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Custom window and door replacement in North Palm Beach is rarely a simple swap. Most homes here were built between the late 1950s and early 1970s, and nearly every job we open up involves original aluminum jalousie or single-pane awning frames that are corroded, non-impact-rated, and set into concrete block openings that need structural attention before new units go in. That’s the work we do every week, from Lighthouse Drive down to the canal fingers off Prosperity Farms Road. If you’re looking at fogged glass, a door that binds in July, or windows you can’t open without a fight, call (888) 635-0804. We’ll send a technician who has actually worked on North Palm Beach’s housing stock, not someone seeing a 1962 CBS ranch for the first time.
Why TruePane Windows & Doors Is North Palm Beach’s Preferred Custom Windows & Doors Company
We’ve been at this long enough to know what a North Palm Beach home looks like behind the drywall. Dale Kessler founded TruePane in 2008 with one rule on the whiteboard: if the pane is not true, the job is not done. That rule governs every install we run in 33408, and it’s why homeowners here call us when they’re done with contractors who measure once and hope.
Our technicians are background-checked, uniformed, local W-2 employees, not day laborers hired off a corner. Every opening gets measured twice. Every quote lists manufacturer lines side by side on paper so you can see exactly what you’re paying for. And before the truck leaves your driveway, both warranty layers are registered in writing with the manufacturer, durations stated, as part of The Keystone Standard. No vague promises. No paperwork that conveniently disappears when something goes wrong.
We back every job with the Done Right Promise. If it’s not done right, we make it right. No paperwork fights, no arguing, no fine print that covers neither. A live person answers our phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, which matters when you’re a homeowner who calls rather than clicks and expects a human voice, not a voicemail tree.
Our Custom Windows & Doors Services in North Palm Beach
Impact-Rated Window and Door Replacement
Palm Beach County’s mandatory hurricane-protection code means every replacement window and door in North Palm Beach must carry Miami-Dade or Florida Product Approval ratings. We install impact-rated systems from PGT, CGI, Andersen, Marvin, and other approved manufacturers, with design pressures matched to your specific opening and elevations. For canal-front and Intracoastal-facing lots, we specify higher-rated units because those homes take wind-driven salt and storm pressure from multiple directions.
Structural Block-Opening Repair and Regrouting
This is the line item most North Palm Beach homeowners don’t know to expect. On Lighthouse Drive, our technicians pulled a 1963 jalousie window from a CBS block opening and the aluminum anchor fins crumbled on contact. Salt air had eaten the metal so thin it couldn’t hold a screw. We rebuilt the opening with structural regrouting and installed a PGT impact-rated double-hung with a laminated glass interlayer to meet current Palm Beach County hurricane codes. That’s not an outlier here. It’s the norm. We write this work into every North Palm Beach estimate because we know it’s coming before we open the wall, not after.
Custom Sizing for Non-Standard CBS Openings
Original 1950s and 1960s CBS ranches in North Palm Beach were built with window rough openings that don’t match any standard modern size. We measure, order, and install fully custom units that fit those openings without shoe-horning a stock window into a hole that’s an inch too small or a half-inch too tall. The result is a proper seal, proper flashing, and a window that actually operates the way it should in salt air and high humidity.
Complete Door System Replacement
Hinged entry doors, French doors, sliding patio doors. Original steel hinges and aluminum tracks on canal-adjacent properties pit and seize years before inland homes show any wear. We replace full door systems including frames, not just slabs, so the new unit is square, sealed, and rated for the wind zone your street falls under. We quote Therma-Tru and ViewLux alongside other manufacturer lines so you can compare side by side on paper.
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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 North Palm Beach
We’re an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines including, PGT, CGI, and ES Windows. For North Palm Beach homes, we regularly specify PGT and CGI impact systems because they carry Florida Product Approval ratings that meet Palm Beach County’s hurricane-protection code and hold up under year-round salt exposure. We also service and replace Therma-Tru entry doors and ViewLux custom units. If you have an existing brand installed and need it matched or replaced, call us. More importantly, when a door roller fails or a window seal fogs on a unit we installed, parts are ordered under warranty and service is scheduled without a callback runaround.
