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Fast, Reliable Door Installation Across North Palm Beach
Door installation in North Palm Beach is not a one-size-fits-all job. It means matching a new entry door or French double to a mid-century CBS ranch three blocks off the Intracoastal, then making sure it passes Palm Beach County’s coastal wind-load and impact-glazing inspection. We’ve done that work here for years, from Lighthouse Drive down to the canal grids off Prosperity Farms Road. Call (561) 831-7863 and a live person answers, day or night, ready to schedule a free in-home measure and a written line-item quote.
Why Winslow Windows & Doors Is North Palm Beach’s Preferred Door Installation Company
Ed Winslow founded this company in 2011 as an owner-operated outfit, and his name is still on the door and on every job we do. That matters in North Palm Beach, where a lot of the work is correcting what decades of salt air and bad original installations left behind. We answer our own phone, we show up in uniform, and we’ve been background-checked before we ever knock on your door.
The village’s housing stock is unusually uniform: single-story concrete block stucco ranches built between the late 1950s and early 1980s. That means we see the same failing products over and over. Corroded Wausau and early Caradco aluminum sliders. Hollow-core entry doors that predate post-Andrew impact code. When North Palm Beach homeowners call us, they’re not asking for a generic replacement. They’re asking whether the opening itself can be saved. Most of the time, with proper block repair and a marine-grade anchor package, it can.
Every quote we write for a North Palm Beach door installation includes an allowance for hidden substrate repair. We learned to do that the honest way: by opening walls on canal-front lots and finding sill-to-block corrosion that looked fine from the street. We’d rather price it in up front than surprise you halfway through the job. That’s the difference between an owner-operated local crew and a national chain that never pulled a permit in this village.
Our Door Installation Services in North Palm Beach
Hurricane-Proof Front & Entry Doors
A permitted door change-out in North Palm Beach’s coastal wind zone has to meet impact-glazing requirements under the Florida Building Code, full stop. That means a large-missile rated product, not a decorative steel door from a big-box shelf. We install impact-rated entry doors from PGT and other authorized brands, matched to the design pressure your specific opening requires. The inspector wants to see the Florida Product Approval paperwork. So do you, because that paperwork is what your insurer looks at when you ask for a windstorm premium credit.

French & Double Doors
French doors on a North Palm Beach waterfront ranch are beautiful and brutal. Two leaves, two sills, twice the opportunity for salt-driven water intrusion. The original double doors on a lot of these 1960s and 70s homes were hollow-core wood with louvered inserts, which fail wind-load deflection tests during permit inspections. We replace them with genuine impact-rated French and double door assemblies, with marine-grade hardware that will not seize after five years of salt spray off Lake Worth Lagoon.

Storm & Exterior Doors
An exterior door in North Palm Beach has to do two jobs at once: keep the weather out and take the hurricane hit. A storm door alone is not a substitute for a code-compliant impact exterior door. What we install is the primary rated assembly, and in many cases a properly anchored storm door behind it for cross-ventilation and insect control. Salt-air durability on the closer, the hinges, and the threshold is non-negotiable here. We use marine-grade components as the default.

Replacement Doors
When an original North Palm Beach door frame has corroded at the sill-to-block interface, a simple swap is not possible. The block has to be repaired and re-anchored before the new unit goes in. That’s exactly the kind of replacement work we do all over the village, from the waterfront pockets to the interior streets off Anchorage Drive. We treat hidden substrate repair as a priced line item, not a change order.

