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Door installation in Palm Beach Shores costs between $1,800 and $6,500 for most entry and replacement doors, with hurricane-rated impact doors running $3,200 to $9,500 installed. On Singer Island, salt air attacks door hardware from the ocean and the lagoon at the same time, so the materials we spec here are different from what works ten miles inland. If you’re searching for a door installer who understands exactly what that dual salt exposure does to frames, tracks, and hinges, call Winslow Windows & Doors at (561) 660-9539. We’ll walk your home, tell you what’s failing and why, and give you a written quote before any work starts.
Why Winslow Windows & Doors Is Palm Beach Shores’s Preferred Door Installation Company
Ed Winslow put his name on this company in 2011, and he still answers for every door we hang. Palm Beach Shores homeowners call us because they want one accountable local team instead of a rotating cast of subcontractors from a big-box chain. We’re a full Door Installation and exterior-protection specialist, and our crews know Singer Island’s housing stock the way you know your own building’s quirks.
Every technician who arrives at your Palm Beach Shores condo or home is background-checked and in uniform, so you know who’s at your door before the truck stops. When you call us, a live person picks up, 24 hours a day, every day. No voicemail trees, no call centers, no waiting until Monday. That matters when a corroded slider finally seizes for good on a Saturday afternoon and your living room is suddenly open to the Atlantic breeze.
We’ve rebuilt door openings in nearly every type of structure on the island: mid-century low-rise condos off Ocean Avenue, single-family homes tucked between Lake Worth Lagoon and the beach, and the newer construction that’s starting to replace the 1960s stock. Our crew knows which original framings are typically salvageable and which are oxidized past saving. We’ll tell you the truth either way, and our Done Right Promise means if it’s not done right, we make it right, period. Ed’s name is on the door, and on every job we do.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Palm Beach Shores Homes
- Corroded aluminum frames seizing within 5 to 7 years. Salt spray from the ocean and the lagoon funnels across this narrow barrier island and eats standard aluminum door frames from both sides. We regularly replace original sliders whose tracks have turned to white powder and refuse to budge.
- Original single-pane doors that predate modern impact code. Palm Beach Shores sits inside Florida’s Wind-Borne Debris Region, and many of the town’s 1950s through 1970s units still have their original non-impact doors. One wind-borne branch through a single pane creates catastrophic interior pressurization during a hurricane.
- Zinc-plated hardware that rusts out and sags. We see entry doors hanging crooked because builders or previous installers used zinc-plated hinges and screws. On Singer Island, zinc plating lasts a few years at best. Marine-grade stainless is the baseline here, not an upgrade.
- Water-damaged substrate framing behind door jambs. Decades of airborne salt and blowing rain soak into the wood around original door openings. Packing a new insert door into a rotten jamb only hides the problem until the whole assembly starts to list and leak.
What Door Installation Costs in Palm Beach Shores
A standard pre-hung entry door in Palm Beach Shores typically runs $1,800 to $4,200 installed, depending on material and glass package. Storm and exterior doors land between $900 and $2,800. French and double doors for patios or balconies start around $2,500 and can reach $7,000 with impact-rated glazing and full-frame rebuilds. Full hurricane-rated replacement door systems, the ones we recommend most often on Singer Island, range from $3,200 to $9,500 installed.
What moves the price in Palm Beach Shores specifically? Opening count, first. Floor height and wind zone, second; upper-floor condos on this exposed barrier island face higher design pressures than first-floor inland units. Frame material matters too: marine-grade stainless fasteners, hot-dip galvanized hardware, and full-frame tear-outs add to the job but they’re the difference between a door that lasts twenty years and one that’s sagging by year seven. We’ll factor in wind-load requirements for your exact building location and give you a line-item written quote after a free in-home measure. Call (561) 660-9539 to schedule yours.
Our Door Installation Services in Palm Beach Shores
Entry Doors
A front door in Palm Beach Shores has to do two jobs at once: hold up to wind-driven rain and salt spray while looking like the entrance to a Florida beach home. We install entry doors with marine-grade finishes and stainless hardware that won’t rust shut after three seasons. If your current door sticks, sags, or shows chalky corrosion around the hinges, we’ll examine the frame and tell you whether a replacement or a full opening rebuild is the honest fix.
