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Fast, Reliable Impact Windows & Doors Across West Palm Beach
Impact windows and doors in West Palm Beach run roughly $850-$1,400 per opening installed for mid-grade impact-rated units, and a typical 1,500-2,000 square foot CBS home built between 1940 and 1970 will need $18,000-$35,000 for a full replacement. But here in West Palm Beach, the price question is only half the conversation. The real question is whether the frame material and hardware will survive the salt air rolling off the Atlantic, because a window that meets the Florida Building Code on paper in Orlando will corrode and seize within a few years on Flagler Drive. Our crews work West Palm Beach neighborhoods from Northwood to Flamingo Park every week, and we specify marine-grade extrusions and stainless hardware as the default, not the upgrade. Call (561) 349-4826 if you want a written line-item quote on your specific openings, not a brochure price.
Why TruePane Windows & Doors Is West Palm Beach’s Preferred Impact Windows & Doors Company
We did not open a West Palm Beach branch as a franchise play. TruePane Windows & Doors is led by Dale Kessler, a second-generation glazier, and the company carries years of craft heritage into every opening we touch. Scheduling and dispatch are coordinated from our Miami office, but the crews serving West Palm Beach live in Palm Beach County and know what a 1950s CBS house in Flamingo Park needs versus a 1990s stucco tract home in Royal Palm Beach. That matters when the difference between a ten-year window and a thirty-year window is the flashing detail and the stainless steel hardware you spec.
Every job carries our Done Right Promise. The Keystone Standard means both manufacturer warranty layers get registered in writing, with durations stated, before the truck leaves the driveway. If the pane is not true, the job is not done. We hire local, train apprentices into journeymen, and plan to be answering the phone in West Palm Beach thirty years from now. A live person answers that phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Not a voicemail tree, not a callback form.
Our Impact Windows & Doors Services in West Palm Beach
We install, replace, and service the full range of impact-rated openings, and we have been an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines long enough to know which ones hold up within a mile of the intracoastal. Here is how we handle the work you are most likely calling about.
Hurricane Impact Windows
The pre-1994 housing stock in West Palm Beach is full of original jalousie louver windows and single-track aluminum sliders that cannot be retrofitted to any modern impact standard. They get torn out and replaced, not patched. In Flamingo Park, Northwood, and El Cid we regularly replace these with impact-rated double-hungs or casements using fusion-welded frames, low-E insulated glass, and stainless steel hardware. We measure every opening twice, quote manufacturer lines side by side on paper, and register both warranty layers before we leave the driveway. A full replacement on a 1,400-1,800 square foot CBS home in these neighborhoods typically runs $14,000-$24,000 depending on opening count and frame material.

Impact Sliding Glass Doors
West Palm Beach has an enormous number of CBS homes with the original 6-foot single-track aluminum slider leading to the back patio or carport. Those sliders are a primary wind-driven rain entry point, and the salt air has usually pitted the track so the door binds by July. We replace them with impact-rated sliders built on marine-grade aluminum or, for homeowners who want the large-format look along the waterfront corridor, multi-panel pocket or folding systems. A standard 2-panel impact slider in West Palm Beach runs $2,800-$5,200 installed. Large multi-panel pocket systems on high-end infill homes can reach $18,000-$40,000, and those are jobs where the sizing and wall reinforcement need to be engineered, not guessed.

Impact Entry & French Doors
An entry door on a West Palm Beach home built before Andrew is usually a wood slab in a wood jamb with no impact rating and weatherstripping gone years ago. We replace those with impact-rated fiberglass or steel door systems that carry a Florida Product Approval number and a Miami-Dade NOA where required. French doors onto a patio or sunroom get the same treatment, with multi-point locking hardware and stainless hinges. For a standard single impact entry door in West Palm Beach, plan on $1,800-$3,600. A pair of impact French doors typically lands at $3,500-$7,000 installed, more if the rough opening needs reframing, which it usually does on houses this age.

Wind Mitigation & Code Compliance
This is the piece most West Palm Beach homeowners do not know they need until their insurer asks for it. Palm Beach County sits in the 160-170 mph ultimate design wind speed zone per the Florida Building Code, and Citizens Insurance and the private carriers writing policies here routinely require documented impact protection as a condition of issuance or affordable premium. We provide the documentation: the Florida Product Approval numbers, the wind mitigation inspection coordination, and the written warranty registrations. We also regularly help homeowners complete the Uniform Mitigation Verification Inspection after a replacement project, because without the paperwork, the window does not count for the insurance discount.

