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If you live in Sunset, you’ve probably noticed it by now: the window that fogs between the panes after every rain, the sliding door that takes two hands and a hip-check to move, the bedroom that never quite cools down in August. These aren’t minor annoyances in this part of Miami-Dade. They’re signs that your openings no longer meet the strictest wind and impact code in the country. Winslow Windows & Doors fixes that. Ed Winslow’s name is on the door, and a live person answers our phone at (863) 251-5864 any hour of the day or night. We serve Sunset with impact windows, doors, and roofing done right, with upfront pricing you’ll see in writing before the first tool comes off the truck.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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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.
Why Sunset Homeowners Choose Winslow Windows & Doors
Sunset is one of those unincorporated Miami-Dade communities where everyone seems to know a neighbor who got burned by an out-of-county contractor. We hear it all the time: the crew showed up late, the permit got bounced, the windows arrived without a Miami-Dade NOA stamp, and the job stalled for six weeks. That doesn’t happen with us. We’ve built our reputation in neighborhoods like the streets around Sunset Drive and the blocks just south of Bird Road by doing one thing consistently: showing up when we say, installing what we quoted, and standing behind it with the 36500-Day Done Right Promise. If it’s not done right, we make it right. Period. Our technicians are background-checked and arrive in uniform, so you know exactly who’s at your door. And every client gets a live person on the phone, not a voicemail loop, not a call center.
Windows & Doors Services We Offer in Sunset
Impact Windows in Sunset
Impact windows are our flagship line here, and for good reason. Every unit we install in Sunset carries a valid Miami-Dade NOA, laminated impact glass, and design pressures matched to each opening, never a generic rating stamped on the box. These aren’t just storm protection; they’re your home’s primary defense under the HVHZ provisions Miami-Dade enforces.
Learn more about our Impact Windows in Sunset.
Window Installation in Sunset
New window installation in Sunset means working with concrete block walls poured in the 1950s and rough openings that rarely match modern frame dimensions. We measure every opening, not just the window, and install units that fit the structure, not the other way around.
Learn more about our Window Installation in Sunset.
Window Replacement in Sunset
If your Sunset home still has its original jalousie or louvered aluminum windows, you’re living with the weakest point in your exterior. We replace them with impact-rated, energy-efficient units that actually close tight, block UV, and satisfy Miami-Dade inspectors the first time.
Learn more about our Window Replacement in Sunset.
Door Installation in Sunset
Front entry doors, side doors, back doors. In Sunset, we install doors that hold up to the humidity and the hurricane code. Options include Therma-Tru and ViewLux products, all NOA-approved for Miami-Dade.
Learn more about our door installation services.
Sliding Glass & Patio Doors in Sunset
The old aluminum sliders common in Sunset homes warp, leak, and turn into a fight every time you use them. We replace them with modern impact-rated sliders that glide with one finger and seal tight against wind-driven rain.
Learn more about our sliding glass and patio doors.
Energy-Efficient Windows in Sunset
Sunset’s UV load is relentless. Energy-Efficient Windows in Sunset with Low-E glass cuts solar heat gain and can reduce cooling cost by 20-30% in our climate. It also protects floors and furniture from the fading you see in older Sunset homes.
Learn more about our energy-efficient windows.
Impact Garage Doors in Sunset
Your garage door is the largest single opening in most Sunset homes, and a non-rated door is a structural liability in a storm. We install Impact Garage Doors - Sunset that brace the wall and satisfy Miami-Dade wind-load requirements.
Learn more about our impact garage doors.
Custom & Geometric Windows in Sunset
Some Sunset homes have arched openings, radius corners, or mid-century geometric shapes that don’t match any standard size. We fabricate custom and geometric impact windows through our authorized brands like ES Windows and ECO Window Systems.
Learn more about our custom & geometric windows.
Roof Repair in Sunset
A small leak near a gable or a lifted shingle in Sunset can become a ceiling collapse in a single summer squall. We perform roof repair with the same accountability we bring to every opening: fixed pricing, done right, or we come back.
Learn more about our roof repair services.
