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Door installation in West Palm Beach runs $800 to $5,000 per opening depending on whether you need a standard exterior door, an impact-rated unit, or a custom historic-compatible replacement. Most jobs are finished in one day once your door arrives, and we schedule a free in-home measure before any written quote. Our crew knows the permitting rules in Palm Beach County and the salt-air realities along the Lake Worth Lagoon, so the door you get is the door that passes inspection the first time. Call (562) 478-8017 to set up your free estimate.
We are Lightwell Windows & Doors, part of the Cedarwell network since 2010, led by Keith Yamada. Our Door Installation team serves West Palm Beach neighborhoods from Flamingo Park to Northwood Hills, and we stock parts locally so repair calls don’t stall waiting on a warehouse three states away.
Why Lightwell Windows & Doors Is West Palm Beach’s Preferred Door Installation Company
Keith Yamada runs our crew with a rule that every job ends the way it started: floors protected, furniture untouched, and a written price that did not change. West Palm Beach homeowners call us because we show up uniformed and background-checked, and because we answer the phone with a live person at (562) 478-8017 any hour of the day. We carry eight manufacturer brands including PGT, CGI, and Therma-Tru, so the recommendation fits the home and the wind zone, not our preferred vendor.
Our 365-Day Done Right Promise is on every job, including door repairs. If something is not right after we leave, we come back and make it right. No debate, no countdown. We also put the Cedarwell Care Promise into practice on every visit: shoe covers and drop cloths go down before tools come out, we ask before moving anything, and you get a photo of the clean-up before the crew pulls away. That matters when you have kids crawling on the floor and a dog who licks everything, which most of our West Palm Beach customers do.
Door Repair in West Palm Beach
Door repair in West Palm Beach often comes down to salt air and sun. The Atlantic sits roughly a mile east of most neighborhoods, and that constant salt exposure oxidizes hinges, corrodes thresholds, and shreds weatherstripping years faster than inland Palm Beach County. We repair sagging entry doors, replace rusted hinges and aluminum thresholds, re-align jambs, and swap out failed weather seals. A typical repair job runs $180 to $650 depending on what has failed and whether the frame needs any reinforcement.
Salt-Air Hardware Replacement
Near Lake Worth Lagoon and in neighborhoods like El Cid and Prospect Park, we regularly replace entry-door hardware that has pitted from salt exposure. Standard interior-grade hinges and handles fail within a few seasons there, so we specify marine-grade stainless or powder-coated hardware that holds up in a coastal environment.
Threshold and Weatherstripping Repair
When a door drags or daylight shows under the sweep, the fix is usually a new threshold and fresh weatherstripping. In older CBS homes from the 1950s and 1960s, the original aluminum threshold has often corroded through, and the door no longer seals against driving rain from summer storms. A proper replacement includes sealing the substrate before the new threshold goes in.
Exterior Door Installation in West Palm Beach
Exterior door installation in West Palm Beach means working to the Florida Building Code wind ratings, not just swapping a slab. Every exterior door we install is anchored to carry the design pressure required for this coastal wind zone, and we provide the sealed Florida Product Approval documentation your insurer will likely ask for. A standard fiberglass or steel entry door runs $800 to $2,400 installed; impact-rated units with laminated glass start around $1,500 and run up to $5,000 for custom openings with sidelites.
Impact-Rated Entry Doors
West Palm Beach is not in the HVHZ, but it is in a high design wind-speed zone under the Florida Building Code. That means an impact-rated door is a legal requirement on new and replacement installations unless the opening carries an approved shutter. We install PGT and CGI impact doors that carry Florida Product Approval and ship with the paperwork your wind mitigation inspector needs.
French and Double Door Systems
Double French doors are one of the most failure-prone openings in concrete block homes if the original installers did not reinforce the center mullion or the jamb anchors. We see this in older West Palm Beach homes where the original doors were installer-grade and never re-anchored. Our replacement French and double-door installs include reinforced frames, adjustable astragals, and impact-rated glass where the wind zone requires it.
Trusted Brands We Service in West Palm Beach
We carry and service Therma-Tru, PGT, CGI, and CWS, among eight manufacturer lines, and we keep common parts on hand so a door repair in West Palm Beach does not stall behind a parts order. Therma-Tru fiberglass entry doors are our go-to for front-door replacements because they stand up to salt air and hold their finish. PGT and CGI cover the impact-rated side of the line with Florida Product Approval numbers matched to this coastal wind zone. When we recommend a brand, it is because the product fits the opening, the wind rating, and the look of the street. Not because we have a warehouse full of one brand we need to move.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in West Palm Beach Homes
- Non-impact doors quoted where impact-rated glazing is required. Some contractors assume that because Palm Beach County is outside the HVHZ, a standard door is compliant. It is not. A door replacement on a coastal wind zone opening still has to meet Florida Building Code impact or shutter requirements, and leaving that out means a failed wind mitigation inspection.
- Salt-air corrosion on hinges and thresholds near the Lagoon. Homes within a mile of the water see hardware degrade fast. Interior-grade hinges pit and seize, and aluminum thresholds corrode through. The fix is marine-grade hardware and sealed substrates.
