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Custom window and door work in Palm Beach is not a standard replacement job. The town’s High Velocity Hurricane Zone code and its Architectural Commission review every opening, every frame profile, every muntin pattern. A window that passes Miami-Dade NOA impact testing can still be sent back because it doesn’t match the 1920s Mediterranean Revival character of the house. TruePane handles both sides of that equation. We’ve been reconciling HVHZ compliance with ARCOM aesthetic review for years, and we do it without making the homeowner referee the fight. Call (561) 708-6771 and we’ll walk your property with both checklists in hand.
Why TruePane Windows & Doors Is Palm Beach’s Custom Windows & Doors Company
Most window companies that work in Palm Beach treat the island like any other coastal zip code. They quote standard impact units, file the permit, and hope ARCOM doesn’t look too hard. We don’t work that way. Our Custom Windows & Doors team includes fabricators who have reproduced Mizner-era steel casement profiles, arched transoms, and divided-light muntin patterns that match the original drawings. The difference matters because ARCOM doesn’t issue warnings. It issues rejections, and a rejection means the homeowner pays for a second fabrication cycle and loses months. We’d rather get the profile right the first time.
Palm Beach homeowners call us because they’ve heard what happens when a contractor treats the Town’s dual-approval process as an afterthought. We quote the job with the ARCOM submittal in mind from the first site visit. We photograph existing conditions, document the original frame geometry, and write the window specification to match what the Landmarks Preservation Commission expects to see. That’s how Dale Kessler built this company, and it’s the standard every crew on the island works to.
Our reputation in Palm Beach rests on the jobs where the first contractor walked away. The 1928 Casas Jardinizes with original steel sash. The Regents Park condo line where the board demanded matching sightlines across thirty units. The Mid-Century home on El Brillo Way with floor-to-ceiling glass that needed full custom fabrication to meet current wind-load standards without destroying the architecture. We’ve done those jobs, and we’ve answered the phone when the owner called back a year later with a question. That’s the whole point. A live person answers 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Not a voicemail tree. Not a call center. A person who knows the difference between a Mizner casement and a Mid-Century jalousie.
Our Custom Windows & Doors Services in Palm Beach
Architectural Grilles & SDLs
Simulated divided lites are the single most common point of ARCOM rejection on Palm Beach replacement windows. A flat SDL applied to the interior glass surface reads differently than a true divided lite with an exterior grille bar and spacer. On a Worth Avenue estate built in 1936, that difference is visible from the sidewalk. We fabricate SDLs to match the original muntin width, profile depth, and spacing, and we submit shop drawings with the permit package so ARCOM sees exactly what they’re approving before any glass is cut.
Custom Shape Windows
Palm Beach homes built by Addison Mizner and his contemporaries are full of arched openings, Palladian configurations, round porthole windows, and tapered transoms. None of these are stock items. Each one is measured, templated, and fabricated to order, then mated to an HVHZ-rated frame that satisfies the wind-load calculation without breaking the historic silhouette. On Clarendon Avenue, our crew opened the stucco around a 1929 Mediterranean Revival arch to find the original steel casement’s jamb rusted through from decades of salt air, and the rough opening undersized for any NOA-rated insulated glass unit. We documented the rot for the ARCOM submittal, wrote the allowance for a fusion-welded custom steel replica into the change order, and had the owner sign off on the upgraded flashing tape and argon-filled low-E glass before we touched the sash.
Oversized Glass Panels
Mid-Century Modern homes along South Ocean Boulevard and the lakefront often feature glass walls and oversized fixed panels that measure ten feet or more. Replacing those panels under today’s HVHZ rules means engineering a frame that carries a category-5 wind load while holding glass that weighs hundreds of pounds. We work with laminated, heat-strengthened impact glass in thicknesses the original builders never imagined, and we set every panel with marine-grade hardware that survives the salt air of this barrier island. These are not jobs for a crew that learned on production housing in Wellington. The margin for error on a 12-foot panel is measured in sixteenths of an inch.
