Free in-home measure and quote — PGT, CGI and CWS impact lines compared on your actual openings, style by style
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Door installation in Palm Beach Gardens means working inside a specific set of rules most contractors never learn until a job gets shut down. Between Palm Beach County’s 170 mph wind-load code and the architectural review boards in PGA National, BallenIsles, and Mirasol, a new entry or French door here has to satisfy two masters before the first screw goes in. We handle both tracks so you don’t have to. Call (844) 901-4551 for an in-home measure and a written line-item quote on any door project in 33410 or 33418.
Why Winslow Windows & Doors Is Palm Beach Gardens’s Preferred Door Installation Company
Ed Winslow opened this company in 2011, and his name is still on every job we do. We’re the Door Installation team that shows up in uniform, background-checked, with the specific finish options your community’s design guidelines already approve.
Palm Beach Gardens homeowners call us because we understand the two-track approval dance here. We keep architectural review board submission packets templated for PGA National, BallenIsles, and Mirasol, pre-loaded with the bronze and white anodized finishes each community allows. That’s not something a national chain’s call center can pull off. A live person answers our phone 24 hours a day. No voicemail loops, no “next business day” callbacks.
Our work carries the Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, we make it right. Period. Locally owned, owner-operated, licensed, and insured with a published address and license number. Ed’s name is on the door, and on every job we do.
Our Door Installation Services in Palm Beach Gardens
Hurricane-Proof Front & Entry Doors
A front entry door in Palm Beach Gardens isn’t decorative. It’s a structural component rated to the same 170 mph ultimate design wind speed as your windows and Impact Garage Doors in Palm Beach Gardens. We install impact-rated entry doors from Therma-Tru and CGI that carry Florida Product Approval numbers matched to the opening. No oversized claims, no generic “hurricane rated” stickers. The paperwork says what the door actually does.
French & Double Doors
French doors in BallenIsles and PGA National often use custom surround details with transom accents that stock units can’t match, much like Palm Beach Gardens Custom & Geometric Windows. Moisture testing is the quiet killer here. Salt-laden onshore breezes accelerate corrosion on multipoint hardware and weep systems. We spec marine-grade hardware and stainless fasteners as standard on double door installs, not as an upsell.
Storm & Exterior Doors
A storm door in Palm Beach Gardens pulls double duty: it shields your primary entry from afternoon squalls and adds an air gap that cuts heat transfer through the jamb, similar to how Energy-Efficient Windows in Palm Beach Gardens reduce thermal transfer. We install ES Windows and ECO Window Systems storm doors with powder-coated frames rated for continuous coastal exposure.
Replacement Doors
Most homes across Palm Beach Gardens were built between the 1980s and early 2000s. The original aluminum single-pane doors are now undersized by current code and often sagging at the hinges. We replace them with code-compliant units that match your existing trim profile so the HOA architectural review board sees what it already approved.
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 Palm Beach Gardens
We’re an authorized installer for CGI and Therma-Tru, and we also sell and install CWS and ECO Window Systems products. For Palm Beach Gardens customers, that matters because we keep common glass packs, hardware sets, and finish-matched accessories staged in our South Florida warehouse. If your BallenIsles French door needs a new multipoint lock mechanism, we can often have it on the truck same week. No six-week waits for common parts.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Palm Beach Gardens Homes
- Galvanic corrosion on aluminum frames and steel screws. Year-round salt air attacks dissimilar metals at the jamb. We swap stainless fasteners and isolate dissimilar metals at every installation, which is why our doors don’t develop white crust around the hinges in three years.
- Stop-work orders from HOA compliance officers. A crew that rolls into PGA National without a stamped ARB approval letter will get shut down before the inspector even arrives. We submit the packet, get the signature, and only then schedule the install date.
- Stock doors that don’t fit older CBS openings. Concrete block construction from the 1980s and 1990s wasn’t framed for standard modern rough openings. Palm Beach Gardens homes often need custom or trimmed units, especially in the golf communities with oversized glass openings.
- Undersized wind-load ratings hidden in cheap quotes. Some contractors quote a door rated for inland Texas and call it a day. A Palm Beach Gardens door needs a Florida Product Approval design pressure matched to the specific opening. We show you the product approval number on the quote before you sign.
Pricing for Door Installation in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
A replacement entry door in Palm Beach Gardens typically runs $2,200 to $5,800 installed, framing depending. French door pairs start around $4,500 and custom golf-community units with transom surrounds can reach $12,000 or more. Storm doors land between $800 and $2,200. What moves the price: opening size, frame material, glass package, whether the HOA requires a specific finish, and whether we’re doing a like-for-like swap or a full reframe. Every quote includes permits, the ARB packet if you live in a governed community, and a line-item breakdown before you agree to anything.
