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Door installation in Lantana isn’t a commodity job, and if you’ve lived near the Intracoastal for more than a few summers, you already know why. Salt air from the Lake Worth Lagoon hits your front door from one side while Atlantic ocean breeze hits it from the other. The result is door hardware and frames that corrode years faster than they would even two miles inland. We’re Winslow Windows & Doors, and we’ve been replacing doors in Palm Beach County’s coastal towns long enough to know exactly which materials survive Lantana’s brackish air and which ones will send you back to the supply house in three years. Call (561) 782-7525 for a free in-home measure and a written line-item quote for your Lantana door project.
Why Winslow Windows & Doors Is Lantana’s Preferred Door Installation Company
Ed Winslow founded this company in 2011, and his name is on the door, on the trucks, and on every work order we write in Lantana. We’re an owner-operated shop, not a faceless chain that sells a ticket number and hopes a subcontractor shows up. When Lantana homeowners call us about a sagging entry door or a rotted jamb behind the stucco, they talk to a live person who answers the phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. No voicemail loops, no call centers. That matters at 8 p.m. on a Sunday when a storm is pushing wind-driven rain through the latch side of your door and you need someone who actually knows Lantana’s housing stock.
Our crews work in Lantana regularly. We know the CBS homes built along West Pine Street, Hypoluxo Road, and the streets east of Dixie Highway. We’ve pulled permits in this town. We know the wind-borne debris zone requirements that apply to every replacement door here, and we don’t cut corners on Florida Product Approval documentation. Our technicians are background-checked and arrive in uniform, so you know exactly who’s at your door before you open it.
Our Door Installation Services in Lantana
We install entry doors, storm doors, French doors, and full replacement door systems throughout Lantana, from the lagoon-side streets near the Lantana Nature Preserve to the neighborhoods off Lantana Road and beyond, and we also craft Lantana Custom & Geometric Windows for distinctive homes. Every job starts with a free in-home measure and a written quote, and every installation carries Ed’s Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, we make it right. Period. Here’s a closer look at what we do.
Entry Doors
A front entry door in Lantana does double duty: it’s your home’s first impression and its first line of defense against wind-driven rain and salt spray. We install fiberglass and steel entry doors with marine-grade frames, stainless steel hinges, and hot-dip galvanized hardware that won’t corrode the way standard hardware does in this double-salt environment. Our Door Installation team handles the full scope, from engineered framing repairs to final hardware and weatherstripping.
Hurricane-Proof Front & Entry Doors
Palm Beach County’s wind-borne debris region designation means impact-rated protection isn’t optional when you replace an entry door in Lantana. We install impact-rated doors with laminated glass that carries Miami-Dade NOA approval and design pressures matched to the specific opening. Brand options include PGT and CGI configurations that have been tested for exactly the wind and debris loads Lantana sees. If your current door has a decorative glass insert with no impact rating, code compliance alone will force an upgrade.
French & Double Doors
French doors facing the lagoon or the ocean breeze take a beating here. We replace rotted jambs, re-anchor frames to the concrete block, and install impact-rated French door systems that actually close square and seal tight. In Lantana’s CBS homes, the original double-door openings from the 1950s and 60s frequently lack proper header support, so we reinforce as part of the install rather than hiding the problem.
Replacement Doors
When an old door has failed, we replace it properly: full frame replacement, not just a slab swap that leaves the corroded jamb in place. Many Lantana homes still have original 1970s aluminum doors whose thresholds have oxidized through, and jalousie-era houses often hide rotted wood jambs behind stucco that surrender under wind load. Our replacement door process includes tearing out the old frame, inspecting the rough opening, and installing a new impact-rated unit anchored to meet current Florida Building Code.
Storm & Exterior Doors
A storm door in Lantana has to handle daily salt exposure plus hurricane season. We install storm doors with marine-grade finishes, stainless hardware, and weatherstripping formulated for brackish humidity. Cheap inland-spec weatherstripping turns brittle within two summers here and lets wind-driven rain blow through the latch side. We specify against that failure from the first quote.
What happens when you call
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Lantana
Winslow Windows & Doors is an authorized installer for eight premium brands, and for Lantana’s salt-air conditions we regularly recommend Therma-Tru fiberglass doors, Impact Garage Doors - Lantana configurations from PGT, and CGI systems where the wind zone and design pressures call for heavier ratings. We stock the fasteners, thresholds, and hardware these brands specify for coastal exposure, and because we’re local to South Florida, we can get parts and replacement components to Lantana jobs faster than national retailers who route everything through a distribution center in another state. We also provide free second opinions on any written estimate you’ve received, so if you’re comparing door packages, bring us the other guy’s quote and we’ll walk through it line by line.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Lantana Homes
- Corroded aluminum thresholds and hinges. Salt air from the lagoon and ocean eats standard aluminum door hardware in two to three years. We see thresholds oxidized through, hinges pitted, and doors sagging so badly they won’t latch.
- Rotting wood jambs hidden behind stucco. CBS homes from the 1950s and 60s often have original wood door jambs that were never impact-anchored. Brackish humidity wicks into the wood, and by the time the door sticks or the frame flexes, the jamb is gone.
- Brittle inland-spec weatherstripping. Standard weatherstripping can’t handle Lantana’s brackish humidity. It hardens, cracks, and lets wind-driven rain through the latch side of the door during summer storms.
- Non-impact glazing on original doors. Many older Lantana doors have single-pane or decorative glass inserts with no impact rating. Palm Beach County’s wind-borne debris zone requires impact-rated replacement, so these doors trip code compliance the moment you pull a permit.
