Window replacement costs in Orlando

Live on one of the big lakes around Orlando? The state is studying whether your windows belong under the same impact rules as the coast. Today, Florida's wind-borne debris region, where glazed openings need impact protection, is set by design wind speed and by distance from the coast. In 2024 the Florida Building Commission started a study, run by University of Florida researchers, of homes beside large inland lakes, where storm wind crosses 5,000 feet or more of open water.

Their pilot neighborhood was around Lake Louisa. The draft final report, dated May 2026, finds that homes within 3,000 feet of such a lake carry debris risk comparable to the current threshold when design winds are 130 to 139 mph. It recommends either counting those homes in or setting one 130 mph threshold statewide. That's a recommendation to the commission, not code.

The report also notes how rare those winds are here. Only Charley, in 2004, came near design level in central Florida in more than a century.

For now, if your home permits through Orange County, a same-size swap is a "Windows\Doors Replacement size for size" permit on the county's Fast Track site. You upload a floor plan and the county's product approval sheet. The approved installation details have to be at the house, or the inspection fails.