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Window and door replacement in Fort Myers runs between $4,500 and $25,000 depending on whether you need standard units or hurricane impact-rated systems, and most full packages are installed within two to four weeks once permits clear. We are Barrett & Sons Construction, an owner-operated outfit founded in 1998, and we work throughout Fort Myers and the surrounding Lee County acreage. If you are pricing a replacement or a post-Ian rebuild, call (877) 610-1318 and Tom Barrett or one of his sons will walk you through an honest scope before you sign anything.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Fort Myers’s Preferred Windows & Doors Company
We are not a franchise dispatching strangers. Tom Barrett’s sons run the crews, and Tom lives close enough that he wants to hear about every problem the same day it shows up. Fort Myers homeowners have a right to know who is walking their property line with a measuring tape, and we publish Tom’s name, address, and license number so you can verify us before the first nail moves.
Our Fort Myers customers deal with a specific set of conditions, humid salt air, daily summer thunderstorms, and a post-Ian permit pipeline that has not caught up with the rebuild volume. We know which Lee County inspectors sign off on which impact window product approvals, and we know how to write a scope that survives a flood zone review. That local knowledge is why we get called back for the second project. The Windows & Doors work we do here follows the same rule we apply everywhere: every allowance, every scope change, and every price adjustment arrives in writing before work happens. No surprise invoices at the end.
A live person answers our phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Not a voicemail box, not an out-of-state call center. Call (877) 610-1318 and you will talk to someone who can answer a Fort Myers question on the first ring.
Our Windows & Doors Services in Fort Myers
Window Installation
Most Fort Myers homes built between the 1960s and 1990s are concrete block stucco ranches on McGregor Boulevard or in downtown-adjacent neighborhoods, and their original single-pane aluminum windows are typically past due. We install double-pane, low-E units sized to those older rough openings, and for homes in revised flood zones we coordinate the elevation paperwork before the first sash goes in. A standard window replacement in Fort Myers runs $4,500 to $15,000 for a full house package.
Door Installation
Front entry doors, side doors, and garage-adjacent doors all take a beating from Fort Myers’s afternoon thunderstorms and 75% plus year-round humidity. We order pre-hung units sized to the opening, not “close enough,” and we flash them properly so the threshold does not wick water into the subfloor during the June to October wet season. If your home sits in a Zone AE area after Ian’s flood map revision, we will raise thresholds and add flood vents where Lee County requires them.
Window Replacement
If the glass is fogged, the sashes bind, or the frames are soft from moisture, replacement is usually cheaper than paying for piecemeal repairs every two years. We pull the old unit, set the new one square, and seal it with backer rod and caulk that holds up under intense UV. We do not skip permits. The permit inspector works for you, not for me, and that is exactly how we want it.
Impact Windows & Doors
Hurricane impact windows and doors are not optional in much of Fort Myers anymore, not after Ian made direct landfall in September 2022 as a Category 4 and Lee County reclassified thousands of parcels from minimal-risk Zone X to Zone AE. Impact window installation in Fort Myers runs $8,000 to $25,000 depending on the size of the home and the design pressures required. We install laminated, missile-tested systems from brands like Andersen and Marvin, and we handle the product approval documentation your inspector will ask for.
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 Fort Myers
We install Andersen and Marvin windows, and for doors and hardware we work with brands that hold up in a salt air environment. We do not stock mystery brands off a van. When a Fort Myers customer needs a replacement sash or hardware set, we can often source it locally through our supply relationships in Lee County, which means a shorter wait than ordering through a national outfit’s out-of-state warehouse. On glass railing and patio door packages, we spec hardware that will not seize up after three summers of daily afternoon storms. One brand we return to often is GAF for the flashing and waterproofing components, because a window is only as dry as the rough opening around it.
Common Windows & Doors Problems We See in Fort Myers Homes
- Water pooling at door thresholds on open lots. Fort Myers sits at the mouth of the Caloosahatchee River, and much of its developed land drains poorly during the wet season. On acreage lots where grading was never scoped before framing, the area around a newly set patio door or entry door becomes a shallow pond every afternoon, and rot follows within one season. We check the surrounding grade before we order the door.
- Post-Ian Zone AE reclassification catching a project mid-stream. Homeowners start a standard window replacement, then their Ian flood claim triggers a substantial improvement review under the new FEMA maps, and suddenly the county wants an elevation certificate, impact glass with higher design pressures, and a flood vent upgrade before inspection sign-off. We have handled that exact sequence on McGregor Boulevard and in south Fort Myers.
