Window replacement costs in Tampa

In Hyde Park, Tampa's review reaches the glass itself. The district's design guidelines don't permit reflective glass. Clear solar glass is allowed, and lightly tinted glass may be acceptable, but only after the Architectural Review Commission approves it.

The rest of the window gets the same attention. You can't change how a window opens, so a double-hung can't become a casement or a fixed pane. Jalousie, awning and picture windows aren't permitted in the district. A replacement has to fill the whole original opening with the same pane pattern, and sound wood sash and frames aren't supposed to be replaced at all. The back of the house has some give: windows there can be removed, added or rearranged for a functional change.

Before any window in the district is replaced, you need a Certificate of Appropriateness. The commission's administrator can issue it when the plan fits the guidelines. Anything else goes to a public hearing.

Then there's the city permit, wherever you live. Tampa's Construction Services sends a same-size replacement through its express permit. If the new window is a different size, the application needs two sets of signed and sealed plans, product approval, and an owner's permit affidavit if you're applying yourself.