Impact Windows in Davie, FL

Impact windows are the main thing we install in Davie, and the town gives us more variety than almost anywhere in Broward. Davie covers about 35.7 square miles, and its housing runs from equestrian ranch properties on the west side to townhomes, apartment complexes and mobile home parks in the more built-up eastern sections. Census estimates put roughly 40 percent of the town's housing in detached single-family homes, about 11 percent in attached units and close to 14 percent in mobile homes. Each of those needs a different plan for storm protection.

Why the age of your house matters

The median Davie home was built in 1989, and nearly two thirds of the housing stock went up between 1970 and 1999. That puts most houses here before the statewide Florida Building Code took effect in 2002. Many houses from that era were built with ordinary non-impact glass, relying on shutters or panels for storm protection. Swapping those openings for laminated impact glass removes the job of hanging panels every time a storm is named, and it closes the gap between the original construction and what today's code expects for new openings.

What a Davie permit asks for

Window, door and shutter work in Davie goes through the Town's Building Division, and the checklists are short but specific. For window and door permits the Town asks for a footprint drawing of the house with every opening numbered, the length, width and mean roof height, the NOA product approvals for each unit, a window and door installation form and a Broward County wind load chart. The shutter checklist follows the same pattern with a shutter installation form in place of the window form. A notarized addendum signed by both the contractor and the owner is part of both, and a recorded Notice of Commencement is required once the job passes the threshold on the form. We put that package together so you are not chasing paperwork.

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Ranch properties and large openings

Horseback riding is common in Davie, and many lots on the west side have barns, long driveways and wide porches. Those homes tend to have big fixed glass, French doors to a pool deck and two- or three-car garages. We size impact units to those openings rather than forcing standard sizes into them, and we look at the garage door at the same time, because a failed garage door is one of the common ways wind gets inside a house and pushes on the roof from below.

Shutters still have a place

Not every opening has to be impact glass. Some Davie owners keep accordion shutters on a back porch or use roll-down shutters over a large picture window while they replace the rest of the house in phases. Shutters are also a common choice for sheds, barns and guest quarters that do not need clear glass. We can quote a mixed plan so the most exposed openings are covered first.

Mobile homes and manufactured housing

With thousands of mobile homes in town, we get asked about them often. Manufactured homes have their own rules and their own window types, and park rules often limit what can be changed outside. We will look at the home, tell you plainly what can be done, and point you to the park and the Town for approvals before any work is planned.

Wilma showed the cost of waiting

When Hurricane Wilma crossed Broward in October 2005, the storm damaged trees, buildings and grounds across town, and an insurance assessment team estimated that at least 70 percent of homes and businesses in Davie and several neighboring cities had some damage. Glass and openings are the weak points that let wind and rain into a house, which is why protecting them is usually the first upgrade we suggest. Call (954) 375-7681 to set up a measurement visit.