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Door installation in North Palm Beach runs between $1,200 and $4,800 for most entry doors, with hurricane-rated units from CGI or Therma-Tru typically landing between $2,800 and $5,500 installed. That price reflects what this specific coastal village demands: impact-rated glazing, corrosion-resistant hardware, and framing that meets Florida Building Code wind-load requirements for a barrier island between two bodies of salt water. If you’re replacing an original 1960s door on a North Palm Beach home, you’re almost certainly looking at full jamb replacement too, which is exactly what our Door Installation team does every week here. Call Ed Winslow’s crew at (844) 901-4551 for a free in-home measure and a written quote that accounts for your lot, your setbacks, and your exposure before we ever pick up a tool.
Why Winslow Windows & Doors Is North Palm Beach’s Preferred Door Installation Company
North Palm Beach is a village planned out in the late 1950s and built through the early 1970s, and most of those original CBS homes still have their original door frames. We know those frames. We know how they anchor to concrete block, how the salt air from both the Intracoastal and the Atlantic eats the bottom rails, and how the jamb openings have shifted over six decades of thermal cycling and mortar erosion. That’s not generic contractor talk; it’s what we see on nearly every job along Prosperity Farms Road, in the neighborhoods off Lighthouse Drive, and throughout the 33408 zip code.
Ed Winslow founded this business in 2011, and his name sits on every truck, every invoice, and every job we run in North Palm Beach. We’re not a franchise with a rotating cast of subcontractors. The technicians who show up at your door are background-checked, uniformed, and employed by us. When you call (844) 901-4551 at 2 a.m. because a door won’t latch after a storm, a live person answers. Not a voicemail loop. Not a call center in another state. That’s the difference between a company that serves North Palm Beach and one that happens to have it in the service radius.
Our Door Installation Services in North Palm Beach
Hurricane-Proof Front & Entry Doors
In North Palm Beach’s wind zone, a front door isn’t decorative. It’s the first line of defense against a storm pushing sustained winds and large-missile debris off the Atlantic. We install impact-rated entry doors with Miami-Dade NOA approvals and laminated glass that meets HVHZ large-missile standards. Every opening gets design pressures matched to its exact elevation and wind exposure, not a one-size-fits-all panel. For homes between the ocean and the Intracoastal, we specify stainless or marine-grade hardware from the start, because standard steel hinges fail within five to seven years here. If you want a door that stays square, latches clean, and passes a wind-mitigation inspection, this is the one we recommend first.
Replacement Doors
Most North Palm Beach replacement door jobs start with the same discovery: the original jamb is corroded, the concrete block opening has shifted, and the threshold screws have disintegrated in salt-laden air. A door swap without full jamb replacement will bind within a year. We re-shim, re-anchor, and rebuild the rough opening to code, then set the new door in a frame that actually holds it. For ranch-style homes with original aluminum frames and for two-story CBS builds where the second-floor exposure increases wind pressure, this is the difference between a door that works and one that leaks air, water, and light.
Storm & Exterior Doors
A storm door on a North Palm Beach home does double duty: it adds a second layer of wind resistance and it takes the brutal sun and salt spray so your primary entry door doesn’t have to. We install fiberglass and aluminum storm doors with corrosion-resistant finishes rated for coastal exposure. The UV here is relentless, and a cheap powder coat will chalk and peel within two seasons. We spec finishes that survive direct Atlantic sun without fading, warping, or binding.
French & Double Doors
French doors on a North Palm Beach patio or pool deck face the same wind-load requirements as any other opening, but they add a complication: the meeting stile where the two panels lock is the weakest point in the assembly. We install French and double door systems with multi-point locking hardware, impact-rated glass, and reinforced frames that carry the same Miami-Dade approvals as our single entries. For homes with expansive views of the Intracoastal or the golf course at North Palm Beach Country Club, these doors protect the view while meeting the code.
What happens when you call
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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 North Palm Beach
We’re authorized installers for CGI, Therma-Tru, and CWS, which means we can pull exact product approvals and design pressures for your specific opening, not a generic “impact-rated” claim. For North Palm Beach homeowners replacing a failed 1960s door, we often recommend CGI’s impact-rated entry systems for coastal exposure or Therma-Tru’s fiberglass doors where a wood look matters but salt air would destroy real wood within a decade. Because we stock common replacement hardware for North Palm Beach jobs, we’re not waiting on parts from a regional warehouse when your door needs a new threshold or hinge rebuild.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in North Palm Beach Homes
- Salt-driven corrosion on hinges and thresholds. With the Atlantic on one side and the Intracoastal on the other, North Palm Beach doors take salt spray from two directions. Standard steel hinges and threshold screws pit and seize within five to seven years, causing doors to sag and bind against the jamb. We replace them with marine-grade stainless or corrosion-resistant alloys from day one.
