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Mr-Glass Roof Repair in Fort Lauderdale: What to Know First

We repair Mr-Glass roofing systems throughout Fort Lauderdale, and most jobs are done in one visit. You’ll get an honest price before we start, not after. If you own a Mr-Glass roof here, you already know the salt air and storm season don’t give a warranty much room to breathe. That’s exactly why we carry the parts and the know-how to fix these systems right, as an independent Mr-Glass service provider. Call (904) 913-5886 and a real person answers, any hour, any day.

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This page is for homeowners who want specifics, not a sales pitch: how Mr-Glass components fail in our climate, what repairs actually cost in Fort Lauderdale, and why our crews treat these jobs differently than the next contractor down the road. Ed Winslow has been putting his name on this work since 2011, and he’s the one who answers when you call.

How Mr-Glass Products Fail - and How We Fix Them

Most Mr-Glass roof problems we see in Fort Lauderdale aren’t mysterious. They’re predictable. Here’s what actually happens, series by series, and how we address it.

• Mr-Glass 995 Series skylights: sealant breakdown at the curb. The 995 uses a low-profile aluminum curb that sits almost flush with the roof deck. After a few Fort Lauderdale summers, the original sealant between curb and membrane bakes hard and pulls away, especially on west-facing exposures. Water creeps in slowly, darkens the ceiling, and you think it’s a roof leak. It’s usually the skylight curb. We strip the old sealant, re-flash the curb to current code, and bond it with a polyether sealant that holds up to UV and salt better than what the factory specified. This is the single most common Mr-Glass repair we handle here.
• Mr-Glass roof windows on low-slope decks: frame corrosion at the drainage channels. Fort Lauderdale’s humidity is unforgiving, and the weep channels on older Mr-Glass roof windows can clog with debris and hold water against the frame. Over years, that aluminum starts to pit and swell. We’ve seen frames so corroded the operable sash wouldn’t close tight. Depending on how far it’s gone, we either clean and re-coat the channels or replace the affected frame sections, always re-testing drainage before we call the job done.
• Hail-damaged Mr-Glass glazing panels on Velux-compatible openings. Mr-Glass offers replacement glazing for several standard curb-mounted openings, and after a Broward County hailstorm we see cracked outer panes where the inner laminated layer survived. The fix is a direct glass replacement, not a whole-unit swap, which saves real money. We match the original glazing spec and install it without disturbing the curb or flashing. That’s the part many contractors get wrong: they yank the whole unit and you pay for a flashing job you didn’t need.
• Failed gaskets on Mr-Glass venting units. The operable venting series uses a compression gasket around the sash perimeter. In our coastal air, those gaskets stiffen and lose their memory, letting in drafts and, in a hard driving rain, water. Mr-Glass doesn’t sell gaskets separately to homeowners, but we source them through channels we’ve built over the years, so we can re-gasket your existing vent rather than replacing it. This is the kind of fix that keeps a salvageable unit out of the landfill.
• Improper original flashing on retrofit Mr-Glass installations. We didn’t install every Mr-Glass roof window in Fort Lauderdale, and honestly, some of what we see was done by crews that treated a roof window like a picture window with a hat on. The flashing details on a roof-mounted unit are the whole ballgame. When we open up a leaking retrofit, we often find missing step flashing or a saddle that was never lapped correctly. We remove the unit, re-flash the opening to Mr-Glass’s published installation spec, and reset the same unit if it’s sound. You get a correct installation at a fraction of new-unit cost.

Our Mr-Glass Roof Repair Process

Every Mr-Glass repair we do in Fort Lauderdale follows the same path, no shortcuts.

1. 1
   You call, Ed or a tech answers. We ask about the symptoms, the age of the unit, and whether you know the model. If you don’t, no problem, we’ll identify it on site.
2. 2
   We inspect the unit, the curbing, and the surrounding roof. A roof repair isn’t just about the window. We check the roofing membrane, flashing, and drainage around the opening, because the leak’s source is often six inches away from where the stain appears.
3. 3
   We explain our findings and give you a written price before work starts. No vague “we’ll see once we open it up.” If the scope changes once we’re in, we stop and talk to you first. That’s the Winslow rule.
4. 4
   We decide together on parts. If OEM Mr-Glass parts are the right call, we use them. If a quality aftermarket gasket or sealant does the job as well or better for less, we tell you that too. You always make the call with our recommendation in front of you.
5. 5
   We do the repair, clean the work area, and test it. A water test where applicable, a careful visual, and a walk-around with you before we leave. Every job is checked by the technician who did it, then signed off.
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   We write up a simple invoice, and it matches the estimate. No surprises. And every repair is covered under the 36500-Day Done Right Promise. If it’s not right, we come back and make it right.

What Mr-Glass Roof Repair Costs in Fort Lauderdale

Here are the numbers we actually quote in Fort Lauderdale, based on the jobs we’ve done over the years.

What moves the price: roof pitch and accessibility, whether we’re working from inside or outside, the age of the unit, and whether hidden damage is found under the flashing. A single-story flat section is usually less expensive than a second-story pitched roof. But you’ll know the number before we start, and with our $40 off any repair over $200, plus a 10% discount for seniors and veterans, the price is often lower than you’d expect.

Call (904) 913-5886 to schedule your free estimate. Ed will give you the exact number for your specific unit.

Why Fort Lauderdale Homeowners Call Winslow Windows & Doors for Mr-Glass Work

Most contractors in Fort Lauderdale have never touched a Mr-Glass product. We have. And we stand behind every one of those repairs with Ed Winslow’s 36500-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, we make it right, period. That’s a century-long standard, and Ed backs it with his own name, not a call-center script.

We’ve also got the broader context covered. If your Mr-Glass roof window shares a roofline with PGT, CGI, CWS, or ES Windows products, our crews know all of those systems too, because we’re an authorized installer for eight premium brands, including Mr-Glass. When we’re on your roof, we’re looking at more than the one unit you called about. That’s the difference between a contractor who fixes a symptom and one who understands the whole roof.

And here’s the part that matters most in a storm: you can call us at 2 a.m. and a real person picks up. Every technician who arrives at your home in Fort Lauderdale is background-checked, uniformed, and ready to show ID before they step inside. Published address. License number on the truck. No shell companies, no subcontractor roulette. Just Ed’s crew, doing what they’ve done since 2011.

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