Impact Windows in Coconut Creek
Coconut Creek is in Broward County, and Broward has some of the strictest window product requirements in the state. A window that is approved for use further north is not automatically approved here. That is the part most homeowners find out late, usually after buying.
We install Florida-approved impact windows and doors, and we confirm what applies to your specific property at the estimate rather than after the order is placed.
What impact glass actually does: two or more layers of glass are bonded together by a plastic interlayer. When something strikes the pane, the glass cracks but the interlayer holds it in the frame. The opening stays sealed. That is the difference between a broken window and a hole in the side of your house during a storm. It is also why impact glass is harder to break through for anyone trying to get in.
The rest of the year it does two quieter things. It cuts road noise, which matters along Lyons Road, Sample Road and the Turnpike corridor, and it reduces solar heat gain, which shows up on the cooling bill.
Full technical detail is on our hurricane impact glass replacement page. If your frames are sound and only the glass needs upgrading, that is often the cheaper route.
Patio and Sliding Door Service in Coconut Creek
A patio door that drags, sticks or will not lock is rarely a glass problem. In this city it is usually age. A large share of Coconut Creek housing went up in the 1970s and 1980s, so most of our sliding glass door repair work here is on doors that were installed when the building went up and have been running on the same parts ever since.
What we see most often, and what it takes to fix:
Worn rollers. The door drags, scrapes, or takes both hands to move. We lift the panel out, replace the roller assemblies and reset the height so it hangs square again.
Damaged track. Aluminum tracks dent and corrode. Depending on how far gone it is, we either dress the track or cap it in stainless, which outlasts the original and costs far less than replacing the frame.
A door that closes but will not lock. This is almost always the lock body or the alignment rather than the door itself, and replacing the lock and adjusting the panel puts it right in one visit.
Broken or fogged glass in the panel. Patio door glass is large, but it is still glass sitting in a frame, so we re-glaze the panel in place instead of pulling the whole door out.
Doors that jump the rail. Pocket doors hide their hardware inside the wall, which is why they tend to get ignored until they stop moving altogether.
Almost all of this is repair work, and a rebuilt door costs a fraction of a new one. You find out which of the two you are looking at during the free estimate, not after it.
