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Custom windows and doors in Palm Beach Gardens typically run $1,800-$6,500 per opening installed, depending on size, framing material, and whether the unit needs to clear a gated community’s Architectural Review Board. Most of our Palm Beach Gardens work is completed within two to four days of the ARB approval letter landing, and we handle every step: the Palm Beach County permit, the community submittal packet, the product order, and the install. If you’re in PGA National, Mirasol, or an older CBS ranch off Northlake Boulevard and you need a custom opening rebuilt or replaced, call (561) 264-1279 and we’ll walk you through what your specific community requires before you spend a dollar.
We’ve worked the master-planned communities here long enough to know the difference between what Palm Beach County will sign off on and what a particular HOA committee will actually approve. They are not the same thing, and overlooking that gap is the most expensive mistake a homeowner in Palm Beach Gardens can make.
Why TruePane Windows & Doors Is Palm Beach Gardens’s Preferred Custom Windows & Doors Company
TruePane Windows & Doors is led by Dale Kessler, a second-generation glazier who founded this company in 2008 on a rule that still governs every install: if the pane is not true, the job is not done. We’re not a franchise operation chasing volume. We train apprentices into journeymen, we background-check every uniformed technician who walks into your home, and we answer the phone with a live person 24 hours a day, seven days a week. When a Palm Beach Gardens homeowner calls at 6 a.m. because a storm shutter is missing and the wind is picking up, they get a person, not a voicemail tree.
Our reputation in Palm Beach Gardens rests on the communities we’ve served repeatedly: PGA National, BallenIsles, Mirasol, Frenchman’s Creek, Ibis, and the older mid-market subdivisions like Evergrene and the neighborhoods around Burns Road. Homeowners there know us for one thing above all: we pull the ARB approval letter before we ever submit a product order. That single habit has saved Palm Beach Gardens customers tens of thousands of dollars in rejected installs, and it’s why so many of our local referrals come from property managers and HOA board members who have watched other contractors get it wrong.
A live person answers every call at (561) 264-1279. When you schedule a free estimate in Palm Beach Gardens, a uniformed technician shows up on time, measures every opening twice, and puts manufacturer lines side by side on paper so you can see exactly what you’re buying before you commit. No surprise line items on the bill. No second appointment left hanging.
Our Custom Windows & Doors Services in Palm Beach Gardens
Our Custom Windows & Doors team handles the full scope of custom glazing work in Palm Beach Gardens, from a single arched casement in a Mediterranean villa to a full storefront replacement on PGA Boulevard. These are the services Palm Beach Gardens homeowners and business owners call us for most often.
Architectural Grilles & SDLs
Simulated divided lites are standard in nearly every ARB-governed community in Palm Beach Gardens. The frame color and grid pattern are not decorative choices here; they’re compliance requirements. We order muntin bars and SDL profiles matched to the exact community palette, whether that’s the bronze anodize used in Mirasol or the bright white specified by older sections of BallenIsles. We also handle interior grille retrofits for homeowners who want SDLs inside existing impact units without disturbing the exterior frame.
Custom Shape Windows
Arched transoms, radius tops, half-rounds, octagons, and true divided trapezoids are common in the custom estates along the Intracoastal and in the original golf-course homes around the PGA National Resort. These openings cannot be ordered from a catalog. We field-measure, template, and order custom glass packages cut to the actual rough opening, including impact-rated curved units that meet current Florida Building Code. In Palm Beach Gardens, a custom radius window that fails to match the ARB’s specified radius or muntin profile gets rejected, so we verify the committee’s drawings before we order glass.
Oversized Glass Panels
Palm Beach Gardens homes facing the Intracoastal, a lake, or a golf course increasingly favor floor-to-ceiling fixed glass and multi-slide door walls. These panels often exceed standard tempering limits and require heavy-lift glazing equipment and a crane or lift in hard-access backyards. We install oversized laminated impact glass in PGA National and the newer sections of Alton, with proper sill-pan flashing and marine-grade hardware specified for salt-air exposure. Every oversized panel gets a deflection check after set; a panel that bows under wind load is a panel that fails a hurricane inspection.
Commercial Storefront Glazing
The retail strip along PGA Boulevard and the medical and professional offices near the Gardens Mall run on storefront aluminum that takes a beating from afternoon storms and salt air. We replace fogged storefront IGUs, rebuild narrow-stile door systems, and install impact-rated curtain wall on commercial buildings in Palm Beach Gardens where the county now requires wind-borne debris protection. Commercial work here is sequenced around business hours; we’ll schedule a storefront swap before 8 a.m. so the office opens on time.
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 Gardens
We’re an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines, and in Palm Beach Gardens we often specify ES Windows because those lines offer the frame colors, glazing tints, and muntin profiles the local ARBs actually approve. We register both manufacturer warranty layers in writing before our truck leaves the driveway, per The Keystone Standard, and we stock local replacement parts for Palm Beach Gardens customers: rollers, multi-point lock bodies, hinge kits, and glass stops for the brands most common in this market. That means a hardware repair on a Mirasol slider does not wait two weeks on a freight shipment from a vendor in another state.
Common Custom Windows & Doors Problems We See in Palm Beach Gardens Homes
- Fogged or argon-depleted IGUs in pre-2002 homes. Many original single-pane aluminum frames in older CBS ranches and villas were retrofitted with insulated glass units in the early 2000s, and those first-generation IGUs are now hitting the end of their seal life. We see fogged units weekly in Palm Beach Gardens, particularly on west-facing elevations where the afternoon sun stress is worst.