Hurricane-Proof Front & Entry Doors
This is the door category we stress most for Singer Island homeowners. Palm Beach Shores sits at the tip of a barrier island surrounded by water on two sides, placing it at the upper end of local design wind-speed calculations. County code requires impact-rated doors or approved shutters, and we recommend doors every time. Impact-rated entry doors from PGT, CGI, and Therma-Tru meet Miami-Dade NOA and Florida Product Approval standards, and they are tested against wind-borne debris, not just wind pressure. They’re also permanently in place, so you never decide between hanging panels at 9 p.m. and hoping the storm shifts.
French & Double Doors
French doors are gorgeous on a Palm Beach Shores lanai, but the original ones from the 1960s are usually single-pane, non-impact, and held together by rusty fasteners. We replace them with impact-rated double doors that use marine-grade stainless steel crews, sealed joints, and corrosion-resistant tracks. The west-facing units facing the Intracoastal need the same treatment as the ocean side. We’ve seen too many building owners replace only the Atlantic-facing doors and then call us back five years later when the lagoon side fails.
Replacement Doors
Most replacement doors in Palm Beach Shores end up needing a full-frame tear-out, not just a pocket insert. That’s because the original jamb substrate, the wood or metal surrounding the rough opening, has spent decades absorbing salt-air moisture and is typically oxidized or water-damaged. We rebuild openings with marine-grade pressure-treated lumber, set the new frame with hot-dip galvanized fasteners, and seal every joint with marine-grade polyurethane. It costs more up front, but it’s the only way a replacement door survives this environment.
What happens when you call
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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 Shores
We’re an authorized installer for eight premium brands, and for Palm Beach Shores jobs we lean heavily on PGT and CGI for impact-rated doors, Therma-Tru for entry systems, and Mr-Glass and ECO Window Systems for high-performance glazing options. Being authorized matters because it means factory-trained installation, valid warranty registration without fine-print voids, and direct access to parts when something needs replacing. Fast turnaround for Palm Beach Shores customers is part of that: we don’t have to wait on a generic parts depot in another state.
Florida Pays You Back
Florida has real money on the table for impact-rated door upgrades, and Palm Beach Shores homeowners are eligible for the same programs as the rest of the county. The My Safe Florida Home program offers matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades, and impact doors are on the approved list. Florida’s sales-tax exemption applies to impact-resistant doors and windows, which knocks 6 to 7 percent off your material cost immediately. On the federal side, the 25C energy credit covers 30 percent of product cost up to $600 per year on qualifying energy-efficient units. And after a wind-mitigation inspection, which runs $75 to $150, most homeowners see windstorm premium credits averaging around 25 percent off the wind portion of their policy. Every carrier and program has its own fine print, so we never promise a specific number, but we’ll point you to the right documentation before you buy.
We Also Serve Cities Near Palm Beach Shores
Our crews cover the whole Singer Island corridor and the surrounding county. In addition to Palm Beach Shores, we regularly install doors in West Palm Beach, Wellington, Royal Palm Beach, and Palm Beach. If you’re just across the Blue Heron Bridge or a few exits up I-95, the same team, the same pricing, and the same Done Right Promise apply.
Serving Palm Beach Shores, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Palm Beach Shores 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 Shores
Because Palm Beach Shores sits at the northern tip of Singer Island, a barrier strip only a few blocks wide in places, salt air and wind-driven spray cross the entire island from both the Atlantic and the Lake Worth Lagoon. There is no truly protected side of a building here. We’ve replaced west-facing condo sliders whose tracks were just as powdery and seized as the ocean-side units two floors above. The fix is marine-grade stainless fasteners, corrosion-resistant coatings, and sealed hardware on every elevation, not just the Atlantic side. Call (561) 660-9539 and we’ll inspect both sides of your unit before you spend a dollar.
