Door Installation in Hobe Sound — Free In-Home Measure, Written Price

Fast, Reliable Door Installation Across Hobe Sound

Door installation in Hobe Sound runs $1,800 to $6,500 for most entry and exterior doors, with impact-rated front doors typically falling between $2,800 and $5,200 depending on the opening size and frame condition. That’s the range you should plan for before you start calling contractors. The catch in Hobe Sound: most homes here were built with jalousie windows and original door frames that don’t meet today’s Florida Building Code impact requirements, so a “simple” door swap often becomes a full-frame replacement with a permit. We’ve been doing this work since 2011, and Ed Winslow’s name is on every job we take. Call (844) 901-4551 for a free in-home measure and written quote.

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Why Winslow Windows & Doors Is Hobe Sound’s Preferred Door Installation Company

We’re not a national chain that dispatches a rotating cast of subcontractors. We’re a locally owned company led by Ed Winslow, with a published address and license number, and we’ve built our reputation in Hobe Sound one job at a time. Homeowners on Bridge Road, along Gomez Avenue, and out in the acreage neighborhoods near Bridge and Dixie Highway know our crews by name. When you call at 2 a.m. because a door won’t latch after a storm, a live person answers. Not a voicemail, not a call center. That matters more here than most places, because Hobe Sound’s location between the Intracoastal and the Atlantic means a damaged door is a security and water-intrusion problem the moment it happens.

The Done Right Promise backs every installation we do in Hobe Sound. If it’s not done right, we make it right. That’s a standard of accountability written into every job. Our technicians are background-checked, uniformed, and show up when we say they will. You’ll know exactly who’s at your door before the truck pulls up.

Our Door Installation Services in Hobe Sound

We offer a full menu of door installation and replacement work, but three services dominate the call log from Hobe Sound homeowners: hurricane-proof entry doors, storm and exterior doors, and full-frame replacements for aging openings. Here’s what each involves.

Entry Doors

A new entry door in Hobe Sound does more than change the look of your house. It’s the first line of defense against wind-driven rain, salt air, and forced-entry during the long months of hurricane season. We install Therma-Tru, PGT, and CGI entry doors with laminated impact glass and Miami-Dade NOA hardware. Most entry-door replacements in Hobe Sound involve full-frame tear-out, because the original 1960s frames set into CBS block have rust-jacked over decades of salt exposure. We rebuild the rough opening, flash it properly, and set the new door so it drains correctly on slab-on-grade construction.

Hurricane-Proof Front & Entry Doors

Hobe Sound sits squarely in Martin County’s wind-borne debris region, which means impact-rated doors aren’t optional if you’re pulling a permit. We install hurricane-proof entry doors from PGT and CGI that carry Florida Product Approval numbers specific to the opening’s design pressure. A standard 36-by-80 impact entry door in Hobe Sound runs $2,800 to $5,200 installed, including the full-frame conversion most older homes require. The product lead time is four to six weeks for custom fabrication, but installation itself is usually done in a single day once your door arrives.

French & Double Doors

French doors on the back of a Hobe Sound rancher that faces the Intracoastal take a beating. Salt air pits the aluminum, swells the wood jambs, and corrodes the track hardware within a few years if the original builder used non-marine-grade materials. We replace these with impact-rated double-door systems built for marine exposure: stainless hardware, composite jambs, and interlocks that keep wind-driven rain out during a summer squall. Expect $3,800 to $7,500 for a complete double-door replacement depending on width and frame condition.

Replacement Doors

Replacement doors in Hobe Sound aren’t a straight swap when you’re dealing with CBS construction from the 1950s through the early 1980s. The concrete block opening usually has no proper buck framing, the jamb is saturated or rusted, and the threshold flashing has been wicking water under the door for years. We tear out everything down to the block, rebuild with pressure-treated lumber, flash with peel-and-stick membrane, and set a door sized for the restored opening. It costs more than a pocket install, but it’s the only approach that survives Martin County inspection and Hobe Sound’s climate.

Trusted Brands We Service in Hobe Sound

We’re an authorized installer for PGT, CGI, and CWS, which means Hobe Sound customers get factory-backed warranties and product support that unlicensed installers can’t offer. When a PGT or CGI door we install in Hobe Sound needs warranty service, we handle the claim directly with the manufacturer. No finger-pointing. We also keep common hardware and weatherstripping in stock for the brands we install, which means small fixes don’t wait on shipping. Ed Winslow’s name is on the door and on every job we do.