- Original 1960s frames that fail current wind-load anchoring. The CBS homes built in the village’s original phase used minimal anchor points and single-pane glass. Swap the door without rebuilding the jamb and anchoring it to the block, and a wind-mitigation inspection fails on the spot. We re-anchor every opening to Florida Building Code requirements for this coastal zone.
- Jalousie doors on Florida rooms and carports. Those louvered glass slats were standard on 1960s North Palm Beach construction. They are explicitly prohibited under current wind-load requirements for this zone, which means any permitted renovation triggers replacement. We replace them with solid impact-rated doors that actually seal and secure the home.
- Septic and well setbacks forcing footing relocations. On deep lots in North Palm Beach where homes rely on septic and well systems, new entry-door footings can’t go anywhere near a drain field. We map the setbacks before quoting, because moving a footing 10 feet adds concrete work that city-only jobs never see. If a contractor quotes you without asking about your septic, they haven’t scoped the job.
Pricing for Door Installation in North Palm Beach, FL
Expect to pay $1,200 to $2,400 for a standard exterior door replacement in North Palm Beach, $2,800 to $5,500 for an impact-rated entry door with Miami-Dade approvals, and $3,500 to $7,500 for French or double door systems with impact glazing. What moves the price: whether the jamb needs full replacement (it usually does on original 1960s homes), whether the opening is on the windward side facing the Atlantic, and whether septic setbacks force footing relocation on a large lot. Every job starts with a free in-home measure and a written line-item quote, so you see the exact cost before you commit. Call (844) 901-4551 to schedule yours.
What Door Installation Costs in North Palm Beach
Here’s the honest math. A single impact-rated entry door in North Palm Beach runs $2,800 to $5,500 installed, depending on brand, size, and exposure. A standard replacement door without impact glazing lands between $1,200 and $2,400. If you’re replacing multiple openings, a whole-home door package usually runs $8,000 to $18,000, and large custom openings with sidelights or transoms can push past that. Floor height matters more here than most people expect: a second-story door on a North Palm Beach home faces higher wind pressure than a ground-floor opening, which moves the design pressure rating and sometimes the price. Frame material matters too. Aluminum is cheaper up front but corrodes in this dual-salt-air environment; fiberglass and steel with coastal finishes cost more and last far longer. The free in-home measure and written quote is yours, no obligation. Call (844) 901-4551 and we’ll scope every opening on your lot.
Building on Acreage: How North Palm Beach Lots Change the Job
North Palm Beach isn’t all zero-lot-line construction. Plenty of homes in the 33408 zip code sit on deep lots with wells, septic drain fields, detached workshops, and accessory structures. That changes how a door installation gets scoped, permitted, and priced. On a county-permitted lot, the village may not be the authority having jurisdiction at all; Palm Beach County handles the permit, and county inspectors enforce setbacks and wind-load requirements differently than village code enforcement does. We pull the right permit from the right entity before the first screw comes out.
Septic and well setbacks are the biggest pricing variable on acreage. A new entry-door footing can’t encroach on a drain field or well casing, and on some North Palm Beach lots that means pouring fresh concrete for the stoop or landing in a different spot than the original. That’s added work a contractor between two houses on a standard lot never has to think about. We map your setbacks during the free measure so the quote reflects reality, not assumptions.
Detached workshops and ADUs add their own complications. A door on a detached structure built under different code provisions may need different anchoring, different hardware, and its own product approval. Long material hauls on deep lots mean more staging and more care with equipment access, especially when the only route to the back door is through a narrow side yard or around a pool cage. None of this should be a surprise on the invoice. We scope it before we quote it, and the price we give you is the price you sign.
Grading and drainage on an open lot matter too. North Palm Beach sits low and flat, and an entry door that’s even half an inch below grade after we set it will wick water into the jamb every time it rains. On open lots with no neighboring structure to break the wind, we also specify higher design pressures for doors facing the prevailing easterly breeze off the Atlantic. These are the details a generic door page never covers, and they’re the reason our quotes hold up on job day.