Commercial Storefront Glazing & Curtain Wall Systems
Palm Beach’s commercial district along Worth Avenue and Royal Poinciana Way runs on the same tension between historic character and modern code. Storefront glazing and curtain wall work in this town require the same dual-approval dance as residential work, with the added pressure of retail tenants who can’t stay closed for months. We sequence the work around business hours, fabricate offsite, and install in windows of time that respect a luxury retailer’s calendar. The hardware is marine-grade. The glass is NOA-certified. The frame profiles are matched to what the building’s original architect intended, and ARCOM gets a submittal package they can actually read.
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 an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines, and in Palm Beach we specify most often because their architectural and custom divisions can actually produce the profiles this market demands. A standard Milgard vinyl slider doesn’t fit a Mizner casement opening, and we won’t try to make it fit. When a Palm Beach client needs a specific muntin width or a custom arch radius, we go to the manufacturer’s commercial division and order exactly what the drawings call for. Parts for these systems are stocked locally, so a warranty repair on an Andersen casement in the Estate Section doesn’t wait on a shipment from the Midwest. Most parts arrive to our Palm Beach jobs within days, and our technicians carry the common replacement hardware in the truck.
Common Custom Windows & Doors Problems We See in Palm Beach Homes
- ARCOM rejection on the first submittal. A code-compliant impact window gets bounced because the flat-top double-hung profile doesn’t match the 1920s arched transom it replaced. The owner pays for refabrication and loses a season. We build the ARCOM review into the quote, not the punch list.
- Salt-air corrosion eating standard hardware. Ocean Boulevard estates are close enough to the surf that standard aluminum hardware fails within a year. The argon leaks out, the seal fogs, and the insulation value drops to almost nothing. We specify marine-grade hardware on every job east of the Intracoastal.
- Undersized framing behind old Mizner walls. We open a wall on a 1931 house and find the rough opening can’t carry an HVHZ-rated impact unit without a structural permit upgrade. If that wasn’t written into the contract as an allowance, the job stops and the budget blows up. We write it in before we start.
- Jalousie and steel-frame Mid-Century windows failing HVHZ. Mid-Century Modern homes with original jalousie windows and large single-pane glass are notoriously hard to bring into compliance. The frames weren’t engineered for impact loads, and the glass is thin and untempered. Full custom fabrication is usually the only real answer.
Pricing for Custom Windows & Doors in Palm Beach, FL
Custom window and door work in Palm Beach runs higher than inland markets for one reason: the labor and fabrication requirements are different. A standard impact window replacement in a 1980s stucco house in West Palm Beach might run $900 to $1,600 per opening. That same opening in a 1920s Mizner-era home in Palm Beach starts at $2,200 and can reach $5,000 or more per unit once custom steel replication, ARCOM documentation, and structural reinforcement are included. Architectural grilles and SDLs add $200 to $600 per window depending on profile complexity. Oversized glass panels on Mid-Century homes start around $8,000 and climb with size and engineering. Commercial curtain wall work is quoted job by job. Our estimates are free, written, and line-itemed. When we open a wall and find something the original builder hid, it becomes a written change order with a price you approve before we go further. Call (561) 708-6771 to schedule your free estimate, and we’ll put the numbers on paper.
| Custom Work in Palm Beach | Typical Range |
|---|---|
| Architectural grilles & SDLs (per window, added to base unit) | $200 - $600 |
| Custom shape windows (arched, round, Palladian) | $2,200 - $5,000 per opening |
| Oversized glass panels (Mid-Century, 10+ ft) | $8,000 - $25,000+ |
| Commercial storefront glazing (per storefront) | $12,000 - $40,000+ |
| Full ARCOM submittal package (documentation, drawings, filing) | $850 - $1,500 |
We Also Serve Cities Near Palm Beach
TruePane crews based out of our South Florida dispatch center work in Palm Beach every week and regularly cross the bridge for jobs in West Palm Beach, Greenacres, Royal Palm Beach, and Wellington. The dual-approval ARCOM process is Palm Beach-specific, but the HVHZ code, the salt-air corrosion, and the older housing stock don’t stop at the town line.