Pricing for Door Installation in Lantana, FL
Entry door replacement in Lantana typically runs $1,800 to $4,500 installed, depending on the slab material, impact glazing, and frame condition. Hurricane-rated entry doors with laminated glass inserts start around $3,500 and can reach $7,000 for custom configurations with design pressures matched to a large opening. French door replacements run $4,000 to $9,000, and storm door installations typically fall between $900 and $2,200. A jalousie-era CBS home with a rotted jamb and non-impact glazing sits at the higher end of every range, because the frame work and code compliance both climb. We give you a written line-item quote before work starts, with no change orders and no surprises. Call (561) 782-7525 to schedule a free in-home measure in Lantana.
What Door Installation Costs in Lantana
For a typical Lantana entry door replacement on a CBS home, plan on $2,800 to $4,800 installed with an impact-rated fiberglass door and stainless hardware. That includes tear-out of the old frame, inspection and repair of the rough opening, new weatherstripping, and code-compliant anchoring. If you’re moving from a standard door to a hurricane-proof system with Miami-Dade NOA laminated glass, the product itself pushes the total into the $4,000 to $6,500 range for a single door. Whole-home door packages, including a front entry, rear door, and side door, run $8,000 to $18,000 depending on how many openings need impact ratings.
What moves the price in Lantana specifically: the wind zone designation for your street, the height of the opening above grade, the panel configuration and design pressure rating, and whether your existing frame is salvageable. Corroded frames are never salvageable here. Free in-home measure and written quote included. Call us at (561) 782-7525.
Florida Pays You Back
Florida and the federal government offer real money back on impact-rated door and Energy-Efficient Windows - Lantana upgrades, and in Lantana, where code compliance often forces the impact-rated choice, these programs soften the cost. My Safe Florida Home has matched grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades, though funding windows open and close, so check current availability. Florida also exempts impact-resistant windows and doors from sales tax, and the federal 25C energy credit can return up to $600 per year on qualifying units. After a wind-mitigation inspection, which typically costs $75 to $150 in Palm Beach County, many Lantana homeowners see windstorm-premium credits averaging around 25% on the windstorm portion of their policy. We don’t guarantee any of these numbers, the state and the carriers set the final figures, but we’ll point you to the right documentation for every door we install.
One more thing worth knowing before you shop: impact-rated doors are permanent protection. Shutters need panels hung and hardware maintained, and if nobody’s home when the storm comes, the shutters sit in the garage. A Miami-Dade NOA rated door is already doing its job, no installation required beyond the day we put it in.
We Also Serve Cities Near Lantana
Our crews handle Door Installation in Lantana and the surrounding coastal corridor regularly, including Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, South Palm Beach, and Boynton Beach. The same live 24/7 phone answer, same written quotes, and same Done Right Promise apply wherever we work.
Serving Lantana, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Lantana 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 Lantana
Aluminum door frames fail faster in Lantana because the town sits in a double-salt zone: the Intracoastal Waterway to the west and the Atlantic Ocean less than a mile east means salt-laden air attacks door thresholds and hinges from both directions, corroding non-marine aluminum in two to three years. Greenacres sits inland, away from that constant brackish exposure. That’s why we specify stainless steel hinges, hot-dip galvanized threshold screws, and marine-grade frame finishes on every Lantana install. Call (561) 782-7525 for an exact quote on your door replacement.
An impact-rated entry door is required by code in Lantana when the door is being replaced, because the entire town falls within Palm Beach County’s wind-borne debris region, which mandates impact-rated protection on all replacement windows and doors. It’s not a suggestion or an upsell, it’s a legal requirement that any permit will enforce. Our Door Installation team matches every opening to its design pressure rating and Florida Product Approval documentation so there’s no inspection surprise. For a free in-home measure, call (561) 782-7525.
A hurricane-proof door in Lantana typically costs $1,200 to $2,500 more than an inland-spec door of the same size, because impact-rated laminated glass, Miami-Dade NOA testing, heavier frame construction, and marine-grade hardware all add real cost. The inland-spec door also won’t pass permit inspection here, so you’d pay for it twice. The long-term math favors the impact-rated door, especially when windstorm-premium credits and sales-tax exemption are factored in. For a written line-item quote, call (561) 782-7525.
Fiberglass entry doors hold up best against Lantana’s brackish moisture and salt spray, because fiberglass doesn’t absorb moisture, doesn’t corrode, and doesn’t warp the way steel or wood doors do in a double-salt environment. We pair fiberglass slabs with stainless steel hinges, hot-dip galvanized threshold screws, and marine-grade weatherstripping. On West Pine Street, we replaced a corroded 1970s aluminum entry door where the jamb had rotted through from salt air and the original non-impact glazing couldn’t meet Florida Product Approval. We installed a Therma-Tru fiberglass door with stainless steel hinges, a Miami-Dade NOA impact-rated laminated glass insert, and hot-dip galvanized threshold screws, sealing the jamb with marine-grade adhesive to stop the brackish moisture wicking that killed the first frame. Call (561) 782-7525 for a free in-home measure.
You don’t have to replace your entry door at the same time as jalousie windows, but if you’re pulling a permit for any renovation in Lantana, the jalousie windows themselves will likely trip code compliance since they can’t be retrofitted to meet impact standards, and any door you replace during that project must meet the same impact requirements. The two projects often consolidate because the permit process is easier when the scope covers all non-compliant openings at once. We’ll walk you through what triggers what during a free estimate. Call (561) 782-7525 to schedule one.
Call Winslow Windows & Doors for Door Installation in Lantana
If your Lantana door is sagging, corroding, leaking, or just plain old, get a free in-home measure and a written quote from a company that knows this town’s housing stock and this town’s salt air. We’re the one down the road. Call (561) 782-7525 today or any hour, 24/7, and a live person will pick up.
Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, serving Lantana 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.