Door Installation in Fort Lauderdale - Free In-Home Measure, Written Price

Fast, Reliable Door Installation Across Fort Lauderdale

Door installation in Fort Lauderdale runs roughly $1,200 to $5,800 for a typical entry door, depending on whether you’re swapping in a standard unit or pulling a permit for a hurricane-rated system. Most jobs we schedule are measured, permitted, and installed within two to three weeks once your door arrives from our PGT, CGI, or Therma-Tru supply chain. If you’re wondering whether your existing door will pass a wind-mitigation inspection, call (727) 483-7883 and we’ll walk you through what a Broward County inspector actually looks for. Ed Winslow has been doing this since 2011, and his name goes on every door we hang in Fort Lauderdale.

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We dispatch crews into Fort Lauderdale weekly from our South Florida metro office, so scheduling doesn’t stall waiting on a faraway outfit. Our technicians know Coral Ridge, Edgewood, Tarpon River, and the A1A condo corridor the way a local should, because we’ve pulled permits and passed inspections in every one of those neighborhoods.

Why Winslow Windows & Doors Is Fort Lauderdale’s Preferred Door Installation Company

Fort Lauderdale homeowners don’t get the luxury of buying whatever door looks nice at a big-box store. The city sits entirely inside the High Velocity Hurricane Zone (HVHZ), which means every replacement door has to carry a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance, or the inspector fails it on the spot. We’ve watched too many homeowners lose weeks and thousands of dollars because a contractor from Orlando or Palm Beach installed a Florida Product Approval-only door that Broward County won’t sign off on. That doesn’t happen on our jobs because we do the product research before you ever sign a contract.

Our Door Installation team has spent over 15 years earning a reputation in Fort Lauderdale for showing up when we say we will and pricing work the way homeowners actually want: written, itemized, and locked before we start. Every technician who steps onto your property is background-checked and in uniform, so you know exactly who’s at the door. And when you call at any hour, a live person answers. Not a voicemail tree. Not a call center in another state. A human being who can pull up your file and answer a real question.

Our Door Installation Services in Fort Lauderdale

Entry Doors

A new entry door changes how your whole house feels from the curb, but in Fort Lauderdale it also has to hold up to wind-driven rain, salt air, and a humidity that rots cheap jambs fast. We install fiberglass and wood entry doors from Therma-Tru, with stainless hinges and composite thresholds that won’t swell or rust the way builder-grade hardware does. Most entry door replacements in the 33301 through 33308 zip codes take one full day once your unit arrives.

Hurricane-Proof Front & Entry Doors

This is the category where Fort Lauderdale’s building code leaves no room for shortcuts. A hurricane-rated door here must meet Miami-Dade HVHZ standards, which govern not just the door slab but the frame, hardware, anchors, and glazing as one assembly. We install impact-rated entry systems from PGT and CGI with laminated glass interlayers, multi-point locking, and design pressures matched to your specific opening and exposure. No panel to hang, no shutter track to maintain, no scramble when a storm watch gets posted. Permanent protection that’s always in place.

French & Double Doors

French doors on a canal-front home in Tarpon River or a patio-facing wall in Victoria Park face a particular kind of abuse: constant salt-laden breeze eating at metal components and seals. We install double-door systems with heavy-duty continuous head and sill flashing, reinforced center mullions, and impact-rated glass from ECO Window Systems. The result is a door that actually opens and closes cleanly in August, doesn’t bind when the humidity swells the frame, and passes wind-mitigation inspection without a punch list.

Replacement Doors

Replacing a door in an older Fort Lauderdale home rarely goes as simply as unscrewing the old one and screwing in the new. The original rough opening in a 1950s CBS ranch is often undersized, out of square, or hiding corrosion behind the jamb. We reframe as needed, correct flashing details, and bring the opening up to current HVHZ standards before the new door goes in. That’s the difference between a replacement door that lasts twenty years and one that leaks in two.

