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Door installation in Miami runs $1,200-$4,800 for a standard entry door, with hurricane-rated systems landing between $2,500 and $7,500 depending on your opening size and wind zone. We install entry doors, hurricane-proof front doors, French doors, and storm-rated exterior doors throughout Miami-Dade County, and we’re familiar with every NOA requirement your inspector will check. Call (888) 635-0804 for a free in-home measure and a written quote that shows product options side by side, on paper, before you spend a dollar.
Miami doors fail differently than doors anywhere else in the country. Salt air eats standard fasteners. Concrete block jambs hold water. And the HVHZ code means a door that passes inspection in Orlando gets red-tagged here. That’s the work we do every week.
Why TruePane Windows & Doors Is Miami’s Preferred Door Installation Company
We’ve replaced doors on 1940s CBS bungalows in Shenandoah, 1960s split-levels in Flagami, and modern condos along Biscayne Boulevard. The homes change. The problems don’t. Miami homeowners call us because our crews know what’s behind the stucco before the first cut.
Dale Kessler founded TruePane on a rule that’s still on the whiteboard: if the pane is not true, the job is not done. That standard applies to doors the same way it applies to glass. Every door we hang gets measured twice, set plumb and square, and registered with both manufacturer warranty layers in writing before our truck leaves your driveway. We stand behind every install for 90 days with the Done Right Promise, no paperwork arguments.
Our technicians are background-checked and uniformed, and every one of them has pulled Miami-Dade permits. When you call, a live person answers. 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Not a voicemail, not a call center in another state.
Our Door Installation Services in Miami
Entry Doors
A new entry door changes how your house breathes and locks. In Miami, it also changes what your insurer thinks of your wind-load profile. We install Therma-Tru, PGT, and ViewLux entry systems, quote the NOA certifications for each model, and handle the permit and inspection so you’re not left holding an uninsurable opening.
Hurricane-Proof Front & Entry Doors
This is the door Miami-Dade actually requires. HVHZ code mandates a Miami-Dade NOA on every replacement door, meaning the product must pass large-missile impact testing and cyclic pressure loading that generic hardware-store doors simply don’t carry. We install PGT and CGI hurricane-rated entry doors with stainless hardware, marine-grade frames, and the wind mitigation documentation your Citizens policy reviewer wants to see.
French & Double Doors
French doors widen a sightline and complicate an opening. In Miami, double doors also present twice the water intrusion surface and twice the NOA paperwork. We set French and double door units with reinforced astragals, interlocking hardware, and sill pans sloped to drain, then run each configuration through its own Miami-Dade product approval review so the permit set matches the unit we actually install.
Replacement Doors
Replacing a corroded jalousie door or a swollen wood unit in a CBS wall isn’t a swap-out. It’s a structural correction. We core-drill new anchor points for stainless sleeve anchors, re-flash the rough opening with a marine-grade pan, and reset the threshold so water drains away from the slab, not into it. The old door comes out. The new one stays true.
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 Miami
We’re an authorized installer for PGT, Therma-Tru, and Mr-Glass, among more than a dozen manufacturer lines. That matters in Miami because these brands maintain Miami-Dade NOA product approval books we can pull per configuration. When you come to our showroom, we lay out the NOA certificates next to the door samples so you see exactly what the inspector sees. Most replacement doors are in stock or within two weeks through our Florida suppliers.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Miami Homes
- Salt-corroded anchors on CBS jambs. Standard zinc or galvanized fasteners set into concrete block rust to dust within a few Miami summers. We cut out the old steel and set stainless sleeve anchors sized to the wind load, not the old hole.
- Non-NOA doors red-tagged at inspection. A homeowner buys a door online that carries a generic Florida Product Approval but not a Miami-Dade NOA. The inspector fails it. The door goes back, the customer pays twice. We verify the NOA before we order anything.
- Water staining under the threshold. Miami’s daily summer rains find flashings that were never lapped correctly. We pull the old pan, check the slab, and re-flash with a marine-grade pan before the new door goes in.
- Frames racked by settling CBS walls. Block homes on Miami’s limestone shelf shift. A door that binds in July was probably hung true in February. We shim to the plane of the wall, not the plane of the old frame, then weatherstrip to seal the gap.
