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 Lake Worth Beach runs between $2,800 and $7,500 for most single entry doors, with storm-rated and custom historic-district work landing from $4,500 to $12,000 or more depending on opening condition and compliance requirements. That’s the honest range, and it reflects the reality of this city’s housing stock: pre-WWII bungalows, 1950s CBS construction, and salt-air corrosion that changes what a door job actually involves once we open the wall. Call (561) 782-7525 for a free in-home measure and a written quote with the permit path mapped out before you spend a dollar.
Our crews know Lake Worth Beach block by block, from the historic streets near the Lagoon to the Dixie Highway corridor jalousie homes. Ed Winslow’s name is on the door, and on every job we do here. When you call, a live person answers, 24/7. No voicemail loop, no call center, no “we’ll get back to you next business day.”
Why Winslow Windows & Doors Is Lake Worth Beach’s Preferred Door Installation Company
We’ve been installing and replacing doors in coastal Palm Beach County since 2011, and that matters here more than in almost any other city we serve. Lake Worth Beach’s housing stock throws curveballs: non-standard rough openings on 1920s Craftsman bungalows, corroded aluminum frames on 1960s CBS ranches, and preservation-board requirements that a national chain’s installers simply don’t prepare for. We do.
Every technician who arrives at your Lake Worth Beach home is background-checked and in uniform, so you know exactly who is at your door before the truck pulls up. Our customers in Lake Worth Beach consistently mention the same things in reviews: the estimator actually looked at the rough opening instead of measuring the old slab, the crew protected their floors, and the permit closed without drama. Ed Winslow owns the business and still takes service calls from this city personally.
When a door fails on a home here, the salt air is usually part of the story. We’ve pulled corroded hinges off doors in Lake Worth Beach that would have lasted another decade three miles inland. That local knowledge changes how we size hardware, what frame materials we recommend, and how we write the scope of work.
Our Door Installation Services in Lake Worth Beach
Every door we install in Lake Worth Beach gets measured against one standard: it has to survive this city’s wind zone, this city’s salt air, and this city’s building code. Here’s what that looks like by service line.
Entry Doors
A new entry door in Lake Worth Beach does more than change how the house looks from the street. It changes how the home performs during an August thunderstorm, how hard the AC works in July, and how quickly a rotted jamb turns into a framing repair. We install Therma-Tru fiberglass and steel entry doors with rot-resistant frames, composite thresholds, and weatherstripping rated for coastal exposure. For homes between Federal Highway and the Lagoon, we recommend stainless steel hinges and hardware as standard, not an upgrade. The salt air here pits standard hardware in under two years.
Hurricane-Proof Front & Entry Doors
Lake Worth Beach sits in Palm Beach County’s wind-borne debris region, which means a permitted front door replacement must meet impact-rated glazing or panel standards. We install PGT and CGI impact-rated entry doors with laminated glass interlayers and reinforced frame anchoring, all matched to the design pressure the opening requires. No generic box-store door meets this bar. We pull the permit, we pass the inspection, and we stand behind it with the Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, Ed Winslow makes it right. Period.
French & Double Doors
French doors facing the Lake Worth Lagoon are beautiful and brutalized by the environment. Salt air works into the astragal, wind-driven rain finds the sill, and within a few years the doors bind or leak. We install impact-rated French and double door systems from PGT and CGI with reinforced center posts, stainless hardware, and sill pans flashed to shed water away from the structure. On older Lake Worth Beach homes, we usually reframe the opening to true plumb before the new unit goes in. That’s the step most installers skip, and it’s why their doors stick a year after install.
Replacement Doors
Replacing a door in Lake Worth Beach is rarely a slab swap. What looks like a simple replacement often becomes a custom-sized opening, a repaired jamb, rotted framing cut out, and a masonry patch where an old jalousie door was mortared in. We write that into the scope before we start, with allowances in the contract and written approval before any surprise change order. You’ll know the real number before we touch the wall, not after.
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 Lake Worth Beach
We’re an authorized installer for eight premium brands, including PGT, CGI, CWS, and Therma-Tru. That authorization matters for two reasons in Lake Worth Beach. First, the warranty path is direct: the manufacturer honors what we install because we install it to spec. Second, we stock the local hardware and weatherseal components that corrode first in this salt-air environment, so a hardware replacement on a door we installed doesn’t mean waiting three weeks on a special order. If a brand your existing door came from isn’t on our authorized list, we’ll tell you up front and help you decide whether repair or replacement makes more sense.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Lake Worth Beach Homes
- Seized hardware from double-direction salt air. Homes between the Lagoon and the Atlantic get salt from both sides, and standard aluminum or zinc hardware pits and seizes within two to three years. We spec stainless or marine-grade hardware on every coastal door install.
- Jalousie doors mortared into openings. The 1940s to 1960s homes along Dixie Highway still have louvered doors and window frames set in mortar with no modern rough-opening equivalent. Every swap starts with a custom masonry patch and reframe before the new impact unit can be set.
