Windows & Doors in Sanibel - Written Price Before Anything Is Ordered

Fast, Reliable Windows & Doors Across Sanibel

Replacing or installing windows and doors on Sanibel isn’t like doing the same job on the mainland. The salt air corrodes hardware faster, the post-Ian rebuild has flooded the island with materials and crews, and a single causeway controls when those materials can reach your job site. A typical window replacement in Sanibel runs $4,500-$15,000, and a full impact window package runs $8,000-$25,000. We’ll give you a written line-item quote before any work begins, and every price change arrives as a written change order before a single nail moves. Call (877) 610-1318 to schedule your free estimate.

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Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Sanibel’s Preferred Windows & Doors Company

Thomas Barrett founded this company in 1998, and he still answers his own phone. On Sanibel, that matters more than it does almost anywhere else. You’ve been through enough since September 2022. The last thing you need is a national outfit that quotes one number on the phone and hands you a different bill when the truck pulls up. Tom publishes his name, his address, and his license number. Look them up before you sign anything. His sons run the crews, and a live person answers our phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Sanibel homeowners tell us the same story repeatedly: the mainland contractor promised a price, then discovered the pile foundation requirements, then discovered the causeway bottleneck, then handed over a change order the size of a second mortgage. We don’t work that way. Every scope, every allowance, every price change lands on paper before work happens. The permit inspector works for you, not for me. That’s one reason we pull permits on every eligible job and stand beside the inspections.

We’re not the cheapest bid on the island, and we won’t pretend to be. We’re the crew that brings it in on the number we wrote down, installs Andersen or Marvin or PGT windows that you can look up yourself, and comes back if something isn’t right. That’s the 90-Day Done Right Promise, written on every contract in plain words.

Our Windows & Doors Services in Sanibel

Window Installation

New construction, whole-home replacement, or rebuilding after Ian, we handle window installation on Sanibel with hardware rated for this island’s salt air. We use hot-dipped galvanized or stainless fasteners on every exterior penetration, because standard zinc plate turns to rust dust in two or three years out here. We’ve worked from Gulf Shores to the bayside of Sanibel-Captiva Road, and we know which openings need impact-rated glass and which ones the code lets slide.

Door Installation

Entry doors, French doors, and hurricane-rated exterior doors all get the same treatment from our Windows & Doors team: correct flashing, corrosion-resistant hardware, and a level that stays level after the first wet season. On Sanibel, a door that isn’t properly sealed doesn’t just leak. It lets wind-driven rain inside the wall cavity, and then you’re rebuilding that wall eighteen months later.

Window Replacement

Most Sanibel window replacements we quote fall between $4,500 and $15,000, depending on how many openings, whether the frames are salvageable, and whether we’re working on a slab cottage or an elevated stilt home. If you’re in the 33957 zip code and your windows date to the 1970s, the frames are usually the first thing to go. We’ll tell you honestly whether you need full-frame replacement or if insert windows will hold up.

Impact Windows & Doors

Given what Sanibel went through with Ian, impact-rated windows and doors aren’t a luxury. They’re the difference between a home that rides out the next storm and one that loses its roof because the envelope breached. Impact window installation on Sanibel typically runs $8,000-$25,000 for a full home package. We work with PGT, Simonton, and CGI products, and we’ll show you the product approval numbers before we order anything. If you also need Hurricane Shutters, we handle those as well.

Trusted Brands We Service in Sanibel

We install Simonton, Ply Gem, and PGT windows and doors on Sanibel, and we stock common replacement parts on our trucks so a broken latch or roller doesn’t strand your home for two weeks while a part ships from somewhere in Pennsylvania. These are brands you can research yourself, with published wind ratings and salt-air performance specs. We won’t put a mystery brand in your home and call it premium. When you need impact-rated glass that meets current Florida Building Code 8th Edition requirements, we’ll quote the PGT or Simonton line, not a no-name knockoff off some distributor’s warehouse shelf.

Common Windows & Doors Problems We See in Sanibel Homes

• Salt-corroded hardware and rollers: The island’s persistent salt air eats standard zinc and aluminum hardware in a few seasons. Sliding doors that don’t slide, handles that snap off, and window cranks that rust solid are the most common service calls we run across Periwinkle Way, Middle Gulf Drive, and West Gulf Drive.
• Failed seals and fogged glass: Sanibel’s humidity and intense sun cycle glass seals hard. If you’ve got condensation between the panes, that’s a failed IGU, not a cleaning problem. Replacement IGUs are a fraction of a full window swap when the frame is sound.
• Improperly flashed post-Ian replacements: A lot of mainland crews flooded Sanibel after Hurricane Ian, did fast work, and left. We spend a lot of time correcting flashing jobs that leaked within a year because they were sealed for dry air, not hurricane-driven rain hitting the same opening for six hours.
• Elevation-driven fit and code problems: As homeowners elevate rebuilt homes to meet FEMA Base Flood Elevations, new doors and windows often need to sit higher than the original rough openings allowed. If you’re raising a home on piles and reusing old openings, those openings almost never line up with current code heights.

Pricing for Windows & Doors in Sanibel, FL

We Also Serve Cities Near Sanibel

While this page focuses on Sanibel, our crews work regularly across the bridges into Fort Myers Beach, Iona, Cypress Lake, and McGregor. If you’re anywhere in the region and wondering whether your window or door project makes sense, call us. We’ll give you the same straight answer we’d give a neighbor on Sanibel. And if you’re also considering your exterior hardscape, we handle Fence Installation in Sanibel and Driveway & Pavers in Sanibel with the same crew and the same standards.

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