- Older CBS homes with original single-pane aluminum frames. In the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, those frames were the standard builder spec. They lose their thermal seal fast in Fort Myers’s heat and humidity, and the aluminum conducts enough heat that air conditioning dollars pour out through the glass. Most customers see the biggest comfort jump just from replacing those units.
- Sliding glass doors that will not lock square. On canal-front lots and older ranch homes, the slab has settled just enough that a sliding door track is no longer level. A new door will not fix a bad substrate. We inspect the track bed before quoting, because replacing a sliding door over an unlevel slab is just paying for the same problem twice.
Pricing for Windows & Doors in Fort Myers, FL
You cannot get an honest quote over the phone, but you can get honest ranges, and here they are for the Fort Myers market.
| Service | Typical Range in Fort Myers |
|---|---|
| Impact Window Installation | $8,000 - $25,000 |
| Window Replacement | $4,500 - $15,000 |
What pushes a project to the upper end? Post-Ian structural inspection requirements, custom-sized impact units, elevated stem-wall homes with larger rough openings, and old, out-of-square openings that require reframing. What keeps it lower? A standard ranch with openings that have not shifted, and no flood zone trigger on the permit review. We give you a written line-item quote before work starts, and if the scope changes, the price change arrives as a written change order first. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate. No trip charge inside Lee County, and a free second opinion on any written estimate from another contractor.
We Also Serve Cities Near Fort Myers
Along with Fort Myers, our crews serve Windows & Doors in Fort Myers neighbors in Villas, Cypress Lake, McGregor, and Iona. The drive is short, and we know the roads and the permitting offices in each one. If you are just outside city limits on acreage, the same pricing rules and the same written change order discipline apply.
Serving Fort Myers, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Fort Myers 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 - Windows & Doors in Fort Myers
If your lot was reclassified from Zone X to Zone AE after Ian, Lee County may require a current elevation certificate and impact-rated windows with design pressures matched to your Base Flood Elevation plus freeboard before an inspection will sign off. That is the single biggest factor that moves a quote from the low end of the $8,000 to $25,000 impact window range to the high end. We check the FEMA panel and the county’s substantial improvement rules before we quote, so the price you hear on Monday is the price you pay on Friday. Call (877) 610-1318 for an exact figure, estimates are free.
Yes. Removing and replacing windows and exterior doors is a permit-required trade in unincorporated Lee County, and if the structure is a teardown-rebuild or substantial improvement, the permit review will include the flood zone determination and may pull in a structural inspection. We pull the permit, coordinate the inspections, and hand you the signed record at the end.
For a full impact package on a raised home, most Fort Myers contractors run three draws: one at contract signing, one at material delivery or rough-in completion, and a final draw after inspection sign-off. We put the draw schedule in writing on the contract, and any change to the schedule or the amounts comes as a written change order before it happens. No surprises.
Not if the home is in a wind-borne debris region, and most of Fort Myers is. The Florida Building Code requires impact-rated or protected openings on homes in those zones, and after Ian’s map changes, more homes fall under the strict reading than ever before. We will tell you if a non-impact door is legal on your specific street, and if it is not, we will price the compliant unit instead.
We do not set glass railing posts into a soggy substrate. On a canal-front lot with poor drainage, we check the deck structure and the existing weep system first, then we spec a top-mounted or core-drilled anchoring detail that does not trap water against the post base. If the deck drains so poorly that the framing is already compromised, we tell you that, because a glass railing bolted to rotting wood is a liability, not a railing.
Our crew recently replaced a 1980s CBS ranch’s entire window and door package in the McGregor Boulevard corridor in 33901 after the homeowner’s Ian flood claim triggered a substantial improvement review. We pulled the elevation certificate, saw the finished floor was 2.1 feet below the new Base Flood Elevation, and had to install impact windows with laminated glass and reinforced frames rated for Zone AE, plus raise the threshold of the front entry door and add a flood vent to meet Lee County’s post-Ian code. The job hit the upper end of the $8,000-$25,000 impact window range because every opening required a custom-sized, missile-tested unit and a structural inspection sign-off before drywall could close.
If you are pricing windows or doors in Fort Myers, in town, in Gateway, out on the acreage near Iona, or anywhere else in the 33919, 33965, 33966, or 33967 ZIP codes, call (877) 610-1318. Tom Barrett or one of his sons will answer. Free estimate, written line-item quote, permits pulled, and a 90-Day Done Right Promise on every job.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Fort Myers and Lee County.