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AfterFast, Reliable Door Installation Across Hollywood
Door installation in Hollywood, FL means something different here than it does in most of the country. You’re not just swapping a slab and calling it done. You’re installing an opening that has to hold up to 170 mph wind speeds, salt air that eats aluminum frames within a half-mile of the beach, and a building code that demands a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance on every exterior unit. At Lightwell Windows & Doors, we scope every Hollywood job against HVHZ requirements before we quote, so the price you get is the price that passes inspection. Call (562) 478-8017 and we’ll walk the property with you, measure, and hand you a written number.
Keith Yamada leads our Hollywood door work personally. When a homeowner on Adams Street or a condo board off the Broadwalk calls about a sagging French door or a rusted-out entry frame, Keith is the one who shows up to check the jamb, the threshold, and the NOA sticker before anything gets ordered.
Why Lightwell Windows & Doors Is Hollywood’s Preferred Door Installation Company
Hollywood homeowners tend to ask the same three questions before they’ll let a crew touch their front door: Will the unit pass an HVHZ inspection? Will the crew actually clean up after themselves? And will the price on the quote match the price on the invoice? We answer all three the same way every time, because we’ve been operating to the Cedarwell Care Promise since 2010 and there is no version of this company where a surprise invoice is acceptable.
Our Hollywood customers see background-checked, uniformed technicians on every job, and the C.A.R.E. values are the operating rule, not a slogan. Clean up like it is our own home. Ask before we move or touch anything. Respect the family’s time and quiet hours. Explain the price before the work. When we replace an entry door on a Hollywood Hills home with kids napping and a dog underfoot, the drop cloths go down before the pry bar comes out, and a photo of the cleaned-up doorway is taken before the crew leaves.
We’re part of the Cedarwell network, independently owned and operated, and a live person answers the phone at (562) 478-8017 at any hour. Not a recording. Not a voicemail maze. Someone who can tell you whether the door you’re describing is likely to need a new rough opening or just a slab swap.
Key Takeaways
- Every exterior door in Hollywood must carry a Miami-Dade NOA to pass HVHZ inspection; we verify the sticker before install.
- Most exterior door replacements in Hollywood run $1,800 – $5,000 per opening; impact-rated French doors run $3,500 – $7,500 per pair installed.
- We stock parts and hardware locally for Hollywood homes, including replacement sills and thresholds for salt-corroded frames.
- Written price before any work starts, with the 365-Day Done Right Promise on every job.
- Call (562) 478-8017 and Keith Yamada will schedule the free in-home measure.
Exterior Door Installation in Hollywood
Exterior Door Installation in Hollywood is a code-driven job more than a style-driven one. The city falls entirely within Florida’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, and that means every replacement front door, side door, or rear door needs a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance number stamped and verifiable, or the city and county both fail the inspection. A standard off-the-shelf door from a big-box store in North Miami Beach will not pass here. That is not an upsell. That is the law.
Entry Door Replacement on CBS Homes
Most of Hollywood’s residential core is single-story concrete-block homes from the 1950s through 1970s, and many still have the original doors, which are now the weakest point in the building envelope. We cut back old jambs carefully, shim for a true reveal, and use closing hardware rated for HVHZ wind pressures. A typical impact-rated entry door replacement in Hollywood runs $2,200 – $4,800 depending on slab size, frame condition, and whether we’re pulling a corroded original frame or setting a new pre-hung unit.
Salt Air and Threshold Failures
Within a half-mile of Hollywood Beach and the Broadwalk, the persistent salt-laden air accelerates oxidation on aluminum door frames. We regularly see doors that look fine from the street but are sagging at the hinges because the frame itself has thinned to the point of structural failure. When the frame is that far gone, the right fix is a full frame replacement, not a hinge adjustment. We seal the new threshold with pet-safe, marine-grade sealant and set it on a composite sill that will not wick the kind of moisture that rots a jamb.
French Door Installation in Hollywood
French Door Installation in Hollywood almost always means impact-rated French doors, and that is a different product category entirely. Standard French doors with a divided-lite look and non-impact glass fail HVHZ inspections outright. The units we install, from brands like PGT and CGI, carry laminated glass interlayers certified under Miami-Dade protocols, and the NOA number on the hinge side of the panel is part of what the inspector verifies. On larger openings, design pressures climb, and the panel configuration and frame anchoring have to be engineered to the opening, not just picked off a display wall.
