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Every Coral Gables impact window we install carries a Florida or Miami-Dade product approval, in frame colors, glass and styles chosen for the city’s design review. A local project manager guides every choice, in aluminum or vinyl.
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We install impact windows across Coral Gables and Miami-Dade, choosing frame, glass and style for each opening with the city’s design review in mind before your permit is filed.
Window styles
Single-hung, horizontal roller, casement, awning, fixed picture and architectural shapes
Frames
Aluminum or vinyl; aluminum in anodized, painted or wood grain finishes
Glass
Laminated impact glass, with Low-E options including Solarban 70
Impact rating
Large and small missile impact
Product approval
Florida product approval or Miami-Dade NOA for each window; numbers on request
Permits
Filed for you. Read the Coral Gables permit steps
Warranty
15-year warranty and 1-year labor warranty on most jobs, plus a transferable warranty
License
CGC1526707. Verify on Florida DBPR
Sized to each opening, these six impact window styles include the casement, sash, fixed and transom types the city’s guidance lists.
A fixed top sash over a bottom sash that slides up. The classic, simple style for most rooms.
Two or three side-by-side panels that slide on a track. Removable panels make cleaning the tracks easier.
Side-hinged windows that open outward with a handle and close tight against a multi-point lock for security.
Hinged along the top and opened with a handle, with the screen on the inside. Pairs well with a fixed window.
A non-operating window with a large frame for light and wide views, sized to match nearby operating windows.
Arches, circles, ovals, half-rounds and trapezoids, used alone or paired with casement or awning windows for matching sightlines.
In Coral Gables, the window is part of the architecture: Coral Gables’ single-family design manual prefers casement windows on the front facade and asks for vertical proportions and divided lights, and the city’s 2024 design booklet calls windows character-defining features that should follow Mediterranean precedent. Hurricane windows here also need a product approval for the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone that covers Miami-Dade, and they still have to look right to the Board of Architects.
Coral Gables’ guidance also groups windows in pairs or in horizontal bands of tall windows, so a replacement is planned facade by facade. A change of window style is part of the Board of Architects review, so ask the City Architect before you order; each unit is then built to its measured opening within its product approval.
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Coral Gables’ single-family design manual lists window frames in black, bronze or white, and glass that is clear or lightly tinted and non-reflective. It is guidance rather than code, so check any glass coating or tint early. ES Prestige offers ultra-clear interlayers, and Multimax comes with clear glass as standard.
ES lists black, bronze and white among the aluminum colors for Elite and Prestige, and Multimax comes in white or bronze, so the frame can match the three colors in the city’s guidance. Elite also offers anodized and wood grain finishes, and Prestige two-tone and custom colors. ES uPVC is white as standard, with black among its custom foils.
The manual’s checklist also asks for a 4-inch frame setback, so the casing casts a shadow on the glass. In a masonry or coral rock wall, that means deciding where each new frame sits in the opening before it is ordered, within the mounting details its product approval allows.
In Coral Gables, the design guidance narrows the series as much as the house does, because frame color, grids and glass all count. USA Home Improvement sells only ES Windows, in aluminum or vinyl frames. For the design review route, the Notice of Commencement and window inspections, see our Coral Gables permit page; we file the permit itself on every job.
Built for single-family homes and rated for large and small missile impact in South Florida’s hurricane zone. Heat-strengthened glass and corrosion-resistant hardware come standard, with frames for concrete or wood construction.
Developed for multi-family buildings, with laminated glass by Tecnoglass, clear or gray glass and coastal hardware as standard, and Solarban 70 Low-E glass for energy efficiency. Finishes come in white or bronze.
The premium line, with narrow sightlines, thermally broken aluminum, insulating glass and coastal hardware as standard. Two-tone finishes and custom colors are available for a custom look.
Vinyl frames for homeowners who want low maintenance, sound insulation and energy efficiency, with large-missile impact rating capabilities. Ask whether vinyl meets the rating each opening needs.
Our Hallandale Beach office covers all of Coral Gables and its Miami-Dade neighbors, including the City of Miami, plus Broward cities to the north.
The city’s design guidance lists sash, casement, fixed and transom windows, with divided lights in a vertical pattern, and its single-family manual prefers casements on the front facade. We install all six styles shown above; because a change of style is part of the Board’s review, ask its reviewers before you switch a window type.
Coral Gables publishes two design booklets. Its single-family manual lists clear or lightly tinted, non-reflective glass, while the 2024 booklet lists clear, non-reflective glass without naming the building types it covers. For a condo or townhouse, ask the Board of Architects reviewers which applies before choosing gray or tinted glass. Neither booklet is code.
Start from the house’s original windows: their type, arches and divided-light pattern, which the city’s preservation guide favors returning to. That guide does not mention impact glass, so no approval can be promised in advance. A designated home needs a Certificate of Appropriateness first, explained on our Coral Gables permits and approvals page. Bring photos of the original windows to your estimate.
Both can protect a home. The city’s guidance lets storm panels with removable horizontal tracks skip Board of Architects review, though shutters still need a permit, and no shutter may hide architectural features or stop a window or door from working. Impact windows protect every opening all the time, so nobody has to put panels up before a storm.
It can. ES Elite offers Colonial or Brittany grid patterns as well as full-view glass, with flat or OG grid profiles, so the new windows can echo the vertical divided lights the city’s guidance describes. A photo of your original windows helps us match the pattern at the estimate.
Yes. The estimate is free and there is no obligation. Financing may be available for qualified homeowners through independent third-party providers, and terms depend on the program and location. If your home is in Gables Estates or Cocoplum, bring any association approval requirements to the estimate.