Ed signed a jalousie-door replacement on a 1962 ranch in the Village of North Palm Beach where the original concrete block openings had shifted after six decades of salt-driven mortar erosion. We re-shimmed the jambs, reset the anchors, and installed Therma-Tru fiberglass entry doors with Miami-Dade NOA impact-rated glazing. The doors have been in service through three hurricane seasons without a single latch adjustment. That’s the standard every North Palm Beach job gets.
We Also Serve Cities Near North Palm Beach
Our Door Installation in North Palm Beach team runs the same crew and same trucks across the bridge into Lake Park and Riviera Beach, south into Palm Beach, and north into Palm Beach Gardens. If you’re anywhere in the 33408 area or the adjacent coastal strip, the phone number is the same, the live answer is the same, and the Done Right Promise covers every job. Call (844) 901-4551.
Florida Pays You Back
The incentives are worth understanding before you sign anything. My Safe Florida Home has matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades, and impact-rated doors qualify. Florida waives sales tax on impact-resistant windows and doors, which saves you 6% to 7% on the entire invoice right now. The federal 25C energy credit returns 30% of the product cost on qualifying energy-efficient units, up to $600 a year. And after a wind-mitigation inspection, most homeowners see windstorm-premium credits averaging around 25% on the windstorm portion of their policy. The inspection costs $75 to $150. Programs and carriers set the final numbers, and we won’t guess on your behalf. What we will do is install the door to the exact standard your insurer wants to see.
One thing worth deciding early: impact doors versus hurricane shutters. Shutters only work if someone is home to hang them, and on a North Palm Beach home that’s empty for half the year, that’s a real risk. Impact-rated doors protect permanently, no panels, no tracks, no 45 minutes of setup in a storm. Big-box retail installers will sell you a door panel and a subcontractor’s phone number. We sell you a licensed install with the product approvals, the permit, and the inspection all handled by one accountable company. Ed’s name is on the door, and on every job we do.
Serving North Palm Beach, FL — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the North Palm Beach 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 North Palm Beach
Yes, you can keep them as long as you’re not pulling a permit that touches that opening, but the moment any permitted renovation includes the Florida room, those jalousie doors must be replaced with impact-rated or protected openings that meet current wind-load requirements for North Palm Beach’s coastal zone. In practice, most homeowners replace them at the same time as the front entry because the corrosion is already advanced and the security risk is real. Call (844) 901-4551 for a free assessment of every opening on your home.
It corrodes standard hardware within five to seven years, which is roughly half the lifespan you’d get a few miles inland. North Palm Beach homes get salt spray from both directions, and that means steel hinges pit, threshold screws seize, and door bottoms rot or delaminate faster than anywhere else in Palm Beach County. We specify marine-grade stainless hardware and corrosion-resistant thresholds from the start, not as an upgrade. Call (844) 901-4551 and ask about our coastal hardware spec.
It depends on your lot’s jurisdiction. Some North Palm Beach properties fall under village permitting; others, particularly on larger lots with septic and well systems, fall under Palm Beach County. We determine the authority having jurisdiction during the free measure and pull the correct permit before work begins. That’s not a step we skip, because an unpermitted door replacement is an insurance claim rejection waiting to happen.
Because detached structures on North Palm Beach lots often need different anchoring, different hardware, and their own product approval, plus longer material hauls and tighter equipment access. If the structure was built under a different code cycle, the rough opening may not meet current requirements, which means framing work before the door even goes in. We scope all of that during the free in-home measure, so the quote covers the real job on your lot. Call (844) 901-4551 to schedule it.
Yes. After a wind-mitigation inspection, most North Palm Beach homeowners see windstorm-premium credits averaging around 25% on the windstorm portion of their policy. The inspection costs $75 to $150, and the savings usually recover that in the first year. Impact-rated doors with Miami-Dade NOA approvals are one of the strongest documentation points an inspector can verify. Your insurer sets the final number; we install the door to the standard they want to see.
Contact Winslow Windows & Doors in North Palm Beach
If your North Palm Beach door is binding, corroded, or original to a 1960s build, the fix starts with a phone call. Call (844) 901-4551 and a live person answers, day or night. We’ll schedule a free in-home measure, scope every opening on your lot, and hand you a written line-item quote with permits pulled and inspections passed. The Done Right Promise backs every door we hang in North Palm Beach. If it’s not done right, we make it right. Ed’s name is on the door, and on every job we do. Call (844) 901-4551 today.
Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, proudly serving North Palm Beach since 2011.