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Replacing windows and doors on Estero Island is rarely a swap-and-go job. Fort Myers Beach sits in a High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, and most homes here must meet FEMA flood elevation standards and Florida Building Code impact requirements at the same time. A window replacement in Fort Myers Beach typically runs $4,500-$15,000, and impact-rated installations run $8,000-$25,000 depending on opening size, count, and what the permit inspection finds once the wall is open. We’re Barrett & Sons Construction, Tom Barrett’s company since 1998, and we’ve rebuilt enough Fort Myers Beach openings to know what lives behind the stucco before we quote it. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate, and we’ll walk your property before we put a single number in writing.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Fort Myers Beach’s Preferred Windows & Doors Company
Tom Barrett puts his name, address, and license number on every contract. You can look it up before you sign, and plenty of Fort Myers Beach property owners already have. After Hurricane Ian, this island became one of the most scrutinized construction markets in Florida. The 50% FEMA substantial damage rule means most permits trigger full code compliance, not a patch job. We pull the permit every time, and we schedule the inspection before we walk away. The inspector works for you, not for me. That’s why I like him.
Our crews are Tom’s sons and their teams, not subcontractors we’ve never met. They show up in Barrett & Sons shirts, they’ve been background-checked, and they know what Estero Island salt air does to aluminum frames and fasteners. We answer our own phone around the clock. You won’t reach a call center in another state or a voicemail that takes three days to return. For over 25 years, our name has been on the truck, and Tom still checks the jobs himself.
One thing that sets us apart in Fort Myers Beach: we don’t quote a job until we understand what the permit will require. That means checking your elevation certificate, your FEMA flood zone, and whether your parcel sits seaward of the Coastal Construction Control Line. Most contractors just across the bridge don’t think about the CCCL until the DEP says no. We factor it in before you sign, so the price we quote is the price you approve in writing.
Our Windows & Doors Services in Fort Myers Beach
Window Installation
New window installation in Fort Myers Beach means more than setting a frame in a rough opening. On older concrete-block cottages along Estero Boulevard and down side streets like Connecticut and Crescent, we regularly find undersized lintels, hairline-cracked headers, and wall cavities that never had proper flashing. We shore the opening, replace the header if current code demands it, flash the perimeter correctly, and install a rated window that won’t let wind-driven rain behind the jamb. Permits pulled, inspections signed, every time.
Door Installation
Front doors and side doors on Fort Myers Beach take a beating from salt-laden air and storm-driven spray. A door that looks fine from the porch often has a rotted subfloor behind the threshold once we pull it. We install entry doors, French doors, and patio doors with stainless steel hinges and hardware, not plated fasteners that corrode in two seasons. If your door opening has settled or shifted from storm loading, we address the rough framing before the new door goes in.
Window Replacement
Window replacement in Fort Myers Beach usually starts with a simple question: why is it failing? If the sashes are original single-pane from the 1960s or 1970s, a permit triggers the mandatory impact-test requirement. That means the whole opening gets an impact-rated assembly, not just new glass. We walk through that process with you before demolition starts. What looks like a $6,000 job can become a $12,000 job when code sees the full scope. We’d rather tell you that while discussing your Fort Myers Beach Kitchen Remodeling plans than after the wall is open.
Impact Windows & Doors
Impact-rated windows and doors are the standard on Fort Myers Beach now. The island’s post-Ian rebuild has made them nearly universal on Estero Island, and for good reason. These assemblies are tested to withstand windborne debris and design pressures specific to the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone. We install Simonton, PGT, and CGI impact products, and we handle the DEP CCCL paperwork when your parcel is seaward of the line. The materials have published ratings you can look up yourself, and we’re happy to show you the test reports before you commit.
Impact Sliding Glass Doors
Sliding glass doors face the Gulf, which means they take the worst of every storm. We see tracks bent from debris impact, rollers seized by salt corrosion, and panels that shatter like standard glass because someone reused an old frame and skipped the rating. A proper impact sliding glass door in Fort Myers Beach runs $8,000-$25,000 installed, depending on width and configuration. Stainless steel rollers, reinforced tracks, and laminated glass that meets Miami-Dade or Florida Building Code standards. Your replacement is only as good as the frame it sits in.
Trusted Brands We Service in Fort Myers Beach
We don’t install mystery brands off the back of a van. For Fort Myers Beach homes, we work with manufacturers whose ratings are published and verifiable: Simonton for their StormBreaker Plus impact line, PGT for their WinGuard and Custom Window + Door series, and CGI for their Sentinel impact-rated products. These are names the Lee County permit office recognizes, and their engineering documents are available for any inspector who asks. We stock common replacement hardware and weatherstripping locally so our Windows & Doors in Fort Myers Beach crew can turn around service work without waiting on a regional warehouse.
