Free in-home measure and quote - PGT, CGI and CWS impact lines compared on your actual openings, style by style
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Door installation in West Palm Beach means working with wind-load codes, salt air, and, in neighborhoods like El Cid and Flamingo Park, a Historic Preservation Board that checks every sight-line. A front door here isn’t just a door. It’s a structural opening that has to hold up to 150-165 mph design wind speeds and look right on a 1920s Mediterranean Revival home. We’ve been doing this work since 2011. Call (561) 782-7525 and you’ll reach a live person, not a call center.
Winslow Windows & Doors installs entry doors, hurricane-rated front doors, French and double doors, and storm doors across West Palm Beach. Ed Winslow owns the company and his name is on every job. That’s the difference. We’re the one down the road.
Why Winslow Windows & Doors Is West Palm Beach’s Preferred Door Installation Company
We’re not a national chain with a toll-free number. We’re a locally owned Door Installation company with a published address and license number, run by an owner who answers for the work. West Palm Beach homeowners call us because a real person picks up the phone at 2 a.m., and because the crew that shows up is background-checked and in uniform. You know who’s at your door before the truck parks.
Our reputation in West Palm Beach is built on the unusual stuff: the jobs where we opened a wall and found something no one expected, then handled it without drama or an inflated change order. The Done Right Promise backs every install. If it’s not done right, we make it right. That’s a lasting standard, and it’s Ed’s word, not a fine-print hedge.
Homeowners from El Cid, Flamingo Park, Southland Park, and the CBS ranch neighborhoods east of I-95 call us specifically because we understand what their houses demand. We stock local parts and schedule around West Palm Beach permitting timelines. Same crews, same accountability, every job.
Our Door Installation Services in West Palm Beach
Entry Doors
A new entry door on an older West Palm Beach home often means reframing a masonry opening that hasn’t been touched since the Eisenhower administration. We handle the full scope: removing the old unit, inspecting the rough opening and header, repairing or rebuilding the jamb, and hanging the new door so it seals tight against South Florida humidity and wind-driven rain. Most entry door installations in West Palm Beach run $1,200 to $4,500 depending on frame material, glass package, and whether the opening needs structural repair. Free in-home measure and a written quote, always.
Hurricane-Proof Front & Entry Doors
If your home sits within roughly 3,000 feet of the Lake Worth Lagoon or the Atlantic, corrosion-resistant hardware is not optional. It’s code. We install impact-rated front doors from PGT, CGI, and CWS with laminated glass and hardware rated for the salt-air zone that runs through much of central and eastern West Palm Beach. A hurricane-rated entry system typically runs $2,800 to $6,500 installed, including Florida Product Approval documentation and the design-pressure match for your opening. That certification is what your windstorm insurance credit hinges on.
French & Double Doors
French doors in West Palm Beach have to do two jobs: look like the original proportion on a Mission-style home and hold a design pressure load during a Cat 3. That’s a hard combination. Sourcing impact-rated French doors with narrow stiles and true divided lite options that satisfy the Historic Preservation Board means skipping the commodity vinyl units entirely. Expect $4,000 to $9,000 for a properly flashed, impact-rated double door including sill pan, jamb rebuild, and hardware. It’s not a big-box install, and it shouldn’t be.
Replacement Doors
Many 1950s-1970s CBS ranch homes in West Palm Beach still have original jalousie doors or single-pane aluminum sliders. Replacing those with a modern impact door changes the house: lower cooling bills, real security, and a door that doesn’t rattle in August thunderstorms. Replacement door installation runs $1,800 to $5,500 depending on the opening, the header condition, and the product line. We pull the permit, pass the inspection, and stand behind the work.
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 West Palm Beach
Winslow is an authorized installer for PGT, CGI, CWS, ES Windows, and several other premium lines. We stock gaskets, rollers, and phosphate-coated hinge sets for West Palm Beach jobs, so we’re not waiting on a supply house in Tampa when your jamb needs a part that afternoon. The brands we install are Florida Product Approved and configured to meet Palm Beach County’s wind-load requirements for your specific address and exposure category.