Common Custom Windows & Doors Problems We See in North Palm Beach Homes
- Salt-corroded aluminum frames. North Palm Beach sits between the Atlantic and the Intracoastal with tidal canals running through nearly every block. Salt-laden air hits homes from the west and east simultaneously, pitting aluminum frames and oxidizing steel hardware in as little as 10 to 15 years. What looks like a fogged seal is often a frame that’s structurally done.
- Original jalousie and single-pane awning windows. These were standard on 1950s and 1960s CBS builds here, and they fail current Palm Beach County hurricane protection codes outright. They cannot accept impact glazing. Repairing them is throwing money at a window that needs full replacement.
- Failed waterproofing at the block opening. Once salt gets into the mortar joints around an original window, water follows. We see rotted furring strips, rusted lintels, and mold behind drywall on the interior face of openings. Replacing the window without regrouting and sealing the opening leaves the same leak waiting to happen again.
- Doors that bind in summer. Concrete block homes in North Palm Beach don’t move much, but the door frames and slabs do. Heat, humidity, and salt air expand and corrode original steel hinges and aluminum tracks. After a few seasons, the door won’t latch or the slider drags. A new system with proper hardware and clearance solves it permanently.
Pricing for Custom Windows & Doors in North Palm Beach, FL
You can expect custom window and door replacement in North Palm Beach to run higher than the same job in inland Palm Beach County towns, and the salt corrosion and block-opening repairs are the reason. A straightforward single-window swap might run $900 to $1,500 installed. Impact-rated single-hung or casement windows in standard openings land between $900 and $1,800 per unit. Custom-sized or oversized openings, the kind common in canal-front ranches and mid-century builds in 33408, run $2,500 to $5,000 each once you factor in structural regrouting and high-elevation wind loads. Whole-home packages on North Palm Beach properties typically land between $8,000 and $25,000, depending on opening count, floor height, frame material, and how much block work the original openings need.
What moves the price: your proximity to the Intracoastal or a tidal canal, whether the home still has original jalousie frames that need full removal, the design pressure rating your specific wind zone requires, and whether hidden framing or electrical work turns up once we open the exterior wall. Everything gets written into a line-item quote before we start. No change orders that weren’t discussed with you first. Call (888) 635-0804 for a free in-home measure and a written quote you can actually read.
What Custom Windows & Doors Costs in North Palm Beach
Here are the real numbers we quote in North Palm Beach. Standard impact windows run $800 to $1,500 per window installed. Impact single-hung windows in existing block openings run $900 to $1,800. Large or custom openings, which are common when we’re replacing original awning or jalousie spans, run $2,500 to $5,000 per opening including structural regrouting. Whole-home packages run $8,000 to $25,000 or more depending on opening count, floor height, and how much salt damage we have to remediate before new units go in.
North Palm Beach prices run measurably higher than what you’d see in Palm Beach Gardens or West Palm Beach because the block-opening work is a standard line item here, not an occasional surprise. We never quote a bare window price and then show up with a change order for the regrouting. It’s in the initial estimate, written in plain English, and approved before we touch anything.
We also carry allowances for hidden framing, wiring, and waterproofing issues in every North Palm Beach remodel or replacement contract. Older CBS homes hide problems behind the exterior finish, and pretending they don’t exist doesn’t make them cheaper. It makes the second bill larger than it should have been. With us, you’ll know the full scope before the first hammer swings.
Florida Pays You Back
Florida has real incentives for impact window and door replacement, and North Palm Beach homeowners are in a strong position to use them. The My Safe Florida Home program has offered matching grants of up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades, though funding availability changes and you should verify current program status through the state. Florida also exempts impact-resistant windows and doors from sales tax, which trims a meaningful amount off a full-home package. The federal 25C energy credit covers 30% of the product cost on qualifying energy-efficient units, up to $600 per year. And after a wind-mitigation inspection, which runs $75 to $150, many North Palm Beach homeowners see their windstorm premium drop by roughly 25% on the windstorm portion of the policy.
Programs and carriers set the final numbers, so we won’t guarantee a specific credit. But we will hand you manufacturer documentation and wind-mitigation paperwork that makes the claims process straightforward.
One comparison worth making: impact windows versus hurricane shutters. Shutters protect the opening if someone is home to install them before a storm and physically able to haul panels out of the garage. Impact windows are always in place, always rated, and they also solve the salt-corroded frame problem. For a North Palm Beach homeowner planning to stay in the house for another twenty years, replacement windows typically make more sense than another decade of shutter brackets and plywood drills.
