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AfterFast, Reliable Door Installation Across Delray Beach
Door installation in Delray Beach is a two-reality market. East of the Intracoastal (33483), salt spray corrodes aluminum frames and hardware within a few years, and original jalousie doors on concrete block homes from the 1950s and 60s can’t be made hurricane-compliant no matter what you do to them. West of I-95, the 55-plus communities built in the 1970s and 80s, Century Village and Kings Point chief among them, are full of sliding glass doors with narrow profiles that no longer meet Palm Beach County’s 130-mph design wind load code. A straightforward front door replacement in Delray Beach typically runs $1,200 to $3,800. An impact-rated sliding glass door with custom narrow-profile framing runs $2,800 to $6,500. Call Ed Winslow’s team at (844) 901-4551 for a free in-home measure and a written quote.
Key takeaways:
- Standard front door installation in Delray Beach runs $1,200–$3,800; impact-rated replacements run $1,800–$5,500 depending on opening size and frame condition.
- Century Village and Kings Point units frequently need custom narrow-profile sliders because stock impact units run 2–4 inches too wide for existing rough openings.
- Every permitted door replacement in Delray Beach must meet Palm Beach County’s 130-mph design wind load code, which means impact-rated glazing or approved shutters.
- We inspect the jamb, subsill, and rough opening before we quote, so change orders are written, approved, and priced before any wall gets cut.
Why Winslow Windows & Doors Is Delray Beach’s Preferred Door Installation Company
Ed Winslow has been running Winslow Windows & Doors since 2011, and his name is on the business, on the trucks, and on every job we finish in Delray Beach. We’re not a franchise that swaps crews by zip code. We’re a locally owned, owner-operated exterior specialist with a published address and license number, and we answer the phone with a live person 24 hours a day. When a Delray Beach homeowner calls at 2 a.m. because a failed slider has left a unit wide open, they don’t get a voicemail loop. They get a real person who can dispatch a background-checked, uniformed technician.
Our crews know Delray Beach. We know that the rough openings in Century Village were built for aluminum sliders that nobody manufactures to current code anymore. We know that east-side homes in 33483 need marine-grade aluminum or vinyl frames, not standard builder-grade material that will oxidize in three years. And we know that Palm Beach County’s building department has different requirements than Broward’s HVHZ rules to the south, so we pull the correct permit the first time. Every door we install is backed by the Done Right Promise. If it’s not done right, we make it right. That promise is why Delray Beach homeowners keep our number.
Our Door Installation Services in Delray Beach
We install every type of exterior door you’ll find on a Delray Beach home, and we’ve built our process around the specific challenges this city throws at door openings. Here’s what we handle most often.
Entry Doors
An entry door in Delray Beach does double duty. It’s the first thing you see when you pull into the driveway, and it’s also the first line of defense against a 130-mph wind event. We install fiberglass, steel, and wood entry doors from Therma-Tru and other authorized brands, and every unit we put in gets checked for proper flashing, subsill waterproofing, and code-compliant anchoring. On older concrete block homes along Atlantic Avenue and the surrounding neighborhoods, we frequently find rotted wood framing around the original door opening. We inspect that before we quote, so the price we give you is the price you pay unless a written change order says otherwise.
Hurricane-Proof Front & Entry Doors
Delray Beach sits squarely in Palm Beach County’s 130-mph design wind zone, which means any permitted front door replacement has to meet impact-rating requirements. We install impact-rated entry doors with laminated glass interlayers that carry Florida Product Approval numbers and are built to withstand large-missile impact testing. This is not a place to cut corners. We’ve seen too many Delray Beach homeowners fail a wind mitigation inspection because a contractor installed a door without verifying the lamination met county code. We verify. Then we document it for your insurance carrier.
French & Double Doors
French doors are common on Delray Beach homes, particularly on the east side where patio access matters and on mid-century concrete block houses that were designed to open up to the yard. The challenge is that a double-door opening creates twice the potential for air and water infiltration. We replace French and double door units with marine-grade hardware and impact-rated glass, and we pay close attention to the center mullion and threshold waterproofing, two failure points that salt air accelerates on barrier island properties.
Replacement Doors
Most of the work we do in Delray Beach is replacement, not new construction. That means we’re working inside existing rough openings that were framed decades ago, often for door sizes nobody stocks anymore. The Century Village slider problem is the extreme example, but we see it across the western zips, 33445, 33446, 33484, where hundreds of identical 1970s-era units share the same narrow aluminum profiles. Standard impact-rated replacements run 2 to 4 inches too wide for those openings. We source custom narrow-profile units from PGT, CGI, and Therma-Tru, match the HOA color and width requirements, and pull the Palm Beach County permit with a design pressure rating that matches the opening.
