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AfterFast, Reliable Windows & Doors Across Fort Myers Shores
If you’re in Fort Myers Shores, you already know what a window fails like in August. It’s not the glass that gives first. It’s the seal, the frame, the flashing that someone installed thirty years ago thinking a Category 2 was the worst this river would ever see. Then Ian came through in September 2022 and rewrote the rulebook for every block along the Orange River corridor. We’re Barrett & Sons Construction, and we’ve been rebuilding homes in Fort Myers Shores since the storm turned this community into the single most code-complicated zip code in Lee County. Call (877) 610-1318 and ask for Tom. You’ll get a straight answer about what your windows and doors actually need.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Fort Myers Shores’s Preferred Windows & Doors Company
The houses in Fort Myers Shores aren’t like the houses across the bridge in Gateway. Most of them are concrete block ranch homes poured between the late 1950s and the early 1980s, built when flood elevation meant “a little higher than the yard,” and wind-load standards were something Miami worried about. Nobody anticipated the county’s post-Ian substantial damage rule, which says any structure damaged past 50% of its assessed value has to come into full current flood-zone compliance. That means a simple window replacement can turn into a structural conversation about base flood elevation and mandatory freeboard. We’ve had those conversations with homeowners off Pine Avenue, along C Street, and back near the Orange River bend, because we’ve been on the ground here since the rebuilding wave started.
Tom Barrett puts his name, his address, and his license number right on the contract. Look it up. Then call the county and ask if permits were pulled on your last job. That’s the difference between us and the out-of-town crews who swept through after the storm quoting one number and walking with another. We answer the phone 24/7 with a live person, and every price change comes to you in writing before a single screw turns.
Our Windows & Doors team has replaced hundreds of openings in Fort Myers Shores since Ian, and we’ve learned which homes on which blocks have which problems: salt air eating the aluminum frames near the river, single-pane originals swelling in the summer humidity, sliding patio doors that buckled against the storm surge. We know the difference between a window you can repair and a window that’s become a flood-panel liability. That’s not knowledge you learn from a national franchise. That’s knowledge you learn on a ladder at 7 a.m. off Redfish Road.
Our Windows & Doors Services in Fort Myers Shores
We do the full range of window and door work across ZIP 33905, from single-opening replacements to full-house storm hardening. Here’s what we handle most often, and how it applies to the homes we see daily in Fort Myers Shores.
Window Installation
New-construction window installation in Fort Myers Shores means working around the county’s flood-zone requirements, not just the manufacturer’s spec. We pull permits through Lee County, not the City of Fort Myers, because Fort Myers Shores is unincorporated. That’s a distinction that matters when the inspector arrives. We prefer Simonton and PGT frames for this climate because their aluminum and vinyl lineups hold up against both river humidity and direct sun without the warping we see in cheaper national-big-box brands.
Door Installation
Entry doors in Fort Myers Shores take abuse from three directions: the afternoon sun, the morning river fog, and whatever the next hurricane brings. We install steel, fiberglass, and impact-rated wood doors with proper sill pans and flashed thresholds, because a door that leaks in a flood plain isn’t a draft complaint. It’s a mold problem waiting to start. Every door we hang gets a written change order if anything changes mid-job, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise applies from the day we finish.
Window Replacement
Most of the original windows in Fort Myers Shores ranch homes are single-pane, aluminum-framed, and older than the current homeowners. Replacing them isn’t just about energy bills, though in a block house with no shade that matters. It’s about whether the existing openings meet current wind-load code after Lee County’s post-Ian updates. We assess each opening honestly. Some can be swapped in an afternoon. Some need new headers and lintels to pass inspection. We’ll tell you which before we quote, not after the drywall comes down.
Impact Windows & Doors
If your home in Fort Myers Shores took storm damage from Ian, you’ve probably already heard the term “substantial damage” from FEMA or the county. Impact windows and doors are one of the fastest ways to bring an existing structure closer to current code without elevating the whole house, but they only count if they’re the right product in the right opening with the right flashing. We install PGT and CGI impact-rated windows and doors throughout Fort Myers Shores, and we coordinate with the county’s inspection schedule so you’re not left waiting for a sticker that never comes. Every permit gets pulled. Every inspection gets signed.
