Free in-home measure and quote — PGT, CGI and CWS impact lines compared on your actual openings, style by style
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Window installation in West Perrine typically costs $800 to $1,800 per opening for impact-rated units, with whole-home packages running $8,000 to $25,000 or more. Every window we install here carries a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance, because this entire ZIP code sits inside the High Velocity Hurricane Zone. If you’re replacing original jalousie windows on a 1950s or 1960s CBS home, the framing work behind those openings often matters as much as the glass itself. Call (844) 901-4551 and we’ll walk you through exactly what your house needs, no vague estimates and no Broward-spec shortcuts that Miami-Dade inspectors will reject.
Why Winslow Windows & Doors Is West Perrine’s Preferred Window Installation Company
Ed Winslow started this company in 2011, and his name has been on every truck, every invoice, and every rough opening we’ve ever touched since. West Perrine homeowners call us because they’ve been burned by crews that didn’t understand Miami-Dade code. We do. We pull permits on every job, we know which NOA-listed units pass inspection on the first visit, and we’ve rebuilt enough rusted lintels and termite-softened bucks in this neighborhood to quote realistically from day one.
Our crews serve West Perrine directly from our South Florida dispatch office, so when you call about a window that’s fogged, failing, or leaking around the jamb, someone answers and someone local shows up. Background-checked, uniformed, and in a truck with Ed’s name on the door. The Done Right Promise is the backbone of how we work: if it isn’t done right, we make it right. That’s not a marketing line, it’s the standard we’ve been held to for over a decade and the reason most of our West Perrine work comes from referrals, not ads.
Our Window Installation Services in West Perrine
West Perrine’s housing stock runs heavily to modest CBS single-family homes built between 1950 and 1975. That means certain window types come up on nearly every job. Here’s how we handle the ones we see most in the 33157.
Single & Double Hung Windows
Single and double hung windows are the most common upgrade path for West Perrine homes moving off original jalousies. We use PGT WinGuard and CGI impact-rated hungs with laminated glass interlayers, sized to your opening and matched to the design pressure your wall actually faces. A single-hung impact install in West Perrine runs roughly $900 to $1,800 per unit, depending on opening size and framing condition. These hold the most insurance-wind-credit weight for older CBS houses, and they’re the fastest to install once the old frames come out.
Horizontal Roller Windows
Horizontal roller windows show up on a lot of 1960s and 1970s West Perrine builds, especially bedrooms and kitchens where wide openings made sense. They slide side to side and work well in low-clearance spots, but the original aluminum units that are still in place today almost never carry a design pressure rating. Replacing them with CWS or ES Windows horizontal rollers gets you a clean, operable impact-rated unit that actually latches against wind load instead of just rattling in place. Expect $800 to $1,500 per opening before any framing repairs.
3-Panel Sliding (3-Lite Roller) Windows
Three-lite sliders are a signature of the post-war Florida room and patio wall, and West Perrine has plenty of both. These openings are wide, which means the header and lintel condition matters as much as the glass. We’ve pulled more than a few of these apart off Hainlin Mill Drive and found steel lintels rusted completely through from decades of salt-laden humidity. Plan on $1,200 to $2,000 per 3-panel slider for the unit and standard install, with framing correction priced separately and approved in writing before we touch it.
Casement Windows
Casement windows are the best choice when you want maximum glass area and real cross-ventilation in a West Perrine bedroom or dining room. They swing outward and seal tight against the frame, which gives them excellent HVHZ performance and water resistance in near-sea-level conditions. We install PGT and CGI casements with multi-point locking hardware, and pricing in West Perrine generally lands between $1,000 and $1,700 per unit. The salt air here is unkind to cheap hardware, so we use stainless hardware on every casement that opens to the prevailing easterly wind.