Common Windows & Doors Problems We See in Fort Myers Beach Homes
- Salt-pitted aluminum frames losing their seal. The Gulf air on Estero Island corrodes aluminum frames faster than inland Lee County. Once the seal fails, wind-driven rain wicks through the wall cavity and rots the subfloor behind the jamb. By the time you see the water stain on the drywall inside, the structural damage behind the frame is often worse than the window itself.
- Single-pane sashes that fail impact-test requirements once a permit is pulled. Homes built before the island was remapped into a VE flood zone have windows that were grandfathered under outdated codes. The moment you pull a permit for any structural work, the old windows become non-compliant. That forces a full opening replacement, not a glass-only swap.
- Improperly flashed retrofit windows. We regularly open up walls on Fort Myers Beach where a previous contractor set a retrofit window without correcting the flashing. Water intrudes at the head, corrodes the new fasteners, and mold grows inside the wall before the first hurricane season ends. Then the homeowner pays to fix the same opening twice.
- Rusted hardware on sliding glass doors. Sliders that face the Gulf get sandblasted by salt and storm spray. Rollers seize, tracks bend, and handles snap. If the frame itself is still square and rated, we can rebuild the hardware. If it’s twisted or corroded at the corners, the whole assembly has to go.
Pricing for Windows & Doors in Fort Myers Beach, FL
Here’s what we quote for window and door work in Fort Myers Beach, and this is put in writing before the first nail moves:
| Service | Price Range |
|---|---|
| Impact Window Installation | $8,000-$25,000 |
| Window Replacement | $4,500-$15,000 |
| Impact Sliding Glass Doors | $8,000-$25,000 |
| Hurricane Shutters & Protection | $4,500-$15,000 |
What moves the number: how many openings you have, whether the rough framing needs headers replaced, whether your parcel is seaward of the CCCL, and whether your elevation certificate triggers the 50% rule. We carry allowances in writing for the things we can’t see until the wall is open: rotted subfloors, undersized headers, failed flashing. If a surprise shows up, you get a change order in writing before we touch it. No surprise invoices at the end. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate, with no trip charge inside the county.
We Also Serve Cities Near Fort Myers Beach
In addition to Fort Myers Beach, our crews serve Fort Myers Beach area homeowners across Iona, Cypress Lake, McGregor, and Villas. The permitting and code requirements differ the moment you cross the bridge to the mainland, and we adjust our quotes accordingly. If you’re in one of those communities, we’ll come out, walk the property, and give you a written line-item estimate.
Serving Fort Myers Beach, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Fort Myers Beach area and know this community well, from Fort Myers Beach Driveway & Pavers projects to full rebuilds. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - Windows & Doors in Fort Myers Beach
Yes, in most cases. If FEMA determined your structure is substantially damaged under the 50% rule, your rebuild must meet current NFIP flood zone and Florida Building Code standards. That includes impact-rated windows and doors, even if the originals survived the storm. The requirement is tied to the permit, not to the condition of the glass. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll review your elevation certificate and substantial damage determination to confirm exactly what your permit will trigger.
Because many parcels on Estero Island sit seaward of Florida’s Coastal Construction Control Line, which requires a separate Florida DEP permit stacked on top of the Lee County building permit. The CCCL review can add months to a project timeline and applies to structural openings like windows and sliding glass doors. Contractors working on the mainland rarely encounter this, which is why their quotes often omit it. Our quotes include it when your parcel requires it.
On 1950s-1970s concrete-block cottages, you should expect corroded aluminum frames with failed seals, hairline-cracked lintels from decades of storm loading, missing or degraded flashing, and water-damaged subfloor behind the jamb. Sometimes the original header is undersized by current standards and has to be replaced. We write allowances into the contract for exactly these conditions, and we bring every discovered defect to you in writing before we proceed.
Usually not. The track and frame must be rated as a complete assembly by the manufacturer. Mixing a new impact-rated panel with an old, unrated frame voids the rating, and the inspector will flag it. If the frame is still square, rated, and structurally intact, we can rebuild rollers and hardware. But the moment you need impact compliance, you need a full impact-rated assembly, not a glass-only swap.
We write a line-item allowance for hidden conditions into every Fort Myers Beach contract. If we open the wall and find rotted framing, failed flashing, or undersized headers, we document it, price it in writing, and hand you a change order to approve before any of that work begins. The allowance that isn’t on paper is a surprise waiting for a date. With Barrett & Sons, the surprise gets priced, dated, and signed before the first nail moves. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate. We also offer a permanent 10% senior and veteran discount and $40 off any repair over $200.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Fort Myers Beach since 1998.