Free written scope consultation - allowances, timeline, and change-order rules on paper before a single trade is scheduled
Mr-Glass Home Additions & ADU: The Orlando Owner’s Guide
A Mr-Glass home addition or ADU project in Orlando typically runs $45,000 to $130,000 installed, depending on square footage, foundation work, and whether you’re building up or out. We carry and install Mr-Glass-compatible framing packages, and most homeowners discover they need this level of work when a room stops functioning, a family grows, or a rental ADU stops meeting code. The failure usually shows up before the framing does: cracked drywall at door corners, a floor that slopes a half-inch over ten feet, or a roof line that no longer drains the way it did five years ago.
Which Mr-Glass Models This Applies To
We work with Mr-Glass home addition and ADU kits across their standard series lines, including the 400, 600, and 900 series panel systems. The compatibility issue that trips up most Orlando homeowners is the series match: a 600-series wall panel will not seat properly against a 400-series corner post without a transition kit, and forcing it creates a weak seam that shows up as a drywall crack within two years. Check the stamped label on the interior side of any existing panel or the top chord of the truss, it lists the series, panel width, and manufacturing date. If the label is gone, measure the panel thickness: 400 series is 4-1/2 inches, 600 is 6-1/4, 900 is 9-1/2. Those three numbers eliminate most guesswork. For OEM versus aftermarket, we stock both. The Mr-Glass OEM panels hold their spacing better in Florida humidity, but a quality aftermarket panel from a supplier we’ve vetted will save 15 to 20 percent and carries the same structural rating when spec’d correctly. We’ll tell you which is right for the span and the exposure, and we’ll show you the prices for both before you commit. Sawyer Remodel Orlando is an independent contractor, not affiliated with Mr-Glass, which means we can mix OEM and aftermarket without a sales quota pushing one over the other.
Styles & brands we work with
Signs Your Mr-Glass Home Additions & ADU Is Failing
- Corner drywall cracks that reopen within months of patching. The panel joint is moving, which means the underlying framing or the connection plate has shifted. Paint won’t fix it, and neither will a second coat of mud.
- A floor that slopes more than 3/4 inch over 10 feet. Central Florida’s sandy soil settles unevenly, and an addition that wasn’t anchored to the existing slab or footers properly will start to drift. You’ll feel it before you see it.
- Doors or windows that suddenly stick in summer. Florida heat and humidity expand framing, but a properly built Mr-Glass addition accounts for that movement. Binding tells you something is out of square.
- Daylight visible at the seam where the addition meets the original house. This is a flashing or seam failure, and it means water is already getting into places you can’t see. In Orlando’s rainy season, that turns into mold and rot fast.
- A roof line that sags or holds water after a heavy afternoon storm. Mr-Glass trusses are engineered for specific spans. If someone cut corners or the wrong series was used, the roof will show it first.
See the difference
Before
After
Before
After
Before
AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
In Orlando, a full Mr-Glass home addition runs $45,000 to $130,000, with an ADU conversion typically landing between $90,000 and $220,000 depending on whether you’re adding plumbing, a kitchen, or a separate electrical panel. On the more focused end, a garage conversion that uses Mr-Glass panels for the new walls runs $30,000 to $80,000. Here’s what we quote in writing before any work starts:
- Panel and framing material: $18,000 to $55,000 depending on square footage and series
- Foundation and slab work: $6,000 to $22,000 for new footers or tie-ins in Orlando’s sandy soil
- Labor and installation: $12,000 to $38,000, which includes demo of failed framing and haul-off
- Permits and inspections: $1,500 to $4,500, pulled by us and scheduled by us
Every project carries our 365-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, we make it right, in writing, for a full year after the job closes. The price you approve is the price you pay, no change orders, no surprises at the invoice.
DIY or Call Us?
Some things you can check safely: walk the addition’s perimeter with a level, note where doors bind, mark any cracks with tape and see if they grow over a month. That information helps us quote faster. But framing, structural tie-ins, and anything involving load-bearing walls is not a weekend project. A Mr-Glass panel system is engineered, and a wrong series match or a bad connection plate can fail under wind load in a Florida storm. Luca Romano has spent two decades in Central Florida watching DIY structural work fail in exactly the ways the manual warns about. If your addition is moving, call (850) 809-0306 and we’ll put an actual person on the phone who can tell you what you’re looking at.
FAQs
A properly installed Mr-Glass addition built with the correct series panels and proper moisture barriers lasts 40 to 60 years in Central Florida, though the roof membrane and flashing typically need attention around year 20. Orlando’s humidity and afternoon thunderstorms punish the seams first, so the flashing work matters more than the panels themselves. Call (850) 809-0306 for an exact assessment of your addition, estimates are free.
Yes, if the failure is isolated to a panel seam, a connection plate, or flashing, we can repair it without rebuilding the whole structure. The decision comes down to how far the movement has spread, if you’re seeing cracks at multiple corners or a dipping roof line, you’re usually looking at partial replacement. We’ll show you photos of what’s actually failing and give you a written price for the repair versus the replacement before you spend anything.
A typical home addition using Mr-Glass panels takes 6 to 14 weeks in Orlando, including permits, foundation work, framing, and finish work; a full ADU runs 12 to 20 weeks depending on plumbing and electrical scope. Weather is the biggest wildcard, and we schedule around it rather than pretending it doesn’t exist. Call (850) 809-0306 and we’ll give you a written timeline with your estimate.
We keep common Mr-Glass 400, 600, and 900 series panels, corner posts, connection plates, and flashing in our Orlando inventory, so most jobs don’t wait on a factory order. Specialty truss configurations and custom spans may take 2 to 4 weeks to arrive. We’ll tell you at the estimate what’s in stock and what’s on order, before any money changes hands.
If your Mr-Glass addition or ADU is failing, don’t let another Orlando storm season make it worse. Call (850) 809-0306 to schedule your free estimate. We’ll show up when we say we will, put the price in writing, and send you photo updates before and after. Good work doesn’t need a speech, it just needs to hold up.
Written by Luca Romano, Owner & Lead Contractor, Sawyer Remodel Orlando at Sawyer Remodel Orlando, serving Orlando and nearby areas.
