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Door installation in Lantana, FL typically costs between $850 and $3,200 for a standard exterior door, with impact-rated units running $2,100 to $6,800 depending on size and custom fabrication. Most single-door replacements are completed in one day. Permits are required for exterior door work in Lantana, and the salt-air conditions off the Lake Worth Lagoon mean materials and hardware choices matter more here than almost anywhere else in Palm Beach County. If you live in this small coastal town and your door is sagging, sticking, or failing to close against the frame, call TruePane Windows & Doors at (754) 339-0784 for a free estimate.
Why TruePane Windows & Doors Is Lantana’s Preferred Door Installation Company
We have worked on enough Lantana homes to know what is behind the wall before we open it. The town’s concrete block construction from the 1950s through 1970s means rough openings are rarely square, rarely standard, and rarely forgiving. A door installer who only knows new construction in suburban Palm Beach County will fight a Lantana opening all afternoon and leave you with a jamb that binds every time the humidity spikes. Our crews know what they are walking into before the first screw comes out.
Dale Kessler founded TruePane in 2008 after years of watching manufacturers void warranties because someone skipped a flashing detail or set a frame out of true. The rule on every job is the same one he keeps on the whiteboard: if the pane is not true, the job is not done. In Lantana, that rule gets tested more than most places because the openings themselves are rarely true.
Our technicians are background-checked and uniformed. They measure every opening twice, quote manufacturer lines side by side on paper, and register both warranty layers in writing before the truck leaves your driveway. A live person answers our phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. That is not a callback service. It is someone at TruePane who can schedule your estimate while you are standing in front of a door that will not close.
Our Door Installation Services in Lantana
Entry & Swing Doors
Entry doors in Lantana take a beating from two directions: the afternoon sun off the lagoon and the salt-laden wind that pushes through every screen and seam. Standard prehung doors from the big-box stores rarely fit the non-standard rough openings on these older CBS homes. We order to spec when we can, modify the frame when we cannot, and make sure the threshold is sealed against the kind of driven rain that comes across the barrier island during summer storms.
Impact-Rated Glazing for Exterior Doors
Palm Beach County’s coastal wind-speed design requirements mandate Florida Product Approval-rated impact doors on any permit-pulled replacement. That is not optional. The old aluminum door with single-pane glass next to it is not going to pass inspection, and more importantly, it is not going to protect your house when a storm pushes water and debris across the lagoon. We install impact-rated door systems from ECO Window Systems, Andersen, and Pella, with side-by-side quotes on paper so you see exactly what you are buying.
Double & French Doors
Double and French doors on Lantana’s CBS homes share the same problem: the opening was not built square in 1962, and it has not settled square since. We routinely see pairs that were forced into a bad opening years ago and have never closed right. We reset the frame, correct the reveal, and replace rollers, hinges, and astragals with hardware that will not seize up in the salt air off the Lake Worth Lagoon.
Pivot Doors
Pivot doors are heavy by design, and that weight needs a frame and threshold that can carry it. On a Lantana CBS home, the concrete substrate is an advantage because it gives us a solid anchor for the floor-mounted pivot, but only if it is installed correctly the first time. We have done enough of them locally to know how to keep a 250-pound door swinging true through years of heat, humidity, and salt exposure.
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Trusted Brands We Service in Lantana
TruePane is an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines, including, PGT, CGI, and ES Windows. For Lantana’s coastal environment, we regularly recommend ECO Window Systems for their corrosion-resistant frames and Florida Product Approval ratings. We register both manufacturer warranty layers in writing before the truck leaves the driveway, which means the warranty is actually there when you need it, not lost in someone’s filing cabinet. Call (754) 339-0784 to discuss which door system fits your home and your budget.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Lantana Homes
- Non-standard CBS rough openings. The concrete block homes built in Lantana between the 1950s and 1970s were framed by hand, and almost none of the door openings are a stock 36 inches. A standard prehung door will not seat properly without frame extension or custom sizing, and installers who do not know this will leave you with a door that jams and gaps.
- Salt-corrosion on hinges and thresholds. The dual-source salt air from the Lake Worth Lagoon east of town and the Atlantic less than two miles away corrodes untreated steel hardware within a few seasons. We install marine-grade hinges, fasteners, and sill pans on every exterior door in Lantana specifically because standard hardware fails here visibly and quickly.
- Party-wall noise and permit friction. Many Lantana CBS homes share walls or sit on lots so tight that a door replacement affects the neighbor’s driveway or parking. Skipping the party-wall notice to an attached neighbor triggers code complaints that stall final inspection. We handle that notice and keep the work area clean so the project finishes without a knock on the door from the building department.
- Sagging doors from out-of-true jambs. A door that binds at the top in summer but closes fine in winter is a sign the jamb was set wrong from the start, usually because the rough opening was never corrected. This is the most common repair call we get in Lantana, and it is almost always the result of a previous installer forcing a stock unit into a non-standard hole.
