Free in-home measure and quote - PGT, CGI and CWS impact lines compared on your actual openings, style by style
Entry doors
CGI
Before
After
Before
After
Before
AfterFast, Reliable Custom & Geometric Windows Across Lighthouse Point
Custom and geometric windows in Lighthouse Point run roughly $2,500-$5,000 per opening installed when you’re using impact-rated glass with HVHZ product approvals, and the engineering work is the first thing that separates a real estimate from a guess. We’re Ed Winslow’s team at Winslow Windows & Doors, and we’ve been replacing, reshaping, and rebuilding window openings across Lighthouse Point long enough to know that nothing here is plug-and-play. A circle window on NE 31st Court behaves differently than a trapezoid on a canal-front lot, and both have to survive wind-load calculations most contractors never run. If you’re considering a custom window project in Lighthouse Point, call (904) 893-3309. We’ll walk you through what the code actually requires before you spend a dollar on glass.
Why Winslow Windows & Doors Is Lighthouse Point’s Preferred Custom & Geometric Windows Company
Ed Winslow started this company in 2011 and put his name on it. That means the person you talk to about your arched window or oversized gable opening is backed by the person who owns the business, not a franchise agreement. We answer our phones live, 24 hours a day. When a Lighthouse Point homeowner calls at 8 p.m. with a question about a radius frame that’s been sitting on a quote for three weeks, a real person picks up. Not a voicemail tree.
Our reputation in Lighthouse Point is built on showing up when we say we will and being direct about what custom work costs. Homeowners here have been through enough vague estimates and no-show crews. We publish our address and license number. Every technician who arrives at your door is background-checked and in uniform, so you know exactly who’s walking up the driveway before the truck parks.
We also know the permitting reality of this city specifically. Lighthouse Point sits inside Broward County’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, which changes everything about what a custom geometric window has to be. A pretty arch that doesn’t carry Broward/HVHZ product approval is a paperweight in this jurisdiction. We’ve handled enough Lighthouse Point projects to know that before we even measure.
Our Custom & Geometric Windows Services in Lighthouse Point
Custom Impact Windows
In Lighthouse Point, a custom impact window isn’t a style choice. It’s a code requirement, and it’s the only way to get real wind mitigation on a shaped opening. We order impact-rated laminated glass from PGT and CGI, each unit configured to match the design pressure the opening demands. You get the shape you want and the wind resistance your insurance inspector wants to see.
Geometric & Shaped Windows
Circles, half-rounds, trapezoids, pentagons, ellipticals. These are the windows that give Lighthouse Point’s mid-century homes their character, and they’re also the windows that fail first when salt air has been working on the frames for 40 years. We fabricate geometric units in PVC and aluminum, whichever better suits the existing architecture. Every opening gets a written design-pressure calculation before we order anything.
Arched & Curved Windows
Arched windows on Lighthouse Point canal homes take a beating that rectangular windows never experience. The radius frame concentrates stress at the crown, and salt spray off the Intracoastal accelerates corrosion right where the frame is thinnest. We rebuild rough openings, replace corroded jambs, and set the new sash with a proper drip edge so water sheds where it should. We’ve done this exact repair on ranches off NE 31st Court more than once.
Oversized Openings
A floor-to-ceiling gable window or a wall of glass on a Lighthouse Point split-level needs framing that can carry wind load, not just glass. When we open a wall for an oversized unit, we check the king studs, header, and sill before we order a single pane. If the original framing is undersized, which it often is on homes built in the 1960s, we handle it as a written change order after you approve the work in writing. No surprises on the invoice.
What happens when you call
- 1
A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
- 2
You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
- 3
A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
- 4
You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Lighthouse Point
Winslow Windows & Doors is an authorized installer for PGT, CGI, CWS, ES Windows, ECO Window Systems, Mr-Glass, Therma-Tru, and ViewLux. For custom and geometric work in Lighthouse Point, we most often order from PGT for impact-rated shapes, CGI for large-format laminated units, and ES Windows for narrow-frame radius profiles that need to meet HVHZ wind loads without looking industrial. Because we order direct and spec the glass ourselves, we can quote accurately the first time. No “we’ll see what the supplier says” hedging. Call (904) 893-3309 and we’ll get you a written line-item estimate.
Common Custom & Geometric Windows Problems We See in Lighthouse Point Homes
- Salt-air corrosion on radius frames. Aluminum arch frames corrode from the inside out here, especially two or three streets back from the canals where wind-driven spray is constant. The first visible sign is white powder at the frame joints, and by then the structural integrity is already compromised.
