Impact Windows in Davie, FL

We install impact windows in Davie, Florida, a town that sits inside one of the strictest wind zones in the country. Broward and Miami-Dade are the two counties in the Florida Building Code's High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, and for an ordinary house in Broward the code's design wind speed is 170 mph. Every window and door we put in has to be tested and approved for that zone, and every opening has to be rated for the pressure at its spot on your wall. Getting those two things right is most of the job.

Why Davie plays by tougher rules

Before Hurricane Andrew in 1992, Florida had more than 400 separate local building codes. Andrew destroyed tens of thousands of homes in south Miami-Dade, and in 1994 the South Florida Building Code created the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone for Miami-Dade and Broward. Those rules carried into today's statewide code. Palm Beach County, just to the north, is not held to the same HVHZ standards.

The practical result for you: an impact window that is legal in Orlando or Tampa may not be legal on a house in Davie. Products for this zone go through the TAS 201 impact test, where a 9-pound 2x4 is fired at the glass at 50 feet per second, followed by repeated cycles of positive and negative pressure meant to mimic gusting wind. Units that pass get a product approval, often a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance (NOA), which spells out the sizes, glass and anchors that are allowed.

Storms that tested Broward

Hurricane Wilma came ashore on Florida's southwest coast on October 24, 2005, and then crossed the peninsula with most of Broward County inside its eye. The National Weather Service in Miami recorded a 99 mph gust in Fort Lauderdale that morning. It found structural damage was heaviest in Broward and Palm Beach counties, saw considerable broken glass in high-rise buildings, and counted more than 3 million customers without power across the region. Broken glass is how wind and rain get inside a house, and keeping the opening closed after a debris hit is exactly what impact glass is built to do.

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What the Town of Davie asks for

Window and door replacement in Davie needs a building permit, and the Town's checklist is specific. It asks for:

• The permit application and an addendum signed and notarized by both the contractor and the owner
• A footprint drawing of the house with every opening numbered, plus the length, width and mean roof height
• The product approvals (NOAs) for each unit, and the window and door installation form
• The Broward County wind load chart used to set the required pressures
• A recorded Notice of Commencement when the job value passes the threshold on the checklist ($5,000 as written)

The plan then goes through structural review. We prepare that package for you. Florida also requires a state-licensed contractor for this work, so look for a license number on every estimate you receive, ours included.

Matching each opening to its wind load

Broward's Board of Rules and Appeals publishes a voluntary wind load chart for one- and two-family homes and townhouses. It is based on the 170 mph design speed, Exposure C, and mean roof heights from 15 to 30 feet. Corner zones of a wall see higher suction than the middle, and big openings behave differently from small ones, so a picture window near a corner may need a higher rating than a small bathroom window in the middle of the same wall. The chart is not for coastal Exposure D areas or for buildings over 30 feet, which need a sealed engineering design. We list the required and the approved pressure side by side on the quote so you can see each unit clears its number.

Insurance and grants

Impact windows and doors can count as opening protection on a wind mitigation inspection, the state's OIR-B1-1802 form. A revised version of that form took effect April 1, 2026, and a completed form is good for up to five years if the house is not materially changed. Since October 2023, Florida insurers have had to explain their hurricane mitigation discounts on their websites, so check yours before and after the work. The My Safe Florida Home program has offered grants of up to $10,000 toward windows, doors and roof items for eligible low- and moderate-income homeowners; as of May 2026 the state was still paying grants from earlier funding. Rules and application windows change, so confirm the current terms on the program's own site before you plan around it.

Impact windows and doors, one plan

Most people searching for impact windows near me end up protecting more than windows. Every opening counts on a wind mitigation report, and one unprotected sliding door or garage door can leave the house exposed. We price impact windows and doors together so you can see the full cost of a protected house, and then decide whether to do it all at once or in phases, with shutters covering the openings you are not replacing yet.

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Davie is home base. On the east side of town the work is mostly subdivision houses with aluminum single-hung windows and sliding doors onto a pool deck; on the western side, larger lots with ranch homes, barns and long driveways mean bigger openings and longer walks for glass. Around Davie we also install in Cooper City, Southwest Ranches, Weston, Plantation and Sunrise, where most homes are one or two stories well inland. Farther out we cover Pembroke Pines, Coral Springs and Parkland to the west and north, and Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood to the east. All of these are in Broward and inside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, but each city runs its own building department with its own forms, and homes close to the ocean in Fort Lauderdale or Hollywood may fall in the coastal exposure category that needs engineered pressures instead of the county chart. Many planned communities across the area also have HOA review for frame color and glass tint. Each town page covers what is different there.