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Impact window and door replacement in Lighthouse Point runs $900-$2,800 per opening installed, with most canal-front homes landing between $14,000 and $38,000 for a full retrofit, depending on product line, frame material, and how much corrosion repair the existing openings need. TruePane Windows & Doors has been setting impact-rated units in Lighthouse Point long enough to know that the salt air off the canals attacks everything: frames, fasteners, sill pans, and seals. If you’re calling around for a quote, call (561) 940-2917 and ask for a line-by-line written estimate. We’ll walk the house with you, measure every opening twice, and tell you what will actually hold up here, not what the brochure says.
Lighthouse Point is different from the beach towns to the south. The canal grid puts open water within thirty feet of nearly every home, and the prevailing easterlies push salt spray across all four elevations. That changes the product spec on every job. We’ll get into exactly what that means below, including the price gap between a coastal-spec install and the inland-spec version that some out-of-area contractors will quote you.
Key Takeaways for Lighthouse Point Homeowners
- Impact windows and doors in Lighthouse Point must carry both an HVHZ product approval and marine-grade corrosion resistance. One without the other fails here, either at inspection or within a decade.
- Typical per-opening cost for hurricane impact windows in Lighthouse Point: $1,100-$2,400. Impact sliding glass doors: $3,500-$7,800. Impact entry doors: $4,200-$9,500. Impact garage doors: $3,800-$8,200.
- Original single-pane aluminum sliders and jalousie windows common in 1950s-1970s Lighthouse Point homes meet neither current HVHZ impact standards nor energy code.
- Fasteners and sill pans on canal-side openings routinely corrode to failure in 10-15 years if they were specified for inland conditions.
- TruePane registers both manufacturer warranty layers in writing before the truck leaves your driveway, and every job carries the Done Right Promise.
Why TruePane Windows & Doors Is Lighthouse Point’s Preferred Impact Windows & Doors Company
We’re not the cheapest bid in Lighthouse Point, and we won’t pretend to be. What we are is the company that fixes the jobs other contractors installed wrong. 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 standard matters more in Lighthouse Point than almost anywhere else in Broward County, because the canal environment punishes shortcuts faster than it forgives them.
Our techs are background-checked and uniformed, and they work in your home the way they’d work in their own mother’s. We measure twice, quote manufacturer lines side by side on paper, and register both warranty layers in writing before we leave the driveway. You get the Keystone Standard on every opening, every time.
A live person answers our phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. When you call about a fogged impact window off Sample Road or a slider that’s bound up along the C-14 Canal, you won’t get a voicemail tree or a regional call center. You’ll get someone who knows Lighthouse Point permit requirements and can tell you whether the problem is a warranty issue or a corrosion issue before we even schedule the truck.
We’re an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines, including, PGT, and CGI. That matters when you’re comparing quotes, because we can put two or three product options in front of you on paper with real numbers, not vague ranges.
Our Impact Windows & Doors Services in Lighthouse Point
Hurricane Impact Windows
Most Lighthouse Point homes built between the mid-1950s and late 1970s still carry their original single-pane aluminum frames. Off the canals, we see pitting and white oxidation within a decade, and the south-facing jalousie panes lose their gas fill faster than fixed lites. We replace them with HVHZ-rated impact units built for marine exposure: fusion-welded frames, stainless hardware, and insulated glass that won’t fog out from moisture cycling off the water. A typical impact window replacement in Lighthouse Point runs $1,100-$2,400 per opening installed, including flashing and permit-ready paperwork.
Our Impact Windows & Doors team has handled hundreds of these retrofits, and we know which product approvals will pass a Lighthouse Point inspection on the first pull.
Impact Sliding Glass Doors
Canal-side sliders take the worst of it in Lighthouse Point. The frames pit, the rollers grind, and the sill pans under them rot the rough opening from the inside out. We replace entire slider assemblies with impact-rated units, not just the glass. That means new sashes, new tracks, marine-grade anodized frames, and stainless fasteners that won’t turn to dust in the salt air. Expect $3,500-$7,800 per door installed, depending on width and whether we’re repairing corrosion damage to the surrounding framing. If your slider sticks when the humidity climbs in August, the track is likely corroded beyond adjustment.
Impact Entry & French Doors
Entry doors on Lighthouse Point canal homes fail at the hinge and threshold first. Non-stainless fasteners corrode, the door drops, and the threshold leak path starts feeding rot into the jambs. We install impact-rated entry and French doors with stainless hinges, compression weatherstripping rated for salt exposure, and thresholds that shed water away from the opening. Most entry door replacements in Lighthouse Point run $4,200-$9,500, and a pair of impact French doors typically lands between $7,000 and $14,000 installed. If your door binds in the frame every July, it’s not the heat. It’s corrosion.
