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Window installation in Kendall, FL runs $800-$1,500 per impact-rated window installed, with whole-home packages typically landing between $8,000 and $25,000 depending on opening count and frame condition. Most Kendall homes we work on were built between 1968 and 1992, which means the original aluminum single-pane units and jalousie windows are now failing both wind mitigation inspections and energy efficiency standards that today’s codes demand. If you live in Kendale Lakes, The Hammocks, West Kendall, Country Walk, or anywhere along Kendall Drive or SW 88th Street, call Ed Winslow at (904) 478-8983 for a free in-home measure and a written line-item quote. We’ve been doing this since 2011, and our crews know exactly what hides behind the stucco on a Kendall CBS ranch.
Why Winslow Windows & Doors Is Kendall’s Preferred Window Installation Company
Ed Winslow’s name is on the door, and on every job we do in Kendall. That’s not a slogan, it’s how we operate. When your wind mitigation inspection fails and your insurer sends a non-renewal notice, you don’t want a call center in another state. You want a live person who answers the phone at 2 a.m. and knows that Kendall falls inside the High Velocity Hurricane Zone. We answer 24/7, no voicemail loops, no next-business-day callbacks.
Our reputation across Kendall comes from showing up when we say we will, pulling permits before we touch a wall, and writing quotes that match the final invoice. Kendall homeowners tell us constantly that they’d been burned by vague estimates and no-show crews before calling us. That changes the first time we hand them a written line-item quote and point out exactly where we’ll address framing damage behind the stucco. Every technician who arrives at your Kendall home is background-checked and in uniform, and Ed’s personal standard, the Done Right Promise, covers every opening we install. If it’s not done right, we come back.
Our Window Installation Services in Kendall
Kendall’s housing stock is overwhelmingly concrete block and stucco, built in planned subdivisions from the late 1960s through the early 1990s. The right window for a 1974 CBS ranch in Kendale Lakes is not the same window you’d put in a 1989 two-story off Kendall Drive. Here are the four styles we install most often in Kendall, and why they fit this market.
Single & Double Hung Windows
Single-hung and double-hung units are the workhorse replacement for Kendall’s older aluminum sliders. When we pull original aluminum frames from a CBS wall, the rough opening was cut for a horizontal slider, not a vertical hung unit, so the installation often requires re-framing the opening with pressure-treated stock and re-flashing to today’s HVHZ standards. Homeowners in Kendall choose double-hungs when they want both sashes operable, which matters for cross-ventilation in homes where original A/C ductwork runs underperforming. An impact-rated double-hung in Kendall runs $900-$1,800 installed depending on size and design pressure rating.
Horizontal Roller Windows
Horizontal rollers are the closest modern replacement to what most Kendall homes originally had. The difference is night and day, though. A 1978 original slider in a Hammocks home typically carries a single pane of annealed glass in a corroded aluminum track. We install horizontal rollers with laminated impact glass, stainless steel rollers, and frames rated to the specific design pressure of the opening. These are common in kitchens and bathrooms where the original opening is wide and horizontal. Expect $800-$1,400 per unit in Kendall depending on width and whether the existing opening is square enough to avoid reframing.
3-Panel Sliding (3-Lite Roller) Windows
Large 3-panel sliders are everywhere in Kendall’s family rooms and enclosed patios, and original units from the 1970s and 80s are almost always out of square and leaking air. We install three-lite rollers with interlocks that meet Miami-Dade product approval requirements and design pressures appropriate to the opening’s elevation and exposure. These are larger openings, so plan on $2,500-$5,000 for a quality impact-rated 3-panel slider in Kendall, including any framing correction and flashing work the permit inspection will require.
Casement Windows
Casements are the window we recommend most for Kendall’s wind zone, and they’re one of our most-installed styles in this market. A casement’s compression seal actually tightens under wind load, where a sliding window’s weatherstripping is the weak point. For Kendall homeowners who’ve failed a wind mitigation inspection, replacing sliders with impact casements is one of the fastest paths to the insurance credit. We see this constantly in Kendale Lakes and Country Walk, where original sliders are the first thing a wind mitigation inspector marks. Casement windows in Kendall run $900-$1,700 installed per unit, with laminated impact glass as standard.
We also do awning and hopper windows for venting in utility rooms and bathrooms, plus picture and fixed windows for large-view openings. The brand matters, too. We’re authorized installers for eight premium manufacturers including CWS, ES Windows, and ECO Window Systems, so you’re getting engineered product approvals, not a mystery unit from a supply house.
