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Fast, Reliable Custom Windows & Doors Across West Palm Beach
Custom windows and doors in West Palm Beach are not an off-the-shelf purchase. They are a code compliance project, a historic preservation project, and often an insurance premium project rolled into one. Most of the custom work we do here takes four to ten weeks from signed order to install date, because the lead time on the window or door itself, not the labor, sets the calendar. If you are in El Cid, Flamingo Park, Northwood, or anywhere else in West Palm Beach and want a straight answer about what your custom window or door job will cost and how long it will actually take, call (850) 801-5596.
Why TruePane Windows & Doors Is West Palm Beach’s Preferred Custom Windows & Doors Company
We have spent years walking through 1920s Mediterranean Revival homes in El Cid and 1950s CBS ranches west of I-95. That matters because a custom window order in West Palm Beach has to satisfy the Historic Preservation Board, the Florida Building Code, and your insurance carrier all at once. We know which submittal packages clear the board on the first pass and which ones get kicked back. Our Custom Windows & Doors team has worked on homes where one wrong frame profile cost the homeowner three extra weeks of permit review. That does not happen when the contractor pre-specifies correctly.
Dale Kessler founded TruePane in 2008 on a simple rule: if the pane is not true, the job is not done. That standard carries through every custom order we place. Both manufacturer warranty layers get registered in writing before our truck leaves your driveway. The Done Right Promise backs every installation, no fine print arguments. And a live person answers the phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Not a call center. Not a callback form.
Our work in West Palm Beach comes from referrals, not billboards. We hire local technicians, train them, and send them out in uniform. They measure every opening twice and write quotes on paper so you can see the manufacturer lines side by side. We are an authorized installer for more than a dozen brands, including, PGT, CGI. When the work touches a historic district or a waterfront property, that installer authorization matters. It means we can order exactly what the project needs, not whatever is in a warehouse.
Our Custom Windows & Doors Services in West Palm Beach
Every custom job here starts with the same question: what does this opening need to do in a 160 mph design wind zone? The answer drives the glass, the frame, the hardware, and the submittal. Here is how that plays out across the services our West Palm Beach Window Replacement customers ask for most.
Architectural Grilles & SDLs
Simulated divided lights, or SDLs, are the single most common custom request we field in Flamingo Park and El Cid. The Historic Preservation Board wants the look of true divided light on original windows. The building code wants impact-rated laminated glass. SDLs give you both. We order them with internal grid profiles matched to the original window’s muntin width, not a generic off-the-shelf pattern. A custom SDL impact unit in West Palm Beach typically runs $1,400 to $3,200 per opening installed, depending on size and frame material. The board approves it, the code accepts it, and the insurance credit gets filed from the same submittal package.

Custom Shape Windows
Arches, rounds, hexagons, eyebrow transoms. West Palm Beach’s 1920s and 1930s housing stock is full of them, and they are all custom because nobody stocks an arch for a 97-year-old house. We template every radius on site with a physical jig, not a guess. A custom arch impact window in West Palm Beach runs $2,800 to $6,500 installed depending on diameter and frame species. The lead time on a custom shape is usually six to eight weeks from template to factory delivery. That is the honest number, and we put it in writing when you order.

Oversized Glass Panels
Fixed picture windows and lift-and-slide door panels in the 60 to 100 square foot range are becoming common in newer waterfront construction along Flagler Drive and in the rebuilt sections of Northwood. These panels are heavy, often 400 to 700 pounds per unit, and they require a crane or a multi-man setting crew. We coordinate the glass size, the floor track rating, and the wind load calculation before the order goes to the factory. A custom oversized impact glass panel in West Palm Beach runs $5,000 to $14,000 installed, with larger spans at the top of that range. The structural review alone can add two weeks to the lead time, and skipping it is the fastest way to a failed install.

Commercial Storefront Glazing
Clematis Street, Dixie Highway, and the warehouse districts along Australian Avenue hold a lot of 1950s and 1960s storefronts with failing aluminum framing. Custom storefront glazing in West Palm Beach means engineering the storefront around a specific door, a specific header, and a specific code path. That work typically ranges from $120 to $280 per square foot installed. We pull the permit, order the glass, and coordinate the install around whatever schedule the tenant is working. A bad storefront order is a ten-week mistake. We measure three times before the purchase order goes out.

