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Mr-Glass Window Installation: The Fort Lauderdale Owner’s Guide

If you own a Mr-Glass window and the installation is failing, here’s the straight answer: we install and replace Mr-Glass windows throughout Fort Lauderdale, with most full-frame installations running between $850 and $1,500 per window depending on size and whether you’re going impact-rated. We stock Mr-Glass-compatible hardware and glazing on our trucks, and if the failure is in the installation itself rather than the glass, we can typically rework it the same day we look at it.

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How Fort Lauderdale homeowners usually discover the problem: a draft that wasn’t there last fall, a window that suddenly needs a shoulder to close, or water beading in places it shouldn’t after one of our afternoon downpours. By the time you feel it, the seal or the rough opening has already started to lose the fight against salt air and year-round humidity. Ed Winslow has torn apart enough Mr-Glass installs in this city to know exactly where they fail first.

Which Mr-Glass Models This Applies To

Mr-Glass builds windows across a few distinct series lines, and the installation approach changes with each one. The 700 and 800 series fixed and single-hung units are common in a lot of mid-2000s Fort Lauderdale builds, particularly in the neighborhoods west of Federal Highway. The 900 series casement and awning windows show up more in newer construction and coastal condos. The series number is printed on the sash label, which you’ll find on the inside edge of the frame near the locking mechanism.

Here’s a compatibility gotcha worth knowing before you call anyone: Mr-Glass 700 series frames use a narrower mounting flange than the 800 and 900 series, which means a tech who grabs a generic replacement frame off the shelf will end up shimming a half-inch gap that shouldn’t be there. We match the flange spec, not the closest thing we have on the truck. For glass, OEM Mr-Glass glazing is still available for most series, but quality aftermarket equivalents from CWS and ES Windows often meet or beat the original spec, especially on the 700 series where the factory Low-E coating was thinner. We’ll give you the OEM price and the aftermarket price and let you decide. We’re an independent service provider, not affiliated with Mr-Glass, which means we’re free to tell you when the aftermarket part is genuinely the better buy.

Signs Your Mr-Glass Window Installation Is Failing

• Condensation between the glass panes. The insulated glass unit’s seal has failed. Once moisture gets between the panes, the argon or krypton gas escapes and the window loses its insulating ability. In Fort Lauderdale humidity, this shows up as permanent fog you can’t wipe away.
• A window that won’t stay open or won’t lock flush. This almost always means the frame has shifted out of square or the balance hardware has worn. On Mr-Glass single-hungs particularly, the balancer springs are plastic and degrade faster in South Florida heat.
• Water stains on the interior drywall below the window. The exterior caulking or the flashing tape has failed. Salt air attacks sealants aggressively in coastal neighborhoods like Rio Vista and Colee Hammock, and a window that leaked once will leak again with every hard rain.
• Drafts you can feel with the window closed. Weatherstripping has compressed or the frame corners have opened up. If you can slide a dollar bill through the gap, the window is doing almost nothing for your cooling bill.
• The window frame feels soft when you press on it. That’s dry rot in the rough opening, common in older Fort Lauderdale homes where original installations weren’t flashed correctly. The window looks fine from the inside, but water has been working on the wood behind it for years.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

These ranges cover what we see across Fort Lauderdale, from Coral Ridge to Harbordale. Cost moves on three things: window size, whether the unit needs to meet Miami-Dade HVHZ impact standards, and what we find in the rough opening once the old window comes out. Every quote from us is a written line-item price before we start. You’ll see the window cost, the labor, the flashing and sealant, and the haul-away separately. No change orders unless there’s rot behind the frame we couldn’t see, and we’ll call you with photos before we touch it. All installation work carries our workmanship warranty, and the 36500-Day Done Right Promise means if it’s not done right, Ed Winslow comes back and makes it right.

DIY or Call Us?

You can safely check a few things yourself: find the series label so you know what you have, mark where the draft or water is coming in with tape, and look for obvious gaps in the exterior caulk. That’s genuinely useful information to have when you call us.

What you should not do is remove the window yourself, and that goes double for impact-rated Mr-Glass units. These windows are heavy, the glass is tempered and laminated, and a bad lift drops shards in a radius that’ll surprise you. Glazing and frame work also involves cutting the exterior seal, which if done wrong lets Fort Lauderdale’s daily storms put water straight into your walls. I’ve seen DIY window pulls that cost homeowners more in drywall and mold repair than the window replacement would have run. If you’re unsure whether it’s the glass or the frame failing, call (904) 747-8989 and we’ll come look at it. We don’t charge a trip fee in our home county, and we’ll tell you honestly if it’s a repair instead of a replacement.

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