- Historic district permitting mistakes in Flamingo Park and El Cid. Installing a standard white vinyl impact door in a historic district without Historic Preservation Board approval usually ends in a rejected permit. The Board wants wood or narrow-profile aluminum that matches the original sightlines, which is a different product set than a suburban track home.
- Sagging double doors on CBS homes. The original center mullions in 1950s era concrete block construction were often undersized, and after 40 years the double doors sag and bind. The repair is a reinforced mullion and re-anchored jambs, not just a hinge adjustment.
What Door Installation Costs in West Palm Beach
Here is what we quote, plain and clear. A standard exterior door replacement in West Palm Beach runs $800 to $2,400 for the door, frame, hardware, and installation. An impact-rated single entry door runs $1,500 to $3,800 installed depending on glass package and design pressure. French or double doors run $2,500 to $5,000, and larger custom openings with sidelites go to the top of that range. The main cost drivers are opening count, wind zone requirements, floor height, and frame material. Fiberglass and steel are the workhorse options; wood doors for historic homes in Flamingo Park run higher because of the material and the extra permitting steps.
We measure every opening on site and hand you a written line-item quote before any work starts. That quote is the price. It does not change unless you change the scope, and we never leave you with a surprise number at the end of the job. Call (562) 478-8017 to schedule a free in-home measure.
Florida Pays You Back
West Palm Beach homeowners have more than one way to offset the cost of impact-rated doors. The My Safe Florida Home program offers matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades, and that includes impact-rated doors. Florida also has a sales-tax exemption on impact-resistant windows and doors, and the federal 25C energy credit covers 30% of the product cost, up to $600 per year on qualifying units. After a wind mitigation inspection, which typically runs $75 to $150, many homeowners see around a 25% reduction on the windstorm portion of their premium. We will tell you which of these apply to your job, but the final numbers always come from the program administrator or your carrier, not from us.
One thing to think through: impact doors are permanent protection, not panels you have to carry out and hang before a storm. A hurricane shutter only works if someone is home, awake, and willing to install it in the wind. An impact-rated door is always on the job.
Pricing for Door Installation in West Palm Beach, FL
Door installation in West Palm Beach runs $800 to $5,000 per opening for most residential work. The big swing factors are whether the door needs impact-rated glazing, what wind zone the opening faces, and whether the home is in a historic district with preservation review. A plain steel back door in a 1960s CBS home runs near the bottom of that range. An impact-rated fiberglass front door with sidelites in El Cid runs near the top. We give you a written quote after the free in-home measure, and that quote is what you pay.
We Also Serve Cities Near West Palm Beach
Our Door Installation crew also covers Palm Beach, Greenacres, North Palm Beach, and Palm Beach Gardens. If you are in any of those areas and need a door measured, quoted, or repaired, the same service standards apply. And if you are searching for Door Installation in West Palm Beach, you have found a team that knows the local wind zones, the historic districts, and the salt-air problem better than most.
Serving West Palm Beach, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the West 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 About Door Installation in West Palm Beach
No. West Palm Beach is in Palm Beach County, which is not part of the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, so Miami-Dade NOA approval is not required. Doors must instead carry Florida Product Approval and meet the Florida Building Code wind ratings for this coastal zone. That is a meaningful distinction: it opens up more product options that are still fully compliant and insurable. Call (562) 478-8017 and we will explain exactly which approvals your specific opening needs.
In most cases, yes. Insurance carriers in Palm Beach County have been non-renewing or requiring documented impact-rated openings on pre-code CBS homes, and an impact-rated door with Florida Product Approval paperwork is exactly the documentation they want to see. The windstorm premium credit typically requires a wind mitigation inspection, and the credit is set by your carrier, but a properly documented impact door is the single most common opening-level item that clears a flagged inspection. We provide the sealed paperwork with every impact install.
Salt air. The humid, salt-laden air near the Lagoon and the Atlantic oxidizes aluminum frames, pits hinges, and breaks down weatherstripping much faster than even a few miles inland. Homeowners near Prospect Park, El Cid, and the waterfront tell us their hinges look ten years old after three summers. The fix is marine-grade hardware and weather seals specified for coastal exposure, which is standard on every door we install in those neighborhoods.
Not without clearance. Flamingo Park is a designated historic district, and replacing any exterior door requires Historic Preservation Board approval before the permit is issued. Standard white vinyl impact doors are routinely rejected. The Board wants wood or narrow-profile aluminum that replicates the original 1920s and 1930s sightlines, which means a specific product set and a longer approval timeline. We have worked within those Board expectations and can help you choose a compliant door before you file anything.
Impact-rated glazing means the glass is laminated and tested to resist impact and hold together, while a large-missile rating is a specific test protocol that fires a length of lumber at the product at wind-zone speeds. In Palm Beach County, exterior doors need to meet the Florida Building Code design pressure for this wind zone, but the large-missile test protocol is tied to the HVHZ counties to the south. A door for West Palm Beach still carries a design pressure rating, just not the Miami-Dade NOA large-missile designation. We match every door to the PSF required for the opening, and we never quote a rating above +/-100 for a residential door.
Written by Keith Yamada, Owner at Lightwell Windows & Doors, serving West Palm Beach since 2010.