Replacing Jalousie Sliders with French Doors
In the Hollywood Lakes neighborhood and the mid-century streets around it, original jalousie louvered doors are still common on older CBS homes. They are an automatic HVHZ violation and a reliable trigger for insurance non-renewal letters. We replace them with Therma-Tru or CWS impact-rated French doors, which means widening the rough opening and reinforcing the header over the span. A paired French door replacement in Hollywood typically runs $4,000 – $7,500 installed, including the structural rework and finished trim.
French Doors on Acreage Lots West of I-95
West of I-95, where Hollywood opens up into larger lots and horse properties, French door installs bring a different set of problems. Poor drainage and grading mean water sits at the threshold after heavy rain, and if the pan flashing and sill are not detailed right, the jamb and subfloor rot even on a brand-new impact door. Our crews carry drainage mats and stainless steel sub-sill pans on every Hollywood acreage job, and we scope the slope of the slab before we quote.
Trusted Brands We Service in Hollywood
We carry a curated lineup of eight manufacturer brands, so the recommendation fits the home, not the installer’s preferred vendor. For Hollywood door work, the ones we most often specify are PGT, CGI, and CWS, all of which hold Miami-Dade NOAs across a wide range of door configurations. We stock local parts and hardware for these brands, including replacement thresholds, multi-point lock sets, and hinge packages, which means less waiting when a Hollywood customer’s door needs a component swap after a storm or a hinge failure. Every unit we install is covered by the manufacturer’s written warranty and our 365-Day Done Right Promise, which says simply: if the finished work is not right, Lightwell makes it right. No debate, no countdown.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Hollywood Homes
- Corroded frames near the beach. Salt air within a half-mile of Hollywood Beach oxidizes aluminum door frames until they lose structural integrity, and the whole door sags. The fix is a full frame replacement, not a hinge adjustment.
- Big-box doors with no Miami-Dade NOA. Contractors and DIYers install standard French or entry doors that look fine but lack an NOA, and the city or county inspector fails the job. We see these takedown-and-redo situations regularly in Hollywood.
- Jalousie doors triggering insurance letters. Original louvered doors on 1950s – 1970s CBS homes are a common reason Broward County homeowners get non-renewal notices, and those letters often arrive weeks before a whole-home retrofit.
- Threshold rot on acreage lots. West of I-95, flat grading and poor drainage let water pool at the door threshold, and even a properly installed impact door will have a rotting jamb if the sub-sill pan was omitted.
Pricing for Door Installation in Hollywood, FL
Let’s give you actual numbers. A single impact-rated exterior door replacement in Hollywood runs between $2,200 and $4,800 for most CBS home openings, depending on frame condition and whether structural repair to the jamb or header is required. A pair of impact-rated French doors on a 1960s-era opening runs $4,000 – $7,500 installed, including rough-opening work and finished trim. Custom or oversized openings, including tall double doors on waterfront condos, push toward $5,000 – $9,000 per opening, and whole-home door packages on larger properties run $8,000 – $25,000+. What moves the number in Hollywood is frame condition, wind zone, floor height on the condo side, and whether we’re pulling the original jamb or setting a new pre-hung unit. The quote we hand you is the price you pay, and it includes the measure, the written price, and the work. Call (562) 478-8017 to schedule your free in-home measure and written quote.
What Door Installation Costs in Hollywood
Impact doors, the only kind that passes HVHZ inspection in Hollywood, generally run $800 – $1,500 per door installed for a standard single unit, and $900 – $1,800 for a single-hung replacement. Large or custom openings climb to $2,500 – $5,000, and whole-home packages on Hollywood acreage properties, where you might be replacing six or eight openings, start around $8,000 and go up from there. Frame material matters. Aluminum is lighter and less expensive, but near the ocean it corrodes. Composite and fiberglass frames hold up better in salt air and cost more. Floor height matters too, because a third-floor condo on the Broadwalk needs higher design pressures than a single-story house in Driftwood, and higher design pressure means heavier hardware and sometimes thicker glass. We do a free in-home measure and put every number in writing before any work starts, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise rides along with the invoice.
