FAQ
Treasure Coast Impact Window Questions
The questions that actually decide a job on this coast, answered plainly.
Tell us the address and whether the house is occupied year round. On this coast the second answer changes the recommendation more than the first.
FAQ
Questions we are asked most
- Shutters or impact glass?
- It depends almost entirely on occupancy. Shutters cost less and meet the requirement, but they need somebody at the house to close them. If the property is empty from May to November, that dependency is the deciding factor. If someone is there year round and money is tight, shutters across every opening is often the better buy.
- Do you fit shutters?
- No. We install impact glazing and doors only. Where shutters are genuinely the better answer for your situation we will tell you so, and you will need a different contractor for that part.
- Is impact glass hurricane-proof?
- No, and we will not describe it that way. It is tested to resist a specified missile impact and a specified pressure cycle. A severe enough event exceeds any product. What it does reliably is remove the need for anyone to be present.
- My house was repaired after Frances and Jeanne. What should I check?
- Pull the permit history from the county, then establish what is physically there — whether openings were altered, what the jamb substrate is now, and whether previous fixings went into sound material. The file and the wall do not always agree on houses of that cohort.
- Are the three counties the same to permit in?
- No. Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River run separate building departments, and some municipalities inside them permit their own work. Product rules are the same; process, review times and inspection scheduling are not.
- Do I need something different on the barrier island?
- Often the fixings and the finish, and sometimes the product. Exposure is higher with water on both sides, and continuous salt affects the anchoring and substrate long before it affects the frames. On island work we quote after opening up rather than before.
- Can you work while I am out of state?
- Yes, and we do it regularly here. It needs access arrangements agreed in advance and a named local contact who can let us in and make decisions. We set that up at survey.
- How far ahead should I book?
- Earlier than most people expect. Lead times on made-to-order units and permit review in three separate jurisdictions set the calendar far more than our diary does, and specialty shapes decide the finish date.
Still not answered?
If your question is not here, call (954) 807-3208. We would rather answer it before you have paid a deposit somewhere.
What we install
Impact Windows
The core product, and on this coast the argument for it is different from the one made further south. Here the deciding factor is usually not cost or code — it is whether anyone will be at the house when a storm is named.
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Sliding Glass Doors
Sliders here are large, they face water, and they have usually been sitting in salt air for decades. All three of those change what has to be checked before anything is ordered.
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Impact Entry Doors
An approved entry door is an assembly — slab, frame, hinges, lock, threshold and glazing approved together. On a seasonal property it is also the one opening that gets used all year by somebody who does not live there.
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Impact Garage Doors
A double garage door is usually the largest single opening in the envelope. On a seasonal property it is also the one that sits shut and untouched in salt air for months, which ages it differently from one in daily use.
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French & Specialty Shapes
Arched heads, radius tops, oversized fixed glass and French pairs are fabricated for one opening in one house. They set the finish date, and on a seasonal property the finish date is the whole negotiation.
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Glazing Into Existing Frames
Where the existing frames are sound and an approval exists for glazing into them, changing only the glass is cheaper, faster and far less disruptive. On this coast the deciding factor is almost always corrosion rather than age.
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Next step
Find out what is actually wrong with it.
An inspection, photographs of what we found, and a written scope. If the honest answer is that it can wait another season, that is the answer you will get.