Window replacement and impact windows in Pinellas County

Usually, yes. Pinellas County lists replacing windows among the common projects that need a permit. Clearwater requires one for "replacement of windows, doors, garage doors or skylights in existing or altered wall openings," and St. Petersburg treats window and door replacement as structural work, so it isn't eligible for the state's under-$7,500 exemption request. Confirm with your building department; we pull the permit for our work.

In unincorporated Pinellas County, the FY27 fee schedule lists windows, doors, shutters and garage doors at $145 for up to 20 openings plus $5 for each additional opening, with plan review included. Cities set their own fees.

In wind-borne debris regions, the Florida Building Code requires exterior glazed openings to be protected, either with impact-rated products or approved protection such as shutters (FBC-Residential R301.2.1.2). For one- and two-family homes in windborne debris regions that were built under codes other than the Florida Building Code, FBC-Existing Building 707.4 lets you replace glazed windows and doors without opening protection if the replaced glazing within any 12-month period is no more than 25% of the home's total glazed area (the new units must still be designed for enclosed-building wind pressures); beyond that, protection is required. Treasure Island, for example, says the whole city is in a wind-borne debris region. Your building department decides how this applies to your home.

Ask for the Florida product approval number (FL number) or Miami-Dade NOA and look the FL number up on the Florida Building Commission's product approval search. Under s. 553.842, a product can't be marketed as hurricane or impact protection unless it's approved.

Possibly. Impact-resistant windows, doors, garage doors and skylights are eligible improvements. Under s. 215.5586, grants are for homesteaded homes built before January 1, 2008, insured for $700,000 or less, owned by low- or moderate-income homeowners; the state pays $2 for every $1 you put in, up to $10,000 from the state, and eligible low-income owners need no match. The program says not to start work before your grant is approved.

The federal energy efficient home improvement credit ended for property placed in service after December 31, 2025, per the IRS. Florida now refunds sales tax, up to $500 for one homesteaded, site-built home with a just value of $700,000 or less, on impact-resistant windows, doors and garage doors bought July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029; the refund application (Form DR-26HH) goes to the Department of Revenue by September 30, 2029 (s. 212.08(21)).

Angi puts window replacement in Tampa at $4,720 to $13,960 for a typical project, about $900 per window on average, and says impact window costs in Tampa run 25% to 35% higher than the national average (updated July 2026). Window repair in Tampa averages $285 (Angi). See our impact windows cost guide, or text us photos for a free estimate.