- ARB color mismatches on previously replaced frames. Some contractors order a “white” frame that is actually a different white than the one BallenIsles or Frenchman’s Creek specified. The window fits, the permit closes, and then the committee notices. We’ve been called to re-order entire units after a competitor’s install failed ARB walkthrough.
- Salt-air seized multi-point locks. Homes within a mile of the Intracoastal or the Atlantic see accelerated corrosion on zinc and steel hardware. A sliding glass door that worked in March can bind by September. We replace with marine-grade stainless hardware and lubricate with products rated for coastal exposure.
- Non-impact sashes still in place after retrofit deadlines. Some older communities in Palm Beach Gardens phased compliance requirements after Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne, but there are still original wood and aluminum sashes in back bedrooms. Those windows will not pass a wind mitigation inspection today, and they void the homeowner’s ability to claim HOA wind credits.
Pricing for Custom Windows & Doors in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Here are the ranges we quote most often in Palm Beach Gardens homes.
| Service | Typical Installed Range |
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| Architectural grilles or SDL retrofit (interior) | $125-$300 per opening |
| Custom shape window (radius, arch, octagon), impact-rated | $2,800-$7,500 per unit |
| Oversized fixed glass panel (36 sq ft or larger) | $4,200-$9,800 per panel |
| Storefront storefront IGU swap (commercial) | $900-$2,400 per unit |
| Full custom window replacement, ARB-managed community | $1,800-$6,500 per opening |
What moves these numbers in Palm Beach Gardens specifically: whether your community has an ARB review fee, whether the Palme Beach County permit triggers a wind-load recalculation, and whether the existing frame is aluminum or wood. The further your home sits from the Intracoastal, the less salt exposure factors into hardware cost, but we still spec marine-grade on everything. Every quote is a written line-item document, and the price we quote is the price you pay. No change orders, no addendum fees. Call (561) 264-1279 to schedule a free estimate and we’ll have these numbers on paper for your exact openings within a few days.
We Also Serve Cities Near Palm Beach Gardens
Our crews cover Palm Beach Gardens and the surrounding communities daily, with dispatch and scheduling coordinated from our South Florida office. We regularly serve homeowners in North Palm Beach, Jupiter, West Palm Beach, and Palm Beach who face the same dual-permit and HOA review requirements. If you’re near PGA Boulevard or Northlake and your community sits outside the Palm Beach Gardens city line, call (561) 264-1279 and we’ll tell you exactly what your specific HOA requires before you order anything.
Serving Palm Beach Gardens, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Palm Beach Gardens 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 Gardens
Plan on two to six weeks of committee review layered on top of your Palm Beach County permit window, and in some communities with monthly ARB meetings, the wait can stretch to eight weeks if you miss the submittal cutoff for that month’s agenda. We file the ARB packet first, then the county permit, and we do not submit a product order until both approvals are in hand. That sequencing costs a little calendar time on the front end, but it means your custom windows are never sitting half-installed waiting on a committee that only meets once a month.
Call (561) 264-1279 and we’ll pull your community’s ARB checklist before we even schedule the measure, so you know your exact timeline on day one.
In most Palm Beach Gardens CBS ranch homes built before the post-2002 code updates, yes, you can often replace the sash or the full window unit within the existing rough opening if the framing is sound and the header span is already adequate. The question is whether your HOA’s wind mitigation program or your insurance carrier requires full-opening replacement versus sash-only. We assess the existing buck, the header, and the jamb depth before we quote, and we never sell more than the opening actually needs. But we also will not put an impact sash into a rotted or undersized frame; that’s how you end up with a unit that passes a visual inspection and fails the first big wind test.
Walk the inside perimeter of each window early in the morning, while the temperature differential between inside and outside is still large. Look for fog that does not wipe away, wavy glass, black staining along the seal, or a sash that rattles in its frame when you press against it. In Palm Beach Gardens, the most common pre-storm failure we find is argon-depleted IGUs that look clear but no longer carry their rated wind pressure, plus roller tracks so corroded the panel will not close and lock. If you’re not sure, call (561) 264-1279 and a technician will come inspect every opening before the next watch goes up. The inspection is part of the estimate.
Frenchman’s Creek and several of the other high-end gated communities in Palm Beach Gardens write energy performance targets directly into their ARB replacement-window specs, and those targets can be stricter than the Florida Building Code baseline. We quote specific U-factor and SHGC values for every glass package, and we match the community’s spec rather than selling the generic impact package. Where the ARB does not specify performance values, we still recommend low-E with argon in Palm Beach Gardens because the summer afternoon sun load on western exposures here is punishing, and a lower SHGC takes real load off your AC through the June-to-October stretch.
They can, and it does happen in Palm Beach Gardens more often than anyone admits. If a contractor installs a window with the wrong frame color or grid pattern and the ARB rejects it at the next walkthrough, the HOA can issue a violation and require removal at the homeowner’s cost. That’s why we pull the ARB approval letter before we order anything, and why we match the exact frame finish, glazing tint, and SDL profile the committee approved. In the rare case where there’s a discrepancy between the ARB’s stated spec and what the manufacturer actually ships, we document it in writing before install and flag it with the board, rather than hoping nobody notices.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Palm Beach Gardens and the surrounding South Florida communities with custom window and door work since 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.