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 - Custom Windows & Doors in Palm Beach
No. ARCOM can and will reject a fully code-compliant, NOA-approved impact window if the frame profile, muntin pattern, or glass reflectivity doesn’t match the property’s original historic character. This is the only market in the country where HVHZ wind-load law and a town landmarks commission fight over the same window jamb. The workaround is to fabricate a custom steel or aluminum profile that replicates the original casement geometry while accepting an NOA-rated impact glass unit inside. We build that replication into the quote and submit the shop drawings with the permit package so ARCOM approves what they’ll actually see. Call (561) 708-6771 if you’ve already had a rejection and need someone to fix the submittal.
We price the known scope and write allowances for the unknowns. The inspection tells us what we can see from the exterior: frame condition, glass type, rough opening geometry. What we can’t see, the rot, the undersized framing, the outdated flashing, goes into a written allowance with a dollar figure attached. When we open the wall, if the allowance covers the surprise, the job moves. If the surprise exceeds the allowance, you get a written change order with a price and your signature before we proceed. No one on a Palm Beach remodel should be learning about a structural upgrade after the fact. That’s how quotes stall and projects die. Our estimates are free. Call (561) 708-6771 and we’ll write the allowance language into the contract from day one.
Palm Beach is a narrow barrier island with Atlantic surf on one side and the Intracoastal on the other. The airborne salt concentration is dramatically higher than even two miles inland, and it attacks standard aluminum frame hardware, weatherstripping, and sealant at an accelerated rate. A window installed with interior-market-grade components can show seal failure and fogging within a year or two on Ocean Boulevard. The fix is specification, not luck. Marine-grade hardware, stainless steel screws, and sealants rated for continuous salt exposure. We specify all three on every Palm Beach job east of the Intracoastal, and we register both manufacturer warranty layers in writing before the truck leaves the driveway. That’s our Keystone Standard.
Yes, but not with a stock replacement window. Jalousie windows with their thin glass louvers and unbraced steel frames were never engineered for impact loads, and no manufacturer makes an HVHZ-rated jalousie drop-in. The honest answer is full custom fabrication: a fixed or operable impact-rated unit built to match the original opening dimensions and sightlines, often with laminated glazing in thicknesses that require new structural headers. It’s expensive and it’s slow, and it’s the only way to keep the Mid-Century character of the house while actually passing code. We’ve done this work on the Benchmark homes along South Ocean Boulevard and it’s a specialty, not a sideline. Call (561) 708-6771 for a site visit and honest numbers.
You get a second permit and a second inspection. A 1920s or 1930s building that hasn’t been opened in decades frequently has knob-and-tube wiring, undersized framing, or failed waterproofing hiding behind the stucco. The moment a building inspector sees it, the scope expands. That expansion is manageable if it was anticipated with written allowances in the original contract, and painful if it wasn’t. We handle it by inspecting first, writing allowances into the contract, and pricing every surprise in writing before we touch it. No change order without a signature. That’s the square deal we’ve operated on since Dale Kessler founded this company, and it’s the only way to replace windows on a landmark Palm Beach house without the project spinning out of control. Call (561) 708-6771 for a free estimate and a contract that respects your budget and the building’s history.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors. If the pane is not true, the job is not done.
Call (561) 708-6771 to schedule your free, written estimate for custom windows and doors in Palm Beach. We’ll walk the property, review the ARCOM requirements, and put the numbers on paper before you commit to anything.
Six Reasons Homeowners Choose TruePane Windows & Doors
Impact systems engineered to design pressures up to +/-100, matched to your wind zone - your openings hold when the storm arrives.
Low-E insulated impact glass from our manufacturer lines commonly cuts monthly cooling bills 20-30%.
Laminated impact glass shuts out up to 40% of outside noise - traffic, neighbors, weather.
Monitoring services run $30-90 a month. Laminated impact glass resists forced entry around the clock, with no subscription.
Florida homeowners average around 25% savings on the windstorm portion of their policy after protecting every opening - some homes qualify for more.
A full impact package upgrades curb appeal, buyer confidence and appraised value in one project.