- Non-standard rough openings on pre-WWII homes. The Craftsman bungalows near the historic district were framed for doors that haven’t been manufactured in 80 years. Stock units don’t fit, so every job becomes a custom sizing or framed infill. We measure the rough opening, not the old slab.
- Rotted jambs hidden behind trim. Lake Worth Beach’s humidity and wind-driven rain quietly rot the bottom six inches of door jambs on older homes. When we pull the trim, we find it, and we fix it before the new door goes in. That’s what “done right” means here.
Pricing for Door Installation in Lake Worth Beach, FL
A standard single entry door replacement in Lake Worth Beach runs $2,800 to $5,500 including install. Add impact-rated glazing and the range moves to $4,500 to $7,500 for a typical front entry. French or double door systems start around $6,000 and climb past $12,000 for larger openings with full impact ratings and reframing. Historic district work with preservation-board-approved profiles typically lands 15 to 30 percent above standard pricing because of custom muntin patterns and period-correct frame profiles. The range is wide because opening condition is the wildcard. A clean 1960s CBS opening is one thing. A rotted 1925 jamb with a jalousie door mortared in is another. We give you the real number in writing after a free in-home measure, and we don’t change it unless you approve the change in writing.
Call (561) 782-7525 to schedule your free estimate. No trip charge inside our home county.
What Door Installation Costs in Lake Worth Beach
You asked, so here are the anchors. Impact-rated front entry doors in Lake Worth Beach run from $4,500 to $7,500 installed. Large or custom openings with reframing land between $7,500 and $12,000. A whole-home door package covering a front entry, rear patio, and side garage entry typically starts at $12,000 and can exceed $20,000 once historic-district compliance and masonry repair are factored in. What moves the price here: opening count, wind zone (everything east of I-95 is in the debris region), floor height, frame material, and what we find when we open the wall. The free in-home measure and written quote is the only honest way to price a Lake Worth Beach door job. We’ll schedule yours at (561) 782-7525.
Florida Pays You Back
The incentive stack for a Lake Worth Beach homeowner replacing doors is real. My Safe Florida Home matching grants can cover up to $10,000 in qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades. Impact-resistant doors and windows are exempt from Florida sales tax. The federal 25C energy credit applies at 30 percent of product cost, up to $600 per year on qualifying units. And many windstorm carriers credit around 25 percent off the windstorm premium once a wind-mitigation inspection documents the upgrades, which typically costs $75 to $150. We don’t promise a specific number from your carrier because we can’t, but we do help you document everything properly so the credits and exemptions actually process.
One more thing worth thinking through. Impact-rated doors and windows beat storm shutters for most Lake Worth Beach homeowners because the protection is permanent. There’s no panel to find, no track to corrode, no 45 minutes of setup when a watch turns into a warning. You lock the door and the protection is already there.
We Also Serve Cities Near Lake Worth Beach
Our crews cover the full coastal corridor. If you’re in Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, South Palm Beach, or Boynton Beach, we handle Door Installation there with the same coastal expertise we bring to Door Installation in Lake Worth Beach. Same live 24/7 phone, same warranty, same Ed Winslow standing behind it.
Serving Lake Worth Beach, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Lake Worth 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 Lake Worth Beach
Yes. Lake Worth Beach’s historic district sits inside Palm Beach County’s wind-borne debris region, so any permitted door replacement must meet impact-rated glazing standards. At the same time, the city’s preservation guidelines restrict non-period frame profiles and muntin patterns visible from the street. You need both approvals, and they sometimes pull against each other. We handle the dual path: impact-rated glass in a frame and muntin pattern the preservation board will sign off on. Call (561) 782-7525 and we’ll explain exactly how your specific house fits.
Salt air from both the Lake Worth Lagoon and the Atlantic batters aluminum frames from two directions simultaneously, causing pitting and seized hardware years faster than inland Palm Beach County sees. Once a frame is pitted through the anodized layer, frame-only repair isn’t possible, which forces a full tear-out-and-replace scope even on relatively young units. We spec marine-grade hardware and impact-rated frames built for this specific exposure.
We usually find the jalousie frame mortared directly into the masonry opening with no standard rough opening behind it, which means a custom masonry patch and reframe before any new impact unit can be set. We also find whatever’s behind the stucco: undersized framing, old wiring, failed flashing. That’s why we write allowances into the contract and get written approval before any surprise scope change. Call (561) 782-7525 for an honest look.
Yes, an impact-rated front door with a laminated glass interlayer and proper weatherseal reduces air leakage and blocks solar heat gain, which cuts cooling load during Lake Worth Beach’s long, humid summers. The federal 25C energy credit applies to qualifying door units at 30 percent of product cost up to $600 per year. The savings are real, and the windstorm premium credits add another layer of payback.
Yes, any structural door replacement in Lake Worth Beach requires a permit, and the permit triggers current code requirements for wind rating, anchoring, and flashing. On older homes, opening the wall often reveals outdated wiring, undersized framing, or failed waterproofing that the inspector will flag. We pull the permit, schedule the inspection, and walk you through what the inspector will look at, so you know before the wall opens what’s likely coming. Estimates are free at (561) 782-7525.
Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, serving Lake Worth 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.