Common Door Installation Problems We See in Hobe Sound Homes

• Rust-jacked steel frames in CBS block. Decades of salt air cause the steel frame to corrode and expand, cracking the surrounding block and concealing rot behind the jamb. This forces a full-frame tear-out instead of a cheaper pocket install.
• Wind-driven rain wicking under slab thresholds. Improper flashing on original 1960s slab-on-grade homes lets water seep under the door during storms, delaminating the jamb and feeding mold behind the baseboard. We find this on nearly every pre-1980 home we open up in Hobe Sound.
• Corroded surface-mounted hinges and closers. If the hardware isn’t marine-grade stainless, Hobe Sound’s salt air pits it within two years and it can fail wind-load tests during a Martin County re-inspection.
• Jalousie sidelights that can’t meet code. Original jalousie panels adjacent to the entry door cannot be retrofitted to meet Florida Building Code impact requirements under any configuration. When a door replacement triggers a permit, the inspector flags the jalousie, and it has to be converted to an impact-rated window or solid panel.

What Door Installation Costs in Hobe Sound

Entry and exterior door replacement in Hobe Sound typically runs $1,800 to $6,500 per opening. Impact-rated front doors run $2,800 to $5,200 installed. French or double doors start around $3,800 and go up to $7,500 for wide openings requiring full-frame reconstruction. Here’s a clearer breakdown:

• Standard exterior door replacement: $1,800–$3,200
• Impact-rated entry door (single): $2,800–$5,200
• Impact-rated French or double door: $3,800–$7,500
• Full-frame tear-out and rebuild (CBS): add $800–$1,500 per opening
• Jalousie sidelight conversion to impact panel: add $700–$1,400

What moves the price in Hobe Sound: the condition of the existing frame, whether the opening is set directly into concrete block, the wind zone and design pressure required for your specific opening size, and whether a jalousie or other noncompliant unit shares the rough opening. We include the permit, the inspection, and factory-required flashing in every quote. Call (844) 901-4551 for a free in-home measure and written line-item quote. No guesses, no change orders.

Florida Pays You Back

Hobe Sound homeowners replacing doors with impact-rated products can stack several incentive programs. The My Safe Florida Home program offers matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades on your primary residence. Florida also exempts impact-resistant windows and doors from sales tax, which saves roughly 6 to 7 percent on the product portion of your invoice. At the federal level, the 25C energy credit returns 30 percent of qualifying product costs up to $600 per year. And after a wind-mitigation inspection ($75 to $150), many Hobe Sound homeowners see windstorm-premium credits averaging around 25 percent on the windstorm portion of their policy. We can’t guarantee what your carrier will approve, but we’ll help you gather the documentation. Compare permanent impact doors to hanging shutters before every storm: one is a one-time install, the other is a drill you’ll repeat for the life of the house.

Building on Acreage Around Hobe Sound

Out in the acreage zones around Hobe Sound, door installation changes shape. These are unincorporated Martin County lots, not city-permitted jobs. That means county inspections, septic and well setbacks that limit where you can place an outbuilding or detached ADU, and long material hauls down unpaved drives that add cost. If you’re adding a shop, detached garage, or living space that needs its own exterior door, we scope the grading and drainage around the opening before quoting. A door on an open lot that takes wind from the east needs a different design-pressure rating than a door on a sheltered street in town. We factor in the exposure, the setback requirements, and the equipment access before we give you a number. That’s the difference between a quote that holds and one that blows up after the county inspector visits.

Hobe Sound’s Jalousie Problem and Your Door Project

Here’s the thing most contractors won’t tell you until the inspector shows up: Hobe Sound’s 1950s and 60s CBS ranches are full of jalousie windows, and jalousies cannot meet Florida Building Code impact requirements under any configuration. So when you pull a permit to replace an entry door and a jalousie sidelight shares the same rough opening, Martin County flags it. The jalouise has to go. That’s a domino effect you rarely see in Stuart or Palm City, where jalousies fell out of fashion before most of the housing stock went up. It means your door quote needs to include the sidelight conversion up front. We pre-file for it. You’ll know the real total before the first hole is drilled.

We scoped a full-frame entry door replacement on a 1962 CBS ranch off Bridge Road where the original jalousie sidelight had seized open, letting salt air pit the aluminum threshold and swell the wood jamb. Our crew pulled the entire assembly, rebuilt the rough opening with pressure-treated framing, and set a Therma-Tru impact-rated door with laminated glass interlayer and Miami-Dade NOA hardware. The Martin County inspector cleared it in one visit because we had pre-filed for the sidelight conversion the jalousie required. That’s how it should work.

Pricing for Door Installation in Hobe Sound, FL

We Also Serve Cities Near Hobe Sound

If you’re in Hobe Sound or nearby, our Door Installation crews cover the whole area. We also serve Port Salerno, Tequesta, Stuart, and Jupiter with the same Door Installation team, the same upfront pricing, and the same Done Right Promise. A neighbor you can call at 2 a.m. and someone will actually answer.

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Call Winslow for Door Installation in Hobe Sound

You’ll get a real person when you call (844) 901-4551. A free in-home measure. A written quote that includes the permit, the jalousie conversion if you need it, and the product lead time. Ed Winslow’s name is on the business and on every door we install in Hobe Sound. Upfront pricing, no surprises on the invoice, and the Done Right Promise behind it all. The one down the road.

Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, serving Hobe Sound and the surrounding Treasure Coast communities since 2011.