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Window and door work in Palm Beach isn’t like work in West Palm Beach, Lake Park, or anywhere else across the bridge. The salt air off the Atlantic, the ARCOM review process, and the age of the housing stock all shape what gets specified and how long it takes. If you’re in the 33480 zip and your windows are pitted, your door thresholds are leaking, or you’re facing an impact upgrade before the next storm season, we can help. Call Tom Barrett and his crew at (877) 610-1318 for a straight answer and a free estimate.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Palm Beach’s Preferred Windows & Doors Company
We’ve been on this island enough times to know the difference between a window that needs replacing and a window that needs an ARCOM hearing. Palm Beach homeowners call us because we show up with the right questions: what year was the house built, which elevation faces the ocean, has the window been through a retrofit before. That level of local familiarity isn’t something a call center can fake. Tom Barrett has put his name, address, and license number out in the open since 1998. If we quote a number over the phone, that’s the number on the written estimate. If the scope changes, you get a written change order before anything moves. No surprises at the end, because a surprise ending is the thing our customers tell us they’re done with.
We answer our own phone, 24/7, and the person who picks up knows the difference between a casement and a double-hung. Our crews are background-checked and uniformed, and on most jobs you’ll see Tom or one of his sons on site. That’s not marketing. That’s the way he’s run Windows & Doors work since the day he opened.
Our Windows & Doors Services in Palm Beach
Impact Windows & Doors
On a barrier island between the Atlantic and the Intracoastal, impact-rated glazing isn’t an upsell; it’s the code, the insurance requirement, and the only sensible choice for ocean-facing elevations. We install impact windows and doors with stainless or hot-dip galvanized hardware, because standard fasteners rust out in the salt air within a decade. A typical impact window installation in Palm Beach runs $8,000-$25,000 depending on the number of openings and whether the home sits east or west of South County Road. We pull permits and we sit with the town’s review cycles until the inspection is signed.
Custom Windows & Doors
Palm Beach has a lot of houses you can’t buy a window for at a supply house. Original Mediterranean Revival estates from the 1920s through the 1960s used custom muntin profiles, cast-stone surrounds, and odd-sized openings that don’t match any modern standard. We order custom windows and doors milled to match the original profiles, then finish them for coastal exposure: marine-grade hardware, aluminum-clad exteriors where the original was steel, and gaskets rated for high-velocity wind zones. If ARCOM approval is required, we’ll manage the submittal and the review timeline with you, not leave it to you to figure out.
Window Replacement
A straight window replacement in Palm Beach typically runs $4,500-$15,000 for the home, not per window. What moves the price: how many openings, what frame material the original used, whether the sills need repair, and whether the house is in a position where the town requires like-for-like replacement. We’ve replaced corroded steel casements, dried-out wood double-hungs with failed putty, and single-pane sashes that leaked air through every nor’easter. Each one got a written scope before the first nail moved.
Hurricane Impact Windows
Impact windows in Palm Beach have to do two jobs: survive the wind and survive the inspector. We install hurricane impact windows with laminated glass that meets Miami-Dade and HVHZ standards, and we spec the frames for salt exposure, not just wind load. That means stainless steel hardware, not zinc-coated. On oceanfront properties along South Ocean Boulevard, it also means coordinating staging in right-of-ways tight enough to make a delivery truck think twice. We handle that too.
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 Palm Beach
We’re carrying Andersen and Marvin on windows, and when hardscape or driveway work intersects with a window or door project (say, a patio door that opens onto a new paver terrace), we spec Belgard, Techo-Bloc, and Cambridge Pavers for the ground underfoot. We don’t install mystery brands off a van. If you can look the brand up, you know what you’re getting. And because we keep working relationships with these manufacturers, we can get replacement parts for Palm Beach jobs faster than a shop that has to special-order everything from out of state.
Common Windows & Doors Problems We See in Palm Beach Homes
- Salt air corrosion on aluminum frames and steel lintels. Within 10-15 years on ocean-facing elevations, you’ll see pitting on the frame, white powder at the corners, and failed seals where the glass meets the sash. We swap in marine-grade aluminum or clad wood and hot-dip or stainless hardware so the repair doesn’t repeat itself.
- Original wood sashes with single-pane glass and dried-out putty. These leak air and water during king-tide nor’easters, and the putty has usually turned to powder. If the home is historic, we don’t “modernize” the window without talking to you about ARCOM first. Like-for-like matters on this island.
- Improperly flashed door thresholds on ground-level entries. Summer downpours wick rainwater under the threshold and into the subfloor. By the time the stain shows on the inside wall, the subfloor is often gone. We tear out, flash the rough opening correctly, and rebuild the threshold with a sill pan so the water stays outside.