What happens when you call
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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 Kendall
Kendall is inside Miami-Dade County’s High Velocity Hurricane Zone, which means every replacement window must carry a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance. That single requirement eliminates most national vinyl brands sold freely in Broward. We install only products with current NOA and Florida Product Approval documentation, from manufacturers like CWS, ES Windows, and ECO Window Systems. Because our crews are in Kendall weekly, we carry local stock of common sizes and hardware for quicker turnaround, and if your unit requires custom fabrication, you’ll know the timeline upfront, usually four to six weeks from measure to install. We also service and replace Mr-Glass units, so if another contractor installed a Mr-Glass product years ago and the frame is still sound, we can often work with it rather than rip everything out.
Common Window Installation Problems We See in Kendall Homes
- Original jalousie or aluminum single-pane windows that can’t pass wind mitigation. Kendall homes from the 1970s and early 80s still have these in kitchens, utility rooms, and enclosed porches. A wind mitigation inspector will mark them as non-impact, and your insurer will price your premium accordingly or non-renew. Replacement is the only fix that restores the credit.
- Oxidized aluminum frames and collapsed weatherstripping. South Florida’s UV index and humidity destroy aluminum tracking and rubber seals in half the time they last in drier climates. We regularly pull frames in Kendall with white oxide powder falling out of the track and weatherstripping that has crumbled like dry clay. The glass may look fine, but the unit is no longer sealing or meeting design pressure.
- Undersized or rotted framing behind the stucco. This is the biggest surprise item on Kendall window jobs. Water runs down the wall over decades, and the wood buck surrounding the original aluminum frame rots behind the stucco where you can’t see it. We open the wall and find the 2×4 buck is sponge. We replace with pressure-treated stock and correct lapping before the new window goes in.
- A previous contractor installed a non-NOA window from out of county. We see this on a regular basis. The window looks new, but it has no Miami-Dade product approval, and when the next wind mitigation inspection fails, the homeowner finds out the hard way. There’s no path to an insurance credit with an unapproved unit, and the permit on the old install is void. The window has to come out.
Pricing for Window Installation in Kendall, FL
We write line-item quotes, not ballparks. That means when you call (904) 478-8983, we schedule a free in-home measure, check the condition of the existing framing, and give you a written price that separates product, labor, permit, flashing, and any framing repair. In Kendall you can expect impact-resistant windows to run $800-$1,500 per window installed, single-hungs and casements between $900 and $1,800, and large or custom openings like picture windows or 3-panel sliders from $2,500 to $5,000. Whole-home packages on a typical 1970s CBS ranch land between $8,000 and $25,000+, driven by opening count, second-story access, and how much framing correction the inspection exposes. We also honor standing offers on every Kendall job: $40 off any repair over $200, a free second opinion on any written estimate you’ve received, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans.
What Window Installation Costs in Kendall
Frame material and glazing are the two largest drivers. Impact-rated laminated glass runs more than annealed or tempered because of the interlayer, and in Kendall you don’t have a code-compliant choice about it. The opening’s design pressure rating changes with height, exposure, and location on the wall, so a second-floor window on the east side of a Country Walk home may require a heavier frame than the identical-size unit on a ground-floor north wall. If the original opening is out of square, or the buck is rotted, the labor goes up. If you’re replacing a jalousie window, the opening often needs to be fully re-framed. Nothing about our pricing changes mid-job, though. We write allowances into the contract for expected framing work, and if a genuine surprise appears behind the stucco, you see it in writing and approve it before we proceed. Call (904) 478-8983 and we’ll measure your Kendall home free and deliver a written quote.
Florida Pays You Back
Kendall homeowners have an unusually strong incentives stack right now, and our team walks every quote through it. The My Safe Florida Home program offers matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades, including impact windows. Impact-resistant windows and doors are also exempt from Florida sales tax. At the federal level, the 25C energy credit returns up to $600 per year on qualifying energy-efficient units. Then there’s the insurance angle. After a wind-mitigation inspection, many Kendall homeowners see windstorm premium credits averaging around 25% on the windstorm portion of their policy, with the inspection itself running $75-$150. We recently replaced 14 original single-pane aluminum sliders in a Kendale Lakes CBS ranch where the trigger was a Citizens non-renewal notice. The homeowner’s first-year insurance credit was $1,340. Programs and carriers set the final numbers, so we never guarantee a figure, but we’ll make sure your quote is structured to qualify for everything it can.
