Service area
Impact Windows in Hialeah
Mostly single-story houses from the fifties through the seventies, mostly still on their original jalousie and awning windows. The most straightforward impact work in the county.
Hialeah is the easiest impact job in Miami-Dade and the one with the most left to do. The housing is overwhelmingly single-story, owner-occupied and built between the fifties and the seventies. No association to satisfy, no design review, no elevator to book. Just a permit and a crew.
It is also where the oldest windows in the county are. A great many Hialeah houses are still running the glass they were built with.
Jalousie and awning windows
If your windows are horizontal glass slats that crank open, those are jalousies, and they are the single worst thing on a Florida house in a storm. They do not seal, they do not meet any current standard, and the slats come out of their clips.
Awning windows, a single pane hinged at the top, are a step up and still unrated on a house of this age.
Both are straightforward to replace. The opening is usually a sensible rectangle in masonry, the sizes repeat across the house, and nothing is custom-profiled. That is why a Hialeah job tends to price at the lower end of the $1,000–$2,400 band and goes in quickly once the units arrive.
These prices are estimates. Your house is priced per opening after the free measure, and that written quote is the real number.
Doing the whole house at once
Worth doing here more than anywhere, for two reasons. The openings repeat, so there is a real saving in quoting and installing twelve of the same unit rather than four, three times. And wind mitigation credit generally needs every opening protected. Leaving the two jalousies in the utility room usually forfeits it for the whole house.
If budget means staging the work, we will say which elevation to do first, and we will be straight that the insurance will not move until the last opening is done.
Permits, and why it matters that we pull them
Hialeah is Miami-Dade, so this is High Velocity Hurricane Zone work: the product needs a current Notice of Acceptance and the installation is permitted and inspected. Permit fees run $350–$600 for a typical project.
Unpermitted window work is common and it causes two problems later. It will not earn an insurance credit, because there is no inspection to point at. And it surfaces at sale, when the buyer's inspector asks for the permit history.
Full pricing is on the cost page.
Where we work
Neighborhoods we cover around Hialeah
Nearby and not on the list? Call anyway. This is where we go most often, not a boundary.
- West Hialeah
- Hialeah Gardens
- Palm Springs
- Miami Lakes
- Country Club
- Opa-locka
- Medley
- Doral
FAQ
Impact windows in Hialeah: questions
Are jalousie windows really that bad?
In a storm, yes. They cannot be rated, they do not seal against wind-driven rain, and the slats can be pulled from their clips. They are also the easiest thing in the house to get through from outside.
My house is from 1962. Will the openings need rebuilding?
Usually not. Masonry openings of that era are typically square and sound. We check the buck condition at the measure and tell you then, not on install day.
Is it cheaper to do the whole house?
Per window, yes: repeat sizes and one trip. And the insurance credit generally needs every opening done, so a partial job rarely moves the premium.
Do I need the permit if it is just two windows?
Yes. Any window replacement in Miami-Dade is permitted work. Skipping it costs you the insurance credit and causes problems when you sell.
Book a free measure in Hialeah
Send the form or call. Tell us the address, roughly how many openings and what kind of building, and we will arrange the measure.
You get a written price per opening before anything is ordered, and the permit, removal and disposal are in it.