What happens when you call
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in North Palm Beach
We’re an authorized installer for CGI, CWS, and Therma-Tru, among eight premium brands we carry. For North Palm Beach specifically, we stock the configurations that come up constantly on mid-century CBS homes: impact-rated entry doors, French door sets sized for the original rough openings, and hardware packages rated for salt-air exposure. Because we work in this village every week, we know which manufacturer documents the local building department wants to see and which ones tend to slow a permit down. That knowledge speeds your job up.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in North Palm Beach Homes
- Hidden sill-to-block corrosion. Decades of tidal humidity wick through failed weep holes and eat the aluminum frame where it meets the block. The door looks fine from the street, but it’s barely anchored. We find this on canal-front properties regularly, and our quotes always include an allowance for block repair.
- Pre-Andrew door assemblies. A lot of North Palm Beach’s original hollow-core and louvered doors were never engineered for wind-load deflection. They fail the permit inspection the minute a new opening is tested. The fix is a full tear-out and a compliant impact-rated replacement.
- Seized marine hardware. Salt-spray deposition on standard hardware causes pitting and seizure within five to seven years here. Marine-grade hinges, closers, and thresholds are not an upgrade in North Palm Beach; they’re the baseline.
- Sealant failure at the stucco interface. The same salt that eats aluminum also destroys standard sealant adhesion. We saw this on a 1960s CBS ranch off Lighthouse Drive, where a corroded slider had to come out before a new PGT impact-rated entry door could be anchored properly. The weep holes had been wicking moisture for decades.
What Door Installation Costs in North Palm Beach
For a standard entry door replacement with an impact-rated unit, North Palm Beach homeowners typically pay $1,800 to $4,200 installed, depending on opening size and whether the frame can be saved. A French or double door set runs $4,500 to $9,000 when you factor in the two-leaf assembly and the substrate repair that canal-front lots almost always need. A basic storm or exterior door replacement lands between $900 and $2,200. These are installed prices, including permit-ready documentation, not just the unit cost.
What moves the number in North Palm Beach is rarely the door itself. It’s the wind zone, the condition of the block behind the stucco, and the distance from the Intracoastal. A home on a salt-water canal will almost always need block repair before the new unit goes in. A home on the interior of the village, off Country Club Drive, might not. We tell you which one you have before you sign anything. The measure and the written quote are free, and that quote is line-item, so you can see exactly what you’re paying for. Call (561) 831-7863 to set it up.
Pricing for Door Installation in North Palm Beach, FL
Here are the ranges we quote most often in the village. Every one includes the permit documentation and the inspection-ready paperwork, because a door without that is a gamble, not a door.
- Impact-rated entry door, standard opening: $1,800 – $3,500 installed
- Impact-rated entry door with block repair at the sill: $3,200 – $4,200 installed
- Impact-rated French or double door set: $4,500 – $9,000 installed
- Storm or exterior replacement door: $900 – $2,200 installed
We never give a number over the phone without looking at the opening, because the condition of the framing is the wild card in North Palm Beach. The free in-home measure gets you an exact written quote, with no charge for the visit inside our home county and a free second opinion on any written estimate.
Florida Pays You Back
There’s a real incentive stack for doing this work correctly in North Palm Beach. The My Safe Florida Home program offers matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades, and impact-rated doors can qualify. Florida also exempts impact-resistant windows and doors from sales tax. On the federal side, the 25C energy credit can return 30% of the product cost, up to $600 per year, on qualifying units. After a wind-mitigation inspection ($75 to $150), many North Palm Beach homeowners see windstorm premium credits averaging around 25% on the wind portion of their policy. Each carrier sets its own numbers, and we never guarantee a premium outcome, but the documentation we provide is exactly what insurers ask to see.
A quick note on ratings, because the terminology matters. Design pressure is a PSF rating, never above +/-100, and we match the rating to the specific opening, not the wind speed. North Palm Beach’s wind zone means large-missile impact glazing is the requirement for any permitted door change-out. The units we install carry Miami-Dade NOA or Florida Product Approval numbers per configuration. A cheap quote that skips that paperwork is not cheaper. It’s just incomplete.
One more comparison worth making: impact-rated doors versus hurricane shutters. Shutters only work when someone is home to hang them, and they do nothing for the daily salt-air intrusion that rots a North Palm Beach door frame from the inside. A properly installed impact door is always on. No panels, no warnings, no 2 a.m. scramble in the wind. Our team handles the full Door Installation scope, and for homeowners across Door Installation in North Palm Beach, the permanent solution is usually the right one.
We Also Serve Cities Near North Palm Beach
Our crews work North Palm Beach every week, and we also cover Palm Beach Gardens, Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, and Jupiter. If you’re right on the edge of the village, call and we’ll confirm whether you’re inside our home county service area for the no-trip-charge benefit. The dispatch and scheduling are coordinated from our South Florida office, and the crews on the ground are local to this stretch of the coast.
Serving North Palm Beach, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the North 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 North Palm Beach
In North Palm Beach’s wind zone, any permitted door change-out must meet large-missile impact-glazing requirements under the Florida Building Code. The specific design pressure, always a PSF rating never above +/-100, is calculated per opening based on wind speed, exposure, and building height. We match the product to the opening and include the Florida Product Approval or Miami-Dade NOA documentation your inspector will ask for. Call (561) 831-7863 and we’ll explain what your specific house needs.
You usually can’t tell from the outside, which is why our quotes on canal-front and waterfront properties include an allowance for hidden sill-to-block corrosion from the start. The telltale signs are tight operation, pitting near the weep holes, or visible oxidation where the frame meets the block. We also look at the age of the hardware and the condition of the sealant behind the stucco. The in-home measure is free, and we’ll tell you what we’d expect to find before we ever open the wall. Call (561) 831-7863 to schedule a measure.
Many North Palm Beach homeowners see a windstorm premium credit after a wind-mitigation inspection confirms compliant impact-rated openings, with credits averaging around 25% on the wind portion of the policy. The credit is set by your carrier, not by us, and it depends on the inspection results and your policy structure. What we provide is the complete permit documentation and product approval paperwork that insurers require before they’ll apply any credit. Schedule a free estimate at (561) 831-7863 and we’ll walk you through exactly what your file should contain.
A compliant quote includes the permit documentation, the Florida Product Approval or Miami-Dade NOA numbers for the exact unit, an allowance for block repair at the sill, marine-grade hardware, and the inspection-ready paperwork. A cheap quote often prices a bare unit swap with no substrate repair and no permit, which means the job will not pass a Village of North Palm Beach inspection and your insurer will not recognize the upgrade. Compare line items, not just bottom lines. We’ll give you a free second opinion on any written estimate. Call (561) 831-7863.
We install impact-rated doors from CGI, CWS, and Therma-Tru, three of the eight premium brands we’re authorized for. These manufacturers produce large-missile rated units with Florida Product Approval documentation that satisfies North Palm Beach’s coastal exposure zone. We pair the door with marine-grade hardware as the default in this village, because salt-air seizing of standard closer arms and hinges is a five-to-seven-year certainty anywhere near the Intracoastal. Call (561) 831-7863 for a free measure and a written quote on the right brand for your opening.
Key Takeaways
- Door installation in North Palm Beach must meet large-missile impact-glazing code, which changes what products and paperwork are required.
- Canal-front homes almost always have hidden sill-to-block corrosion that should be priced in from the start.
- Marine-grade hardware is the baseline here, not an upgrade, because of constant salt-spray deposition from the Intracoastal and Lake Worth Lagoon.
- Free in-home measure, free second opinion on any written estimate, no trip charge inside our home county.
- Call (561) 831-7863 and a live person answers, 24/7.
Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, serving North Palm Beach and the surrounding coastal communities.
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.










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