What happens when you call
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in West Perrine
We’ve been a Florida-licensed installer for PGT and CGI impact lines since our first year in business, and those are the two names that anchor most of our West Perrine installations. Both carry the Miami-Dade NOA numbers we need for a clean permit in this wind zone, and both build laminated-glass impact products that hold their ratings for the life of the home, not the length of a warranty claim window. For customers who want a different look or are matching an existing line, we also install CWS and ES Windows, and we keep local parts access through our South Florida suppliers so a replacement sash or hardware doesn’t sit in shipping limbo. We don’t install budget lines that lack a current NOA listing. Not in West Perrine. The inspector will fail them and so would we.
Common Window Installation Problems We See in West Perrine Homes
- Rusted steel lintels over original jalousies. The salt-laden humidity rolling in off Biscayne Bay has been eating those lintels since the Nixon administration. When they’re gone, the opening sags and the new window won’t seat square, so we price lintel replacement into the quote up front instead of springing it mid-job.
- Termite-damaged wood bucks around openings. We regularly find old wood window framing that’s been hollowed out by drywood termites on 1960s CBS homes off SW 168th Street and around Homestead Avenue. The concrete block survives everything, but the wood inside those openings doesn’t. We rebuild with pressure-treated lumber, flash the jambs, and then drop the new impact unit in.
- Jalousies with zero wind-load capacity. Original aluminum jalousie windows can’t pass a four-point inspection and they kill any shot at a wind mitigation credit. Leaving them in place is a liability. Replacing them with NOA-listed impact units is the single highest-ROI upgrade we do in West Perrine, both for insurance and resale.
- Non-NOA windows that fail inspection on install day. We hear this story constantly: a homeowner hires a crew from Broward, the quote looks great, and then the Miami-Dade inspector red-tags the job because the window doesn’t have a printed NOA number that matches the submittal. Now the windows are out, the opening is bare, and the homeowner’s paying twice. We check the NOA before we ever order the glass.
What Window Installation Costs in West Perrine
Let’s put real numbers to it. In West Perrine, impact windows run $800 to $1,500 per window installed across most standard openings. Impact single-hung units land between $900 and $1,800, depending on size and the framing condition behind them. A large custom opening or a bay conversion can push to $2,500 to $5,000 because you’re dealing with structural work, new headers, and more glass. Whole-home packages on a typical 3-bedroom West Perrine CBS house run $8,000 to $25,000+ when you factor in the full window count and any framing corrections the walls reveal.
What moves the price here specifically: opening count, whether your house is one story or two (second-floor work means taller ladders and more time), the wind-load requirements on that specific wall (southern exposure takes more load than a shaded north wall), and what we find when the old jalousies come out. We don’t hide the framing risk, we budget for it. You get a free in-home measure and a written line-item quote before you commit to anything. Call (844) 901-4551 and we’ll come out, measure every opening, and give you an honest number.
Florida Pays You Back
West Perrine homeowners have access to a stack of incentives that can change the math on a whole-home window replacement. The My Safe Florida Home program offers matching grants of up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades, and impact windows are one of the primary improvements that qualify. Florida also exempts impact-resistant windows and doors from sales tax, which is real money on a $15,000 package. Then there’s the federal 25C energy credit: 30% of the product cost, up to $600 per year, on qualifying energy-efficient units. And after you install, a wind mitigation inspection ($75 to $150) can show your windstorm premium dropping by around 25% on the windstorm portion of your policy. We don’t guarantee the final numbers, your carrier and the program requirements set those, but we’ll help you document everything so nothing gets left on the table.
One more thing worth knowing if you’re comparing quotes: impact windows beat hurricane shutters in West Perrine for one simple reason, permanence. Shutters sit in a garage until a storm is 48 hours out, then someone has to haul them out, hang them, and hope the tracks are still square. Impact windows protect the house every single day, no panels to hang and no ladder work in a rain band. On a 1960s CBS home that’s been knocked around by more than a few named storms, permanent protection is the better long-term call.
