Free in-home measure and quote — PGT, CGI and CWS impact lines compared on your actual openings, style by style
Before
After
Before
After
Before
AfterFast, Reliable Door Installation Across Westgate
Door installation in Westgate, FL typically runs $1,800–$6,800 for a standard entry door replacement, and $3,500–$12,000+ when you’re pulling out an original jalousie or corroded steel unit and retrofitting a Miami-Dade NOA impact-rated door into a 1950s–1970s CBS opening. Most jobs in Westgate take one to two days on site once your door arrives from the manufacturer, though custom fabrication runs 4–6 weeks before install. If you call Winslow Windows & Doors at (844) 901-4551, a live person picks up, we schedule a free in-home measure, and Ed Winslow’s name goes on the work order, not a ticket number.
Westgate is home. We know the concrete block houses off Haverhill Road, the jalousie front entryways along Okeechobee Boulevard, and the hundred little ways salt air and hurricane code make door work here different from door work ten miles inland. Our Door Installation crews serve Westgate weekly, not occasionally.
Why Winslow Windows & Doors Is Westgate’s Preferred Door Installation Company
Ed Winslow started Winslow Windows & Doors in 2011, and the company has operated as a locally owned, owner-operated exterior protection specialist ever since. That matters in a community like Westgate, where the housing stock is old enough that most door jobs involve surprises behind the trim, and the permitting path runs through Palm Beach County rather than a city building department. We’ve pulled hundreds of permits in this jurisdiction. We know which inspectors want to see the Miami-Dade NOA documentation and which openings need design pressure calculations before the first screw goes in.
Every technician who shows up at a Westgate home is background-checked and in uniform. You know who’s at your door before the truck pulls up, which is exactly the standard this neighborhood deserves. Our Done Right Promise backs every installation: if it’s not done right, we make it right. No fine print, no warranty runaround. Ed’s name is on the door, and on every job we do.
Westgate homeowners call us because the alternative is often a big-box installer who sub-contracts to whoever’s available and can’t answer a question about Palm Beach County’s wind-borne debris requirements. We answer the phone 24/7 with a live person. We publish our address and license number. We’re the one down the road.
Our Door Installation Services in Westgate
Entry Doors
A new entry door in Westgate is rarely just a door. It’s the first thing a hurricane wind load tests, and it’s the first component a Florida property insurer asks about during wind mitigation. We install Therma-Tru fiberglass and steel entry doors sized to your existing CBS rough opening, with full re-flashing and stainless hardware specified for the salt air that drifts inland from the Atlantic, roughly 8–10 miles east of Westgate. Most entry door replacements run $1,800–$5,500 installed, depending on frame condition and whether we’re re-framing a corroded jamb.
Hurricane-Proof Front & Entry Doors
Westgate sits in Palm Beach County’s high-velocity hurricane zone, which means any new or replacement front door must meet Florida Building Code wind-borne debris requirements. We install impact-rated doors from PGT and CGI with Miami-Dade NOA documentation, matched to the design pressure rating your opening actually needs. For a standard single front door, expect $3,000–$7,000 installed. For double doors or entries with side lites, the range widens to $5,500–$12,000. This is a compliance job, not a comfort upgrade, and we quote it that way.
French & Double Doors
French and double door systems present the biggest installation challenge in Westgate’s older CBS homes, because the original rough opening was often framed for a single narrow steel door or a jalousie panel assembly. We routinely re-frame and resize these openings to accept modern impact-rated double units. Pricing for a compliant double French door in Westgate typically lands between $4,800 and $9,500, and job duration runs two to three days on site due to the masonry and structural work involved.
Replacement Doors
Most Westgate replacement door projects start because the original steel frame has corroded at the sill or hinge mortises and the door no longer seals or closes square. We remove the old unit, remediate any rust damage to the surrounding CBS anchors, and install a new door with stainless fasteners and marine-grade flashing. A straightforward replacement on a 1960s-era home here runs $2,200–$6,000. If the rough opening needs resizing, which it often does off Sherwood Forest Drive or around the older blocks near Community Drive, add $800–$1,500 for masonry and framing work.
Storm & Exterior Doors
Storm doors in Westgate do double duty: they add a second layer of weather protection during summer downpours, and they shield your primary entry door from the UV and salt exposure that destroys cheap finishes within a few years. We install aluminum storm doors with powder-coated finishes and stainless hardware as standard. Typical installed cost runs $1,200–$2,800.
