What we install · French & Specialty Openings
The Openings That Make a Gables Elevation
Arched heads, French pairs, fixed picture units, corner glazing. On Mediterranean Revival and Art Deco elevations these are not decoration — they are the building, and they are where approval and appearance argue hardest.
Give us the address and tell us whether it is a condo or a historic district. Those two answers change the job more than the window does.
NOA
The approval that governs your window is issued by this county
HVHZ
Miami-Dade is one of only two counties in the zone
Our crews
We measure, we schedule, and our own people install
Licensed
A licensed Florida general contractor
Being told the shape cannot be done
It is common to be told an arched head or a corner assembly is impossible in impact, when what is true is that the company quoting does not carry a line that covers it. Shapes do hold acceptances. The field is narrower, the cost is higher and the lead time is longer — all of which is a different statement from cannot be done, and the difference is several elevations of a Gables house.
What is genuinely constrained
- Approved shapes exist, but the product field is much narrower.
- Lead times are long enough to set the whole programme.
- Approved pressure at unusual sizes is the binding constraint.
- Frameless corner assemblies are where the approved field runs out entirely.
- A review board may condition the muntin pattern as well as the shape.
Where the money goes on a character house
On a house with arches, corner glass and mixed openings the cost is rarely in the glass. It is in how many different units there are, how long the odd shapes take to arrive, and the hours spent getting sight lines to agree. Twenty identical rectangles is a cheaper job than twelve varied ones.
Owners who learn this at the survey plan the work differently. Most owners end up doing the elevation that matters properly and deferring the rest, which beats spreading a compromise across everything.
How we handle it
- 01Establish which shapes hold acceptance at your pressures first.
- 02Reconcile that against the district or association requirement.
- 03Keep sight lines consistent where mixed shapes meet.
- 04Order specialty units first, since they set the programme.
We settle the shape question before anything is priced, because it drives both cost and calendar. Where a shape genuinely will not hold the pressure, we set out what changes — a structural mullion, a different configuration, or a squarer head — rather than substituting quietly and letting you notice at installation.
Said plainly
Where we stop
Some frameless corner glazing has no approved solution at HVHZ pressures. Where that is the case we say so at the measure. It is a real constraint, not a negotiating position.
FAQ
Common questions
- Do arched and shaped openings have approvals?
- Yes. The field is narrower and lead times are longer, but shapes hold acceptances. A contractor saying it cannot be done usually means their supplier does not carry it.
- Can I keep frameless corner glass?
- Frequently not, at these pressures, without a mullion in the corner. It is one of the very few places where the answer is simply no, and you should hear that before you design around it.
- Will a historic board accept modern profiles?
- It depends on the district and the elevation. Slim modern sight lines are often conditioned in favour of something closer to the original. That is a design conversation to have before ordering.
Miami-Dade specifics
The NOA Is Issued Here
The Notice of Acceptance that governs your window is issued by Miami-Dade County Product Control. It is public, numbered and searchable — which makes a quote here checkable in a way it is nowhere else in Florida.
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Historic Districts
Several Miami-Dade municipalities review exterior changes before a permit is issued. In a historic district the design question is settled before the code question, and the order matters.
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Condos & Associations
In a high-rise the window is usually a limited common element. The association controls specification, colour and often the contractor, and a unit owner who orders unilaterally can be made to take the work out.
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High-Rise Exposure
Design pressure rises with height above grade, and it peaks at building corners. On a tower, the same window that is comfortable on the third floor may not be approved on the twentieth.
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How We Work Here
We are a Fort Lauderdale contractor working throughout Miami-Dade. That means scheduled work rather than same-day, and it means the people who fit your windows are on our payroll.
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More what we install
Impact Windows
The core product, and in this county the one you can actually verify. Every unit should arrive with a Notice of Acceptance number you can look up yourself.
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Sliding Glass Doors
In Miami the widest opening is usually a balcony slider, on an elevation facing open water, high above grade. It carries the highest load on the unit and the most demanding installation detail.
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Entry Doors
A small opening carrying a large expectation — and in a historic district, the single element most likely to be conditioned by a review board.
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Next step
Find out what is actually wrong with it.
An inspection, photographs of what we found, and a written scope. If the honest answer is that it can wait another season, that is the answer you will get.