Free in-home measure and quote - PGT, CGI and CWS impact lines compared on your actual openings, style by style
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AfterFast, Reliable Impact Windows Across Miami
Impact windows in Miami run $800 to $1,500 per window installed, with whole-home packages starting around $8,000. Most Miami replacements are driven by Miami-Dade County code, which demands a Notice of Acceptance (NOA) based on the Large Missile Impact Test, the strictest impact standard in the country. If you’re calling around Miami right now, you already know the two questions that matter: will it pass inspection, and will it hold up to salt air. We answer both in writing. Call (561) 489-4036 to schedule a free in-home measure and written quote.
Why Miami Picks TruePane for Impact Windows
Our crews work Miami neighborhoods like Kendall, Hialeah, Little Havana, and Miami Beach every week. We know what’s behind the drywall before we open it because we’ve opened thousands of opening in Miami’s CBS block homes. We know which frame alloys pit within five years near Biscayne Bay and which ones don’t. That’s the difference between a crew that knows Miami-Dade code and a crew that lives it.
Dale Kessler founded this company on a rule that still holds: if the pane is not true, the job is not done. Every job carries The Keystone Standard, which means both manufacturer warranty layers are registered in writing, with durations stated, before the truck leaves your driveway. And every job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise. If it isn’t right, we make it right. No paperwork fights, no arguing. A live person answers the phone 24/7. Not a voicemail tree. Not a regional call center.
Reach us at (561) 489-4036 and you’ll talk to someone who can answer questions about your specific home, not a script-reader.
Our Impact Windows Services in Miami
Whole-Home Impact Window Replacement
We replace every window in the house, but the Miami difference is that each opening gets measured twice and checked against the wind zone and floor height before we order. In a two-story Kendall home from the 1970s, the second-story openings carry different design pressures than the first-floor sliders. We quote those separately on paper. You see exactly what you’re buying. A whole-home package in Miami typically runs $8,000 to $25,000 depending on opening count, frame material, and whether any openings need custom fabrication.
Impact Door Replacement and Installation
French doors, sliders, and entry doors all need NOA-compliant ratings in Miami-Dade. We install impact-rated doors from PGT, CGI, and CWS, with design pressures matched to the opening. In Miami Beach, a door replacement on a designated historic property may require a profile that matches the original. We handle that review too.
Jalousie and Pre-Andrew Window Replacement
A 1950s concrete block home in Hialeah with original jalousie windows is one of the most common jobs in Miami. Jalousies leak air, leak water, and offer no hurricane protection. We replace them with impact-rated single-hung or picture windows that meet Miami-Dade NOA standards and cut cooling bills. The frames have to anchor into concrete block, often with epoxy-set stainless fasteners, because the original openings were set directly in the block with no wooden buck.
Historic and Custom Impact Windows
Miami Beach’s Art Deco district from 5th to 23rd Streets has preservation rules that reject standard aluminum impact units for lacking the slim sightlines of original steel casements. We source thermally broken steel or specialty aluminum profiles that clear the Historic Preservation Board and still hold a Miami-Dade NOA. These are custom-fabricated, typically 4 to 6 weeks, and they cost more; they’re the only option that passes review.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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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 Miami
We’re an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines, and in Miami we lean on CWS, ES Windows, and CGI because their Miami-Dade NOA documentation is clean and their coastal-spec frame options hold up along Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic. If you already have a brand in mind, we quote it side by side on paper against a comparable line. You see the price difference and the warranty difference before you sign anything.
For more detail on our full lineup, see our Impact Windows page.
Common Impact Windows Problems We See in Miami Homes
- Salt-air frame pitting near Biscayne Bay. Standard anodized aluminum from inland suppliers powders and pits within five to seven years. Marine-grade 6063-T6 alloy with Class I anodizing lasts decades. If you live within two miles of the water, this is a line-item decision, not an upsell.