- Jalousie windows that fail HVHZ standards. Many Lighthouse Point homes built in the 1950s and 60s still have original louvered glass. They offer near-zero wind resistance and flatly fail current code. Homeowners often only discover this when they pull a permit for something else.
- Water-wicked curved sills. Improperly flashed arched sills on older split-levels pull moisture into the king studs. The rot is invisible until the custom unit comes out, and then you’re looking at framing repair before any new glass goes in.
- Non-impact geometric glass in gable openings. Oversized triangular or pentagon windows that were installed years ago, before Broward’s HVHZ enforcement tightened, fail wind-load calculations the moment a permit gets pulled for a kitchen or bath remodel. That triggers a surprise full replacement.
Pricing for Custom & Geometric Windows in Lighthouse Point, FL
Here are real numbers for the Lighthouse Point market. A custom arched or circular impact window typically runs $2,500 to $4,500 per opening, depending on size, frame material, and design pressure rating. A large trapezoid or oversized gable unit with HVHZ-approved laminated glass generally falls between $3,000 and $5,000 installed. Whole-home replacements that include several geometric openings run $12,000 to $25,000 or more, depending on opening count and framing condition. What moves the price in Lighthouse Point isn’t mystery pricing. It’s the wind zone, the floor height, the framing condition you can’t see until the wall is open, and the product approval paperwork required by Broward County. We give you a written estimate before we start and we stand by it. Call (904) 893-3309 for a free in-home measure and quote.
What Custom & Geometric Windows Costs in Lighthouse Point
Impact windows in Lighthouse Point generally run $800 to $1,500 per window installed for standard rectangular units. A custom impact single-hung runs $900 to $1,800. But when you move into geometric shapes, arches, and oversized openings, the per-opening price climbs to $2,500 to $5,000 because you’re paying for custom fabrication, HVHZ product approval paperwork, and usually some framing repair. Whole-home packages with mixed rectangular and geometric windows range from $8,000 to $25,000 or more. In Lighthouse Point specifically, three factors move the number more than anything else: the opening count, the wind-load design pressure your specific canal or non-canal location demands, and whether the original 1960s framing is sound. We provide a free in-home measure and a written quote that includes every line item. No allowances that balloon later. Call (904) 893-3309 to schedule yours.
| Window Type | Typical Installed Cost in Lighthouse Point |
|---|---|
| Standard impact window | $800 - $1,500 per window |
| Impact single-hung | $900 - $1,800 per window |
| Custom arch or circle (HVHZ-approved) | $2,500 - $4,500 per opening |
| Oversized gable or trapezoid | $3,000 - $5,000 per opening |
| Whole-home package (mixed shapes) | $12,000 - $25,000+ |
Florida Pays You Back
Florida has real incentive money for impact window upgrades, and in Lighthouse Point it stacks. The My Safe Florida Home program offers matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades, and impact-resistant windows are explicitly covered. Florida also exempts impact-resistant windows and doors from sales tax, which saves you 6% or more on a five-figure project. The federal 25C energy credit adds a 30% credit on product cost, up to $600 per year on qualifying units. And after a wind-mitigation inspection, typically $75 to $150, many Lighthouse Point homeowners see their windstorm premium drop, often around 25% on the windstorm portion of their policy. We can’t guarantee what your carrier or the state will approve. We can tell you that the paperwork exists and we walk you through what you need for each program. Every window we install carries the right design pressure rating for its opening, and we never spec a unit above the rating the opening actually requires, because over-rating a window is wasted money and under-rating it fails inspection.
One comparison worth making: impact windows versus hurricane shutters. Shutters protect glass when you remember to hang them and you’re home to do it. Impact glass protects your window every hour of hurricane season, whether you’re in Lighthouse Point or not. The panels are a temporary measure. Impact glazing is a permanent upgrade to the structure, and it’s the one that qualifies for the insurance discount and the grants. We don’t sell shutters and we don’t install them. We install windows that don’t need them.
We Also Serve Cities Near Lighthouse Point
Our Custom & Geometric Windows team works throughout Broward County’s coastal corridor. If you’re in Pompano Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Deerfield Beach, or Coconut Creek, we’ll bring the same live-answer phone, the same written estimates, and the same HVHZ code knowledge to your door. One call to (904) 893-3309 covers the whole area.
Serving Lighthouse Point, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Lighthouse Point 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 & Geometric Windows in Lighthouse Point
Because Lighthouse Point sits entirely within Broward County’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, the same wind-load jurisdiction as Miami-Dade, so every permitted window, including custom shapes, must carry a Broward/HVHZ product approval with design pressure ratings matched to the specific opening. A standard Florida Product Approval does not satisfy the local permitting office. We verify the approvals before we order glass, because ordering a unit that fails plan review wastes four to six weeks of fabrication time and your money. Call (904) 893-3309 and we’ll spec your project correctly the first time.