Roof Replacement & Installation in Sunset
Whether it’s shingle, tile, or metal, a roof replacement in Sunset must meet Miami-Dade HVHZ uplift standards. We pull permits, pass inspections, and give you a written line-item quote with no change orders on the back end.
Learn more about our roof replacement and installation.
Shingle, Tile & Metal Roofing in Sunset
Sunset’s housing stock includes everything from 1960s ranch homes to newer Mediterranean-style builds, which means we see all three roof types. We install shingle, tile, and metal roofing to code, with the same Done Right Promise on every job.
Learn more about our shingle, tile, and metal roofing.
Neighborhoods We Serve in Sunset
We work throughout Sunset and the surrounding blocks. You’ll see our trucks on streets off Southwest 72nd Street, along the 33173 and 33183 zip code boundaries, near Sunset Park, and in the residential clusters around Sunset Drive and Southwest 87th Avenue. Typical response time for estimates in the area is same-day or next-day when you call before noon.
- Sunset Park area
- Blocks off Sunset Drive
- Homes near Southwest 72nd Street
- The 33173 corridor
- Communities off Southwest 87th Avenue
Why Sunset’s Climate & Housing Affect Windows & Doors
Sunset sits in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, which enforces its own Notice of Acceptance system, the strictest independent window and door product-approval process in the United States. It was created directly in response to Hurricane Andrew’s obliteration of South Dade communities in 1992. Every replacement window and door installed in Sunset must carry a valid Miami-Dade NOA. This is a legal requirement that does not apply one county north in Broward. So when a Broward contractor bids a Sunset job with a standard Florida Product Approval and no Miami-Dade NOA, the permit fails inspection on the spot. We see this happen to homeowners who didn’t know to ask. They pay for windows twice, once in cash and once in lost months.
The housing stock compounding this: the Sunset corridor is dense with post-WWII CBS homes built from the late 1940s through the 1970s. A large share still carry their original jalousie or louvered aluminum windows, which provide virtually no wind or impact resistance under current code. Worse, the rough openings in those concrete block walls were sized for jalousie units, not modern impact frames. That means custom fabrication or extensive blocking is often required. A contractor who doesn’t know Sunset’s housing stock will quote standard sizes, then hit wall framing that doesn’t match, and the change order follows. We measure first, quote second, and fabricate to what’s actually in the wall.
Then there’s the climate itself. Sunset’s tropical weather delivers intense year-round UV that breaks down vinyl frames and glazing seals far faster than in north Florida. High humidity drives condensation, frame corrosion, and mold at the soffits where older windows meet the ceiling line. Though Sunset is inland enough to avoid the direct salt blast of Brickell or Miami Beach, Miami-Dade’s mandatory impact-rated or shutter-protected opening requirements apply uniformly regardless of distance from the coast. There is no coastal exemption out here.
Pricing for Windows & Doors in Sunset
What can you expect to pay in Sunset? Here are the ranges we quote most often, based on the homes we actually work on here.
- Impact window replacement (standard size, NOA-rated): $900-$1,800 per opening, installed
- Custom or oversized impact window: $1,500-$3,200 per opening, depending on design pressure and finish
- Impact front entry door (Therma-Tru or ViewLux): $2,800-$6,500 installed
- Impact sliding glass door: $3,500-$8,000 depending on width and track configuration
- Impact garage door: $2,500-$5,500 installed
- Full-home impact window package (typical 3/2 CBS home): $17,000-$34,000
These are real-world price bands for Sunset’s CBS housing stock, not brochure numbers. Every quote is free, in writing, and line-itemed. We’ll stand by the number we give you. If the job scope doesn’t change, neither does the price. Call (863) 251-5864 to schedule your free estimate.
Florida Pays Sunset Homeowners Back
The incentives stack in ways that make impact upgrades more affordable than most Sunset homeowners realize. The My Safe Florida Home program has offered matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades, depending on funding cycles and household eligibility. Florida also exempts impact-resistant windows and doors from sales tax, which on a $20,000 project is real money back. On the federal side, the 25C energy credit covers 30% of the product cost on qualifying energy-efficient units, up to $600 per year. Most Sunset homeowners who complete a wind-mitigation inspection (typically $75-$150) see windstorm premium credits averaging around 25% on the windstorm portion of their policy. That’s the part of your premium that actually pays for hurricane risk, so the reduction is meaningful. Programs and carriers set the final numbers; we can point you to the right inspectors and paperwork, but we won’t promise a dollar figure we can’t guarantee.
