Glass enclosures · Panama City Beach, FL

Not a screen room upgrade. A commercial-grade glass enclosure built to Florida impact code.

The Elite 2000 Impact Series 5090 — a Florida-approved aluminum storefront glazing system installed by Brannan Aluminum. Structural. Permanent. Built to the same engineering standard as the commercial buildings on this coastline. Since 1992.

The glass wall you're picturing isn't a screen room with upgraded panels.

Most contractors upsell glass panels into existing screen room extrusions. It looks like a glass enclosure. It isn't. Screen room aluminum was engineered for mesh — the profiles are too shallow, the walls too thin, and the anchoring too light to carry the load of impact glass under Gulf Coast wind pressure.

Within a few seasons the frames deflect, the silicone pulls away from the glass, and the whole system leaks — because the structure underneath was never rated for what was put into it.

The Elite 2000 Architecture Series is a commercial storefront extrusion platform — the same category of aluminum used in the lobbies and high-rises you walk past every day. When Brannan builds your glass enclosure, we're not adapting screen room hardware. We're installing a system engineered from the ground up to hold large panes of impact-rated glass.

Commercial glass walls. Gulf breeze. Impact-rated for everything the Panhandle throws at it.

A Brannan glass enclosure is built on the Elite 2000 2⅝" × 4" stile column — deep enough to carry the glass load, stiff enough to resist racking under wind pressure, and anchored with ⁵⁄₁₆" Ultracon fasteners set into your concrete or masonry foundation. What you see is clean sight lines. What's holding it is commercial-grade engineering.

Glass is wet-glazed with Silicone DOW 995 — the same sealant used in commercial curtain walls — bonded to both aluminum and glass so it stays sealed through years of thermal cycling and UV exposure. Florida State Product Approval FL11627 covers the full system.

2⅝" × 4" storefront stile column — commercial depth, not screen room profile

Impact glass options: ⁹⁄₁₆" laminated, ¼" heat-strengthened, or .090 Sentry Glass Plus

Silicone DOW 995 wet-glazed seating — commercial curtain wall sealant standard

Column reinforcement insert (item 22056) in every vertical stile

⁵⁄₁₆" Ultracon anchor system — single and double row per panel load

Roof integrated into your existing structure — no standalone box, no visual mismatch

Florida Building Code compliant — permitted, inspected, documented

Climate control, ceiling fan, and lighting rough-in available

A glass enclosure built to impact code costs less than a room addition — and lasts longer than either.

Schedule your free site assessment and get your enclosure spec'd before the next build season fills up.

Three steps from open patio to impact-rated glass enclosure

We assess your structure and spec the right glass for your exposure

We measure every opening, evaluate your foundation and existing roofline, and determine which glass option fits your orientation. South and west-facing panels in Gulf Coast sun need a different spec than a shaded north wall. We set that before anything is ordered.

You receive a proposal with locked specs and a firm price

Your proposal lists every component — header, sill, stile, mullion, reinforcement inserts, glazing clips, and anchors. Glass type confirmed. Panel count confirmed. Price locked. No surprise add-ons discovered on install day. What you sign is exactly what you pay.

Our crew builds it. You walk in and it works the first day.

Brannan's own Panhandle crew measures, fabricates, and installs — no subcontractors. Framing anchored per FL11627 approval. Glass wet-glazed and torqued to spec. Roof junction integrated into your existing structure. Every panel is sealed and the room is ready.

The room that holds its value the day after a named storm.

Saturday morning in February. You carry coffee into your enclosure. It's 42 degrees outside. In here it is bright, still, and warm without a heater — the glass is doing what glass rated for thermal performance actually does. You stay for two hours.

That July, the forecast calls for a tropical system. Your accordion shutters cover the windows. Your glass enclosure is already rated. The Elite 2000 Impact Series 5090 was designed for exactly this — an enclosed structure on a hurricane coastline that doesn't require emergency prep every storm seas

Once it’s built:

✓ Impact-rated glass — no boarding up, no seasonal prep before a storm

✓ FL11627 state approval — passes inspection, survives resale scrutiny

✓ Wet-glazed seals that don't fail after five Gulf Coast summers

Without the enclosure:

✗ Screen room glass retrofits that leak by season three

✗ No product approval — fails inspection, complicates resale

✗ Every storm season means figuring out what to do with the space

A glass enclosure built to impact code costs less than a room addition — and lasts longer than either.

Schedule your free site assessment and get your enclosure spec'd before the next build season fills up.

The Brannan Aluminum glass enclosure - Elite 2000

For homeowners who want a permanent, impact-rated glass enclosure without the cost of a full home addition, Brannan Aluminum installs the Elite 2000 Architecture Series — a Florida-approved commercial storefront glazing system engineered specifically for the structural demands of Gulf Coast construction.

Why the system specification matters here

Every Brannan glass enclosure is custom-fabricated to your patio's exact dimensions using Elite 2000 extrusion profiles that meet Florida impact and structural code — not residential screen room components adapted to carry glass. The 2⅝" × 4" stile column, the reinforcement insert in every vertical, the DOW 995 wet-glazed seating — these aren't upgrade options. They're the standard we build to on every job.

We don't install kit systems. Every frame is measured, cut, and installed by our own crew — the same people who have been building on the Panhandle since 1992. Glass seats without gaps. Anchors go into concrete and masonry, not just framing. Roofs integrate into your existing structure permanently, not over it.

The Gulf Coast tests every structure eventually. A Brannan glass enclosure — built on the Elite 2000 Impact Series 5090, anchored to FL11627, and sealed with commercial-grade sealant — is built to pass that test the first time, and every season after.

For over three decades, Brannan Aluminum has built custom sunrooms along the Gulf Coast, serving homeowners in Panama City Beach, Destin, 30A, Lynn Haven, and throughout Northwest Florida.

A glass enclosure built to impact code costs less than a room addition — and lasts longer than either.

Schedule your free site assessment and get your enclosure spec'd before the next build season fills up.