About Us

Our History

Bill Woodard founded Coastal Craftsmen in February of 1984. The target market was the retired owners of homes and mobile homes in the Pasco/Hernando area for roof-overs,vinyl rooms, glass rooms and lanais.
In the later 1980’s the housing market began changing to larger homes with swimming pools included in the construction process. The refinance market was also growing allowing the affordability for swimming pools for existing homeowners.
Coastal opened operations in The Orlando area in 1996. The company quickly became one of the major pool enclosure builders not only in the Tampa Bay area but also Central Florida. Three years later, the Gainesville office was opened and later moved to Ocala to service north central Florida.
In 2003, an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) Trust was formed for Coastal Craftsmen Aluminum. The trust purchased 26% of the shares of the company and its subsidiary, Florida Enclosure Systems.
Presently, Coastal Craftsmen fabricates and installs specialty residential aluminum products and structures; such as pool enclosures, lanais, railing, fencing, gutters, CAPEA and more in over 18 central Florida counties.

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