Pricing for Door Installation in Miami, FL
A standard entry door replacement in Miami typically runs $1,200-$3,200 installed. Hurricane-rated entry doors run $2,500-$7,500 depending on size, brand, and finish. French or double door units start around $3,500 and climb past $9,000 for wide NOA-certified configurations with impact glazing. Storm doors fall between $800 and $2,400.
What moves the number in Miami: opening count, wind zone (most of the city is in the 175-190 mph design wind speed band), floor height, and what we find when the old door comes off. We write allowances for the unknowns and price surprises in writing before we touch them. Call (888) 635-0804 for a free in-home measure and a written line-item quote.
What Door Installation Costs in Miami
Impact-rated door systems in Miami generally run $800-$1,500 per opening on the lower end for a single standard unit, with premium PGT or Therma-Tru hurricane doors at $2,500-$5,000 installed. Large custom openings or architectural French door sets reach $5,000 and above. Whole-home door packages, where we replace every exterior opening on a 1950s CBS house in one permit cycle, typically land between $8,000 and $25,000+ depending on opening count and product grade.
Three things move the price most in Miami: the number of openings (each requires its own NOA paperwork and inspection line), the wind zone (coastal areas east of US-1 sit in higher design pressure bands than inland Coral Way), and frame material (steel-reinforced aluminum versus standard aluminum versus wood-clad, which needs more maintenance in salt air but carries a different look). A live person answers when you call (888) 635-0804 to schedule a free in-home measure and a written quote.
Florida Pays You Back
Miami homeowners can stack real money against a door replacement. The My Safe Florida Home program offers matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades, including impact-rated doors. Florida’s sales-tax exemption on impact-resistant windows and doors takes roughly 6-7% off the product cost at purchase. The federal 25C energy credit returns 30% of the product cost, up to $600 per year, on qualifying energy-efficient door units. And after a wind-mitigation inspection ($75-$150), most carriers credit roughly 25% off the windstorm portion of your premium.
No guarantees, of course. Programs change and carriers set their own final numbers. We don’t price your quote assuming a rebate you might not collect. But we do fill out the wind mitigation paperwork correctly, because a door replacement that should reduce your Citizens premium but doesn’t get documented is a wasted opportunity. And honestly, it’s one of the main reasons Miami homeowners replace doors in the first place.
One decision worth making early: impact doors versus hanging hurricane shutters. Shutters only protect when someone is home to hang them. Impact-rated doors protect continuously, pass the NOA inspection, and stay on the house when you’re in another state watching a storm track toward Miami. The panel you hang before the storm is the panel you forgot to buy. The door is already there.
What Opening Up an Older Miami Home Actually Turns Up
When we remove a door from a 1940s or 1960s CBS house in Miami, we rarely find a clean rough opening waiting for us. We find outdated wiring run through the old jamb, undersized framing that was never strapped to the block, failed waterproofing behind the stucco, and lintels that have rusted to half their original thickness. A permit triggers code upgrades the moment the wall is open, and those upgrades are real money.
That’s why our process starts with an inspection, not a bid. We open the wall in our pricing, are we’re upfront about what we find. The contract includes written allowances for the most common surprises, so a rotted lintel doesn’t become a change order argument. If we find something outside the allowance, we price it in writing and get your approval before we touch it. No surprises on the bill. That’s a square deal, in writing.
On a 1950s CBS home in Shenandoah, our crew replaced a corroded jalousie front door with a PGT hurricane-rated entry door. The original jamb had salt-corroded steel anchors frozen in the block wall, so we core-drilled for stainless sleeve anchors, then re-flashed the opening with a marine-grade pan before setting the NOA-certified door. The final inspection required both the product approval stamp and wind mitigation documentation for the insurer. That’s the job done right, on a house that had been living with a door that didn’t close square since the Clinton administration.
Miami-Dade’s HVHZ designation makes all of this non-negotiable. Any replacement door in the county requires a Miami-Dade NOA, not a generic Florida Product Approval. The large-missile impact testing and cyclic pressure certification eliminates most products sold in the rest of the country, including non-HVHZ Florida cities like Orlando. It’s not a paperwork formality. It’s the part of the code that keeps a 2×4 from becoming a spear through your living room at 150 miles per hour.