Yes, in most cases. Jalousie windows fail HVHZ wind-load standards outright, and when a Lighthouse Point permit triggers inspection of the building envelope, non-compliant windows typically have to be replaced as a condition of final inspection. It’s a surprise many homeowners discover mid-remodel. We handle this regularly, and we’ll quote the replacement as a separate line item so you know the cost before the permit gets pulled. For an exact number on your specific home, call (904) 893-3309.
Yes. Any custom geometric window can be manufactured with impact-rated laminated glass that carries a Broward/HVHZ product approval, and when the final wind-mitigation inspection verifies that every glazed opening meets current standards, the insurance discount can apply. The key is matching the design pressure rating to the opening’s wind zone and elevation, which is exactly the calculation we run before we order. Call (904) 893-3309 for a written quote that includes the design pressure spec for your particular lot.
Salt air attacks the radius points and miter joints of a geometric frame far harder than a rectangle because those are the points where the frame is thinnest and sealant is most exposed. On a circle or arch, corrosion starts at the crown and travels inward along the weld seams. By the time you see white oxidation, the frame is likely already compromised. We spec PVC or marine-grade aluminum on canal-proximate Lighthouse Point homes to slow that failure cycle dramatically. For a specific recommendation on your frame material, call (904) 893-3309.
You should expect a written change order with a specific dollar figure before any additional work starts, and you should not pay a cent for framing repair you didn’t approve in writing. That’s how we work. When we open a wall on an older Lighthouse Point home and find the king studs undersized or the header rotted from a leaking curved sill, we stop, document it, price it, and get your written approval before we touch it. No surprise line items. No “we had to do it” invoices. Call (904) 893-3309 and you’ll get the same standard from your first estimate.
What Opening Up an Older Lighthouse Point Home Actually Turns Up
Here’s the reality of working on Lighthouse Point’s housing stock, and it’s the single biggest reason a custom window quote moves after the first cut. The city was platted and built out between the mid-1950s and early 1970s as a planned canal community of single-family ranches and split-levels. A large share of those homes still have original single-pane aluminum frames or jalousie windows. The framing behind those windows has spent 60 years absorbing salt air off the roughly 50 miles of interior canals that thread through the city. When we open a wall for a larger or custom-shaped window, what we find is rarely just an old frame.
We find undersized headers that were called good enough in 1968. We find king studs that have rotted from improperly flashed curved sills. We find aluminum frames so corroded the glass is the only thing holding the opening square. And we find electrical wiring that was never meant to be near a larger window opening. None of this is your fault. It’s what happens to a canal-community home after six decades in salt air. But it changes the quote, and any contractor who pretends it won’t is either lying or has never worked in Lighthouse Point.
Our approach is simple. Inspection first, before we give you a final number. We write allowances into the contract for framing repair, and if the allowance isn’t enough, we bring you a written change order with photographs and a specific price before any additional work begins. You approve it or you don’t. Either way, you know exactly what you’re paying for. Ed Winslow built this company on that principle, and it’s the reason Lighthouse Point homeowners call us back for the second project and the third.
We also know, because we’ve done it more than once, that the permit you pull for a kitchen remodel can trigger a window replacement you never planned. A non-impact geometric unit in an oversized gable fails HVHZ design pressure the moment the building department looks at it. We’ve walked Lighthouse Point homeowners through that exact scenario more than once. The replacement gets priced in writing, ordered with the correct Broward/HVHZ product approval, and installed when the units arrive. Not before. Custom fabrication runs four to six weeks, and we’d rather tell you that upfront than pretend the glass exists on a shelf somewhere. Once your units arrive, installation is typically completed in as fast as a single day per opening.
Call Winslow Windows & Doors for Custom & Geometric Windows in Lighthouse Point
If you live in Lighthouse Point and you’re thinking about replacing a jalousie bay, adding a circle window to a gable, or rebuilding an oversized opening that’s seen better days, call (904) 893-3309. Ed’s name is on the door, and on every job we do. You get a live person on the phone, a free in-home measure, a written estimate that holds up, and the 36500-Day Done Right Promise behind it all. If it’s not done right, we make it right. No fine print, no expiration date. That’s how we’ve worked since 2011. The one down the road.
Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, serving Lighthouse Point and surrounding Broward County communities since 2011.
Six Reasons Homeowners Choose Winslow 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.