What Door Installation Costs in West Palm Beach
Here’s what we tell every West Palm Beach homeowner who calls: the door slab is a fraction of the job. The real cost lives in the opening. A standard impact single-hung may run $900 to $1,800 per unit installed; a large or custom entry opening with jamb rebuild and masonry repair runs $2,500 to $5,000; a whole-home package on a 1950s CBS ranch with six to eight openings lands between $8,000 and $25,000. What moves the price in West Palm Beach: the number of openings, the wind zone designation for your address, whether you’re on the ground floor or an upper story, and whether the frame material must be aluminum or steel to pass a historic review.
We never give a number without looking at the opening. Estimates are free, in-home, and written. Call (561) 782-7525 to schedule yours.
The West Palm Beach Historic District Problem
West Palm Beach sits outside Miami-Dade and Broward’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, but it’s still bound by Palm Beach County’s wind-load requirements. Doors must carry Florida Product Approval. They do not need to meet the stricter HVHZ protocols. So far, so simple. Then you go to pull a permit in Flamingo Park or El Cid and discover you need two approvals: the City of West Palm Beach Historic Preservation Board and the Palm Beach County Building Division. The Board reviews the door’s sight-lines against the original 1920s-1940s profiles. A contractor-grade vinyl impact door gets rejected. You need aluminum or steel with specific stile widths, panel proportions, and hardware finishes that match the original. That’s a dual-compliance hurdle unique to West Palm Beach. Most door companies don’t want to touch it. We do it regularly.
In Flamingo Park, we removed a 1940s original steel entry door from a Mediterranean Revival CBS home and found the masonry jamb had crumbled behind failed caulk, allowing salt-air moisture to rot the original wood buck. Our crew rebuilt the opening with pressure-treated lumber, installed a custom PGT aluminum impact door with a laminated glass interlayer and corrosion-resistant hardware rated for the 3,000-foot salt-air zone, then flashed the sill to meet current design pressure requirements, all while matching the original door’s sight-lines for the Historic Preservation Board. The homeowner received one invoice, the Board signed off on the first submission, and the door won’t move in a hurricane. That’s how the dual-compliance problem gets solved: inspect first, budget for what the wall will reveal, and source products that satisfy both code and history.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in West Palm Beach Homes
The older the home, the more the opening wants to fight you. Here’s what actually shows up on West Palm Beach jobs:
- Undersized or rusted headers on 1950s CBS ranch homes. The original header was sized for a jalousie door with no impact load. Cut the jamb, find the header failing, and now you’ve got a structural repair. Skipping the pre-install inspection is how surprise change orders happen. We inspect before we quote.
- Contractor-grade vinyl doors rejected in historic districts. In El Cid and Flamingo Park, vinyl sight-lines don’t match the original steel casement profiles. The Board rejects the submission, the permit stalls, and the homeowner waits weeks. We spec aluminum or steel from the start.
- Salt-air corrosion on hardware within 3,000 feet of the Lake Worth Lagoon. Standard hinge sets pit and seize within two hurricane seasons. We install corrosion-resistant hardware rated for the coastal zone, and we won’t substitute a cheaper set to close a sale.
- Failed sill flashing on masonry openings. The original sill leaked for decades and the homeowner never saw it until the door came out. We rebuild and flash the sill with modern pan systems that move water out, not into the wall.
Florida Pays You Back
The incentive stack is real, and it changes the math. The My Safe Florida Home program offers matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades, and many West Palm Beach homeowners qualify. Florida exempts the sales tax on impact-resistant windows and doors. The federal 25C energy credit covers 30% of product cost on qualifying units, up to $600 per year. And after a wind-mitigation inspection, which runs $75 to $150, windstorm-premium credits often average around 25% on the windstorm portion of the policy. Carriers set the final numbers, and programs have terms, but these credits are available for the door work we do in West Palm Beach.
