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Replacing a door in Westgate is rarely just a door swap. It’s a wind-mitigation event, an insurance compliance fix, and a code upgrade all rolled into one opening. Our crews install impact-rated entry doors, storm doors, French doors, and Impact Garage Doors in Westgate throughout Westgate’s neighborhoods, and we scope every job against Palm Beach County’s Wind-Borne Debris Region rules before we quote. Call (561) 782-7525 for a free in-home measure and a written, line-item price. No guesses. No change orders.
Winslow Windows & Doors has been installing doors in South Florida since 2011. Ed Winslow’s name is on the business, and it’s on every job we do. When you call, a live person answers, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Not a call center. Not a voicemail loop.
Why Winslow Windows & Doors Is Westgate’s Preferred Door Installation Company
Westgate homeowners don’t need another contractor who shows up late, quotes vague numbers, and disappears after the check clears. They need someone who knows that a door on a 1960s CBS home off Haverhill Road is a different job than a door on a new build in Boynton Beach. That’s the work we do.
Our technicians are background-checked, uniformed, and familiar with the unincorporated Westgate pocket. We pull county permits, we document every installation for wind-mitigation inspectors, and we stand behind the work with the Done Right Promise. If it’s not done right, we make it right. That’s a lasting standard, and it’s not a marketing line. Ed built the company on it.
Customers in Westgate keep calling us for a reason. They know we answer at 2 a.m., that we show up when we say we will, and that our quotes are fixed once we scope the opening. Door Installation for us isn’t a side trade. It’s core work, done to Florida Building Code and backed by a published address and license number. No shell companies. No ticket numbers.
Our Door Installation Services in Westgate
Entry Doors
A proper entry door in Westgate does two jobs: it seals the home and it satisfies the insurance carrier. We install Therma-Tru entry doors with impact-rated glass and reinforced frames sized to the opening’s design pressure. Most Westgate homes we visit still have the original aluminum-skin door from the 1960s or 1970s, and that unit was never compliant with today’s wind codes.
Hurricane-Proof Front & Entry Doors
If you live anywhere in Westgate, you are inside Palm Beach County’s designated Wind-Borne Debris Region. That means your front door must either be impact-rated or protected by an approved hurricane shutter. We install impact-rated front doors from Therma-Tru and CGI, with laminated glass interlayers and Miami-Dade NOA approval. The door doesn’t just survive the storm. It stops the wind-driven debris that private inspectors photograph and flag during a wind-mitigation review.
French & Double Doors
French doors and double doors are beautiful and they are a liability in Westgate if the original unit is non-impact. We frequently replace older double-door assemblies on Westgate ranch homes with impact-rated units that hold design pressure across both leaves. The subfloor and header condition matter more than homeowners expect, especially on slab-on-grade CBS homes where decades of humidity have worked into the rough opening.
Replacement Doors
Replacing a worn or binding door because it’s ugly is straightforward. Replacing it because the insurer is threatening non-renewal is a different job. Our Door Installation crew scopes both versions the same way: we pull the old unit, inspect the jamb and rough opening, and then tell you exactly what code and your insurer will require before we touch a saw.
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 Westgate
We install and service doors from CGI, CWS, and Therma-Tru. These are impact-rated product lines we stock parts for locally, so a hardware failure or weatherstrip replacement doesn’t mean waiting three weeks for a part from a warehouse in another state. Ed Winslow is an authorized installer for eight premium brands, and when we quote a door, we quote the exact unit by model and product approval number, not a “comparable” slab you have to trust us on.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Westgate Homes
- Rotted jambs hidden inside the opening. On a 1970s concrete-block house off Haverhill Road, our crew pulled an original hollow-core aluminum entry door and found the jamb had rotted from years of humidity and salt-laden air drifting inland from Lake Worth Lagoon. We reframed the opening with pressure-treated lumber, set a Therma-Tru impact-rated door with laminated glass interlayer and Miami-Dade NOA approval, and flashed and sealed the rough opening to stop the air and water intrusion that had been driving the homeowner’s wind-mitigation inspection failures.
- Non-impact frames left behind. A homeowner or handyman replaces only the exterior door slab but leaves the original non-impact frame and jamb. The opening still fails a wind-mitigation inspection, and the insurer refuses the discount. We replace the entire assembly when the opening demands it.
- Unpermitted swaps that surface at sale. A contractor installs an impact-rated door without pulling a county permit. The homeowner tries to sell years later, and the open permit or unpermitted work shows up in the property records search. The deal dies. We pull county permits on every door job in Westgate.
- Storm doors hung wrong. A new storm door goes onto a Westgate home with an out-swing entry door, but the clearance and swing were never checked against the existing stoop and walkway. The storm door binds or gets caught by wind and tears its hinges. We measure swing and clearance before we order anything.