- Impact sliding glass doors that bind or fail on oceanfront homes. Salt corrosion on the track and rollers makes the door heavy, then stuck, then the frame starts to flex. On some homes we see doors installed years ago with inland-spec hardware that was never rated for this environment. We replace tracks and rollers with marine-grade components and realign the door so it closes and locks the way the wind rating requires.
Pricing for Windows & Doors in Palm Beach, FL
Here’s the honest picture on cost. Palm Beach prices run higher than the mainland because the specs are different. Impact-rated glazing, stainless hardware, and ARCOM-grade like-for-like materials all add cost. A second cost driver is the review cycle itself. If a project needs Architectural Commission approval, that can add 60-90 days before a permit is even filed. That doesn’t change the price of the window; it changes the schedule, and we tell you that before you sign anything.
| Service | Typical Range in Palm Beach |
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| Impact Window Installation | $8,000 - $25,000 |
| Window Replacement | $4,500 - $15,000 |
If you’re comparing coastal-spec to inland-spec, expect to pay anywhere from 15% to 40% more for windows and doors that will actually survive on this island. Cheap inland hardware fails here. We’ve seen it, we’ve replaced it, and we’d rather install the right thing once. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll write you a line-item estimate for free. No trip charge inside the county.
We Also Serve Cities Near Palm Beach
This same crew serves West Gate, West Palm Beach, Riviera Beach, and Lake Park. The work across the bridge doesn’t have the ARCOM layer, but it has the same salt air and the same storms. If you’re anywhere nearby, call the same number. We’ll treat your house the way we treat every house in Palm Beach: with a written estimate, permits where they’re required, and a 90-Day Done Right Promise on the contract.
Serving Palm Beach, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach
Every exterior work on a property in the Town of Palm Beach requires review by the Architectural Commission, and projects on historic or architecturally significant structures can go through multiple review cycles. Window replacements and door replacements typically trigger the 60-90 day ARCOM review if the home is Mediterranean Revival, Regency, or otherwise protected by the town’s guidelines. We handle the submittal, the drawing set, and the follow-up. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll tell you whether your specific opening needs a full review or falls under staff-level approval. Either way, we’ll write it in the scope before you commit.
Marine-grade aluminum with a factory-applied coastal finish, or wood clad in aluminum on the exterior, holds up best within 500 feet of the ocean in Palm Beach. Neither survives forever, but both outlast standard aluminum or vinyl by a decade or more when you add stainless steel hardware and proper flashing. We’ve pulled out steel frames rusted through at the sill in under 15 years because a previous contractor used inland-spec material. If you want an exact recommendation for your elevation, call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll walk the property with you.
In the Palm Beach market, a coastal-spec impact window runs roughly 15% to 40% more than the same size inland-spec unit, depending on frame material, hardware finish, and whether the opening requires custom muntins or historic profile matching. The premium buys you stainless or hot-dip hardware, a marine-grade finish, and glass and seals rated for a high-velocity salt environment. An inland-spec window will save money on day one and cost you a full replacement inside a decade. We’d rather write the honest number up front. Estimates are free; call (877) 610-1318.
Yes, in many Palm Beach homes you can keep your original wood windows and add impact-rated exterior protection such as code-approved hurricane shutters, impact-rated hurricane screens, or laminated glass applied to the back of the existing sash. The Architectural Commission often prefers this approach on historic estates because it preserves original profiles and materials. We’ll assess the condition of the wood, the putty, and the hardware first. If the sashes are too far gone, we’ll tell you that too. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free evaluation.
Impact sliding glass doors fail on oceanfront Palm Beach homes mainly because the track and rollers corrode in salt air, the frame flexes, and the door stops sitting square in its opening. Once that happens, water gets past the seal, the door binds, and the wind-load rating is compromised. Many of the failures we see trace back to inland-spec hardware that was never meant for a barrier island. We replace tracks and rollers with marine-grade components, realign the frame, and reseal the threshold. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll take a look before the next storm season gives you a reason to test it.
Call Barrett & Sons Construction in Palm Beach
If you live in Palm Beach and you need windows or doors that will pass the town’s review and survive the salt air, call Tom Barrett’s crew at (877) 610-1318. You’ll get a live person on the phone, a free estimate, and a written contract with the 90-Day Done Right Promise on it. We pull the permits, we sit through the review cycles, and we don’t leave until the inspector signs off. That’s the way we’ve done it since 1998.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Palm Beach and surrounding communities.