How to choose a pool cage company

1. Start with the job type

New cage, full rescreen, panel repair or structural repair are different jobs. A repair and restoration company may be excellent for rescreening and a poor fit for a new engineered cage, and vice versa. This guide labels each company's focus: new, rescreening and repair, both, or generalist. TD Screen FL, for example, is a repair and restoration company, not a new-construction builder, as its own pages state. SF Home Improvement is a generalist: screens are one of more than 40 services on its own site.

2. Verify the license yourself

Ask for the license number and check it on the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) site. Only 3 companies in this guide publish a license number on their own website: King Remodeling Pools & Spas (CGC 1524051), PJ's Rescreening (U-21243), and RH Screen Plus Roofing (SCC131152780 for screens and CCC1335921 for roofing). For every other company, this guide records claim-only or not published. A claim on a website is not a verified license, and a review-site badge is not a license.

3. Ask about permits, engineering and HOA approval

New enclosures typically need permits and, where required, engineering. Ask who prepares the drawings, who files the permit, who handles HOA or architectural committee approval, and what happens if an inspection fails. Get the answers in the written quote.

4. Compare mesh, frame and warranty in writing

Ask which mesh is being quoted, what frame and fasteners are included, and what the labor and product warranties cover and for how long. A 5-year workmanship warranty from one company and a 1-year warranty from another are not the same offer, even at a similar headline price.

5. Check wind and code claims carefully

Companies describe wind and code performance in different ways. AB Aluminum & Screens states it builds to Miami-Dade HVHZ code. Do not assume HVHZ rules apply in Palm Beach County: a listed company's own site notes the county is outside the HVHZ zone. Ask what code and design wind speed apply to your address, and ask for it in writing.

6. Service-area companies

A service-area company serves Palm Beach County but either publishes an office outside the county or publishes no street address on its own site. That is not a red flag on its own, but confirm response time, who comes to your home, and whether the crew is in-house or subcontracted before you book.

7. Get it in writing before work starts

Scope, mesh, frame, permits, HOA handling, warranty, timeline and total price should all be in one written quote. Verbal promises about price, timeline or warranty are hard to enforce later.