We Also Serve Cities Near North Palm Beach
Our crews work throughout northern Palm Beach County and regularly schedule jobs in Palm Beach Gardens, Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, and Jupiter. If you’re in a neighboring town and need the same North Palm Beach-level attention to block openings, salt corrosion, and hurricane code compliance, call us. Ask for our Custom Windows & Doors team and we’ll walk you through what your specific home needs.
Serving North Palm Beach, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the North Palm Beach 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 - Custom Windows & Doors in North Palm Beach
Because the original aluminum jalousie and awning frames installed in 1950s and 1960s CBS ranches corrode so badly in North Palm Beach’s salt-laden air that their anchor fins crumble when we pull them. The concrete block opening itself often has spalled mortar joints and rust-stained lintels that need regrouting and sealing before a new impact-rated unit can be properly flashed and secured. Skipping that step is how you get water intrusion and a failed installation. We include the structural work in the initial quote, not as a change order. Call (888) 635-0804 for a free in-home measure and we’ll show you exactly what your openings need.
Yes, in most cases. Canal-front and Intracoastal-facing homes in North Palm Beach are exposed to wind pressure and wind-driven rain from open water, which pushes design pressure requirements higher than homes a few blocks inland. We match each opening to the specific design pressure rating required for its elevation and exposure, and we quote PGT and CGI units with Florida Product Approval and Miami-Dade NOA ratings including HVHZ compliance where applicable. Never accept a window rated above +/-100 unless the engineering says your opening needs it, and never accept one rated below your wind zone because it’s cheaper. Call (888) 635-0804 and we’ll explain what your specific street requires.
We inspect first, then write allowances into the contract. Before we remove a window, we look at what’s around it: outlet runs, furring strips, header condition, existing waterproofing. If we find something that needs repair, it gets priced and put in front of you in writing before we touch it. We don’t open a wall and hand you a surprise bill. In North Palm Beach’s older homes, rotted furring strips and outdated wiring near window openings are common enough that we plan for them in the initial scope. That’s the entire point of the way we quote: no surprises, no vague allowances, no work you didn’t approve. Call (888) 635-0804 to schedule an inspection and get a written scope of work for your home.
Most North Palm Beach homeowners see their windstorm premium drop after replacing original jalousie or single-pane windows with impact-rated systems and passing a wind-mitigation inspection. Credits average around 25% on the windstorm portion of the policy, though your carrier sets the final number. The inspection itself runs $75 to $150 and verifies opening protection, roof-to-wall connections, and other mitigation features. We provide the manufacturer documentation your inspector and carrier need. Keep in mind that the Florida sales-tax exemption on impact windows and doors applies at purchase, and My Safe Florida Home matching grants of up to $10,000 may be available depending on current program funding. Call (888) 635-0804 and we’ll help you get the paperwork in order for your insurance agent.
PGT and CGI impact windows with aluminum frames and factory-applied finishes typically last 20 to 30 years in North Palm Beach’s salt air before showing meaningful frame deterioration, and their laminated glass interlayers are designed for a service life that outlasts the original 1950s jalousies by decades. The original aluminum jalousie frames in this village often fail structurally in 10 to 15 years because they were extruded thin and never designed for direct tidal salt exposure. Modern impact windows with proper frame coatings, stainless steel hardware, and sealed glazing units hold up far better. Both warranty layers get registered in writing before our truck leaves your driveway, so you’ll know exactly what’s covered and for how long. Call (888) 635-0804 for a quote on PGT or CGI impact windows for your North Palm Beach home.
Call TruePane Windows & Doors for Custom Windows & Doors in North Palm Beach
If you live in North Palm Beach and you’re tired of fighting original jalousie windows that fog, corrode, and fail code, call (888) 635-0804. We’ll schedule a free in-home measure, give you a written line-item quote, and explain exactly what your CBS block openings need before any work starts. A live person answers the phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. No voicemail trees, no callback forms, no runaround.
We’ve been doing this long enough to know that North Palm Beach homeowners want one thing above all: a company that answers the phone in three rings, does the job right the first time, and still exists if something goes wrong a year later. That’s us. Custom Windows & Doors in North Palm Beach is a craft we take seriously, backed by a Done Right Promise and a company that plans to be here in thirty years.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving North Palm Beach and the surrounding communities.