One comparison worth making before you spend: impact doors versus hurricane shutters. Shutters are cheaper upfront, but you have to hang them before every storm and store them the rest of the year. An impact-rated door protects permanently, with no panels to drag out of a shed at midnight when the track shifts west. Most West Palm Beach homeowners replace doors first, then circle back for windows.
Pricing for Door Installation in West Palm Beach, FL
A typical front entry door replacement in West Palm Beach runs $2,000 to $5,500 installed, including the door, frame work, hardware, flashing, and permit. Hurricane-rated entry doors start around $2,800 and reach $6,500 for custom aluminum or steel configurations with impact glass. French or double doors run $4,000 to $9,000, and a single storm door typically lands at $800 to $1,600. If the opening is in a historic district, budget for the custom sight-line product and the two-approval process; that adds 2 to 4 weeks, not necessarily a material cost jump, but it eliminates the cheap vinyl route entirely. We always provide a written, line-item quote before work starts, and we honor the number. Standing discounts apply: $40 off any repair over $200, a free second opinion on any written estimate, no trip charge inside our home county, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans.
We Also Serve Cities Near West Palm Beach
We work throughout Palm Beach County and beyond. If you’re in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Greenacres, Royal Palm Beach, or Boynton Beach and need a door installed properly, the same crew and the same standards apply. One phone number, one owner, one promise.
Serving West Palm Beach, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the West Palm 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 West Palm Beach
Yes. A door replacement on a contributing structure in El Cid requires sign-off from the City of West Palm Beach Historic Preservation Board and the Palm Beach County Building Division. The Board checks sight-lines, materials, and hardware against the original profile. We prepare the submittal package so your permit doesn’t die in review. Call (561) 782-7525 and we’ll walk you through the scope before you spend a dollar.
Yes. Palm Beach County’s design wind speeds of approximately 150-165 mph make impact-rated glazing effectively mandatory on any permit-pulled replacement. Your door must carry Florida Product Approval and a design-pressure rating matched to your specific opening. We source PGT, CGI, and CWS configurations that satisfy the wind zone for your address.
Because the original header was sized for a lightweight jalousie door, and the rough opening hasn’t been inspected since the house was built. Once the jamb is cut, hidden rust, undersized framing, and failed flashing come to light. We inspect the opening before quoting, write an allowance into the contract for the likely repair, and get your written approval before any surprise work proceeds. No stop-work orders. No surprise invoices.
Within roughly 3,000 feet of the mean high-water line along the Lake Worth Lagoon or the Atlantic, the Florida Building Code’s salt-air corrosion zone applies. That includes much of eastern and central West Palm Beach. We install corrosion-resistant hinges, threshold, and strike hardware rated for that exposure. Cheap hardware pits within two seasons, and the manufacturer’s wind warranty won’t cover a failure caused by corroded hardware.
Yes. Jalousie doors leak air constantly, and your HVAC system works against that humidity every day. A modern impact door with insulated glass and proper weatherstripping seals the envelope, and you’ll notice the indoor humidity drop within the first week. The energy savings are real, but the bigger win is the windstorm premium credit after your mitigation inspection. Free estimate at (561) 782-7525.
Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, serving West Palm Beach since 2011.
Six Reasons Homeowners Choose Winslow Windows & Doors
Impact systems engineered to design pressures up to +/-100, matched to your wind zone - your openings hold when the storm arrives.
Low-E insulated impact glass from our manufacturer lines commonly cuts monthly cooling bills 20-30%.
Laminated impact glass shuts out up to 40% of outside noise - traffic, neighbors, weather.
Monitoring services run $30-90 a month. Laminated impact glass resists forced entry around the clock, with no subscription.
Florida homeowners average around 25% savings on the windstorm portion of their policy after protecting every opening - some homes qualify for more.
A full impact package upgrades curb appeal, buyer confidence and appraised value in one project.