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Door installation in Palm Beach runs $2,800 to $18,000+ for most homes, depending on whether you’re replacing a standard side entry or fabricating a custom impact-rated front door that clears the Town of Palm Beach Architectural Commission. Every exterior door on the island must meet Florida’s Wind-Borne Debris Region impact code while also passing ARCOM’s design review, which means catalog doors rarely work here. That’s the reality we navigate for homeowners on Worth Avenue, South Ocean Boulevard, and the Estate Section every week. Call Ed Winslow’s team at (561) 660-9539 and we’ll walk you through what your specific opening actually needs.
Why Winslow Windows & Doors Is Palm Beach’s Preferred Door Installation Company
We’ve been installing doors on this island long enough to know the Architectural Commission’s reviewers by their first names. That matters because a door that gets approved on the first submittal saves you six to ten weeks of resubmission time. Palm Beach homeowners call us because we show up with the right product, the right paperwork, and a crew that understands Mizner-era proportions. Ed Winslow founded this company in 2011 and put his name on it. That means when a Palm Beach client calls at 9 p.m. with a door that won’t latch after a storm, a live person answers. Not a voicemail. Not a call center. A person who knows your street.
Every technician who arrives at your Palm Beach door is background-checked and in uniform. You’ll know exactly who you’re letting in before the truck pulls up. Our Palm Beach clients consistently tell us the same thing: the quote we gave was the price on the final invoice. No change orders. No vague line items. The Done Right Promise backs that: if it’s not done right, we come back and make it right. That’s a hundred-year standard, and it’s Ed’s word on the line.
Our full Door Installation team coordinates every Palm Beach job from our South Florida office, but the crews you’ll meet are local to the island. They know the salt-air corrosion patterns on North County Road, the ARCOM preference for bronze-clad frames on South Ocean Boulevard, and the parking constraints on narrow streets like Seaview Avenue. That kind of local fluency doesn’t come from a corporate training manual.
Our Door Installation Services in Palm Beach
Entry Doors
An entry door in Palm Beach isn’t just a door. It’s the first thing a guest sees on a Worth Avenue estate, and the first thing an adjuster inspects after a hurricane. We install fiberglass, wood, and steel entry doors sized to the island’s often non-standard openings, many of which date back to Addison Mizner’s 1920s Mediterranean Revival builds. If your existing door has an arched top rail or a coral-stone surround, we handle the millwork coordination so the replacement doesn’t look like it was squeezed into a hole it wasn’t designed for.
Hurricane-Proof Front & Entry Doors
Palm Beach sits inside the Wind-Borne Debris Region, so every exterior door we install carries Miami-Dade NOA product approval for its specific configuration. That’s non-negotiable. But the harder part is finding an impact door that also satisfies ARCOM’s review standards for historic fenestration. We install hurricane-rated doors from CGI and Therma-Tru with laminated glass that passes large-missile testing, configured with divided lites, decorative muntins, and bronze-clad frames that match the island’s original architectural language. The code requirement and the preservation requirement don’t have to fight. They usually point to the same solution.
French & Double Doors
French doors on a Palm Beach courtyard or loggia fail in predictable ways: salt air chews through standard aluminum, slab moisture wicks into the bottom rails, and the sail hardware corrodes faster than homeowners expect. We install French and double doors with marine-grade hardware, pressure-treated sills, and impact glazing sized for the specific wind zone of your parcel. Whether you’re on the ocean side or the Intracoastal side, the exposure is real. We don’t install anything on this island that can’t handle salt spray from at least one direction.
Replacement Doors
Replacing an exterior door in Palm Beach means pulling a permit from the Town, submitting architectural drawings to ARCOM if the door is visible from the street or any public way, and ordering product that won’t arrive for weeks. We handle all three. You’ll get a written line-item quote before anything is ordered, with the permit fee, the ARCOM application cost, and the fabrication lead time spelled out in plain English. If the lead time is eight weeks, we tell you eight weeks on day one. Not after the old door is already off the hinges.
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 Palm Beach
We’re an authorized installer for CGI, Therma-Tru, ECO Window Systems, and Mr-Glass, which means we can order custom configurations directly from the manufacturer without a distributor marking up the middle. When a Palm Beach client needs a bronze-clad fiberglass entry door with a custom divided-lite pattern and an arched top rail, we know exactly which line to specify and how long the fabrication queue will run. We stock common replacement hardware locally for Palm Beach service calls, so a latch or hinge issue doesn’t mean waiting for a part to ship from out of state.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Palm Beach Homes
- Square-top replacement doors on arched openings. Catalog impact doors almost always have square top rails. ARCOM will reject those outright on Mediterranean Revival and Spanish Colonial houses. We see this on El Bravo Way and the Estate Section constantly: a homeowner orders a door from a big-box retailer, the submittal gets denied, and now they’re fighting a resubmission deadline with a sealed opening.
- Salt-spray pitting on standard aluminum frames. Doors facing the Atlantic on South Ocean Boulevard can show visible corrosion within two years if the frame isn’t marine-grade anodized or bronze-clad. ARCOM often steers toward bronze-clad wood or fiberglass anyway, so the fix usually aligns with the preservation requirement.
