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ECO Window Systems Bathroom Remodeling: The Fort Lauderdale Owner’s Guide
If you have a bathroom featuring ECO Window Systems glass and it’s time to remodel around it, a full bathroom remodel in Fort Lauderdale typically runs $9,000 – $28,000 installed, depending on whether we’re keeping your existing window setup or reframing around it. Most owners call us after discovering that the window itself is fine, but the surrounding framing, sill, or waterproofing has failed after years of South Florida humidity. Whatever shape your window and bathroom are in, our team can match the right approach and give you a written price before any work starts.
You usually notice the problem the same way: peeling paint below the window, a soft spot in the drywall, or water staining on the sill after a heavy summer storm. The glass isn’t leaking. The installation around it is. That’s the repair we do most often in Fort Lauderdale homes, and it’s the kind of work where the difference between a good outcome and a callback six weeks later comes down to how the waterproofing is done.
Which ECO Window Systems Models This Applies To
ECO Window Systems manufactures impact-rated and non-impact vinyl and aluminum windows sold throughout South Florida. In bathrooms, the two configurations we see most in Fort Lauderdale are horizontal slider units and fixed picture windows, often sized 24 x 36 inches or 36 x 48 inches depending on the original build. The frame depth, mounting flange style, and sill profile vary between the ECO 3000, 4000, and 4500 series lines, and parts do not interchange across all of them. If you have the original paperwork, the model number is printed on a sticker on the interior frame edge. No paperwork? We can identify the series from the frame profile and glass etchings when we come out for the estimate.
The OEM versus aftermarket decision matters here. ECO Window Systems holds the engineering specs for their extrusions and glazing beads, so when a bathroom remodel calls for trim, sash components, or glazing matched to existing glass, OEM parts fit with no modification. Quality aftermarket equivalents exist for screens, hardware, and weatherstripping, but aftermarket glazing beads and frame parts often have slightly different tolerances. In a humid bathroom, a bead that fits 95% perfectly lets moist air into the wall cavity. For anything that touches the waterproofing, we recommend OEM. Penhallow Remodeling Fort Lauderdale is an independent service provider and not affiliated with ECO Window Systems, which means we can install either path honestly and tell you when the aftermarket route is safe to save money on.
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Signs Your ECO Window Systems Bathroom Remodeling Is Failing
- Paint bubbling or peeling on the wall below the window. This usually means moisture is getting past the window flashing and traveling down the wall cavity. The failure is rarely the glass; it’s the lapping of the weather barrier that was installed around it.
- Soft or swelling drywall at the sill corners. Corners collect condensation in a Fort Lauderdale bathroom. If the original installer didn’t run sealant continuously behind the sill, that dampness soaks the gypsum every hot shower cycle.
- Black staining along the interior frame edge. That’s mold feeding on trapped humidity between the window frame and the wall. In a bathroom, this is almost always an air-sealing failure between the rough opening and the frame.
- The window is hard to open or close smoothly. In slider units, condensation rusts the rollers, or mineral buildup from hard Fort Lauderdale water crusts the track. Sometimes it’s surface-level; sometimes the track needs replacing as part of the remodel.
- Water pooling on the sill after a shower. If the sill slopes flat or, worse, toward the interior, water sits there. That standing water works through the sill joint over time, and the fix is a proper sill pan and correct slope during the remodel.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
A full bathroom remodel in Fort Lauderdale falls between $9,000 and $28,000 depending on tile square footage, whether the shower is a tub-to-shower conversion or a walk-in build, vanity and countertop choices, and what condition the window rough opening is in. A smaller job where we’re keeping the existing ECO window and simply repairing the waterproofing around it, retiling, and dropping in a new vanity usually sits at the lower end of that range. A gut to the studs with a new walk-in shower, custom glass, and moving plumbing lines pushes toward the top.
What you get in writing: a line-item price for every part and every hour before demo day, with no change orders unless you choose to expand the scope. If your remodel involves the window opening, that line item includes removal and reinstallation of your ECO unit, new flashing, sill pan, backer rod, and sealant rated for South Florida humidity. Our work carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise: if something fails inside a year, we return and make it right at no charge, no service call fee, no re-inspection fee. The only variables that change the price are what we find behind the walls once they’re open, and we’ll tell you immediately if that happens, with a new written number before proceeding.
DIY or Call Us?
If you want to inspect before calling, here’s what’s safe: run the window open and closed and note where it sticks, check for soft spots in the drywall with a fingertip at the sill corners, and look for daylight or gaps around the exterior frame from the outside. Those observations help us quote accurately over the phone. What’s not safe is pulling trim or opening the wall cavity around a bathroom window you suspect has been leaking. You don’t know what’s behind it. In Fort Lauderdale, a leaking window frame can conceal rotted framing, electrical runs through the stud bay, or mold behind the vapor barrier. Opening that without knowing what you’re exposing releases spores into your home and can turn a $500 sealing job into a $5,000 structural repair. That’s the point where you want our crew, not a pry bar and a YouTube video. Call (754) 551-2922 and we’ll schedule the estimate.
FAQs
An ECO Window Systems window in a properly waterproofed bathroom opening typically lasts 20 to 25 years before the frame or glazing needs real attention. The operating hardware, rollers, and weatherstripping wear faster, often needing replacement at the 8 to 12 year mark in our humidity. The window itself can outlast the tile around it when installed correctly. Call (754) 551-2922 if you want an honest assessment of whether your window is at end of life or just needs hardware.
Yes, in many Fort Lauderdale homes we can repair the waterproofing, replace the sill pan, and restore the window without touching the rest of the bathroom. That repair typically runs $400 – $1,800 depending on how much of the surrounding material must be cut out and rebuilt. If the framing behind the window is rotted, you’re looking at a larger structural repair, and that’s when we’ll give you a written scope before any additional work begins.
A bathroom remodel that includes window waterproofing and reframing around an ECO unit typically takes 2 to 4 weeks in Fort Lauderdale, depending on tile lead times and whether the shower needs a full rebuild. The window-specific portion, removal, flashing, and reinstallation, is usually a single day’s work. We’ll give you a written arrival window before we start and a realistic completion date at the estimate, not a vague “a few weeks.”
We keep common ECO Window Systems hardware, weatherstripping, rollers, and glazing beads on our trucks for bathroom window repairs in Fort Lauderdale, but full frame or sash units are ordered to match your exact series. We also work with KraftMaid and Cambria for cabinetry and countertops, and Silestone for surface material, so a bathroom remodel that touches the window, vanity, and shower can be handled as one coordinated job. If you need a specific part, call (754) 551-2922 and we’ll tell you over the phone whether it’s on the truck or needs to be ordered before the first visit.
Written by Trevor Nash, Owner, Penhallow Remodeling Fort Lauderdale at Penhallow Remodeling Fort Lauderdale, serving Fort Lauderdale and nearby areas.