Impact Garage Doors
Garage doors are the largest opening on any Lighthouse Point home, and they’re the first thing to fail in a hurricane if they’re not impact-rated. Broward County HVHZ code requires either a rated door or a bracing system, and the original 1960s wood doors we see around Coral Key Village and the Hillsboro Isles don’t come close. We replace them with impact-rated aluminum and steel doors built for coastal exposure, including track systems with stainless hardware. Budget $3,800-$8,200 for a single-car door and $6,500-$12,000 for a double. The door only counts if the tracks and fasteners are spec’d for salt, too.
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Trusted Brands We Service in Lighthouse Point
We’re an authorized installer for PGT, CGI, and more than a dozen other lines, and we keep common Lighthouse Point replacement parts in local inventory: stainless rollers, marine-grade threshold caps, and HVHZ-listed laminated glass units. For homeowners who want a more custom look on canal-facing elevations, we’ve installed ES Windows and CWS, both of which hold Miami-Dade NOAs and stand up to salt spray well. When we quote, we put the brand options side by side on paper so you can see the frame spec, glass package, and warranty terms next to each other.
Common Impact Windows & Doors Problems We See in Lighthouse Point Homes
- Pitted and perforated aluminum frames on canal-side sliders. Salt-laden easterlies off the canals push spray across every elevation, and standard aluminum frames show severe white oxidation within 10-15 years. This isn’t cosmetic; it eats through the frame at the weep holes and jams the sashes.
- Corroded fasteners and sill pans on impact doors. We’ve pulled hinges off doors in Lighthouse Point where the stainless screws had turned to chalk. When the sill pan corrodes through, water gets into the rough opening and rots framing that the HVHZ-rated assembly depends on.
- Fogged insulated glass units on jalousie and fixed-lite windows. The constant moisture cycling along the canals degrades spacer seals faster than inland. Homeowners mistake it for a dirty window, but it’s a failed seal and the U-factor is gone. Full glass replacement is the fix, not cleaning.
- Failed inspections from non-HVHZ product approvals. Companies based in Palm Beach County, one county north, sometimes spec windows approved only for non-HVHZ wind zones. Lighthouse Point requires a Miami-Dade NOA or Florida Product Approval that lists HVHZ. If the approval doesn’t say HVHZ, the permit fails.
Pricing for Impact Windows & Doors in Lighthouse Point, FL
Here’s what we actually see on Lighthouse Point jobs, not national averages. Impact windows: $1,100-$2,400 per opening. Impact sliding glass doors: $3,500-$7,800. Impact entry doors: $4,200-$9,500. Impact French doors: $7,000-$14,000 per pair. Impact garage doors: $3,800-$8,200 single, $6,500-$12,000 double. Full-house retrofits on a typical single-story Lighthouse Point ranch run $14,000-$38,000.
What moves the number: how many openings face a canal, whether we’re pulling permits and paying impact fees, how much corrosion repair the rough openings need, and which manufacturer line you choose. A PGT or CGI unit costs more up front than an inland-spec import, but the hardware doesn’t fail in eight years. The coastal spec costs roughly 15-25% more than the inland version of the same job, and the inland version costs you more within a decade in frame rot, failed seals, and a retrofit you’ll pay for twice.
We offer free written estimates with line-item pricing. We also offer a free written repair estimate, a maintenance check, and a permanent 5% discount for seniors and veterans. Call (561) 940-2917 to set a time. The estimate is free, and nothing on the bill changes unless you change the scope.
What Salt Air Means for the Materials, Not Just the Schedule
Here’s the conversation we have in Lighthouse Point that we don’t have in inland Broward. You can buy an impact window that passes HVHZ testing but has hardware spec’d for Orlando. That window will pass inspection. It will also look terrible in eight years and need its hinges and locks replaced by year twelve. The salt air off the canals doesn’t care about your product approval. It works on every ferrous fastener, every exposed aluminum frame, and every seal that flexes through the humidity cycle.
That means the decision isn’t just which window brand you choose. It’s whether the frame is marine-grade anodized or powder-coated, whether the hardware is 316 stainless, whether the sill pan is PVC or coated aluminum, and whether the installation crew flashes the rough opening with butyl tape instead of housewrap. On a 1960s ranch along the Coral Key Village canal, we replaced original single-pane aluminum sliders with ViewLux impact-rated casement units using fusion-welded frames and stainless-steel hardware. The existing sill pans and fasteners were flaking with white corrosion, and the insulated glass on the south-facing jalousie panes had already lost their argon fill. Our crew cut out the corroded jambs, flashed the rough openings with butyl tape, and set the new sashes with marine-grade finishes. That job resolved the failed seals and the HVHZ compliance gap in one pull, but only because the homeowner didn’t cheap out on the hardware spec.