For most of the original doors on Singer Island, you need a full-frame tear-out. Condos built in the 1950s through 1970s typically have jamb substrate so oxidized from decades of dual salt-exposure that a retrofit insert cannot anchor securely. Slipping a new door into rotten framing is what we call a five-year door; it looks fine until the salt finishes the job and the whole assembly starts to sag and leak. A full-frame tear-out with marine-grade rebuilt openings costs more but lasts decades. We’ll assess your specific building and tell you honestly whether a pocket replacement is viable or whether you’d be paying twice.
Miami-Dade NOA is the stricter standard. Products with a Miami-Dade NOA are tested to higher wind pressures and larger missile-impact standards than products that only carry Florida Product Approval. Palm Beach Shores sits within the Wind-Borne Debris Region at high coastal exposure, so we spec Miami-Dade NOA-rated doors for most openings here, particularly upper floors and direct ocean-facing elevations. Florida Product Approval is a valid statewide certification, but it does not automatically mean a product meets Miami-Dade’s elevated thresholds. When we quote a Palm Beach Shores job, we’ll show you the exact approval numbers for your opening’s design pressure, not just a spec sheet someone handed you.
Replacing original single-pane doors with Low-E impact-rated units typically cuts solar heat gain through those openings by 40 to 55 percent, which translates to measurable cooling savings during Palm Beach County’s long summer. South- and west-facing doors benefit most because they absorb direct afternoon sun and radiate heat into your living space. We don’t promise a specific dollar figure without seeing your floor plan and current AC usage, but the combination of lower heat gain, tighter seals, and reduced air leakage usually makes the energy story the second best reason to replace, right after hurricane protection.
Most likely yes, though the amount depends on your carrier and your current policy. Windstorm credits after a wind-mitigation inspection average around 25 percent off the wind portion of your premium, and impact-rated doors are a primary line item on that inspection. The inspection itself costs $75 to $150 and most Palm Beach Shores homeowners recoup that cost in the first year or two of credits. We’ll flag the documentation and approval numbers your inspector needs, and we’ll recommend an inspector who knows the island’s specific wind-zone requirements.
Why We Spec Marine-Grade Everything on Singer Island
Here’s the blunt truth about door materials in Palm Beach Shores: the cheap inland spec costs more within a decade. We see it constantly. A building owner saves $400 per door by using zinc-plated hinges and standard aluminum tracks, and four years later every door on the west elevation is sagging, rusted, or seized. Then we tear them all out and do it over with the marine-grade stainless fasteners and hot-dip galvanized hardware that should have been spec’d the first time. Salt air from the Atlantic and the Lake Worth Lagoon funnels across this narrow island and finds every weak metal surface. On a mid-century condo at the northern tip of Singer Island, our crew replaced original aluminum sliders with new Miami-Dade NOA impact-rated sliders from PGT. The original jamb substrate was so oxidized from decades of exposure that we performed a full-frame tear-out and rebuilt the opening with marine-grade pressure-treated lumber, hot-dip galvanized fasteners, and marine-grade polyurethane sealant on every joint. That’s not over-engineering. That’s what a door job on a barrier island requires if you want it to last twenty years instead of six.
Impact Doors vs. Hurricane Shutters: Choosing What’s Right for Your Palm Beach Shores Home
Both meet Florida code, but they solve different problems. Shutters are cheaper up front and work fine if you’re physically present to close and secure them before every storm, and if you’re willing to do that forever. Impact doors cost more and require no action from you. They’re always deployed. For Palm Beach Shores condos and homes where owners split time between Florida and somewhere else, or simply don’t want to wrestle steel panels at midnight before a September landfall, impact-rated doors are the permanent answer. They also add energy efficiency, noise reduction, and burglary resistance, none of which shutters provide. If you’re deciding between the two, call (561) 660-9539 and we’ll price both honestly for your specific openings.
Winslow Windows & Doors has been locally owned and operated by Ed Winslow since 2011. Our published address and license number are public record, and our phone is answered by a live person around the clock. When you’re ready to talk about your doors, call (561) 660-9539 for a free in-home measure and written quote. A neighbor you can call at 2 a.m., and someone will actually answer. The one down the road.
Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, providing door installation in Palm Beach Shores and throughout Palm Beach County.
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.