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Door installation in Fort Lauderdale costs between $1,200 and $4,800 for a standard entry door, with hurricane-rated impact doors running $2,500 to $6,500 installed depending on the opening size, wind zone, and frame condition. The work is not a simple swap here. Fort Lauderdale sits entirely inside Florida’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, which means every exterior door replacement must carry a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance and pass a permitting inspection. We have been installing doors in Fort Lauderdale’s canal-front communities, mid-century CBS neighborhoods, and high-rise corridors long enough to know which openings will fight the frame and which ones will settle true the first time. Call (888) 635-0804 for a free in-home measure and a written quote that covers the door, the noa paperwork, and the permit.
Why TruePane Windows & Doors Is Fort Lauderdale’s Preferred Door Installation Company
Dale Kessler founded TruePane in 2008 on a rule that still governs every install: if the pane is not true, the job is not done. We are not a franchise with a rotating crew and a call center in another state. We are a South Florida glazier operation with years of craft tradition behind us, and our Fort Lauderdale customers get background-checked, uniformed technicians who measure every opening twice before a quote is written.
What that translates to in Fort Lauderdale is simple. We know that a door facing the Intracoastal in Seven Isles corrodes differently than a door on a tree-lined block in Victoria Park. We know the permitting clerk’s expectations at the Fort Lauderdale Building Services office. And we know that a door installed without proper Miami-Dade documentation will fail the inspection and leave the homeowner holding a voided permit. Our standing with Fort Lauderdale customers rests on a Done Right Promise and The Keystone Standard: both manufacturer warranty layers registered in writing, durations stated, before our truck leaves the driveway. No paperwork fights. No arguing.
A live person answers our phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. When a Fort Lauderdale homeowner calls with a door that will not latch after a storm front, they are not going to get a voicemail tree.
Our Door Installation Services in Fort Lauderdale
Entry Doors
A front entry door in Fort Lauderdale does two jobs at once. It has to look right on a 1950s CBS ranch in Tarpon River or a waterfront estate on Harbor Beach, and it has to close tight against wind-driven rain when a summer squall pushes across the Everglades. We install wood, fiberglass, and steel entry doors, always matched to the exposure of the opening. On canal-facing elevations we recommend stainless hardware and marine-grade sealing as standard, not as an upsell.
Hurricane-Proof Front and Entry Doors
This is the category where Fort Lauderdale’s building code parts ways with most of the country. Every hurricane-rated door we install here carries a Miami-Dade NOA, the strictest product-approval standard in the United States. We quote manufacturer lines side by side on paper so you see exactly what you are buying: the design pressure rating, the large-missile certification if required for your elevation, and the hardware package. A compliant quote includes the NOA documentation, the permit, and the wind-load calculation. A cheap quote leaves those out, and the inspection will find it.
French and Double Doors
French doors facing a salt-air canal in Fort Lauderdale are the most common failure point we see. The original aluminum frames on homes in Las Olas Isles and Seven Isles frequently have weep holes sealed shut with salt crust within a decade, and that traps water in the sill track. We replace those doors with impact-rated units that carry proper Fort Lauderdale wind ratings, set in frames sized for the actual rough opening, not the crusted-over one. We have pulled too many doors out of Fort Lauderdale openings to trust the original measurements.
Replacement Doors
Replacing an aging door is rarely a one-for-one swap in Fort Lauderdale. The old frame may be out of square. The hinge mortises may be chewed out from years of salt air working on cheap screws. The rough opening may not match any stock size. Our Door Installation team shims, squares, and seals each replacement as a fresh installation, not a patch job. We install for the door you have and the house it is going into.
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 Fort Lauderdale
We are an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines, and for Fort Lauderdale work we most often quote PGT, Therma-Tru, and Mr-Glass. PGT carries the strongest hurricane and impact ratings in the region, and their Miami-Dade NOA documentation is clean and current. Therma-Tru gives us a fiberglass entry line that holds up better than wood in salt air. Mr-Glass covers the value end of the spectrum without dropping below code. Because we install Fort Lauderdale jobs every week, we keep common hardware, sweeps, and threshold components on the truck so a minor adjustment does not turn into a second appointment.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Fort Lauderdale Homes
- Canal-facing corrosion that moves directionally. On Fort Lauderdale’s finger-island streets, rear and side doors facing the water corrode through weep tracks and multi-point hardware a full product cycle before street-facing doors on the same house show any wear. We now quote water-facing openings with that in mind from day one.
- Jalousie-era frames reused for new door slabs. Many 1950s and 1960s CBS homes in Fort Lauderdale still carry original jalousie window frames and matching door frames that are no longer compliant under the Florida Building Code. Bolting a new door slab onto an old non-compliant frame fails the HVHZ inspection and voids the permit.
- Missing or expired Miami-Dade NOA paperwork. A door without a valid NOA cannot be permitted in Fort Lauderdale. We have seen homeowners buy doors online, get refused at the permit counter, and then pay twice for a proper install.
- Doors installed without a wind-load calculation. Large openings, corner windows, and any elevation with more than one exposed face require a design pressure rating matched to the home’s exposure category. We calculate it on every Fort Lauderdale quote and print the number on the paperwork.