What happens when you call
- 1
A real person answersNo phone trees — you reach a local pro.
- 2
You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
- 3
A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
- 4
You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Westgate
Winslow Windows & Doors is an authorized installer for PGT, CGI, CWS, and Therma-Tru, along with four additional premium brands. That means we’re not guessing at installation specs or warranty terms. We stock common replacement hardware and glazing components for the product lines we install, so a Westgate customer with a failed weatherstrip or latch doesn’t wait weeks for a part to arrive from a distribution center. When your door carries a Miami-Dade NOA, the person installing it should carry factory authorization. We do.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Westgate Homes
- Corroded steel frames at the sill and hinge mortises. Decades of humid, salt-laden air eat the original steel entry door frames from the bottom up. The door sags, the weatherstripping fails, and eventually the hinge screws strip out of the rusted metal. By the time we’re called, the fix is rarely a hinge adjustment – it’s a full replacement with stainless hardware.
- Rough openings sized for obsolete jalousie or narrow steel doors. Westgate’s 1950s–1970s CBS homes were built for products that don’t exist in compliant form anymore. A modern impact door is thicker and taller than what the opening was designed for, which means masonry resizing or custom jamb work on a large share of jobs.
- Anchor failure on previously installed impact doors. We see impact doors that were installed on corroded CBS opening anchors without recoating or replacement. Under design pressure loads, the jamb blows out at the anchors. The door itself might be rated, but the connection to the structure is the weak link. That’s an installation failure, and it’s one we correct.
- Seized inland-spec hardware. Cheap hardware specified for a non-coastal Florida market pits and seizes within 3–5 years in Westgate’s climate. Homeowners find themselves unable to lock or even open their own front door when a storm is approaching. We specify stainless or hot-dip galvanized hardware on every exterior door, no exceptions.
Pricing for Door Installation in Westgate, FL
Door installation pricing in Westgate breaks down by scope, and we quote line items so you see exactly where your money goes. A basic replacement door starts around $1,800. A hurricane-rated entry door with Miami-Dade NOA starts around $3,000. French doors and double door systems start around $4,800. If your home still has jalousie panels or a non-standard rough opening, add masonry and re-framing labor at $800–$1,500. We do not pad the invoice and we do not change order you after the job starts. Call (844) 901-4551 for a free in-home measure and a written quote – the number we give you is the number you pay.
What Door Installation Costs in Westgate
For context on the broader opening-protection picture in Westgate: impact windows generally run $800–$1,500 per window installed, single-hung impact units $900–$1,800, and large or custom openings $2,500–$5,000. Whole-home packages in this market span $8,000–$25,000 or more depending on opening count and wind zone requirements. What moves your door price specifically: the number of openings, the design pressure your exposure demands, whether you’re within the high-velocity hurricane zone’s stricter requirements (you are), and the condition of your CBS rough opening. We provide a free in-home measure and a written, line-item quote on every job.
Florida Pays You Back
Westgate homeowners can stack several incentive programs on a qualifying impact door installation. My Safe Florida Home offers matching grants up to $10,000 for wind-mitigation upgrades for qualifying applicants. Florida exempts impact-resistant windows and doors from sales tax. The federal 25C energy credit covers 30% of product cost on qualifying units, up to $600 per year. And most carriers apply a windstorm premium credit, averaging around 25% on the windstorm portion, after a wind mitigation inspection documents your new compliant openings. We can point you to the inspection and application resources, but your insurer and the program administrators set the final numbers. No guarantees, just the path.
The Westgate Materials Problem: Salt Air Decides More Than the Schedule
What actually fails on a Westgate door isn’t the door itself. It’s the hardware, the anchors, and the flashing. The Atlantic sits 8–10 miles east of this neighborhood, and the salt-laden air that drifts inland from the coast works on exterior metal year-round, not just during hurricane season. Add Palm Beach County’s daily humidity cycles and relentless UV, and you get a specific failure pattern: steel entry frames corrode at the sill first, cheap hinge hardware pits and seizes within five years, and inland-spec aluminum flashing loses its finish and its seal.
