windows. They cannot meet current HVHZ wind-load requirements and an insurer will eventually flag them. We convert jalousie openings to custom impact-rated casements, awnings, or fixed units.
• Insulated glass seal failure from humidity cycling. Fort Lauderdale’s wet season pushes indoor-outdoor humidity gradient hard against the edge seals on cheap insulated glass. We see failed seals show up as hazy glass or water droplets trapped between panes, often within a decade on low-grade units. Our custom units use dual-seal construction with desiccant matrix spacers to slow that failure mode.

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We Also Serve Cities Near Fort Lauderdale

Our crews serve Fort Lauderdale and the surrounding Broward communities daily. That includes Plantation, Pompano Beach, Hollywood, and Margate. If your home sits in one of those cities and you need custom windows or doors with proper HVHZ documentation, the same standards apply. Call us and we will tell you straight what the permit requires in your city.

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Get a Free Estimate for Custom Windows & Doors in Fort Lauderdale

If you live in Fort Lauderdale and you are pricing custom windows or doors, call (772) 577-2915. We will measure your openings, quote the brands you ask for side by side on paper, and show you the Miami-Dade NOA documentation for every product before you sign anything. Dale Kessler runs TruePane on a simple rule: if the pane is not true, the job is not done. That rule applies to every custom window and door we install in this city. A live person answers the phone. Call today and get a written line-item quote. Estimates are free.

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