What happens when you call
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Trusted Brands We Service in West Palm Beach
We are an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines, and in West Palm Beach we steer most customers toward the brands whose extrusions and hardware hold up to the coastal air. Impact Windows & Doors from ES Windows and Andersen carry strong Miami-Dade approvals and use stainless hardware on the load-bearing points. ECO Window Systems gives West Palm Beach homeowners a value route on impact-rated sliders without going to vinyl, which the UV down here will chew through faster than the northern-market specs suggest. ViewLux fills the large-format custom glass wall segment on the waterfront and infill projects. We stock the common replacement hardware and seal components for these lines locally, so if a single lite fogs or a lock set fails under warranty, you are not waiting three weeks on a freight shipment from a distributor in Tampa.
Common Impact Windows & Doors Problems We See in West Palm Beach Homes
- Salt corrosion on standard aluminum frames and hardware. Onshore winds carry salt a mile or more inland from the intracoastal. Non-marine-grade aluminum oxides within a few years, the sash seizes in the jamb, and weatherstripping delaminates. We spec marine-grade extrusions and stainless fasteners as the default on every coastal job.
- UV-degraded vinyl lineals and failed perimeter seals. The summer sun at this latitude beats on vinyl frames until they get brittle, and once the perimeter seal around the insulated glass unit fails, the argon escapes and the pane fogs. We prefer fusion-welded aluminum or reinforced composite frames for this reason, and we tell customers up front why a vinyl window that works in Atlanta will not hold up on Australian Avenue.
- Wind-driven rain entering the rough opening through improper flashing. This is a hidden killer in CBS homes. Bad flashing tape at the jamb lets water in behind the frame, and you will not see it until the interior drywall stains or the sub-sill rots. On every replacement we strip the old opening down to the block, address any existing water damage, and flash the new frame properly before trim goes back.
- Fogged or failed insulated glass in impact units installed by other companies. We get calls from homeowners in El Cid and Northwood who paid for impact windows a decade ago and now have condensation between the panes. If the frame is still sound and the unit is within warranty, we replace the glass under the manufacturer’s terms. If the frame was never registered or the original installer is gone, the window usually needs a full replacement.
Pricing for Impact Windows & Doors in West Palm Beach, FL
You asked what it costs, so here is the honest range for the West Palm Beach market. Impact-rated double-hung or casement windows run $850-$1,400 per opening installed. Impact sliding glass doors run $2,800-$5,200 for a standard two-panel unit. Impact entry doors run $1,800-$3,600. Full-home replacements on the 1940s-1970s CBS houses in Flamingo Park, Northwood, and El Cid typically land between $18,000 and $35,000. The main variables are opening count, frame material, glass package, and whether the rough opening needs reframing. The coastal-spec materials we recommend, marine-grade extrusions and stainless hardware, add roughly 8-12% to the bid versus an inland-spec job. That might look like $1,500-$3,500 more on a whole house. The inland-spec job will cost more than that within a decade, because you will be paying to replace corroded frames and stuck sashes. Call (561) 349-4826 to schedule a free estimate, and you will get a written line-item quote, not a voiceover number.
We Also Serve Cities Near West Palm Beach
TruePane Windows & Doors serves homeowners throughout central Palm Beach County. We work regularly in Palm Beach, Greenacres, Palm Beach Gardens, and Royal Palm Beach, and the crews that run those routes are the same background-checked, uniformed technicians who work West Palm Beach every day.
Serving West Palm Beach, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the West 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 - Impact Windows & Doors in West Palm Beach
Yes, and not just for storm protection. Original single-hung and jalousie windows from the pre-1994 CBS housing stock in West Palm Beach cannot be retrofitted to any current impact standard, and most insurers writing policies in Palm Beach County will either surcharge you heavily or decline to renew until they are replaced. The 160-170 mph ultimate design wind speed designation for this coast makes documented impact protection a financial necessity, not a cosmetic upgrade. Call (561) 349-4826 and we will walk you through the wind mitigation paperwork as part of the job.
Marine-grade aluminum or reinforced composite, with stainless steel hardware on every load-bearing point. The salt-laden onshore winds in West Palm Beach oxidize standard aluminum within a few years, and vinyl will degrade faster than manufacturer specs under this UV. We do not spec inland-grade frames on any job within a mile of the intracoastal. The upgrade runs roughly 8-12% over standard aluminum, and it is the difference between a sash that opens in year ten and one that does not. Call (561) 349-4826 for a side-by-side written quote on the frame options for your specific openings.
It is possible, but only with a narrow product list. The Palm Beach County building department requires current impact-rated product approvals, while the City’s Historic Preservation Board requires that replacement windows replicate the original sight lines, muntin patterns, and profile dimensions of the 1920s-1940s Mediterranean Revival or Mission-style fenestration. The overlap of impact products that also pass historic review is short, and we know which ones they are because we have walked them through review for Flamingo Park and El Cid homeowners. We handle the documentation and the board presentation as part of the job. Call (561) 349-4826 if you live in one of these districts and want to know your product options before you spend money on drawings.
The U-factor matters less here than the SHGC, or solar heat gain coefficient. West Palm Beach is a cooling-dominant climate, so you want glass that blocks solar heat while still meeting impact standards, normally a low-E coating tuned for the southern latitude. The coastal air does not change the glass physics, but it does change the frame, and the two decisions interact. We price glass packages side by side on paper so you can see exactly what you are buying. Call (561) 349-4826 to get that written comparison for your specific openings.
It depends on the frame and the warranty. If the frame is still structurally sound and the unit is under warranty, we replace the insulated glass unit and re-register the replacement under the manufacturer’s terms. If the frame was never registered, or the original installer is out of business, or the frame itself has corroded, the window needs a full replacement. We see this every month in West Palm Beach, usually on impact units installed within the last ten to fifteen years by companies that did not register the warranty. Call (561) 349-4826 and we will tell you which category your window falls into before we sell you anything.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving West Palm Beach with years of glazing craft heritage. If the pane is not true, the job is not done.
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.



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