What happens when you call
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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 West Palm Beach
We are an authorized installer for PGT, CGI, Ply Gem, and more than a dozen other manufacturer lines. That authorization means we order direct from the factory, register every warranty in writing, and handle any service claim without a middleman. For West Palm Beach customers, we keep the most common hardware components and sealants on hand locally, so a hardware adjustment on a PGT or CGI unit does not wait on a factory backorder. We quote manufacturer lines side by side on paper so you can compare the glass package, the warranty term, and the actual cost before you commit. No sales script. A square deal.
Common Custom Windows & Doors Problems We See in West Palm Beach Homes
- Historic Preservation Board rejections on flat-profile impact windows. In Flamingo Park and El Cid, a flat-frame impact window will get bounced by the board for being visually incompatible with the original architecture. The fix is pre-specifying a narrow-profile frame with SDLs from a manufacturer that offers an HPB-compatible line, which we do before the submittal goes in.
- Seized hinges and pitted aluminum from salt air. The Lake Worth Lagoon and the Intracoastal put a large part of West Palm Beach’s housing stock in the salt-air corrosion zone. Non-marine-grade hardware on a custom door will bind within two years. We spec 316 stainless hardware on any opening within a mile of the water.
- Wind mitigation credits left off the policy. Installing impact windows in West Palm Beach qualifies a home for insurance wind mitigation credits, but only if the paperwork is filed correctly. We generate the mitigation documentation and hand it to the homeowner at the final walkthrough. Without it, you paid for impact glass and got no premium reduction.
- Long lead times killing a renovation schedule. Custom windows and doors in West Palm Beach take four to twelve weeks from order to delivery depending on the manufacturer line and the complexity. On a 1926 Mediterranean Revival in El Cid, our crew replacing jalousie windows flagged two failing insulated glass units in adjacent single-hungs, and the homeowner folded them into the order before the factory cut date. Catching that early saved a second lead time and a second permit.
Pricing for Custom Windows & Doors in West Palm Beach, FL
Here is the straight version. A custom shaped impact window in West Palm Beach runs $2,800 to $6,500 installed per opening, depending on radius and frame. Architectural SDL units run $1,400 to $3,200 per opening. Oversized impact panels for a patio or picture wall run $5,000 to $14,000 installed. Commercial storefront glazing runs $120 to $280 per square foot. What moves your number is the frame material, the glass package, and whether the opening is within a Historic Preservation Board district. We fix the price in writing before the factory order goes in. No change orders, no surprise line items, no price that moves after the order is placed. The Done Right Promise covers the workmanship on every job. Call (850) 801-5596 for a free estimate that will not waste an hour of your time.
We Also Serve Cities Near West Palm Beach
Our crews work Palm Beach, Greenacres, and North Palm Beach regularly, handling the same custom window and door work we do across Custom Windows & Doors in West Palm Beach. Dispatch and scheduling are coordinated from our Miami-based South Florida office, with install crews working locally throughout the county. If your home is in a nearby community and you need custom work done right, call (850) 801-5596.
Serving West Palm Beach, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the West 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 West Palm Beach
Florida Product Approval is enough. West Palm Beach sits in Palm Beach County, which is not in the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone that covers Miami-Dade and Broward. Your custom impact windows need a Florida Product Approval number, not a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance. That said, the county’s insurance crisis has made impact-rated openings effectively mandatory, because carriers price non-impact homes out of the market. We file the wind mitigation documentation with every install. Call (850) 801-5596 if you want the exact approval numbers for a specific manufacturer line.
It means your window design gets reviewed for architectural compatibility before a permit issues, and flat-profile impact frames get rejected. The board wants to see narrow sightlines, SDLs that match the original muntin pattern, and frame materials consistent with a 1920s or 1930s home. We pre-spec those details in the submittal so the board and the building code clear in one pass. Getting it wrong costs three weeks and a redesign fee. We do not let that happen.
Yes, with casement or awning units configured to replicate the jalousie’s horizontal louver pattern and sightline. We have done exactly that on multiple 1920s homes in El Cid, using Marvin impact-rated casements with SDLs and narrow jamb profiles that cleared the Historic Preservation Board in a single submittal. The result is impact-rated glass, modern weather sealing, and a window that looks like it belongs on the original house. Call (850) 801-5596 for a free assessment of what your home needs.
We tell you the truth at the first visit. Most custom orders here take four to twelve weeks from signed order to install, because the factory cut date and the glass package dictate the schedule. We write the delivery window into your quote, we order the moment you sign, and we flag any adjacent openings that should be folded into the order before the factory cut date. Waiting until after install to find a failing window next to the one we replaced means a second lead time on the same wall.
Salt air pits aluminum, seizes hinges, and corrodes standard hardware inside of two years for homes within a mile of the Lake Worth Lagoon or the Intracoastal Waterway. We spec 316 marine-grade stainless hardware on every custom door and window within that corrosion zone. Frame finishes also matter. Coastal West Palm Beach homes need a marine-rated coating, not a standard factory finish. It costs more up front and saves a full hardware replacement in year three.
Contact TruePane Windows & Doors for custom windows and doors in West Palm Beach. Call (850) 801-5596 to schedule your free estimate. A live person answers, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We will measure, quote it on paper, fix the price in writing, and stand behind the work with the Done Right Promise. If the pane is not true, the job is not done.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving West Palm Beach since our founding in 2008.
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.



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