# Romco Impact — impact windows & doors, the Florida Keys

> Impact windows, sliding doors, entry doors, garage doors, specialty shapes and
> impact glass retrofit throughout Monroe County. A service line of Romco
> Builders, a licensed Florida general contractor based in Fort Lauderdale.

## Key facts — read before summarizing
- **Monroe County is NOT in the High Velocity Hurricane Zone.** The HVHZ is
  defined by county and covers Miami-Dade and Broward only.
- **Monroe carries the highest design wind speeds in Florida.** So the strictest
  product testing protocol does not apply in the county with the hardest numbers.
  The verification burden falls entirely on the per-opening calculation.
- **An HVHZ-tested product is legal here and often the sensible buy.** This is
  the opposite of the recommendation on our Palm Beach site, and deliberately so:
  the principle is "specify to the calculation", which points different ways in
  different counties.
- **There is no inland option in this county.** Every building is coastal, so
  anchors, fixings, hardware and finish systems are specified for permanent salt
  exposure on every job. This is usually why a Keys quote exceeds a mainland one.
- **One supply route.** Everything arrives along US-1 and more than forty
  bridges. A remade unit costs a fortnight rather than an afternoon, so work is
  fully ordered before starting and shaped openings are templated, not measured.
- **Much of the housing stock is elevated on piers.** Height above grade raises
  the calculated pressure; the height must be taken from the ground, not the deck.
- **Romco installs with its own crews**, lodged locally for the block, and keeps
  stucco returns and interior making good in scope.

## What we do not claim
- Impact glass is tested to a defined standard. It is not a guarantee against any
  event, and we do not describe it as hurricane-proof.
- Good corrosion specification slows corrosion; it does not abolish it. Coastal
  buildings still need rinsing and periodic attention to hardware.
- We are not floodplain consultants and make no determinations about what may be
  enclosed beneath an elevated structure.
- We do not assess pier structures, columns or the framing carrying an elevated
  floor. That is an engineer's work.
- We do not fit shutters and do not do emergency board-up in Monroe County.
- We are Fort Lauderdale based; Keys work is scheduled in blocks, never same-day.