We specify stainless or hot-dip galvanized fasteners on every exterior door in Westgate. We re-flash jambs with marine-grade materials. We recoat or replace corroded CBS anchors before a new door goes in. The coastal-spec version of a door installation in Westgate costs roughly 15–25% more than the inland-spec version. The cheap spec fails within a decade, often sooner. The coastal spec doesn’t. On a 1962 CBS home off Sherwood Forest Drive, our crew pulled an original corroded steel entry door and found the jamb set into a rough opening nearly two inches shorter than any standard impact unit. We re-framed the opening to accept a Therma-Tru fiberglass door with a laminated glass interlayer and Miami-Dade NOA approval, then flashed the new jamb with stainless fasteners so the salt air wouldn’t eat the hardware before the next hurricane season.
That’s the difference between a door that opens and closes for twenty years and one that rusts into its own frame. In Westgate, the cheap version costs more within a decade. We quote the version that lasts.
We Also Serve Cities Near Westgate
Beyond Westgate, our crews run regular routes through Miami, Hialeah, Coral Gables, and Miami Shores. If you’re just outside Westgate and wondering whether we cover your street, call (844) 901-4551 and ask. Chances are we were on your block last week.
Serving Westgate, FL — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Westgate 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 Westgate
An impact-rated front door installed with Miami-Dade NOA documentation satisfies the wind-borne debris protection requirement for that opening under Florida Building Code, but your insurer’s specific wind mitigation discounts depend on the full inspection of every opening on the structure. If your jalousie windows remain unprotected, the front door alone won’t get you to a compliant envelope. We can run a whole-home opening assessment and give you a written path to full compliance. Call (844) 901-4551 for a free measure.
You can, but we’ll tell you directly why you shouldn’t. A jalousie sidelite has no impact rating, no meaningful air seal, and an R-value near zero. Leaving it in place means your new impact door protects one opening while the adjacent glass louver panel remains a wind-borne debris entry point and an insurer red flag. We recommend replacing the jalousie sidelite with an impact-rated glass panel in the same opening, which adds roughly $1,200–$2,500 to the job. The door itself gets installed either way, with the sidelite replaced separately or as part of the same opening.
Coastal-spec materials and labor add roughly 15–25% to the installed price compared to an inland-spec job. That covers stainless fasteners, marine-grade flashing, anchor recoating or replacement on corroded CBS openings, and Miami-Dade NOA product selection. On a typical Westgate entry door replacement, the coastal-spec version costs $2,500–$5,500 versus $2,000–$4,500 for an inland-spec equivalent. The difference is what separates a door that’s still sealing and locking in fifteen years from one that rusts out its hardware before the next hurricane. Call (844) 901-4551 for an exact quote on your opening.
You need shutters or another code-compliant protection method on every opening that does not have impact-rated glazing. If your impact doors cover the door openings but your windows remain unprotected, shutters are still required on those windows. The long-term play for most Westgate homeowners is converting the entire envelope to impact-rated products and retiring the shutter requirement. We quote full-envelope conversions, and the pricing structure in the section above gives you a realistic range.
Once your door arrives from the manufacturer, a standard entry door replacement on a 1960s CBS home takes one day. If the rough opening requires masonry resizing, which is common in Westgate’s original concrete block stock, plan on two days. Double door and French door retrofits run two to three days. Custom fabrication adds 4–6 weeks before install. We schedule around your availability and give you a written timeline before we start.
Key Takeaways for Westgate Homeowners
- Door installation in Westgate runs $1,800–$12,000+ depending on whether you’re replacing a standard door or retrofitting an impact-rated unit into a jalousie or corroded-steel opening.
- Salt air from the Atlantic, roughly 8–10 miles east, dictates hardware and flashing choices. Stainless and marine-grade materials are standard spec here, not upgrades.
- Westgate’s 1950s–1970s CBS homes often need masonry resizing before a compliant impact door will fit.
- Winslow Windows & Doors is locally owned by Ed Winslow, in business since 2011, with a Done Right Promise and a live person answering the phone 24/7.
- Free in-home measure and written quote. Call (844) 901-4551.
Schedule Your Free Door Installation Estimate in Westgate
If your front door is sagging, rusting, or still swinging on 1960s hardware, we’ll come measure it and tell you exactly what it costs to fix. If your insurance company is asking about wind mitigation, we’ll map every opening in your Westgate home and give you a compliance path in plain language. No pressure, no vague ranges, no change orders. Call (844) 901-4551 and schedule your free estimate. A real person answers.
Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, serving Westgate since 2011.