Delray Beach has some of the most charming older homes in South Florida — and a lot of them are still wearing their original windows. Jalousie windows in the Florida room. Single-pane sliders from the seventies. If your house still has those, here's the number nobody puts on their website: $800 to $2,800 per window, installed, start to finish.
I'm Joe. I run Onel Construction out of Boca Raton, and I do impact windows all over Delray — the historic neighborhoods, the ranch homes west of I-95, the beachside condos. Fifteen years in this business. Here's what they cost, why the range is so wide, and the Delray-specific stuff nobody warns you about.
What Impact Windows Cost in Delray Beach
My honest breakdown, all-in, installed, permit pulled, everything finished:
- Around $800 a window: Small condo windows east of A1A. Single-hung, up-and-down style. Small jobs, a handful of windows.
- Around $1,400 a window: The average Delray home, average window. Most of my jobs land here.
- Up to $2,800 a window: Big openings — large sliders, picture windows, and the custom sizes you find in older homes.
Delray's older housing stock is exactly why the range matters here. A 1930s bungalow or a 1950s ranch doesn't have standard modern window sizes. Custom-sized openings cost more than off-the-shelf — more glass, more engineering, more labor. That's not a markup, that's just the reality of old houses.
The other cost drivers are the same everywhere: bigger glass costs more per square foot, sliders and casements cost more than single-hungs, and small jobs carry more fixed cost per window (permits, crew, inspections) than big ones.
Delray's Historic Districts — Read This Before You Buy Windows
Delray Beach has five local historic districts — Old School Square, Marina, Del-Ida Park, Nassau Park, and West Settlers. If your home is in one of them, exterior changes need a Certificate of Appropriateness from the city before work starts. That includes windows.
Here's the good news: modern impact windows come in frame styles, colors, and grid patterns that preserve a historic look and get approved. I've done it. But the approval has to happen *before* installation, not after — and any contractor who tells you permits are "optional" in a historic district is setting you up for a stop-work order. I pull the permits and handle the historic review paperwork as part of the job.
Even outside the districts, Delray requires permits on window replacements, and for good reason: unpermitted work becomes your problem when you sell, and it's your problem when the insurance adjuster asks for documentation after a storm.
The Insurance Payback
Impact windows can save you up to $1,400 a year on homeowners insurance. Note the "up to" — your carrier makes the final call and I won't promise a number I don't control.
But wind mitigation credits for opening protection are real money, year after year. On an older Delray home going from original single-pane windows to impact-rated, the before-and-after on the wind mitigation form is dramatic. The windows don't just protect the house — they pay rent.
The $10,000 Grant
My Safe Florida Home has offered up to $10,000 in grant money for hurricane hardening, and impact windows qualify. I've walked homeowners through the application. Government paperwork, so it's annoying — but ten grand is ten grand. Ask me about it when I come out.
Financing That Doesn't Hurt
Through Acorn Finance, with approved credit:
- Small jobs from $120/month
- Typical jobs in the $200s–$300s/month
- Rates as low as 4.49% APR
Windows go in now. Insurance savings start now. Payments stay manageable.
Beat the Quote
Send me your best written quote and I'll beat anybody's price on the same scope — or you get a $50 Amazon gift card. If I beat it, you get an additional $1,000 off the written price. Same scope, free in-home measurement, one per household.
Call or text (561) 462-9293 and let's get your number locked in.
Why Onel Construction
Twenty-five years of experience behind the license. Licensed and insured — CGC1511492. I don't send a salesman — I come out myself, I measure myself, and I price it in person. You get a real number for your actual house, not a phone quote that doubles on installation day.
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I work all of Palm Beach County — Delray Beach, Boca Raton, Highland Beach, Boynton Beach — and Broward for the right job.
Related Services
- Impact Windows & Doors in Boca Raton — my main impact window page, same straight pricing.
- Hurricane Windows in Boca Raton — same protection, different name. Here's the difference.
- Roof Replacement in Boca Raton — your roof and your windows are one storm system.
Impact Window Questions I Hear a Lot
My home is in a historic district — can I still get impact windows?
Yes. Modern impact windows come in frame styles, colors, and grid patterns that preserve a historic look and get approved — I've done it. But the Certificate of Appropriateness has to come *before* installation, not after. I handle the historic review paperwork as part of the job.
How long from measurement to installation?
Figure 6–8 weeks from signed contract to install day — manufacturing the windows takes most of that. Historic district approvals can add time on the front end, which is why we file early.
Will they lower my insurance?
They can save you up to $1,400 a year through wind mitigation credits — "up to" because your carrier sets the final number. On an older Delray home going from original single-pane windows to impact-rated, the before-and-after on the wind mitigation form is dramatic.
Do you pull permits?
Every job. In Delray that includes the historic review where it applies. Unpermitted work becomes your problem when you sell — and your problem when the adjuster asks for documentation after a storm.
Get a Real Number for Your Delray Home
Call or text (561) 462-9293 — or reach me through https://onelconstruction.com. Free in-home estimate. I'll measure every opening, check whether you're in a historic district, and give you a straight price — no pressure, no phone games.
Onel Construction LLC — Delray Beach, Florida. Licensed & insured — CGC1511492.
*Prices on this page are averages from recent jobs — I set them before the latest round of tariff-driven material increases, so treat them as ballparks, not quotes. Your free in-home estimate always uses current numbers. — Joe*
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Text a photo of your project to (561) 462-9293, or call for a free in-home measure. Written price, locked for 14 days.
Onel Construction LLC is a licensed Florida general contracting firm (CGC1511492).