See our full Door Installation service page for brand-specific details and warranty information.
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 Delray Beach
We’re an authorized installer for PGT, CGI, CWS, ES Windows, ECO Window Systems, Mr-Glass, Therma-Tru, and ViewLux. That matters in Delray Beach because impact-rating documentation is tied to specific manufacturers and specific configurations. When a Palm Beach County inspector asks for the Florida Product Approval number on your new front door, we have it on file, matched to your exact unit. We regularly order custom narrow-profile Therma-Tru sliders for Century Village and Kings Point projects, and we specify CGI and PGT impact units for east-side homes where salt exposure demands marine-grade frames. We never substitute a brand we’re not authorized to install.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Delray Beach Homes
- Narrow rough openings in Century Village and Kings Point. The original 1970s aluminum sliders measure 68 to 70 inches wide, but standard impact-rated replacement units start at 72 inches. If your contractor doesn’t catch this before ordering, you’ve got a gaping wall opening and a permit that can’t close. We measure, we verify, and we custom-order before we pull the old unit.
- Corroded frames and failed hardware on the barrier island. Salt spray off the Atlantic and the Intracoastal Waterway oxidizes aluminum frames on 33483 properties within a few years. Marine-grade aluminum or vinyl isn’t a preference here; it’s the practical standard. We see the difference between a five-year-old inland frame and a five-year-old oceanfront frame, and we specify materials accordingly.
- Jalousie doors that can’t be made compliant. East-side homes built in the 1950s and 1960s often still have original louvered jalousie panels. No retrofit approach brings those up to the 130-mph code. They have to come out, and the replacement needs to meet large-missile impact standards. We handle that swap every month along the 33483 corridor.
- HOA architectural review stalls. In Century Village and Kings Point, the deed restrictions require exact color and width matching on any door replacement. Out-of-area companies routinely order the wrong finish or the wrong profile and get bounced by the HOA board. We know the approval process, we’ve navigated it for these specific communities, and we don’t order anything until the specs are approved.
Pricing for Door Installation in Delray Beach, FL
Delray Beach door installation pricing breaks down like this. A standard single entry door without impact glazing runs $1,200 to $2,500 installed. Impact-rated entry doors run $1,800 to $4,200 depending on the slab width, frame material, and whether we’re replacing a standard or oversized opening. French and double door replacement runs $2,500 to $6,000. Sliding glass door replacement runs $2,800 to $6,500, and the narrow-profile custom units required in Century Village and Kings Point push toward the high end because they’re special-order items. What moves the price in Delray Beach more than anything is the condition of the rough opening. Rotted wood framing, missing waterproofing, undersized headers, these are the things that turn a clean door swap into a framing repair. We inspect first, quote the full scope, and anything unexpected gets priced and approved in writing before we touch it. Call (844) 901-4551 for a free in-home measure and a written line-item quote.
What Door Installation Costs in Delray Beach
Let’s talk about what a complete door replacement actually costs in Delray Beach, because the numbers can swing wide. Impact windows in this market generally run $800 to $1,500 per unit installed. Impact single-hung windows run $900 to $1,800. Large or custom openings, like a wide slider or a double French door, run $2,500 to $5,000. Whole-home packages, where you’re replacing every door and window, run $8,000 to $25,000 and up depending on opening count, floor height, and frame material. Delray Beach’s wind zone drives a lot of this cost. The 130-mph design requirement means you can’t just grab a builder-grade unit off a shelf. The glass has to carry a Florida Product Approval number, the frame has to be anchored to Palm Beach County spec, and the permit has to close with a passed inspection. We do all of that. Call us for a free in-home measure and a written quote, and you’ll know your exact number before you sign anything.
Florida Pays You Back
A door replacement in Delray Beach isn’t just an expense. There are incentives that stack. The My Safe Florida Home program offers matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades, including impact-rated doors and windows. Florida exempts impact-resistant windows and doors from sales tax. The federal 25C energy credit applies to qualifying energy-efficient exterior doors, and windstorm-premium credits after a wind-mitigation inspection typically average around 25% on the windstorm portion of your policy. The inspection runs $75 to $150, and it’s the document that unlocks the premium reduction. We can’t guarantee what your carrier will approve, and program funding varies, but we will provide every Florida Product Approval number and design pressure rating your insurer asks for. On the insurance question specifically, here’s the comparison worth understanding: impact windows and doors are permanent protection. You never haul panels out of the garage, you never wrestle shutters onto a second-story window in a storm, and the protection is always in place whether you’re home or not. Shutters do the job, but only if someone’s there to hang them. That’s a meaningful difference for Delray Beach homeowners who split the year or travel during hurricane season.