We also see the failure modes homeowners don’t. Installing a non-NOA door that gets red-tagged at inspection means buying the same door twice. Using zinc fasteners on a CBS jamb means the structural load path fails silently over three or four salt seasons, then catastrophically in the next hurricane. Skipping wind mitigation credit paperwork means paying full Citizens premiums for the next decade because the insurer never saw the upgrade that should have lowered your bill. None of this is theoretical. We’ve fixed all three.
Why Miami’s Building Code Makes Door Installation Different
Miami-Dade County is a High-Velocity Hurricane Zone. That’s the most stringent wind-resistance classification in the United States. Every replacement door here must carry a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance, a county-specific certification that requires large-missile impact testing, meaning the product gets shot with a 9-pound 2×4 traveling at 34 miles per hour, then subjected to cyclic pressure loading that simulates hurricane-force wind gusts. Most doors sold in Home Depot don’t carry this approval. Most doors sold in Orlando don’t either.
This changes everything about how we install in Miami. Product selection is constrained by the NOA book. The permit set runs longer than the installation on multi-door jobs. The inspector checks the NOA stamp first, the install second. And the insurance credits only materialize if the paperwork matches the opening. A generic door installation page won’t tell you any of that. This page does, because we’re the ones standing at the inspection.
We Also Serve Cities Near Miami
Our crews run daily from Miami into Miami Beach, Key Biscayne, Hialeah, and Opa Locka. If you’re in any of those communities, same scheduling applies and the same NOA rules govern the job, since all of Miami-Dade County sits inside the HVHZ. Call (888) 635-0804 and we’ll set up a free measure at your home. You’re also welcome to visit our Door Installation page to see the full scope of what we handle.
Serving Miami, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Miami 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 Miami
Miami-Dade County enforces the HVHZ provisions of the Florida Building Code, which requires a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance for every replacement door as proof the product survived large-missile impact testing and cyclic pressure loading. A generic Florida Product Approval doesn’t pass inspection here. We pull the permit and verify the NOA before ordering, so you never buy a door the inspector will reject. Call (888) 635-0804 and we’ll walk you through the paperwork for your specific opening.
Impact-rated doors with proper NOA documentation can reduce the windstorm portion of your Citizens premium, typically around 25% after a wind-mitigation inspection. The credit only applies if the product approval stamp and the inspection paperwork match the opening correctly. We handle the documentation as part of the install, not an afterthought. For an exact picture of what your home qualifies for, call (888) 635-0804 and we’ll help you understand what the inspection looks for.
We typically find salt-corroded anchors, failed flashing, and a rough opening that was never waterproofed to modern code. The old steel gets cut out, new stainless sleeve anchors get core-drilled into the block, and the opening gets re-flashed with a marine-grade pan before the new door goes in. The permit usually requires the wall assembly to be brought up to current code once it’s open, so we write those allowances into your contract up front. Call (888) 635-0804 for a free measure and we’ll tell you what your specific wall will need.
Yes. Each configuration carries its own Miami-Dade NOA, because a double door assembly has different hardware, different load paths, and different impact glass anchoring than a single leaf. We pull the configuration-specific approval before quoting, so the permit set matches the unit we actually install. Call (888) 635-0804 and we’ll show you the NOA book side by side with the door samples.
Because the permit fee, the inspection, and the paperwork burden are fixed costs per permit cycle, not per opening. On a 1950s CBS home with four or five exterior doors, doing them all in one pull costs less per opening and triggers one inspection instead of five. It also gives your insurer a complete wind-mitigation profile, which is what actually moves your premium. Our team at Door Installation handles whole-home packages regularly, and we can quote both the individual pricing and the package pricing on the same sheet. Call (888) 635-0804 to get both numbers in writing.
Call TruePane for Door Installation in Miami
If your door binds in July, lets water in during afternoon storms, or hasn’t been replaced since before Hurricane Andrew, it’s time for a proper look. We’ll measure every opening twice, quote manufacturer lines side by side on paper, and register both warranty layers in writing before the truck leaves your driveway. If the pane is not true, the job is not done. Call (888) 635-0804 to schedule your free in-home estimate.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Miami and the surrounding communities.