- Delaminating IGUs on pre-1994 sliders. The humidity swing between Miami’s wet air and aggressive air conditioning separates the glass layers on old non-impact sealed units. The laminated interlayer in impact-rated glass is the fix that also meets code.
- Historic Miami Beach red-tags. A homeowner installs standard aluminum impact windows on a 1930s Art Deco building without board approval. The city red-tags it. The windows come out. The cost doubles. We see this at least once a quarter.
- Rotted original steel buck anchoring. In CBS homes from the 1950s through 1980s, original frames were often set directly into the block with no wood buck, and what wood exists is rotted. We epoxy-anchor new stainless fasteners into sound block and rebuild the opening properly.
What Impact Windows Costs in Miami
Here’s what we quote in Miami, on paper, before any work starts:
- Impact windows, installed: $800-$1,500 per window
- Impact single-hung: $900-$1,800 per opening
- Large or custom openings: $2,500-$5,000 each
- Whole-home packages: $8,000-$25,000+
What moves the price in Miami specifically: how many openings, wind zone and floor height, whether the home is CBS block or Miami Beach masonry with historic constraints, and the frame alloy. A coastal-spec frame costs more than an inland-spec frame, but the inland-spec frame pitting and powdering near the bay means you’ll buy it twice within a decade. We’d rather quote the right spec once. Call (561) 489-4036 for a free in-home measure and written itemized quote.
Florida Pays You Back
Miami homeowners can stack several offsets. The My Safe Florida Home program offers matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades. Florida has a sales-tax exemption on impact-resistant windows and doors. The federal 25C energy credit covers 30% of product cost, up to $600 per year on qualifying units. And after a wind-mitigation inspection ($75-$150), most Miami homeowners see the windstorm portion of the premium drop around 25%. Programs change, and insurers set their own numbers, so nothing is guaranteed. We’ll point you to the right inspection and paperwork, but the state and the carrier decide the final figure.
We Also Serve Cities Near Miami
TruePane is the Impact Windows in Miami team, and our crews also cover Miami Beach, Coral Gables, Hialeah, and Miami Gardens. Same written quotes, same NOA documentation, same 90-Day Done Right Promise.
Serving Miami, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Miami 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 in Miami
Miami-Dade’s Notice of Acceptance is based on the Large Missile Impact Test, which simulates a nine-pound 2×4 hitting the window at hurricane speed. It’s a higher bar than the Florida Product Approval used elsewhere. If you’re in Miami, you can’t install an impact window that doesn’t carry a Miami-Dade NOA, period. Call (561) 489-4036 and we’ll show you the NOA for the exact window quoted.
Not if the building sits within the Historic Preservation overlay from roughly 5th to 23rd Streets. The board routinely rejects standard aluminum impact units for failing to replicate the slim sightlines of the original 1930s and 40s steel casements. You need thermally broken steel or specialty impact-rated aluminum profiles that match. We source those and handle the board submission.
The right upgrade is a NOA-rated impact window, typically single-hung or picture, set into the original block opening with epoxy-anchored stainless fasteners. Jalousies have no structural value in a storm and leak air constantly. On a Hialeah CBS home, this is the most common replacement we do, and each opening is measured twice before we order.
We regularly see 20% to 30% cooling reductions when Low-E insulated impact glass replaces single-pane or jalousie openings in Miami homes. The reduction is bigger on west-facing openings and on pre-1994 homes with original aluminum frames. In one Miami Beach Art Deco apartment on Ocean Drive, after we set thermally broken steel impact casements with Low-E insulated glass, the owner cut cooling cost 28%.
You might get a lower quote, but Broward contractors don’t live under the same code. A Broward contractor quoting a Florida Product Approval unit for a Miami-Dade home is a red-tag waiting to happen. We quote Miami-Dade NOA units as the baseline, not an upgrade. Estimates are free. Call (561) 489-4036 for a written quote and we’ll match your opening to the exact approval number.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors.
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.