Jalousie Window Replacement Options
A jalousie is a row of glass slats on a track, usually opened together with a hand crank like a Venetian blind. Replacing it means choosing what goes into the opening instead.
Jalousie to single-hung impact windows
For a bedroom or bathroom, a single-hung keeps a familiar sash and the lowest impact price of the operable styles in HomeGuide's table. In a sleeping room, check that the new unit meets the egress sizes.
- Installed, impact (HomeGuide): $400 to $950.
Jalousie to horizontal rollers
This Old House names sunrooms and enclosed porches as typical places for jalousies. A two-lite or three-lite horizontal roller fills a wide opening and still slides open for air.
- Installed, impact (HomeGuide): $600 to $2,300.
Jalousie to awning or fixed glass
If you liked leaving the jalousies cracked in a rain shower, an awning window does the same job. This Old House says awnings let air through in light rain but seal better and are more secure when closed. A fixed pane above or beside it gives the view.
- Installed, impact fixed (HomeGuide): $400 to $750.
Jalousie louver and operator repair
Where the frame is sound, broken slats and worn louver mechanisms can be replaced. EcoWatch's 2022 guide put a louver-only job at under $150 a window. It keeps the look, but not the protection: the opening still needs hurricane shutters to count as protected.
Why Pompano Beach homeowners call Pompano Windows
- One independent installer calls back, not a list of five
- The request costs you nothing
- Ask for approval numbers and design pressures on the quote
- Permit, removal and stucco patching priced in writing
Why Pompano Homes Replace Jalousies
This Old House lists the problems: the slats never form a full seal, so air and wind-driven rain get through; cooled air leaks out and makes the air conditioning work harder; a slat can be popped out to reach the louver handle; and standard screens don't fit. The style's popularity has declined since the 1960s, when air conditioning took over its job, and much of the city's housing dates from the 1960s and 1970s.
Jalousie Code Points in Broward
Glass size
Florida Residential Code R308.2: jalousie glass at least nominal 3/16 inch thick and no more than 48 inches long.Impact
In the HVHZ, glazing must pass the impact tests or sit behind a protection device that does. New units should be approved, labeled HVHZ units.Energy
A replacement window has to meet the 0.25 SHGC limit for climate zone 1.Permit
The city counts exterior window replacement as structural work, so a jalousie swap needs a city permit at any job cost.
What a Jalousie Replacement Quote Should List
A style for each opening
Single-hung, roller, awning or fixed, with each unit's approval number and design pressure.Removal and stucco
Taking out the old frame can chip the wall; EcoWatch put stucco patching at about $100 or less in its 2022 guide.Screens
Standard screens don't fit jalousies, This Old House says, so a new unit's screen is a line item worth checking.Contract notices
Contracts over $2,500 carry the state's lien-law notice, and over $5,000 a notice of commencement is filed before the first inspection.Deposit
On more than 10% up front, ask about the deposit rule.
See Single-Hung Impact Windows for the single-hung option in full.