Pricing for Door Installation in Westgate, FL
An impact-rated entry door installed in Westgate typically runs $2,800 to $5,500, including the door unit, frame work, county permit, and sealed rough opening. A simple replacement door using a non-impact unit, where the frame is sound and the opening is already code-compliant, starts around $1,400 and goes up from there. Storm doors run $900 to $1,800 installed. French and double-door assemblies are pricier: $4,500 to $9,000 depending on opening size and design pressure. Call (561) 782-7525 for a written, line-item quote. Estimates are free, and the price we quote is the price you pay.
What Door Installation Costs in Westgate
As an unincorporated Palm Beach County community fully within the designated Wind-Borne Debris Region, every exterior opening in Westgate must meet impact-resistance or approved shutter standards under the Florida Building Code. That single fact drives pricing more than any other. A standard impact-door opening runs between $2,800 and $5,500. Large or custom openings, wide double doors, or units with high design-pressure ratings can push to $8,000 or more. The condition of the rough opening changes the number too. When we find rotted jambs or non-conforming framing, the fixed quote we give reflects the full scoped work, not a surprise add-on later.
What moves the price in Westgate specifically: your opening count, the wind zone and design pressure required for your address, the floor height above grade, and whether the masonry opening itself is square and undamaged. The only honest way to price a door is to measure it. That’s what we do during the free in-home measure, and you get a written quote before any work begins. No vague verbal numbers. No day-of-change orders.
Florida Pays You Back
Westgate homeowners can stack several incentives when they upgrade to impact-rated doors. The My Safe Florida Home program offers matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades, including impact-rated doors and Energy-Efficient Windows - Westgate, subject to program availability and eligibility. Florida also exempts impact-resistant windows and doors from state sales tax. At the federal level, the 25C energy credit covers 30% of the product cost on qualifying units, up to $600 per year. After a wind-mitigation inspection (typically $75 to $150 in Palm Beach County), many Westgate homeowners document windstorm-premium credits averaging around 25% on the windstorm portion of their policy. We never guarantee a rebate or a specific insurance discount. Your carrier and the program set those final numbers. We get the opening documented correctly so the credits you qualify for actually land.
We Also Serve Cities Near Westgate
Our door installation crews work throughout Westgate and the neighboring communities of Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, South Palm Beach, and Boynton Beach. Same team, same standards, same free estimate. If you’re a few minutes down Southern Boulevard or near the Palm Beach Mall area, we’re already in the neighborhood.
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
Yes, in most cases the county’s Building Division will treat a door replacement as a trigger for verifying the opening’s wind-borne debris compliance. In Westgate’s unincorporated pocket, permitting goes through the county rather than a city hall, and any new or altered exterior door on a slab-on-grade CBS home can pull a re-inspection of the entire opening. We scope that requirement before we quote so you don’t buy a door twice. Call (561) 782-7525 for an exact assessment of your opening.
You need a door unit with a Florida Product Approval number or Miami-Dade NOA, installed on a reinforced frame, with the installation documented by a licensed contractor who pulled the county permit. The insurer wants the product approval paperwork and a completed wind-mitigation inspection that shows the opening now meets WBDR design-pressure requirements. We provide the documentation package after every impact-door install in Westgate. Call (561) 782-7525 and we’ll walk you through exactly what your carrier is asking for.
No. Jalousie windows cannot be retrofitted to meet impact standards, and they generate zero wind-mitigation credit regardless of what you install next to them. A storm door on the entry does nothing for the jalousie opening. We’d quote you an impact-rated entry door plus our Custom & Geometric Windows in Westgate for that adjacent opening. That’s a common package in Westgate’s older homes. Call (561) 782-7525 for a free measure and price.
No. Unincorporated Westgate still falls under Palm Beach County’s Building Division, and county code requires a permit for exterior door replacements. Skipping the permit leaves you with unpermitted work that shows up in a property records search, and it will complicate a future sale. We pull the permit on every Westgate door job. It’s not optional, and we don’t treat it as such.
A large-missile rating means the door and glass were tested to withstand impact from a 9-pound 2×4 traveling at about 34 miles per hour, then survive repeated pressure cycling. Tempered glass shatters into small pieces on impact; it does not hold the envelope. In Westgate’s WBDR zone, your entry door must meet large-missile standards or be protected by an approved shutter. That’s not a preference. It’s the code and the insurance baseline.
Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors. Ed founded the company in 2011 and has spent every year since installing impact-rated doors and windows across Palm Beach County. His name is on every quote, every permit, and every job.
Call (561) 782-7525 today to schedule your free in-home door installation estimate in Westgate. A live person answers. Ed stands behind the work. The one down the road.
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.