Pricing for Door Installation in Lantana, FL
A standard exterior entry door replacement in Lantana runs $850 to $1,900, including removal and disposal of the old unit. Impact-rated single doors run $2,100 to $4,200. Double and French door installations run $2,800 to $6,800, and pivot doors start around $4,500. The gap between the lower and higher ends is driven by three things: the size and type of door system, the condition and squareness of the existing rough opening, and whether custom fabrication is required to make a stock unit fit. Custom sizing for a non-standard CBS opening typically adds $400 to $1,200 depending on the frame work involved. We provide written line-item pricing with no change orders, and the estimate is free. Call (754) 339-0784 to schedule yours.
Working on a Tight Lantana Lot: What You Should Know
Lantana is not a subdivision town. The blocks west of US-1 between Lantana Road and the southern edge of town are packed with small CBS homes on narrow lots, and many of them share driveways, utility paths, and even walls. That changes how a door installation gets done. On a 1958 CBS cottage just west of US-1, our crew replaced a corroded jalousie-style side entry with an impact-rated ViewLux fiberglass door and fusion-welded frame. The original rough opening was 37¾ inches wide, not a stock size, so we furred the jamb and installed flashing tape over the concrete sill pan before setting the new unit, keeping the tight lot’s shared driveway clear for the neighbor’s parking. That is the standard, not the exception.
Access affects the quote. If we cannot stage materials on your property without blocking your neighbor’s car, we plan for it. If the opening is on a shared wall, we provide the required notice and keep the work quiet enough that nobody has a reason to complain. The permit path for an exterior door in Lantana is straightforward in most cases, but a historic district overlay or attached-party-wall condition adds steps, and we handle those steps rather than letting them become your problem. A constrained site does not mean a longer job or a higher bill when the crew understands the constraints before they arrive.
We Also Serve Cities Near Lantana
Our Door Installation team works throughout the Lantana area, and we regularly serve customers in Greenacres, Palm Springs, Atlantis, and Lake Worth Beach. If you are in one of those communities or anywhere else near Lantana, call (754) 339-0784 and we will set up a free estimate at a time that works for you.
Serving Lantana, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Lantana 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 Lantana
Yes, a permit is required for exterior door replacement on any Lantana home, and if the property sits within a historic district overlay, the permit path includes design review for the door’s style and exterior finish. The process is not complicated, but it is not skippable. We prepare the drawings, file the permit, and coordinate any overlay review so the job finishes with a passed inspection. Call (754) 339-0784 to have us check your specific address before you pick a door.
The tight lots common between US-1 and Dixie Highway in Lantana mean we typically stage materials in our truck and carry tools to the work area rather than spreading out on your property, and we schedule delivery so a flatbed is not blocking the neighbor’s driveway for an hour. We note access conditions during the estimate so the job day runs without surprises. If your lot has shared parking or a narrow easement, tell us on the phone and we will plan for it.
For a Lantana home with direct exposure to the Lake Worth Lagoon and the Atlantic barrier island, your exterior door system should carry Florida Product Approval with a design pressure rating appropriate for Palm Beach County’s coastal wind-speed zone, which we specify based on your exact location and exposure. An impact-rated door with a fusion-welded frame and laminated glass or SBCCI-rated glazing is the standard we recommend for this exposure. Call (754) 339-0784 for a written quote on a system sized to your specific opening and exposure.
Yes, a new impact-rated door with a properly flashed sill pan and marine-grade hardware will reduce salt-air corrosion dramatically, because the failure on older Lantana doors is usually untreated aluminum frames and steel fasteners that have been exposed to lagoon salt air for decades. We install corrosion-resistant fasteners and threshold systems as standard on every exterior door in Lantana, registered in writing so the warranty covers what it says. To get a specific recommendation for your door, call (754) 339-0784.
If the door you are replacing is on or adjacent to a shared CBS wall with your neighbor, Lantana building and code rules require notice to the adjacent property owner before work begins, and we prepare and deliver that notice as part of the permit process so there is no dispute that stalls final inspection. We also keep the work area and noise contained, which matters when the neighbor’s wall is your wall. Call (754) 339-0784 and we will walk you through the notice and permit path before the job starts.
Get Your Free Door Installation Estimate in Lantana
If your door is sagging, binding, or letting daylight through the frame, do not wait for the next humid season to make it worse. TruePane Windows & Doors serves Lantana homeowners with honest pricing, written line-item quotes, and door systems built for the salt air and tight lots that define this town. We stand behind the work, the warranty, and the promise, in writing. Call (754) 339-0784 today to schedule your free estimate. A live person answers.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Lantana and the surrounding communities since 2008.
Six Reasons Homeowners Choose TruePane 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.