- Undersized impact ratings for elevated openings. A door on the second floor of a lakefront estate on the Intracoastal side has different design pressure requirements than a ground-floor entry on the ocean side. We calculate the wind-load design pressure for each opening individually. A door rated for one elevation doesn’t automatically pass on another.
- Hardware failure from salt and humidity. Hinges, thresholds, and weatherstripping on Palm Beach doors take abuse from salt air and summer humidity. We specify stainless steel and marine-grade hardware on every exterior door we install here. Standard galvanized hardware fails fast on this island.
What Door Installation Costs in Palm Beach
A standard impact-rated entry door in Palm Beach runs $2,800 to $5,500 installed, assuming a square opening and a catalog configuration. Custom work is a different tier. Arched entry doors with bronze-clad frames, decorative muntins, and ARCOM submittal support typically run $8,000 to $18,000, and a fully custom French door set on an oceanfront estate can exceed $25,000 when the millwork, integrated transoms, and hardware are all accounted for. What moves the number: the opening’s geometry, whether the door faces the Atlantic or the Intracoastal, the required design pressure rating, the frame material, and how much custom millwork the surrounding coral-stone or coquina surround demands. We give you a fixed written quote before anything is ordered. The price on that quote is the price you pay.
Pricing for Door Installation in Palm Beach, FL
You don’t need a vague estimate. Here’s what we tell Palm Beach homeowners on the phone: a single replacement entry door with impact glazing starts around $2,800. Custom bronze-clad fiberglass with ARCOM coordination starts around $8,000. French door replacements with two operating panels and impact-rated glass run $6,000 to $14,000 depending on size and finish. Whole-home door packages on larger estates can reach $30,000 to $60,000 when you’re replacing a front entry, rear loggia doors, and side entries with consistent finishes. The free in-home measure gives you an exact number, in writing, before you spend a dime. Call (561) 660-9539 to schedule yours.
Florida Pays You Back
Palm Beach homeowners can stack several incentive programs on a door replacement. My Safe Florida Home offers matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades, and impact-rated doors are explicitly covered. Florida exempts impact-resistant windows and doors from sales tax, which on an $8,000 entry door is meaningful. The federal 25C energy credit applies to qualifying energy-efficient exterior doors at 30% of product cost, up to $600 per year. And after a wind-mitigation inspection, many Palm Beach homeowners see their windstorm premium drop. The inspection costs about $75 to $150. The premium credit averages around 25% on the windstorm portion. Actual numbers depend on your carrier and your home’s elevation. We’ll point you to the right programs and let the agencies do the math.
We Also Serve Cities Near Palm Beach
Our crews work all over the island and across the bridges. If you’re in West Palm Beach, North Palm Beach, Greenacres, or Palm Beach Gardens, Door Installation in Palm Beach standards are the bar we bring to every job. Same live-answer phone, same fixed written pricing, same Done Right Promise. The town line doesn’t change how we work.
Serving Palm Beach, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the 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 Palm Beach
Almost every exterior door replacement in Palm Beach requires ARCOM design review, and catalog doors with square top rails will be rejected on most of the island’s historic homes. The door must meet Miami-Dade NOA wind-load standards and visually replicate the original fenestration. We handle the submittal drawings and photos for you. Call (561) 660-9539 before you order anything online.
Bronze-clad fiberglass or marine-grade wood frames hold up far better than standard aluminum, which pits within a few years of direct Atlantic exposure. ARCOM typically steers approvals toward bronze-clad fiberglass or wood anyway, so the durable choice is usually also the approvable choice. We specify stainless steel hardware on every oceanfront door.
We match the original divided-lite pattern, muntin profile, and casing depth, and we use bronze-clad frames that read as original millwork rather than a modern insert. On a South Ocean Boulevard estate, we replaced a corroded 1920s arched entry door with a bronze-clad fiberglass unit from CGI that matched the original divided lite pattern. The laminated glass interlayer met the large-missile rating ARCOM required, and we coordinated the frame extension jamb millwork to preserve the coral-stone surround. That’s what the review board wants to see.
Custom bronze-clad doors with decorative muntins run 4 to 6 weeks from approved submittal to delivery, and large or unusual configurations can stretch to 10 weeks. ARCOM review adds time on top of that. We schedule the permit, the submittal, and the installation in sequence so you’re not left with a sealed opening during hurricane season. The lead time is fixed in writing before you order.
Yes. Any exterior door replacement in Palm Beach requires a Town permit, and French doors visible from the street or public right-of-way also require ARCOM review. We pull the permit, prepare the submittal package, schedule the inspection, and close everything out once the Town signs off. That’s part of the job, not an add-on. For an exact quote on your French door project, call (561) 660-9539 anytime.
Call Ed Winslow’s Team for Your Palm Beach Door Installation
Replacing a door in Palm Beach isn’t a DIY project and it’s not a big-box retail transaction. It’s a code compliance exercise, a preservation review, and a custom fabrication job all rolled into one. We’ve been doing this work since 2011, with Ed’s name on every quote and every installation. A live person answers when you call, 24/7. Tell us what you’re dealing with. We’ll tell you what it costs, what ARCOM needs to see, and exactly how long it’ll take. Call (561) 660-9539 to schedule your free in-home measure. The one down the road.
Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, serving Palm 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.