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Plantation Window Replacement usually costs between $850 and $2,400 per opening for a full-frame impact-rated install, and most jobs across the city’s 1960s-80s CBS ranch homes take one to two days once permits clear. If you’re calling from Jacaranda, Plantation Acres, or anywhere off Cleary Boulevard, our crews have worked those streets for years and know exactly what the older construction means for your openings. We’re TruePane Windows & Doors, and we handle the permit process, the structural surprises, and the install itself so you don’t have to manage any of it. Call (772) 577-2915 and a live person answers, any hour, any day.
Why TruePane Windows & Doors Is Plantation’s Preferred Window Installation Company
We’ve worked enough Plantation homes to know what’s behind the stucco before we cut into it. The city’s planned neighborhoods from the 1960s through the 1980s left a lot of original aluminum sliders and jalousie windows still in place, and many of those openings were modified decades ago without permits. That’s not a problem we discover on site and panic about; it’s a condition we expect and plan for on the estimate. Our background-checked, uniformed technicians measure every opening twice and put manufacturer lines side by side on paper before you commit to anything.
Dale Kessler founded TruePane in 2008 on a rule that still governs every install: if the pane is not true, the job is not done. That’s the standard on the first visit and the baseline for every callback. Homeowners in Plantation have told us the same thing for years: they’d rather pay once for work that holds than pay twice for work that doesn’t. We stand behind that preference in writing, with both manufacturer warranty layers registered before our truck leaves your driveway and a Done Right Promise that means what it says.
Our Window Installation Services in Plantation
Most of the work we do involves Impact Windows & Doors - Plantation homes need, and each category has its own relationship to the city’s housing stock and HVHZ code requirements. Here’s what homeowners ask us about most.
Casement Windows
Casement windows are the workhorse replacement for Plantation’s original jalousie and single-pane sliders. They seal tighter than any other operable style, which matters in a climate where humidity and driven rain test every gasket year-round. On a 1970s CBS ranch near Central Park, a properly flashed and anchored impact-rated casement will outperform the original window by a wide margin in both wind and Energy-Efficient Windows - Plantation performance. Full-frame replacement is the standard here, not an insert retrofit, because the old aluminum frames don’t carry current Florida Product Approval numbers.
Awning Windows
Awning windows work well in the converted Florida rooms and porch enclosures common across Plantation. Because they hinge at the top and open outward, they shed rain better than a horizontal slider and can stay cracked open during a light afternoon storm without letting water past the sill. For a homeowner who enclosed a screened porch into a den, an awning window often makes more sense than a double hung because the opening is wide and low, built originally for ventilation rather than egress. We size and flash these openings properly, including the header work the city inspection may require.
Fixed & Picture Windows
Fixed and picture windows are the simplest install on paper and often the most complicated in practice on older Plantation homes. A large fixed window in a living room facing the street or a lake view off the 15th fairway at Jacaranda Golf Club gives you a lot of glass area with no moving parts to fail. But the wall around that opening was framed decades ago, and if a previous owner enlarged the opening without a proper header, the city’s inspection will catch it. We frame it right, flash it right, and the pane sits true.
Single & Double Hung Windows
Single and double hung windows remain a classic choice for Plantation’s ranch homes, particularly in bedrooms where egress matters and homeowners want the traditional vertical sash look. On older CBS construction, the original openings were often built to accept thin aluminum frames, so a modern double hung with impact-rated laminated glass and a proper nailing fin requires reframing and interior trim work. We do that work in house, and we keep the interior clean while we’re at it.
Sliding Windows
Plantation is full of original horizontal sliders, and many of them have spent forty or fifty years fighting salt air and UV. We replace more of these than any other style in the city. A new impact-rated sliding window on a Cleary Boulevard home needs a solid, square rough opening and a properly sloped sill pan. The old aluminum track and weep system was never designed for HVHZ wind loads, so we don’t patch it; we pull the whole frame and set the new one in masonry anchors the way the code demands.
Bay & Bow Windows
Bay and bow windows project outward from the wall, which means they need structural support at the cantilever and careful flashing at the roof or head. On Plantation’s one-story CBS homes, these are usually installed on the front elevation, where street setbacks and lot lines matter. We’ve framed and installed projecting window units on Jacaranda-area homes where the original builder never anticipated that kind of opening, and we do it with the city’s blessing and inspection sign-off.
What happens when you call
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Plantation
We’re an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines, including Pella service in Plantation, and for local homes we regularly quote PGT, CGI, and ES Windows side by side on paper so you can see the cost difference and the performance difference before deciding. PGT and CGI both produce impact-rated products that carry Florida Product Approval numbers for HVHZ conditions, and we register both warranty layers in writing before the job closes. We keep common parts and hardware for these lines close at hand, which means fewer return trips on a warranty question and faster turnaround when a latch or balance needs attention.
