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If you need a new entry door, hurricane-rated front door, or replacement slider in Kendale Lakes, expect to pay between $1,800 and $6,500 for a standard single door installed, with impact-rated units running $2,500 to $8,000 depending on size and anchoring work. Most jobs take one full day once your door arrives. That’s the short answer. The longer answer involves Miami-Dade code, concrete block anchoring, and paperwork most contractors quietly skip – which is exactly why you should call Winslow Windows & Doors at (844) 901-4551 before you sign anything.
We’ve been working in Kendale Lakes long enough to know what’s behind those stucco walls: CMU block that needs the right anchors, original 1980s openings that rarely match modern door sizes, and a High Velocity Hurricane Zone rating that makes every door a structural decision, not a cosmetic one. Our crews know the streets off Kendall Drive and SW 117th Avenue. That local knowledge changes the quote you get.
Why Winslow Windows & Doors Is Kendale Lakes’s Preferred Door Installation Company
Ed Winslow put his name on this business in 2011, and he’s been answering for the work ever since. Homeowners in Kendale Lakes call us because we understand what a door has to survive here: 150-mph design pressures, driving rain that finds every gap in a bad flashing job, and humidity that eats cheap hardware in three years. We install doors that hold up – and we back every single one with the Done Right Promise. If it’s not done right, we make it right. That’s a hundred years of accountability, and no national chain will match it.
Every call to (844) 901-4551 is answered by a live person, 24 hours a day. Not a call center. Not a voicemail loop. When you call about a door blowing out during a storm or a slider that won’t lock, you talk to someone who can actually help. Our technicians show up in uniform, background-checked, and they know Kendale Lakes homes. You’ll get upfront pricing on the first visit, and nobody charges you a trip fee when you’re inside our home county.
Our Door Installation Services in Kendale Lakes
Our Door Installation team handles everything from a single front door swap to full-house impact-rated replacements across the 33183 zip code. Here’s what we do most often for Kendale Lakes homeowners.
Entry Doors
A new front entry door changes how your home looks and how it locks, but in Kendale Lakes it also has to pass HVHZ inspection. We install Therma-Tru and PGT entry doors anchored into CMU block with Miami-Dade-approved fasteners, flashed to spec, and finished with new thresholds and weatherstripping that won’t warp in South Florida humidity. Most standard entry door replacements in Kendale Lakes run $1,800 to $4,200 installed.
Hurricane-Proof Front & Entry Doors
This is where Kendale Lakes’s location forces a higher standard. Every replacement door here must carry a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance – no exceptions, even if your door doesn’t face the water. We install PGT and CGI impact-rated entry doors that meet or exceed HVHZ design pressures, and we handle the paperwork so your wind mitigation credit actually gets filed. Expect $3,500 to $8,000 for a fully compliant impact front door installed, including the anchoring and flashing work.
French & Double Doors
French doors are beautiful and miserable in a hurricane if they weren’t built for it. We replace old aluminum double doors with impact-rated units from PGT and ViewLux that look clean and carry the right NOA numbers for Kendale Lakes. Double door openings need careful header work and often require new bucks on 1980s CMU homes, which is why a proper French door replacement here typically runs $4,500 to $9,500.
Replacement Doors
Whether it’s a back door that swelled shut from humidity or a slider that scrapes its track, we replace doors throughout Kendale Lakes with units sized and anchored for masonry construction. We don’t reuse corroded jambs or hope a standard frame fits a non-standard opening. We measure, order, and install correctly the first time – with the Done Right Promise behind it. Standard replacement door pricing in Kendale Lakes starts around $1,500 and runs up to $5,000+ for impact-rated sliders.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees — you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Kendale Lakes
We’re authorized installers for eight premium manufacturers, and in Kendale Lakes we lean heavily on PGT, CGI, and Therma-Tru because they consistently hold the Miami-Dade NOA numbers this area demands. We stock replacement weatherstripping, hinges, and hardware for these brands in our South Florida shop, which speeds up repairs and warranty work for homeowners in the 33183 zip code. When you see a surveyor at your door, it’s us – every door gets measured twice before we order, so there are no reorders and no delays.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Kendale Lakes Homes
- Non-compliant replacements failing HVHZ inspection. Some contractors install doors with a Florida Product Approval but no Miami-Dade NOA. In Kendale Lakes, that fails inspection and voids your wind mitigation credit. We only install products that hold the right approvals for this wind zone.
- Corroded jambs and rusted anchors on 1980s CMU homes. The original aluminum frames on many Kendale Lakes houses have spent four decades in humid, salt-adjacent air. Reusing them under a new door is a shortcut that flexes under wind load and leaks. We replace what needs replacing.
- Pitted sliders that no longer meet large-missile requirements. If your patio slider predates Hurricane Andrew, it almost certainly doesn’t carry a current rating. We remove and replace these with PGT impact sliders, including new bucks where the block has been compromised.
- Missing wind mitigation paperwork. Even a perfectly installed door does nothing for your premium if the inspection documentation never gets filed. We document every install and hand you the paperwork the same day we finish.
