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Impact Windows & Doors
Compared Side by Sideat theHOME DESIGN AND REMODELING SHOW

September 4–7, 2026
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Broward County Convention Center 1950 Eisenhower Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316
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Impact Windows & Doors

Every Impact Window Bid Reads the Same on Paper

Three quotes for the same house can be $10,000 or more apart. They all say the same three things: laminated glass, hurricane rated, permits included. What makes them different never shows up in a PDF. You have to see it and touch it. You can do that at the Fort Lauderdale Home Show, September 4–7, 2026 at the Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale. Dozens of window pros. Full-size windows and doors you can open and close yourself. It all takes one afternoon.

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Buying Impact Windows

Three Things to Settle Before You Sign

With impact windows, the cheapest bid and the priciest bid can be the same window. What changes is how it gets put in. Three questions pull the real difference out of a salesperson in about ninety seconds.

Start With the Approval Number

Each window carries a state product approval number. Some counties issue their own number instead, called a Notice of Acceptance. Either one covers one size, one frame and one glass build, and nothing else. Ask for the number that fits your openings. Ask for the design pressure rating too. That is the wind load the window is built to hold. A window rated too low is the costliest thing to find out about after it is in the wall.

The Frame Sets the Price, Not the Glass

Most bids quote much the same laminated glass. The price gap sits in the frame and in the install. Ask what the frame is made of: aluminum, vinyl or composite. Ask how deep it is. Ask if it has a thermal break, an insulating strip inside the frame that slows heat through the metal. Ask how the sash, the part that opens, meets the sill. Then ask about the install. A retrofit sets the new window inside the old frame, or buck. A full tear-out goes back to the outside finish. The glass is the same. The labor, the warranty and the sightline are not.

Get the Finish Work in Writing

Ask what else is in the price. Permit fees, engineering and inspections. Stucco patching, drywall returns, paint and caulk. Hauling the old units away and re-doing your alarm sensors. This is where a low bid turns into a high one. Make each vendor list those items with a price next to them. Ask how many crews they run. Ask who is in charge on the day your walls are open to the weather.

On the Show Floor

Impact Glass, Sliders and Doors, Booth by Booth

Real photos from recent shows.

The ASP SuperHome shipping-container booth shows a glass slider and wood pivot front door under the tagline "Let Our Family Protect Yours" with windows-doors-roofs-solar signage, in a landscape show-floor shot.
Full-size openings, open and close themHome Show 2024
Crowds of attendees walk the convention hall aisle past a red 'Condado Window' booth and a green 'Hall B' tent sign under exposed black ceiling rigging, landscape orientation.
The windows and doors aisleHome Show 2024
Two young boys sit on a wicker patio sofa engaged with a toy near a Florida Window & Door booth on the show floor, landscape orientation.
Shopping doors, no pressureHome Show 2025
Front view of the ASP Super Home shipping-container booth with a sign reading 'WINDOWS DOORS ROOFS SOLAR — Let Our Family Protect Yours' and folding glass doors, with attendees inside, landscape orientation.
Folding glass doors, wide openHome Show 2025
A double wood-and-glass French door set into a black shipping-container booth branded ASP SuperHome with WINDOWS, DOORS, ROOFS, SOLAR signage, in a portrait show-floor shot.
Wood-and-glass French doorsHome Show 2024
A woman with a crossbody bag opens an interior glass door inside the wood-lined ASP Super Home container house display, portrait orientation.
Checking the hardware by handHome Show 2024
A woman steps through the open glass doors into the wood-paneled ASP Super Home modular home booth promoting doors, roofs and solar, portrait orientation.
Walking through the slidersHome Show 2024
A woman in an olive dress slides open a large black-framed glass door on a modular home display while another woman stands inside, on green turf flooring, landscape orientation.
Sliders & Pivot Doors

Roll It Yourself. Then Go Roll the Other One.