Common Window Installation Problems We See in Plantation Homes
- Missing headers behind unpermitted porch conversions. A screened porch turned den without permits rarely has the structural header above the window opening that code requires. The city’s inspection catches it, and the framing work has to happen before we can set the window.
- Original single-pane aluminum sliders and jalousies. These windows were never product-approved for HVHZ wind loads. You can’t insert a retrofit into the old frame and pass inspection, so the job becomes a full-frame replacement by default.
- Seal failure from year-round humidity and UV. Broward County’s sun and moisture break down the butyl seals and gaskets in older windows faster than in drier markets. Fogged glass, condensation between panes, and oxidation on the aluminum are all signs it’s time to replace rather than repair.
- Tight lots and shared walls. Many of Plantation’s planned neighborhoods have zero-lot-line homes or very narrow side yards. Staging a full-frame install requires planning for where the dumpster goes, where the old glass comes out, and how to keep noise and dust from becoming a neighbor problem.
Pricing for Window Installation in Plantation, FL
Plantation homeowners should expect to pay between $850 and $2,400 per opening for a full-frame impact-rated window installed and permitted. A standard single hung or sliding window lands on the lower end of that range; a large picture window or a bay unit with structural work lands on the higher end. Casement windows typically run $1,200 to $2,200 per opening here depending on size and the condition of the rough opening. Sliding glass doors are separate, usually $2,800 to $5,500 for an impact-rated unit. What moves the number is mostly what’s inside the wall: whether the old framing is square, whether a header exists, and whether the existing stucco needs repair after we set the new window. We give you a written line-item quote before work starts, and that number doesn’t move unless the city inspector requires framing work we couldn’t see without opening the wall. Call (772) 577-2915 for a free estimate and we’ll price your specific openings.
We Also Serve Cities Near Plantation
Our crews work throughout Broward County, so if you’re in Fort Lauderdale, Margate, Pompano Beach, or Coral Springs, we can schedule your Window Installation the same way we handle Plantation jobs. The permit and code requirements change slightly from city to city, but the way we work doesn’t. For a deeper look at what we do across the region, see our Plantation service page.
Serving Plantation, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Plantation 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 - Window Installation in Plantation
Because so many Plantation homes from the 1970s and 1980s had screened porches converted to living space without permits, and those conversions frequently removed or never installed the structural header above the opening. When we pull a permit for impact-rated windows, the city inspector checks the rough opening, and if the header is missing or undersized, the framing work has to happen before the glass goes in. That’s a cost and a delay, but it’s one we surface on the estimate whenever the home’s history suggests it. Call (772) 577-2915 and we’ll walk you through what your specific house is likely to need.
No. Jalousie windows are not impact-rated and cannot be retrofitted to meet Broward County’s HVHZ product-approval requirements. The frames, the glass, and the clips all fail the wind-load standard, and no insert retrofit can fix that. The code-compliant path is full-frame replacement with an impact-rated product that carries a Florida Product Approval number. We can show you what that looks like on paper before you decide anything.
We stage our materials and dumpster on the street or in the driveway when the side yard is too narrow, and we talk to the neighbors before the saws come out. On zero-lot-line homes and dense planned neighborhoods, we keep the work hours within the city’s noise allowance, tarp the work area, and sweep before we leave each day. The goal is to get your windows in without becoming the reason your neighbor files a complaint.
HVHZ stands for High Velocity Hurricane Zone, and it’s the stricter of the two standards. All of Broward County, including Plantation, sits inside the HVHZ boundary, which means every replacement window and door must carry a Florida Product Approval number meeting wind-load criteria for a hurricane-prone region. The base Florida Building Code that applies further north doesn’t have the same product-approval requirements. For Plantation homeowners, this means you can’t shop by glass thickness alone; the whole assembly, frame included, has to be approved as a unit.
Yes. Replacing a window in Plantation is a structural change to the building envelope, not a repair, and the city requires a permit even for a single opening. If you’re swapping an insert into an existing frame, the same rule applies, though the inspection scope may be smaller. We handle the permit, the scheduling, and the inspection on every job, including a single window. Call (772) 577-2915 and we’ll confirm what your specific opening requires.
Get Your Window Installation Estimate in Plantation
If you’re tired of looking at fogged jalousies in a converted Florida room or feeling a draft through a 1978 aluminum slider, we’ll give you a written, line-item price for the replacement. No pressure, no vague ballpark that swells after demo day. Window Installation is the craft we practice, and Plantation is one of the cities we know best. Call (772) 577-2915 and a live person answers, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We’ll measure every opening, pull the permit, frame what needs framing, and set the glass true, or we wouldn’t call it done.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Plantation and Broward County with straight answers and square work 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.