Florida Pays You Back
There are real incentives on the table for Hollywood homeowners who replace original doors with impact-rated units. The My Safe Florida Home program offers matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades, and impact-resistant doors and windows are the backbone of that program. Florida also applies a sales-tax exemption to impact-resistant doors and windows, and the federal 25C energy credit returns 30% of product cost on qualifying units, up to $600 per year. After installation, a wind-mitigation inspection, which typically runs $75 – $150, can lead to windstorm premium credits that often average around 25% off the windstorm portion of a homeowner’s policy. Programs and carriers set the final numbers, so we will not promise a dollar figure until your inspector and your insurance company weigh in.
One comparison worth making before you spend: impact-rated doors versus hurricane shutters. Shutters mean you are storing panels, hauling them out before a storm, and hoping someone is home to hang them. Impact doors are permanent, always in place, and rated for wind speed and large-missile impact, no action required before a storm. We do not sell or install shutters, but we’d be lying if we said they did the same job.
We Also Serve Cities Near Hollywood
Lightwell serves Door Installation in Hollywood plus the surrounding communities across southeastern Broward and northern Miami-Dade. If you’re in North Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Miami Gardens, or Plantation, the same crew handles exterior doors, French doors, and storm doors, with the same HVHZ verification and the same written-quote rule. Call (562) 478-8017 and tell us which city you’re in.
Serving Hollywood, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Hollywood 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 About Door Installation in Hollywood
Yes. Hollywood is entirely within the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, and every exterior door, including French doors and side doors, must carry a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance to pass a city or county inspection. A missing or illegible NOA sticker is the single most common reason a Hollywood door replacement fails inspection, and it is also a trigger for insurance non-renewal letters. Call (562) 478-8017 and we verify the NOA on the door we quote, not after it arrives.
Hurricane-rated French doors use laminated glass interlayers and reinforced frame anchoring certified under Miami-Dade protocols, so they pass HVHZ inspection and resist wind speeds up to 170 mph. Standard French doors do not carry an NOA and will not pass a Hollywood inspection, which means you pay for the door twice once the inspector shows up. The laminated units cost more, $4,000 – $7,500 a pair installed versus $1,800 – $3,500 for non-impact, but the non-impact option is not legal for an exterior opening in Hollywood.
Your options are to replace the non-compliant openings with impact-rated exterior doors and windows that carry Miami-Dade NOAs, and to schedule a wind-mitigation inspection after the install. Jalousie louvered doors are an automatic HVHZ violation, and Broward County’s post-Surfside inspection laws have made insurance carriers aggressive about flagging them. A whole-home replacement can run $8,000 – $25,000+ depending on the number of openings, and My Safe Florida Home grants can offset part of it. Call (562) 478-8017 for an exact quote on your openings.
On Hollywood acreage lots west of I-95, a septic system or well changes the picture at the door threshold, not at the door itself. Septic drain fields set setback requirements for any new slab, step, or landing we build in front of an exterior door, and a well means we cannot use certain sealants or construction adhesives that could leach into groundwater. We use pet-safe, low-VOC products that do not contaminate a well, and we check Broward County’s setback rules before we quote. The work is still a door install; it is just scoped properly.
Yes, if it is a residential or conditioned structure on the property. Detached ADUs and any shop building with a permit in Hollywood fall under the same HVHZ code as the main house, so exterior doors there need Miami-Dade NOAs as well. For an unconditioned tool shed or agricultural outbuilding on an acreage lot, the code may allow non-impact doors, but you’ll want to check with the county before buying, because the rule changes with the structure’s classification. We quote both ways and verify the permitting path before we order.
Contact Lightwell Windows & Doors in Hollywood
If you need exterior doors, French doors, or a full replacement package in Hollywood, call (562) 478-8017. Keith Yamada or another member of our Hollywood crew will answer, and the first step is always the same: a free in-home measure, a written price, and an honest read on whether the existing frame can be salvaged or needs full replacement. No pressure, no surprise invoice, no job too small to be quoted in writing. That is the Cedarwell Care Promise, and we’ve kept it in every Hollywood home we’ve worked on since 2010.
Written by Keith Yamada, lead for Lightwell Windows & Doors in Hollywood, FL.