An impact slider is the one item you can grade with your own hands. So roll the panel yourself. A good one glides with one finger and stops without a bang. A gritty one is a bad sign. Look at the interlock, the part where two panels overlap when the door is shut. A shallow interlock and a plastic roller only get worse after ten years of salt air and sand. Rank each booth that way.

Give pivot doors and French doors the same test. Check these five things at each booth:

  • Check the handle height. The handle should land where your hand goes, not where the display puts it.
  • Look at the threshold. That is the track you step over. Ask to see how it meets a tile floor.
  • Ask about frame depth. The frame has to be deep enough to hide the shim gap. Shims are the thin spacers that hold a window straight in the wall. Too shallow and you stare at a line of caulk for years.
  • Look at how the glass is set. Sloppy work where the glass meets the sash turns into rattles and leaks.
  • Ask to see the real finish. Ask for bronze or black. The sample on display is almost always white. Finish is where a budget quietly goes.
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Why It Pays to Come

What a Website Visit Cannot Do

Three in-home estimates take three weeks. One trip to the show floor does the same work. The follow-up call is shorter, too. By then you know which frame you want and what it should cost.

  • Three companies in an hour. Ask the same six questions at three booths. The answers will not match, and the gaps tell you a lot.
  • Your hands beat a photo. Feel the weight. Listen to the multipoint lock, the kind that grabs the frame in several spots at once. Look at the frame width you will stare at from inside the room. Ask to see a cut edge of the glass so you can spot the clear layer inside it. None of that comes through on a website.
  • Ask about the crew, not the closer. Do their own people install, or do they hire a subcontractor? How long do permits take in your city? What happens when an inspection fails?
  • Listen for unscripted answers. Note who is glad you asked. Note who changes the subject to a monthly payment.
Frequently Asked Questions

Impact Windows & Doors at the Home Show

Impact windows and doors are built into the wall and stay there. The glass is laminated, which means a clear layer holds it together when something hits it. The storm protection is always on, so nobody has to put anything up before a storm. Shutters are panels you take on and off. They cover normal glass and cost less up front. Someone fit enough to lift them has to be at the house. Impact glass also cuts street noise and blocks most UV rays all year. Shutters do not.
Line the bids up opening by opening. Do not compare one lump sum to another. For each opening, ask for the Florida product approval number. Ask for the design pressure rating. Ask what the frame is made of and how deep it is. Ask how the glass is built. Ask if the price covers a retrofit into the old frame or a full tear-out to the outside finish. Two bids that look thousands apart usually differ on the install and the finish work. The glass itself is often the same.
No, you do not. Plenty of owners do the work in stages. Start with the biggest openings and the walls that take the worst weather. Finish the smaller bedrooms later. Stages cost a little more in total. You pay twice to set the job up and twice for permits. Some insurance credits only kick in once each opening is covered. Ask every vendor to price the whole house and the first stage on their own. Then you can see what splitting the job really costs you.
Bring a count of your openings with a rough width and height for each one. Bring photos of each opening from inside and outside. Bring your address and any bid you already have. That is enough for a pro to give you a real ballpark right on the floor. You skip the sales visit that normally comes first. A tape measure and a notes app beat memory every time. Photos of the trim inside tell an estimator more than words do.
Many booths write orders right on the floor. Most will at least book a measure visit while you stand there. You do not have to buy anything either way. The real value of the floor is what you can do in one afternoon. You can roll a slider, feel a frame and ask three companies the same question. All of it happens before anyone sets foot in your house. Get tickets and see the dates at the top of this page.
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Bring Your Openings. Leave With Real Numbers.

Come with your openings on paper. You leave with real numbers instead of brochures.

  • Count and photograph each opening. Shoot it inside and out. Note a rough width and height.
  • Bring any bid you already have. It is the fastest way to get a straight side-by-side.
  • Ask three companies the same questions. Cover the glass, the frame, the install and the finish work.

September 4–7, 2026 at the Broward County Convention Center.

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