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Simonton Window Replacement in Hollywood: What to Know First

Simonton window replacement in Hollywood runs $450 to $1,400 per opening for most homes, depending on whether we’re doing a full-frame job or an insert replacement, and most single-window work is done in one visit. We’re an independent Simonton service provider, not a factory branch, which means we make parts and labor decisions based on what’s actually failing in your frame, not on a corporate upsell script. If you own a Simonton window in Hollywood and it’s fogged, binding, leaking, or rattling, this page tells you what’s worth fixing, what’s worth replacing, and what it should cost.

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How Simonton Products Fail - and How We Fix Them

Simonton builds a decent window, but every product line has a weakness, and we see the same ones repeating across Hollywood neighborhoods. Here’s what we find most often, by series:

• Simonton 5500 Reflections (the foggier one): The 5500 was sold for years in South Florida as an upgrade line, but its double-pane seal design doesn’t hold up well against Hollywood’s humidity cycle. July heat expands the spacer, August rain cools it fast, and the seal eventually lets go. You’ll see condensation between the panes that comes and goes. Fix: replace the sash or the glass pack. If the frame is still square and the balance system is good, this is usually a one-hour swap, not a full replacement.
• Simonton DaylightMax 6500 (sash sag and lock misalignment): The 6500 is a wide-opening double-hung that carries a lot of glass. Over time the block-and-tackle balances wear unevenly, the sash tilts a hair, and the lock stops engaging without a fight. Hollywood homeowners often mistake this for a house settling problem. Fix: new balances, squared sash, and a locking cam alignment. We do this in-house, not sent out to a glass shop.
• Simonton ProFinish (an installer problem more than a factory problem): ProFinish is a builder-grade line that contractors put into dozens of Hollywood tract homes in the 2000s and early 2010s. The window itself is serviceable, but the original installs were often rushed, with cheap flashing and no backer rod around the rough opening. The result is a frame that leaks around the perimeter, not through the sash. Fix: we pull the trim, correct the opening, re-flash, and reset the window. That’s a real replacement job, not a caulk-and-send.
• Simonton Madeira (vinyl rot at the weep holes): Madeira is a popular single-hung in Hollywood ranch homes, but its weep system clogs with pollen and fine driveway dust in dry months. Water pools in the frame track, and over years the interior vinyl starts to degrade at the corners. If you see cracking at the lower corners, don’t patch it. The frame has to come out to fix it properly, or the same failure returns in two years.
• Simonton StormBreaker Plus (worn weatherstripping on impact windows): StormBreaker Plus is the impact-rated line we see most in Hollywood east of US-1, both from original installs and post-storm replacements. The laminated glass itself is durable, but the weatherstripping in the interlock area wears out against constant wind-driven salt and sand. You’ll feel air movement or hear wind whistling even when the window is closed. Fix: replace the interlock seals and adjust the meeting rail. The glass rarely needs to go.

Our Simonton Window Replacement Process

Every Simonton job follows the same sequence, whether it’s one window on Hollywood Boulevard or a full house in Emerald Hills:

1. 1
   We measure the opening twice. Not the old sash, not the trim, the rough opening itself. A Simonton replacement that’s ordered off the old glass dimensions is how you end up with shims an inch thick and a window that binds by November.
2. 2
   We tell you what’s wrong in plain language. If the frame is sound and only the glass pack failed, we say so. If the frame is water-damaged, we show you with a moisture probe. Then we hand you options on paper, with prices side by side.
3. 3
   We decide parts, not a sales script. Where Simonton OEM parts still exist and are available, we use them. Where aftermarket balances, weatherstripping, or glazing beads perform the same or better for less, we tell you that and quote both. The decision is yours.
4. 4
   We set the replacement window square and level. Shims at the corners and midpoint, not wherever is convenient. We flash and seal around the rough opening the way Dale Kessler was taught in South Broward, which means the window should never leak at the frame years later.
5. 5
   We test everything before we button up. Sash travel up and down, lock engagement, tilt-in action if it has it, water drainage through the weep system. If any of it fails, we re-set before the trim goes back on.
6. 6
   We register both warranty layers on paper, handed to you before we leave. That’s the Keystone Standard. No “we’ll email it later.” No “the manufacturer handles that.” We register it and you get the copy.

What Simonton Window Replacement Costs in Hollywood

Here’s the pricing landscape for the Simonton work we handle most in Hollywood. These are installed prices and include the window, labor, and the warranty registration.

• Single glass pack or sash replacement (5500, 6500, Madeira): $350 to $650 per window, depending on size and glass type. The frame stays.
• Insert replacement window (Simonton or comparable quality, no frame work): $450 to $900 per window installed. This covers balance replacement and resealing the perimeter.
• Full-frame replacement (ProFinish tear-outs, water-damaged frames, StormBreaker Plus retrofits): $900 to $1,400 per window. That’s new window, new flashing, new trim where needed.
• Whole-house Simonton replacement (10 or more windows): $9,500 to $16,000 total, depending on mix of sizes, impact rating, and whether we’re doing inserts or full frames.

Three things move the price: whether the frame is sound, whether the window is impact-rated, and whether the geometry of your rough opening has been compromised. We don’t give prices over the phone before measuring, because that’s a guess, not a quote. Call (863) 334-2933 and we’ll come measure, for free.

Why Hollywood Homeowners Call TruePane Windows & Doors for Simonton Work

We’ve been serving Hollywood and South Broward since 2008, founded by Dale Kessler, a second-generation glazier who grew up in Liberia and spent his weekends resealing jalousie frames against the Atlantic. That’s not marketing copy. That’s why we know what salt air and humidity do to a Simonton frame, and why we refuse to glue patches over problems that need a re-set. Every job carries our Done Right Promise: if the window’s not right, we come back and make it right, no paperwork fights. We also install Andersen, Pella, and PGT, so if a Simonton replacement isn’t the best use of your money, we’ll tell you and quote the alternative side by side. And a live person answers our phone around the clock. Not a callback form. Not a regional dispatch center. Us.

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