What Door Installation Costs in Palm Beach Gardens
For context on the wider exterior opening work we handle here: impact windows in Palm Beach Gardens generally run $800 to $1,500 per window installed. Impact single-hungs sit at $900 to $1,800. Large or custom openings with transoms or radius tops run $2,500 to $5,000. Whole-home packages, depending on opening count and floor height, range from $8,000 to $25,000 or more. Floor height matters more than most people realize: second-story openings in a 170 mph wind zone require higher design pressures and different anchoring than ground-floor units. We quote exact numbers after a free in-home measure. Call (844) 901-4551 and we’ll send someone to your home in Palm Beach Gardens with samples and a tape measure.
Florida Pays You Back
Palm Beach Gardens homeowners have access to incentive money that can offset a meaningful chunk of a compliant door installation. The My Safe Florida Home program offers matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades, which includes impact-rated doors. Florida also exempts impact-resistant windows and doors from sales tax. The federal 25C energy credit can return 30% of product cost, up to $600 per year, on qualifying units. After a wind-mitigation inspection, which typically costs $75 to $150 locally, many carriers also apply windstorm premium credits averaging around 25% on the windstorm portion of the policy. Programs and insurance carriers set the final numbers, so we’ll point you to the exact forms and a qualified inspector rather than overpromise a dollar figure.
One thing we tell every Palm Beach Gardens homeowner comparing options: impact-rated doors beat hurricane shutters for permanent, no-panel-to-hang protection, and a licensed impact specialist beats a big-box retail install when the HOA wants to see Florida Product Approval numbers and documented design pressures. You can’t staple those to a receipt.
We Also Serve Cities Near Palm Beach Gardens
Our Door Installation in Palm Beach Gardens crews also cover Palm Beach, Lake Park, North Palm Beach, and Riviera Beach. If you’re just south of the Gardens line in one of those ZIP codes, the same team, same pricing, and same no-trip-charge policy applies.
Serving Palm Beach Gardens, FL — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Palm Beach Gardens 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 Palm Beach Gardens
Any impact-rated door installed in Palm Beach Gardens must carry a Florida Product Approval with a design pressure rating matched to the specific opening, computed from the 170 mph ultimate design wind speed for Palm Beach County. We calculate the required pressure for your exact wall location and size before we quote. Call (844) 901-4551 for a free in-home measure and we’ll show you the numbers on paper.
Plan for an extra two to four weeks. The ARB reviews style, color, finish, and grille pattern before the county permit is issued, and our Palm Beach Gardens customers in PGA National, BallenIsles, and Mirasol all work under that sequence. We prepare the ARB packet for you with the specific finish options the community’s design guidelines publish, so the review board sees what they’re already disposed to approve. Call (844) 901-4551 and we’ll walk you through the exact packet for your community.
Galvanic corrosion around the multipoint hardware and sill track is the usual culprit. Salt-laden onshore breezes constant in Palm Beach Gardens degrade standard steel screws and aluminum-to-steel contact points within a few years. We install marine-grade hardware and stainless fasteners on every French door in BallenIsles as standard practice, not a premium option. If yours are already failing, call (844) 901-4551 and we’ll diagnose the exact failure point.
It can, because a documented Florida Product Approval door upgrade feeds directly into a wind-mitigation inspection, which many carriers use to apply windstorm premium credits. The credit is on the windstorm portion of the policy, not the whole premium. Once your door is installed, we provide the product approval documentation your inspector will need. Call (844) 901-4551 to schedule a free estimate, and we’ll hand you the paperwork trail.
Some standard sizes work, but many Palm Beach Gardens homes, especially the CBS construction built during the 1980s through early 2000s expansion, have rough openings that stock units don’t fit. Oversized glass openings and transom surrounds common in the golf communities push you into custom or modified units. We measure every opening and tell you honestly whether standard stock will work or a custom order is required. Call (844) 901-4551 and we’ll put a tape measure on it for free.
What Happens When The Wrong Door Gets Installed in Palm Beach Gardens
Here’s a scenario we’ve seen too many times to count. A homeowner in PGA National buys a door online or from a volume installer that doesn’t hold local product approvals. The crew shows up, starts work, and a community compliance officer pulls up and issues a stop-work order because no architectural review board approval was ever filed. The job sits for three or four weeks while someone tries to backfill an ARB packet for a door that was already installed. Sometimes the installed unit doesn’t match the community’s finish palette, and the homeowner now owns a door the HOA won’t sign off on.
We do it the other way around. In PGA National, our crew installed a Therma-Tru fiberglass entry door with impact-rated glazing and a bronze anodized finish that matched the HOA’s approved palette. We submitted the ARB packet with the specific finish option and windshield-style laminated glass interlayer, then coordinated the Palm Beach County permit inspection, passing structural, wind-load, and finish verifications on the first visit. The homeowner got a door that satisfies the community, the county, and the insurance carrier. That’s the only way to do door installation in Palm Beach Gardens.
If you’re replacing a door in Palm Beach Gardens, don’t buy one that violates HOA rules or fails a wind mitigation inspection. Call us at (844) 901-4551 for a free estimate. We’ll put the paperwork, the permits, and the product approvals in order before the first screw is turned. The one down the road.
Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, serving Palm Beach Gardens since 2011.