Pricing for Door Installation in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A standard exterior door replacement in Fort Lauderdale typically runs $1,200 to $3,400 depending on the slab material, frame condition, and hardware package. A hurricane-rated entry door with a Miami-Dade NOA starts around $2,500 and runs to $6,500 for large or custom openings. French door replacements on water-facing elevations generally land between $4,000 and $8,000 because of the frame work and the impact glazing. The factors that move the price are opening count, wind zone, floor height, and frame material. We give free in-home measures and a written line-item quote before any work starts. Call (888) 635-0804 to schedule yours.
What Door Installation Costs in Fort Lauderdale
For a full picture: impact-rated doors in Fort Lauderdale run roughly $800 to $1,500 per unit installed for standard sizes, with large or custom openings landing at $2,500 to $5,000. A whole-home door package typically falls between $8,000 and $25,000 depending on how many openings face water and how many need frame replacements. The wind zone matters more in Fort Lauderdale than in nearby Plantation or Margate because the entire city sits inside the HVHZ, which drives the product approval requirements and the hardware specifications. Every TruePane quote includes the permit line, the Miami-Dade NOA documentation, and a fixed price with no change orders. We measure twice and quote once.
Florida Pays You Back
Fort Lauderdale homeowners replacing exterior doors can stack three incentive programs, though final numbers come from the agencies and carriers. The My Safe Florida Home program offers matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades. Florida exempts impact-resistant windows and doors from state sales tax. The federal 25C energy credit covers 30% of the product cost, up to $600 per year on qualifying units. And after a wind-mitigation inspection, which runs $75 to $150, many Fort Lauderdale homeowners see windstorm-premium credits averaging around 25% on the windstorm portion of their policy. We document every NOA and permit so the paperwork is ready when the inspector or adjuster asks for it.
Serving Fort Lauderdale, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale
Yes. Every exterior door replacement in Fort Lauderdale must carry a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance because the city sits entirely within the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone. Even a simple front door on a block of 1950s CBS homes in Edgewood is held to the HVHZ standard, which is stricter than what neighboring Broward cities like Coral Springs require. We include the NOA paperwork in every quote and file it with the permit. Call (888) 635-0804 for a free measure.
A design pressure (DP) rating measures how much wind pressure the door assembly can withstand before failing; a large-missile rating measures whether the glass and frame can survive a 2×4 fired at the unit at hurricane speed. Fort Lauderdale’s HVHZ requires both for most water-facing and upper-floor openings, depending on the home’s exposure category. A door that carries one without the other is not compliant. We calculate the required ratings per opening and print them on the quote so you can see exactly what the code demands. Call (888) 635-0804 to get yours.
A permitted, NOA-compliant door installation gives your wind-mitigation inspector the documentation they need to certify the upgrade, which can cut your windstorm premium by an average of around 25% on the windstorm portion. Without the permit and NOA paperwork, the credit will not be applied. We walk every Fort Lauderdale job through the permit process and provide the documentation packet for your inspection. Call (888) 635-0804 for a quote that covers the paperwork end to end.
Canal-front doors face two or three exposed elevations of salt air and wind-driven spray, which accelerates corrosion of aluminum frames, stainless hardware, and sill weep holes far faster than street-facing elevations. On Fort Lauderdale’s finger-island streets like Seven Isles and Las Olas Isles, we routinely see water-facing doors degrade within 8 to 10 years while the street-facing doors on the same house still look new. We quote water-facing openings with stainless hardware and marine-grade sealant as standard. Call (888) 635-0804 for a free in-home assessment.
You can, but in most Fort Lauderdale homes you should not. If the old frame is out of square, corroded at the sill, or not anchored to the CBS structure per current HVHZ requirements, the new slab will not seal properly and the permit will not clear inspection. On a canal-front home in Seven Isles, our crew replaced a corroded rear French door with a PGT impact-rated unit carrying a Miami-Dade NOA after the original aluminum frame’s weep holes had sealed shut with salt crust, delaminating the glass along the bottom sash. We installed the new door with stainless hardware and marine-grade sealant, then documented the NOA and permit for the homeowner’s wind-mitigation inspection. When the frame is sound, we will tell you that too. Call (888) 635-0804 and we will measure it either way.
We Also Serve Cities Near Fort Lauderdale
Beyond our Fort Lauderdale door installation work, TruePane serves Plantation, Dania, Hollywood, and Margate. The code changes at the city line in South Florida. Homes in Plantation and Margate are outside the HVHZ, so the product approval requirements relax, but our standards do not. Call (888) 635-0804 for a free measure anywhere in the Fort Lauderdale metro.
Call TruePane for Door Installation in Fort Lauderdale
If you need a Fort Lauderdale door installed right, with the Miami-Dade paperwork in order and the permit closed out, call (888) 635-0804. We provide free in-home measures, written line-item quotes, and a fixed price with no change orders. A live person answers the phone 24 hours a day. We will be there when we say, and if the pane is not true, the job is not done.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Fort Lauderdale door installation with a Done Right Promise and The Keystone Standard.