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 Shores
We stock and install PGT, Simonton, and Ply Gem product lines, and we keep the frames, sashes, and hardware for Fort Myers Shores’s most common older window types in our local stock. That means when a homeowner on Federal Street calls about a blown seal the week before a tropical system spins up, we’re not reading off a two-week lead time. We’re loading the truck. If you already have a brand you like and the opening is sound, we’ll work with it. If you want our honest opinion, we’ll tell you which brands we’ve seen survive three Florida summers and which ones we’ve had to rip out after two. We don’t use mystery brands off a van. Everything we install is a name you can look up.
Common Windows & Doors Problems We See in Fort Myers Shores Homes
- Aluminum frame corrosion near the Orange River. Homes within a few blocks of the water get a steady dose of river fog and salt-laced air, and 1970s aluminum frames pit and bind until the window won’t open. We replace sashes and track assemblies regularly, not always the whole unit.
- Hurricane code gaps from pre-1990s construction. Most original windows in Fort Myers Shores were installed without impact glazing or proper anchoring. That’s normal for the era, but it’s a real liability now that Lee County enforces current wind-load standards on any substantial repair.
- Flood-damaged thresholds and door jambs. After Ian, we found entire blocks where the surge came up through the door frame, rotted the jamb from the bottom, and left the door square but structurally insecure. We don’t just swap the slab. We rebuild the rough opening and flash it for the next flood event.
- Mold at the window sill from summer condensation. Fort Myers Shores gets afternoon thunderstorms like clockwork from June through September. When humid outside air hits air-conditioned glass, condensation settles into old wood sills. We remediate the sill, not just the mold, or it comes back next August.
Pricing for Windows & Doors in Fort Myers Shores, FL
A standard window replacement in Fort Myers Shores runs roughly $4,500 to $15,000 for a full-home project, depending on the number of openings and whether you’re upgrading to impact-rated glass. Impact window installation typically lands between $8,000 and $25,000 for a modest ranch house, and that includes the engineering and permit work Lee County now expects. Doors are simpler: a single entry door replacement usually runs $1,200 to $4,000 installed, while impact-rated patio sliders run $3,500 to $9,000 depending on size and product line. The variables that actually change a quote in Fort Myers Shores are the age of your rough openings, how much water damage hides behind the trim, and whether your home now falls under the county’s substantial-damage rules. We write every scope, every allowance, and every price change on paper before work begins. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll walk your house with you, measure every opening, and give you a free estimate in writing. No trip charge inside the county, and a 10% senior and veteran discount applies on the final invoice every time.
We Also Serve Cities Near Fort Myers Shores
If you’re outside Fort Myers Shores but within Lee County, we cover Windows & Doors in Fort Myers Shores and the surrounding communities, including Gateway, North Fort Myers, Lehigh Acres, and Fort Myers proper. And if your project includes the yard, we also handle Fence Installation in Fort Myers Shores and Driveway & Pavers in Fort Myers Shores, so you’re not juggling three contractors on one property.
Serving Fort Myers Shores, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Fort Myers Shores 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 Shores
We schedule Fort Myers Shores calls every weekday, and we answer the phone live 24/7, so the scheduling happens in minutes, not callbacks. Most standard window replacements in Fort Myers Shores are quoted within the same week you call, and we carry common PGT and Simonton stock locally to shorten the wait on the jobs that need to move quickly.
Yes. We work the full ZIP 33905 footprint, from the homes along the Orange River off C Street and Federal Street back through the blocks near Redfish Road and Pine Avenue. If you’re in Fort Myers Shores and the county recognizes the address, we cover it. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll confirm your street when we schedule.
It can be, and it usually is, but not because anyone is gouging. Fort Myers Shores is unincorporated, so permits pull through Lee County under newer post-Ian flood map revisions and stricter substantial-improvement thresholds than what some neighboring communities enforce. A job that looks like a simple replacement in Fort Myers proper can legally require more engineering, elevated flashing details, or documented wind-load compliance in ZIP 33905. We price what the county actually requires, and we put it in writing before we start.
On every eligible job, yes. Lee County requires permits for most window and door work, especially anything involving structural openings or impact-rated upgrades. We pull the permit, schedule the inspection, and make sure the inspector signs off before we call the job done. The permit inspector works for you, not for us. We like it that way.
Every job we complete in Fort Myers Shores carries our written 90-Day Done Right Promise. If something isn’t done right, Tom comes back and makes it right, one call. That promise applies on top of the manufacturer warranties from PGT, Simonton, and Ply Gem, which vary by product line. We include the full warranty document in your paperwork, not a verbal summary. When you’re ready to price your windows or doors, call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate. We’ll tell you what it costs, what it requires, and what it doesn’t, and we’ll do it in plain English.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Fort Myers Shores, FL since 1998.