The Kendall Inspection Reality: What Happens Behind the Stucco
When we open up a 1970s CBS house in Kendall, the wall rarely matches what the homeowner assumed was there. The original window buck, the wood frame surrounding the rough opening, is often undersized by today’s design pressure standards, and after 40 or 50 years of South Florida humidity it has usually begun to rot where water found its way past failed caulking. The permit process catches this. Once walls are open and an inspector is involved, energy code triggers come with it. An unglazed non-impact window with a high solar heat gain coefficient may have been acceptable decades ago, but the inspector now requires Low-E insulated impact glass with a current Miami-Dade product approval number.
This is where cheap quotes fall apart. A contractor who prices only the window and ignores the framing will hit rotted wood, fail the inspection, and hand you a change order three weeks into the job. We handle it differently. We inspect first, write framing allowances into the contract before we start, and if something genuinely unexpected appears behind the stucco, we document it, price it in writing, and get your sign-off before we touch it. You never get a surprise invoice. And if you’re comparing us to a big-box retail installer, the difference is exactly that. A big-box installer sub-contracts the work to the lowest bidder, often someone who has never pulled a permit in Miami-Dade. We are the licensed contractor on your permit, and Ed Winslow’s name is on the job.
We Also Serve Cities Near Kendall
Our crews work throughout Kendall daily, and we also serve Coral Gables, Little Gables, Miami, and Miami Beach. Wherever you are in this market, the same rules apply: HVHZ compliance, impact ratings matched to your openings, and a written quote before any work starts. Our Window Installation team covers the full corridor, with scheduling coordinated from our Miami office.
Serving Kendall, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Kendall 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 - Window Installation in Kendall
Because Kendall sits inside Miami-Dade County’s High Velocity Hurricane Zone, and a permit pulls the entire opening up to current code, not just the glass. The inspector will require Low-E insulated impact glass with a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance, even if the original unit was a single pane that predated those rules. That’s not our choice and it’s not the inspector’s choice. It’s the building code. Call (904) 478-8983 and we’ll walk you through exactly what your permit will require before you commit to the work.
No. Jalousie windows, the glass-slat louvered units common in 1970s Kendall homes, do not meet any impact standard and cannot earn a wind mitigation credit. Every opening that a wind mitigation inspector classifies as glass must be impact-rated or the credit math changes. Jalousie replacement often requires re-framing the opening because the rough dimensions don’t match any modern impact window, which is why we handle these as full replacements rather than retrofits.
We write a framing allowance into your contract before the job starts based on what we see during the measure and what we know about Kendall’s housing stock. If we open the wall and find rot or undersized bucks beyond the allowance, we stop, document it with photos, give you a written price for the repair, and wait for your approval before touching it. You never pay for extra work you didn’t sign off on. Ed Winslow’s Done Right Promise covers the whole job, including the framing we replace.
You could physically have it shipped, but it won’t pass a permit inspection unless the specific unit carries a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance. Most national vinyl brands sold in Broward do not. If you install a non-NOA window in Kendall, the permit will not close, the warranty from the manufacturer will not apply in HVHZ territory, and your wind mitigation inspection will mark the opening as non-compliant. You’ll pay to remove it and do the job again. We install only NOA-listed products like CWS, ES Windows, and ECO Window Systems.
The window portion of the inspection will pass if the units are installed with NOA-listed products, proper design pressure ratings, and a closed permit. But a wind mitigation inspection checks the whole house: roof-to-wall connections, exterior wall construction, roof decking attachment, and roof covering. New impact windows help, but they’re one line on the inspection form. We coach our Kendall customers on what else the inspector will examine so you don’t schedule the inspection until the whole home is ready. Call (904) 478-8983 for a free measure and a straight answer on where your home stands.
Key Takeaways
- Impact window installation in Kendall runs $800-$1,500 per window, with whole-home packages from $8,000-$25,000+.
- Every replacement window in Kendall must carry a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance (NOA). No exceptions.
- Original jalousie and aluminum single-pane windows from the 1970s-80s cannot pass today’s wind mitigation standards.
- Framing damage behind stucco is common in Kendall CBS homes, and we price allowances into the contract before we start.
- Ed Winslow’s name is on every job, backed by the Done Right Promise and a published address and license number.
Winslow Windows & Doors installs impact windows, doors, and roofing across Kendall, from Kendale Lakes to Country Walk to The Hammocks. We’re the one down the road. Call (904) 478-8983 for a free in-home estimate and a written line-item quote.
Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, serving Kendall and South Florida 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.