Pricing for Window Installation in West Perrine, FL
A standard single-hung impact window in West Perrine runs $900 to $1,800 installed. A horizontal roller runs $800 to $1,500. A 3-panel slider typically falls between $1,200 and $2,000. These are the numbers we quote most often in 33157, and they assume a clean opening with no hidden framing damage. When we open the wall and find rusted lintels or termite-ridden bucks, we show you what we found, give you a written change order, and wait for your approval before spending another dollar. That’s how Ed runs jobs. Upfront pricing, written allowances for the unknowns, and no surprises on the invoice.
We also honor a set of standing offers on every West Perrine job: $40 off any repair over $200, a free second opinion on any written estimate you bring in, no trip charge inside our home county, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. These aren’t seasonal promotions. They’re permanent commitments because Ed believes a neighbor should get a straight deal every time, not just when there’s a banner on the website.
We Also Serve Cities Near West Perrine
Our crews head out from West Perrine to the surrounding communities every week, including East Perrine, Palmetto Estates, Cutler Bay, and Cutler Ridge. If you’re just outside the 33157 and wondering whether we work in your neighborhood, call (844) 901-4551 and ask. A live person answers, always, and we’ll tell you straight up if we can get a crew to your street this week. For the full scope of what our Window Installation team handles across South Florida, take a look at the service hub page.
Serving West Perrine, FL — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the West Perrine 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 — Window Installation in West Perrine
Because Broward and Miami-Dade operate under different product approval standards. West Perrine falls entirely within Miami-Dade County’s High Velocity Hurricane Zone, which requires every replacement window or door to carry a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance. Broward-approved impact windows that lack a current NOA number will not pass permit review or inspection in West Perrine, no matter how good the price looks. We only quote NOA-listed products for this ZIP code, so your windows pass inspection the first time. Call (844) 901-4551 for a free in-home measure and a quote that will actually clear the permit desk.
You find out what’s been hiding for 60 years. On a 1960s CBS home off Homestead Avenue, we pulled the original jalousies to find badly rusted steel lintels and termite-damaged wood bucks. Our crew rebuilt the rough openings with pressure-treated lumber, installed PGT WinGuard single-hung impact windows with laminated glass interlayers, and flashed the jambs with stainless steel and peel-and-stick membrane. Then the Miami-Dade inspector signed off on the NOA numbers during the same visit. We price these repairs as written allowances up front, so the final invoice stays close to the original quote. Call (844) 901-4551 and we’ll walk your house before we quote it.
No, you don’t have to do every opening at once. A wind mitigation inspection scores the openings that are actually protected, so even if you replace the windward, southern facing windows first and the rest later, the credit reflects the work you’ve done. Many West Perrine homeowners phase it: do the bedrooms and living room first, then circle back for the bathroom and utility openings. We’ll write a phased plan and keep the NOA documentation organized so you can submit the mitigation report as each phase wraps. Call (844) 901-4551 to talk about phasing your install.
You can keep them structurally, but it’s the expensive way to solve a cheap problem. Jalousie windows have no design pressure rating, and even with a shutter over the glass, the window itself still fails the structural and water intrusion tests a wind mitigation inspector applies. You’d spend money on shutters for an opening that still doesn’t earn you the windstorm premium credit. The cleaner path in West Perrine is jalousie-to-impact-glass conversion: pull the louvered unit, rebuild the opening if needed, and install a true NOA-listed impact window. Call (844) 901-4551 and we’ll show you the difference on your specific house.
Because the product isn’t the same and the permit isn’t either. Lower-cost Broward impact lines are often not NOA-listed, which means they will not pass a Miami-Dade inspection in West Perrine. If the contractor doesn’t pull a permit at all, the price drops even further, but then your rough inspection never happens and you’ve installed thousands of dollars in windows that won’t earn a single dollar of insurance credit. We quote the correct NOA-listed unit for your wind zone, pull the permit, and pass inspection. The price difference is the cost of doing it in a way that actually stands up. Call (844) 901-4551 for a free second opinion on any written estimate you’ve received, we’ll tell you exactly what you’re looking at.
Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, serving West Perrine with NOA-compliant impact window installation and a Done Right Promise.