Trusted Brands We Service in Fort Lauderdale

We’re an authorized installer for PGT, CGI, Therma-Tru, ECO Window Systems, and Mr-Glass, which means our Fort Lauderdale customers get factory-backed product warranties alongside our own Done Right Promise. When a hardware component on a Therma-Tru door fails or a PGT seal needs attention, we handle warranty claims directly with the manufacturer. No middleman, no finger-pointing, no waiting six weeks for a part. For replacement entry doors and storm doors, we also regularly install ViewLux products, which combine a clean modern profile with HVHZ-rated construction and strong corrosion resistance for coastal and canal-adjacent homes.

Common Door Installation Problems We See in Fort Lauderdale Homes

• No Miami-Dade NOA on the door. A contractor quotes a cheap door that only has Florida Product Approval. The Broward County inspector checks the product number against the NOA database, fails the installation, and now you’re paying for a tear-out plus a compliant replacement. We verify NOA status before quoting.
• Corroded jambs on canal-side homes. Fort Lauderdale’s 300-plus miles of inland canals push salt-laden air through neighborhoods miles from the beach. Original aluminum door jambs from the 1960s corrode until the screw holes won’t hold an anchor. The framing has to be rebuilt before any new door can be secured properly.
• Threshold flashing that fails in wind-driven rain. Standard flashing details that work in Orlando or Tampa don’t survive a Fort Lauderdale summer storm. We use HVHZ-rated pan systems that channel water away from the threshold instead of trapping it against the slab.
• Jalousie-era framing that can’t anchor a modern door. Homes built with original jalousie windows often have rough openings framed with undersized lumber and no structural header. A quality door installation requires reframing that opening to carry the weight and wind load of a modern impact-rated unit.

Pricing for Door Installation in Fort Lauderdale, FL

A standard non-impact entry door replacement in Fort Lauderdale runs $1,200 to $2,800 installed. A hurricane-rated impact entry system typically lands between $2,500 and $5,800, with French or double door configurations running higher. What moves the price: whether the rough opening needs reframing, the design pressure your elevation and exposure require, the hardware package, and whether we’re pulling a permit with the city. Every quote we write includes the permit line, the flashing detail, the anchor spec, and the disposal of your old door. You get a written, itemized price before any work starts. Call (727) 483-7883 to schedule a free in-home measure.

What Door Installation Costs in Fort Lauderdale

For budgeting purposes, you can think of door work in three bands in this market. A straightforward slab swap with no rot or framing surprises typically runs $1,200 to $2,800. A full impact-rated entry system with a Miami-Dade NOA, new frame, and multi-point locking lands between $2,500 and $5,800. And a large double-door or custom opening, especially in a high-rise condo where hoisting and engineering get involved, can reach $8,000 to $12,000 for the complete installation. The variables that move Fort Lauderdale pricing more than anything are the elevation of your home, whether the opening faces open water, and whether the existing framing is sound or needs reframing to carry an impact-rated unit. We don’t give phone quotes we can’t stand behind. We come measure, inspect the rough opening, check for rot, and hand you a written price you can compare line by line. Our free in-home measure is exactly that: free.

Florida Pays You Back

Fort Lauderdale homeowners have access to one of the strongest incentive stacks in the country when they install impact-rated doors. The My Safe Florida Home program offers matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades. Florida also exempts impact-resistant windows and doors from sales tax, which trims another 6% off your project right at the invoice. On the federal side, the 25C energy credit can return up to $600 annually on qualifying exterior door units that meet energy-efficiency standards. And after a wind-mitigation inspection (typically $75 to $150), many homeowners see windstorm premium credits averaging around 25% off the windstorm portion of their policy. We can’t guarantee what your carrier or the program administrators will approve, but we’ll point you to the paperwork and document every installation correctly so the credits are actually available to you.

We Also Serve Cities Near Fort Lauderdale

Beyond our Fort Lauderdale work, our crews regularly install doors in Pompano Beach, Hollywood, North Miami Beach, and Miami Gardens. The same HVHZ rules apply wherever we go in Broward and Miami-Dade, and the same live-person answer greets you when you call. If you’re in a neighboring city and tired of chasing contractors who don’t understand wind mitigation, we’d be glad to help.

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