One comparison we get asked about constantly in Sunset: impact windows versus hurricane shutters. Shutters are cheaper up front, but they only work if someone is home to deploy them. Panels are heavy, accordion tracks corrode in our humidity, and a storm at 2 a.m. means you’re out on the ladder in the rain. Impact windows protect continuously, with no panels to hang and no action required. We never sell or install shutters, so this isn’t an upsell. It’s just the physics of living in an HVHZ county.
Service Area - Cities Near Sunset
Winslow Windows & Doors serves Sunset and the surrounding South Dade and West Miami-Dade communities. If you’re nearby, we also work in Westchester, Miami, Coral Gables, and South Miami. Chances are, one of our crews has already worked on a house down your street.
Serving Sunset, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Sunset 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 About Windows & Doors in Sunset
Impact windows in Sunset typically run $900-$1,800 per standard opening installed, with custom or oversized units reaching $3,200 or more depending on design pressure and finish. Full-home packages for a typical 3/2 CBS home usually land between $17,000 and $34,000. Call (863) 251-5864 for an exact quote, estimates are free.
Yes. Sunset is in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, where every replacement window and door must carry a valid Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance. A standard Florida Product Approval without the NOA will fail inspection here, even though it might pass one county north in Broward. We only install NOA-approved products from brands like PGT, CGI, and Therma-Tru.
We can, and we do it regularly. The challenge is that jalousie rough openings in Sunset’s CBS homes are rarely sized for modern impact frames, so custom fabrication or blocking is often required. We measure the actual opening before quoting, so the price we give you reflects the real work, not a surprise change order later.
It won’t, unless the scope changes. We give you a written line-item quote before any work begins, and we don’t write change orders on the back end. If the wall framing is rotted behind a window, we’ll show you photos and discuss it before touching anything. Call (863) 251-5864 and we’ll walk through exactly how our quoting works.
Yes, on every job that requires one, and unincorporated Miami-Dade requires permits for essentially all replacement window and door work. We pull the permit, schedule the inspection, and stand on site until it passes. A window that fails inspection is a window we haven’t finished installing.
For standard in-stock units, installation can be as fast as a single day once your units arrive. Custom fabrication runs 4-6 weeks, which is the reality for many Sunset homes with non-standard jalousie openings. We keep you updated on the timeline and schedule installation the day your units land.
Call the One Down the Road
You don’t need a ticket number from a national chain. You need Ed Winslow’s number, and a crew that knows Sunset’s blocks, its building code, and its unique housing stock. Call (863) 251-5864 today for your free estimate. We’ll answer, we’ll show up, and we’ll give you a price in writing. The one down the road.
Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, serving Sunset with impact windows, doors, and roofing done right. In business since 2011, locally owned and owner-operated.
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.
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What Neighbors Say About Winslow Windows & Doors
What happens when you call
- 1A real person answersNo phone trees - talk to a local windows & doors pro.
- 2You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched. No surprises.
- 3We come out and measureLicensed & insured, at a time that suits you - the visit and the quote are both free.
- 4You get the price in writingLine-itemed, yours to keep, and nothing starts until you say go.
What Sunset Customers Say
"We sat out a hurricane behind the windows Ed put in. The gusts threw a neighbour's trampoline down the street and the loudest thing in our house was the kettle. I rang him after to say thank you and he answered his own phone, same as always."
- Thaddeus Okonkwo"He replaced the front door and the garage door in the same week, both rated for impact, and lined the frames up so straight my level had nothing to say. My wife stopped hearing the highway from the front room."
- Maximilian Vasquez"Excellent work and a fair price for what it is, though impact glass is never cheap and one bedroom window arrived with a scratched pane. Ed flagged it before I saw it and the replacement went in without me chasing anyone."
- Bartholomew Crenshaw