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- Licensed CGC1526707 & CAC1813665
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Fort Lauderdale is in Broward County, part of Florida’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, where the city asks for impact-rated windows and doors unless they are shuttered. A local project manager handles your estimate, permit and installation.
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License CGC1526707
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USA Home Improvement installs impact windows, doors, garage doors and roofing across Fort Lauderdale. A local project manager handles your estimate, city permit and inspections.
Services in Fort Lauderdale
Impact windows, impact doors, impact garage doors and roofing
County
Broward County, part of the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone
Permit authority
City of Fort Lauderdale Building Services, applied for on LauderBuild
Typical project timeline
About 3 months start to finish, though it can vary: manufacturing about 6 to 8 weeks depending on project scope, and installation averages 1 to 2 days
Warranty
15-year warranty and 1-year labor warranty on most jobs, plus a transferable warranty
Free estimate
Yes, no obligation. Call or request online
Financing
Options for qualified homeowners. See financing options
License
CGC1526707. Verify on Florida DBPR
One local team for the upgrades that protect Fort Lauderdale homes from wind, rain and salt air.
Impact-rated windows that resist wind-borne debris and wind-driven rain. In Fort Lauderdale, window replacement needs a permit even when the job costs under $7,500.
Entry, French, sliding and pivot impact doors, tested for wind-borne debris. The city’s window and door permit checklist asks for each product’s Miami-Dade NOA.
Wind-load-approved garage doors that close one of the widest openings on a house. Each door’s product approval goes with your Fort Lauderdale permit.
Roof repair and full replacement from the same local team. Re-roofs on Fort Lauderdale houses, duplexes and townhouses can be walk-thru permits.
Fort Lauderdale calls itself the Venice of America, with 165 miles of navigable waterways along the New River and the Intracoastal. Many homes in Las Olas Isles, Rio Vista and Coral Ridge sit beside the water, so their windows and doors face wind-driven rain and salt air as well as storm debris. Properties in the Sailboat Bend and Himmarshee historic districts also need historic review before exterior changes.
Fort Lauderdale homes include houses, duplexes, townhouses and condo units, and condo or HOA homes need their association’s approval as well as the city permit. We handle the city permit and coordinate that approval, so your project manager can plan the order around your building and your association’s rules.
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When Hurricane Wilma crossed South Florida in October 2005, the National Hurricane Center reported an 86-knot gust (about 99 mph) at Fort Lauderdale’s airport and listed broken windows among the damage across southern Florida. Homes along the Intracoastal, the New River and the canals of Rio Vista or Colee Hammock get little shelter from open-water gusts.
Broward is one of the two counties in Florida’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, which has the strictest wind and debris rules in the Florida Building Code. The code sets a 170 mph design wind speed for homes in Broward. The city’s window and door checklist calls for impact-resistant products unless shuttered, with a Miami-Dade NOA for each.
An approval only holds when the product is installed the way it was tested, with the anchors and spacing that carry the wind load into the wall. For homes under three stories, the city’s checklist takes design pressures from the ASCE 7 chart. Taller buildings need pressures from the designer of record.
Building Services issues permits inside city limits. Your mailing city is not always the permit authority, so we confirm the right office by your address.
Your association approves exterior changes separately from the city. The city’s HB 803 permit update notes HOA requirements may still apply, so send us its contact early.
Building Services issues the permit on LauderBuild, with no paper filing. Exact replacements on houses, duplexes and townhouses can go walk-thru, unless historic review applies.
Jobs over $5,000 need a Notice of Commencement recorded with Broward County Records, Taxes and Treasury, then posted at the job site before the first inspection.
Inspections are booked in LauderBuild and generally run from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm. Exact times are not guaranteed, so we plan access with you.
Your price depends on how many openings you replace, their sizes, and the product series and glass you choose. Each series and glass package is priced on its own, so ask to compare two options at your estimate.
Fort Lauderdale sits in our Broward County service area, which we cover from our Hallandale Beach office along with nearby Miami-Dade and Palm Beach county cities.
We install impact windows, impact doors, impact garage doors and roofing for Fort Lauderdale homes, and every job is permitted. Ask at your estimate about painting, attic insulation or interior doors for your address. A dedicated project manager stays with you from the first visit to the final inspection.
We start with your property address, because the permit office depends on where the home sits, not on the mailing city. Inside city limits, permits go to City of Fort Lauderdale Building Services through LauderBuild. Your HOA or condo board approves the work separately, on its own schedule.
Sometimes, but approval is not automatic. Exterior changes to a designated historic property need a Certificate of Appropriateness, and in-kind replacement can be approved by staff. The city’s historic design guidelines say many hurricane-resistant windows have wide frames that are not appropriate for historic buildings, so ask about your property’s status before choosing a product.
Products are made to measure, so manufacturing takes about 6 to 8 weeks depending on the project scope, and installation averages 1 to 2 days. The whole process takes about 3 months from start to finish, though it can vary. Fort Lauderdale’s Building Services commits to finishing initial permit reviews in 30 days or less.
Beyond the products themselves, the estimate depends on the installation scope: removing the old units, any repairs found behind old frames, and the permit and HOA steps your property needs. In Fort Lauderdale, jobs over $5,000 also need a Notice of Commencement recorded with Broward County before the first inspection.
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 Fort Lauderdale home is in the Sailboat Bend or Himmarshee historic district, mention it at the estimate, because exterior changes there need a Certificate of Appropriateness first.