What Happens When We Open Up Your Delray Beach Wall
Here’s the thing every honest contractor will tell you, and what this page is really about. When you remove a door that’s been sitting in a Delray Beach wall since 1972, you’re not just swapping a panel. You’re opening up a cavity that hasn’t seen daylight in five decades. And what we find in there determines whether your quote holds or moves. This is the single biggest reason Delray Beach door replacement quotes shift after the fact, and it’s exactly why we inspect before we quote.
On a 1970s condo in Kings Point, we pulled the original slider and found the rough opening measured 70-1/2 inches. Too narrow for any stock PGT impact unit. Our crew custom-ordered the exact narrow-profile Therma-Tru slider in the HOA-approved bronze finish, wrote the upcharge into the approved change order, and had Palm Beach County sign off on the 130-mph design pressure rating before closing the wall. That’s how we handle surprises. Not after the fact. Not with a verbal, “Hey, this is going to cost more.” We write it down, you approve it, we do the work.
The three things we find most often in Delray Beach walls are rotted wood framing, missing or failed waterproofing at the subsill, and outdated wiring that a permit now triggers an upgrade on. Older concrete block homes in 33483 and 33444 are particularly prone to subsill rot because the original builders didn’t flash the openings properly, and five decades of tropical rainfall and salt air did the rest. When we find any of these, the process is the same. We stop. We document it. We price the fix. You approve it in writing. Then we proceed. No open-ended estimates, no change orders that show up after the fact. Ed Winslow’s name is on the door, and on every job we do.
We Also Serve Cities Near Delray Beach
Winslow Windows & Doors serves Delray Beach and the surrounding South Florida communities, including Kings Point, Boynton Beach, Boca Raton, and Lantana. If you’re just across the county line or down the coast, we still bring the same local knowledge, the same authorized brands, and the same Done Right Promise. Visit our Door Installation in Delray Beach page for the full service breakdown, or call us directly. The one down the road.
Serving Delray Beach, FL — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Delray 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 Delray Beach
Because the original rough openings in Century Village were framed for 68 to 70-inch aluminum sliders that no longer meet Palm Beach County’s 130-mph impact code, and standard impact-rated replacements run 72 inches wide. An out-of-area contractor quotes off the stock unit, then discovers the mismatch after the old frame is out. We avoid this entirely by measuring the rough opening and verifying the HOA color and width specs before we write the quote. If you’ve gotten a quote from someone else and it feels vague, call (844) 901-4551 for a free second opinion on any written estimate.
No. Original jalousie doors on 1950s and 1960s concrete block homes in 33483 cannot be brought up to the 130-mph design wind load code under any retrofit approach, and a storm door doesn’t change that. The louvered glass panels have no impact rating, and Palm Beach County won’t close a permit on a door replacement that leaves non-compliant glazing in place. The jalousie has to come out and be replaced with an impact-rated unit. We handle that swap regularly along the Intracoastal corridor, and we’ll pull the correct permit the first time. Call (844) 901-4551 to schedule your free measure.
We stop work, document the condition with photos, and write a change order that prices the framing repair, waterproofing, and any code-required upgrades. You approve that change order in writing before we proceed. No surprises on the invoice. In a Delray Beach home, the most common framing issue we find is subsill rot caused by failed flashing and decades of salt air and tropical rain. It’s fixable, but it has to be fixed before the new door goes in and the inspection happens. That’s the only way the permit closes.
It can, but the reduction comes from a wind-mitigation inspection, not from the door itself. In Delray Beach, that inspection typically runs $75 to $150, and homeowners who replace old doors and windows with Florida Product Approved impact units often see windstorm-premium credits averaging around 25% on the windstorm portion of the policy. We can’t guarantee what your carrier will approve, but we provide every design pressure rating and product approval number your inspector asks for. Call (844) 901-4551 to talk through your specific home and insurance situation.
Once your units arrive, installation is typically completed in as fast as a single day. Standard doors ship quickly. Custom narrow-profile sliders for Century Village or Kings Point are special-order items that run 4 to 6 weeks for fabrication, because the manufacturer has to build a unit to a non-standard width and a specific HOA finish. We coordinate with your HOA board during that window so the permit and approval are ready when the door lands. A live person answers the phone 24/7 at (844) 901-4551, so you’ll always know exactly where your order stands.
Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, serving Delray Beach since 2011.