Exterior window & door replacement
In Florida, a new window or door has to be an approved product rated for the wind pressure at your house, and installed the way its approval says. We handle the product approvals, the permit and the installation inspection.
Occupied or vacant homes This is exterior work, so it is fine while you live in the home.
What's included
- Measuring openings and checking the framing
- Choosing approved products for your wind zone
- Product approval paperwork and the permit
- Installation and inspection
The permit, in general
Permit: Yes, typically (product approval + wind-load)
- Zoning
- No (historic districts excepted)
- Usually needed
- Product approval numbers (FL# / NOA) per unit · Window/door schedule with sizes and design pressures · Wind-load calc or table · Notice of Commencement (generally over $2,500; a copy is due to the building department before the first inspection over $5,000)
- Inspections
- Frame / installation (fastening) where required · Final
General Florida Building Code practice, not your building department's answer: the building department decides. Your city or the county may publish a different list. Check your address for its published checklist and sources.
Questions people ask
We live in the house. Can you still do it?
Yes, when the work can be done from the outside. If a job needs interior trim or drywall work, we only do that in vacant homes. We tell you which kind your windows are when we measure.
Impact windows or regular?
Both can be approved for your area. Impact products can stand in for storm shutters; regular products need another way to protect the opening. We explain the options for your house.
Can you make an opening bigger?
Yes, but a bigger opening needs a new header, which is structural work and changes the permit. Same-size replacement is simpler.
What helps us price it
None of it is required to start. Anything you can send saves a round of questions.
- A photo of each window or door, inside and out if you can
- Rough sizes
- Impact or not (or "not sure")