Pricing for Door Installation in Kendale Lakes, FL
A standard entry door replacement in Kendale Lakes runs $1,800 to $4,200. Impact-rated front entry doors land between $3,500 and $8,000. French or double doors range from $4,500 to $9,500. Sliding glass door replacements begin around $2,800 and go up to $7,500+ for large impact-rated openings. What moves the price: whether your opening needs a new buck, the door’s wind pressure rating, hardware and finish choices, and whether we’re anchoring into clean block or dealing with corroded original framing. Call (844) 901-4551 for a free in-home measure and a written line-item quote – you’ll know exactly what you’re paying before you commit.
What Door Installation Costs in Kendale Lakes
To give you honest anchors across the work we do in Kendale Lakes: a single impact-rated front door typically lands between $2,500 and $5,500 installed when no structural surprises are involved. Impact-rated single doors with sidelites or transoms run $3,800 to $7,800. Large custom openings, like a garage-level impact slider or a multi-panel double door, fall between $5,000 and $11,000. Whole-home door packages for a typical Kendale Lakes ranch – front entry, rear door, and one or two sliders – range from $8,000 to $18,000. Every job gets a free in-home measure and a written quote before you sign. No change orders, no vague allowances.
Florida Pays You Back
Kendale Lakes homeowners can stack several programs to offset the cost of impact doors. The My Safe Florida Home program offers matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind mitigation upgrades, and impact-rated doors count. Florida also exempts impact-resistant windows and doors from state sales tax, which saves you 6% to 7% on the product cost before labor. On the federal side, the 25C energy credit returns 30% of the product cost on qualifying units, up to $600 per year. After a wind mitigation inspection ($75 to $150), most insurers credit an average of 25% against the windstorm portion of your premium. Programs change and carriers set their own final numbers, but the documentation we provide makes you eligible to claim what’s available.
We Also Serve Cities Near Kendale Lakes
Our Door Installation in Kendale Lakes team works throughout the 33183 zip code and into the surrounding communities. You’ll find us regularly in Kendall West, The Crossings, Three Lakes, and Country Walk – same day scheduling, same live-person phone answer, same Done Right Promise on every job.
Serving Kendale Lakes, FL — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Kendale Lakes area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage — if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs — Door Installation in Kendale Lakes
Yes. Kendale Lakes sits entirely within the High Velocity Hurricane Zone, and the HVHZ rule applies to every exterior door regardless of which direction it faces. The Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance is a product certification stricter than the Florida Building Code standard used in Broward County, and your replacement door must carry a valid NOA listing for the specific configuration you’re installing. A cheaper door with only a Florida Product Approval will fail inspection in Kendale Lakes. Call (844) 901-4551 and we’ll explain exactly which products meet the requirement for your opening.
Because your home is concrete block construction, and a proper impact door has to be anchored into that block. Core drilling is how we set the anchors that hold your door under design pressure. On a 1980s CBS rancher off SW 92nd Ave, for instance, our crew recently pulled a corroded aluminum slider that had lost its large-missile rating years ago. The original jamb was so pitted from humidity that the new PGT impact door needed a full buck replacement before we could set the anchors into CMU and flash it to spec. The homeowner got their wind mitigation credit documentation the same day we finished the final caulk bead. If a quote doesn’t mention anchoring or drilling, it’s not a compliant Kendale Lakes install.
No. Jalousie doors and windows cannot be retrofitted to meet HVHZ impact standards. The glass louvers, the frame, the hinges – none of it is designed to handle wind-borne debris loads. Kendale Lakes has a lot of these original 1980s jalousies in rear Florida rooms and patio enclosures, and we replace them with impact-rated doors every month. Once an insurer or inspector flags the opening, reinforcement isn’t an option – full demo and rebuild is the only route to compliance. Get a free in-home assessment at (844) 901-4551 before you spend money trying to save a jalousie.
It can, and in most cases it does. After a wind mitigation inspection verifies the installation, Florida law under F.S. 627.0629 requires insurers to apply credits for documented wind mitigation features. Homeowners in Kendale Lakes typically see an average of 25% off the windstorm portion of their premium once the paperwork is filed. We complete and hand over the documentation on installation day so you can file immediately. The final amount is set by your carrier, but the credit exists because the law requires it.
For a straight door replacement in an existing opening, the process is typically: pull the permit, complete the installation with Miami-Dade NOA product in place, schedule the inspection, and pass a final check that verifies anchoring, flashing, and product approval. For openings where the surrounding block is being modified or a new buck is installed, the inspector may require a mid-installation look at the anchoring. We handle the permit pull, walk the inspector through the job, and stay until it passes. Every door we install meets the documentation standards required for wind mitigation credits.
Call Winslow Windows & Doors at (844) 901-4551 for a free in-home estimate on door installation in Kendale Lakes. Ed’s name is on the door – and on every job we do. The one down the road.
Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, serving Kendale Lakes and surrounding South Florida communities since 2011.