The price gap between the coastal-spec and inland-spec version of a Lighthouse Point job is real. Figure 15-25% across the board. That’s the cost of stainless hinges, marine-grade frames, butyl flashing, and the time to cut out corroded rough openings properly. The cheap spec gets you a window that passes inspection for less money up front. Within a decade, you’re paying for frame perforation, bound sashes, and a second retrofit that costs more than the coastal spec would have the first time. If you’re planning to stay in Lighthouse Point another twenty years, the math is simple: buy the window that survives the canals, not the one that barely passes the permit desk.
Lighthouse Point’s dense canal grid means virtually every home in the city, not just Intracoastal-front lots, has at least one window or door directly facing open water. The Atlantic easterlies channel through the entire canal system and push salt-laden air across all four elevations. That’s different from Pompano Beach or Deerfield Beach, where waterfront lots are a minority and most homes only fight salt on one side. Here, the whole house is in the salt zone. That’s why we spec every opening for marine exposure, not just the ones facing the water you can see from the kitchen.
We Also Serve Cities Near Lighthouse Point
TruePane’s Impact Windows & Doors in Lighthouse Point crews also cover Delray Beach, Gulf Stream, Golf, and Ocean Ridge. If you’re in one of those cities and facing the same salt-air and HVHZ permitting issues we see every day in Lighthouse Point, call (561) 940-2917 for a free written estimate.
Serving Lighthouse Point, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
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FAQs - Impact Windows & Doors in Lighthouse Point
Broward County sits in the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, so every replacement window and door in Lighthouse Point must carry a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance or Florida Product Approval that specifically lists HVHZ. That’s the impact rating. But the product approval doesn’t address corrosion, and Lighthouse Point’s canal grid pushes salt spray across every elevation of a home. So the spec has to add marine-grade anodized or powder-coated frames, 316 stainless hardware, and coated sill pans on top of the HVHZ-rated glass. Inland Broward homes can often run standard hardware; Lighthouse Point canal homes cannot. This dual requirement adds roughly 15-25% to the cost of the job versus an inland-spec install, and skipping either half of it means either a failed permit inspection or hardware that corrodes inside a decade. Call (561) 940-2917 for an exact quote on your openings.
The most common reason is spacer seal failure from constant moisture cycling off the canal water. Salt-laden humidity penetrates the seal at the edge of the insulated glass unit, the desiccant inside the spacer saturates, and the argon or krypton fill escapes. The glass starts fogging between the panes, which homeowners often mistake for surface dirt. Once the fill is gone, the U-factor drops back toward single-pane performance, so the window stops doing its energy job even though it looks mostly intact. Fogged panes need glass replacement, not cleaning, and if the frame is corroded around the sealed unit, a full replacement makes more sense. Call (561) 940-2917 if you can see moisture between the panes.
It depends on the condition of the frame and the product approval on the existing unit. If the frame is structurally sound and the original product approval covers the glass or sash you’re replacing, a sash or glass-only replacement is sometimes allowed. But in Lighthouse Point, the frame is usually the problem: years of salt exposure leaves pitting, corrosion, and weakened fasteners that compromise the HVHZ-rated assembly. When that’s the case, a sash-only fix just rides on a failing frame. We’ll tell you honestly whether the frame is salvageable before we quote anything, and the answer on most canal-side openings we inspect is no. The estimate is free; call (561) 940-2917.
Standard zinc-plated and even some 304 stainless fasteners will corrode on Lighthouse Point canal-front openings within 8-12 years. The salt spray is constant, it’s on every elevation, and it concentrates at hinges, thresholds, and weep holes. 316 marine-grade stainless is the right spec for this environment, and it typically outlasts standard hardware by a factor of three or more. That’s the difference between a door that swings true for twenty years and one that binds in the frame by year ten because the hinge pins have rusted. When we quote impact doors for Lighthouse Point homes, we spec 316 stainless hardware on every opening, whether it faces the canal or the street. Call (561) 940-2917 for a line-item quote.
The most common failure is a product approval that doesn’t list HVHZ. Palm Beach County sits outside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, so companies working one county north sometimes spec windows approved only for non-HVHZ wind zones. Those products will not pass a Lighthouse Point permit inspection, and the homeowner is left with a costly retrofit after the fact. You avoid it by asking for the product approval document before you sign anything and checking that “HVHZ” appears on it, or by working with a company that pulls Lighthouse Point permits regularly. We’ve been through this process enough times to know exactly what the inspector will check. Free estimates include a permit-ready spec; call (561) 940-2917.
If you’re in Lighthouse Point and you need impact windows or doors that will actually hold up to the canals and pass HVHZ inspection the first time, call TruePane Windows & Doors at (561) 940-2917. We’ll measure twice, quote in writing, and stand behind the work with the Done Right Promise.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Lighthouse Point with impact-rated window and door installations that meet Broward County HVHZ code and survive the salt air off the canals.
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.