Fiddler's Creek Glass Restoration
Fiddler's Creek is one of the most decorated private club communities on the Gulf Coast — nearly 4,000 acres between Naples and Marco Island, ranked among Golfweek's Top 100 Residential Golf Course Communities for 20 consecutive years, built around an Arthur Hills championship course, a private beach club, and a private wet and dry marina. With almost 100 planned villages at build-out, the glass across this community ranges from golf-villa lanais to marina-front condos to custom estates — and all of it faces the same Southwest Florida conditions: salt air, lawn and golf-course irrigation overspray, and the occasional scratch from a landscaping or construction crew.
Glass Restoration Inc. repairs and restores that glass on site — scratches, hazing, and hard water etching — without the cost, mess, or wait of a full glass replacement. Every job is held to ASTM C1036 optical clarity or better.
Scratches, Hard Water, and Mineral Deposits — All Restored On Site
Whether it's a scratch from a lawn crew's equipment against a lanai slider or years of irrigation overspray clouding a golf-villa's windows, we restore the original clarity of the glass in place — no replacement crew, no dumpster, no multi-day install.
Inside an $11 million South Tampa estate, a scratched glass elevator floor looked like a full replacement was the only option. Watch how it was restored to its original clarity on site, without tearing out a single panel or disrupting the home. (0:48)
Golf Villa and Lanai Glass
Fiddler's Creek's golf-course villages sit right along fairways and lakes, which means lanai and pool-cage glass takes on constant exposure to sprinkler overspray and grass clippings from mowing equipment. That daily wear clouds glass gradually until it's permanently hazy — restorable on site rather than replaced.
Marina and Waterfront Glass
The private wet and dry marina at Fiddler's Creek brings the same salt-air and mineral exposure boat glass and waterfront condo windows face throughout coastal Naples. We restore marina-front and marine glass to the same optical standard as any residential window.
A $7,500 glass slider quote turned into a $300 restoration. This is the kind of on-site repair that protects a homeowner's budget without cutting corners on the finished result. (0:13)
Hard Water and Mineral Deposits, Polished Away
Fiddler's Creek's lakes, golf-course irrigation, and marina air leave a mineral film on glass that builds slowly and never wipes clean with standard cleaners. Sprinkler overspray and hard water etching cloud lanai and window glass season after season until it looks permanently dull. Glass Restoration Inc. polishes those deposits away on site, restoring true optical clarity without replacing the glass.
A Neighbor, Not an Out-of-Town Opportunist
Glass Restoration Inc. is a short drive up the coast from Fiddler's Creek — not dispatched from a call center in another part of the state. Barry, Stanton, and Skyeler got their start in Sarasota County, building custom homes under Barbas Building and Designs, a design-build company. The glass scratch repair skill Barry developed solving his own job sites' problems in 2005 became its own company in 2009, once other builders started asking for the same fix. When you call a local family business, you're not getting a technician who'll be gone by next season — you're getting a neighbor who has a reputation to protect in this community.
Continuous Service Since 2009, No Gaps
Glass Restoration Inc. has operated continuously since starting in 2005 under the parent company Barbas Building and Designs, Inc., and spinning off as Glass Restoration, Inc. in 2009, with an unbroken corporate record — the same company, the same name, the same ownership, every year since. That matters more than it sounds like it should. In an industry where companies open, close, rebrand, and reopen under a new name every few years, an unbroken filing history is proof of stability a homeowner or builder can actually verify — not just a claim on a website. Not every company calling itself a glass restoration specialist in Naples can say the same.
Every Village We Serve
Amador • Amaranda • Lagomar • Marsh Cove • Oyster Harbor • Runaway Bay • Serena • Sonoma • and every other village throughout Fiddler's Creek
Recognized by the Industry
Glass Restoration Inc. has been featured in the Glass Magazine Sourcebook three consecutive years, and interviewed by US Glass Magazine and AGRR Magazine. Every job we perform meets ASTM C1036 optical clarity or better — the industry benchmark for flat glass quality.