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Door installation in West Palm Beach runs $450 to $3,200 for most residential jobs, depending on whether you’re replacing a basic entry door or setting a custom arched French door into a historic CBS opening. Impact-rated doors, which most West Palm Beach homes need under Palm Beach County wind code, typically add $600 to $1,800 to the base price. We serve every neighborhood in West Palm Beach, from El Cid to Flamingo Park to the communities lining the Intracoastal, and we’ve been doing it long enough to know which door materials survive this city’s salt air and which ones don’t. Call (754) 339-0784 for a free in-home estimate, or keep reading to understand what your door actually costs here and why the cheap quote usually isn’t.
Key Takeaways: Door Installation in West Palm Beach
- Typical entry door replacement in West Palm Beach runs $1,200-$2,600 installed, including impact-rated glass and Florida Product Approval compliance.
- Salt air near the Intracoastal corrodes standard hardware within 7-10 years. Marine-grade hinges and stainless multi-point locks are not optional east of Olive Avenue.
- Historic districts like El Cid and Old Northwood require dual compliance: Florida Product Approval for wind code plus Historic Preservation Board sign-off on sight-line profiles.
- We’re an authorized installer for, and Marvin, plus a dozen other lines. Both warranty layers get registered in writing before our truck leaves your driveway.
Why TruePane Windows & Doors Is West Palm Beach’s Preferred Door Installation Company
Dale Kessler founded TruePane in 2008 on a rule that’s still taped to the whiteboard in our shop: if the pane is not true, the job is not done. That rule covers doors, too. A door that binds in August, lets wind-driven rain past the sweep, or won’t latch because the jamb shifted is an out-of-true install, and we don’t leave it behind.
We’ve spent years in this trade and a good part of the last decade and a half installing doors in West Palm Beach’s older CBS homes and newer coastal builds. Our technicians know the rough-opening quirks of 1920s Mediterranean Revival homes in Grandview Heights and the frame-rot patterns on east-facing doors in Prospect Park. Every technician is background-checked, uniformed, and trained to measure twice, quote manufacturer lines side by side on paper, and register both warranty layers before leaving your driveway.
When you call us, a live person answers. Not a voicemail tree, not a callback form. You tell us what’s happening with your door, and we’ll tell you straight what it will take to fix it properly. We’ll be there when we say we will, and if the work isn’t done right, our Done Right Promise says we make it right without a paperwork fight.
Our Door Installation Services in West Palm Beach
Every door we install in West Palm Beach is specified for this city’s climate and code requirements first, and for manufacturer availability second. Here’s what we do most often.
Entry & Swing Doors
Your front door takes the most direct hit from West Palm Beach’s prevailing east winds and salt-laden air. We install impact-rated steel, fiberglass, and wood entry doors from Andersen, Pella, and Marvin, with hardware specified for marine exposure when the door faces the water or sits within a few blocks of the Intracoastal. A standard entry door replacement in a Flamingo Park CBS ranch typically runs $1,200 to $2,600, including the door slab, frame, threshold, and hardware. If your original rough opening is non-standard, which most 1950s CBS construction is, we’ll fur and shim the masonry properly so the frame doesn’t crack or bind.
Double & French Doors
French doors are common in West Palm Beach, but they fail here in predictable ways. The central meeting stile on a double door takes wind load and salt exposure from both directions, and cheap inland-spec hinges or multi-point hardware will corrode or seize within a decade. We install impact-rated French doors with stainless hardware as standard, and we set them into properly flashed and sealed openings so wind-driven rain doesn’t rot the jamb. Expect $1,800 to $4,500 for a standard impact-rated double French door install, depending on width and glass package.
Arched & Custom Doors
West Palm Beach has a large stock of 1920s and 1930s homes with arched entryways and non-standard door shapes. In the El Cid and Old Northwood historic districts, the Historic Preservation Board wants replacement doors to replicate original sight-line profiles, while Palm Beach County requires Florida Product Approval for impact resistance. That narrows your product options to specialty impact-rated steel-look aluminum doors engineered to pass historic review. We source these doors and handle the dual-permit process, because we’ve done it enough times to know which manufacturers clear both hurdles. Custom arched door installations in West Palm Beach start around $3,200 and can reach $8,000 or more for large or unusually shaped openings.
Storm Doors
A storm door adds a layer of wind and rain protection, but the wrong one traps moisture against your entry door and accelerates frame rot. In West Palm Beach’s humidity, we specify vented storm doors with marine-grade hardware and full-perimeter weatherstripping, and we never install one over an entry door that hasn’t been checked for existing rot or seal failure first.
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Trusted Brands We Service in West Palm Beach
We’re an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines, including Door Installation systems from, PGT, and CGI. What that means for you in West Palm Beach: if you already own an Andersen French door with a failing seal or a PGT entry door that’s binding, we can order factory-matched parts and hardware, not whatever generic replacement happens to fit. We carry common door hardware, weatherstripping, and sweep profiles in our service vehicles for same-visit fixes when possible. If a full replacement is the right call, we’ll lay out side-by-side quotes on paper so you see exactly what each manufacturer line costs and what you’re getting for the difference.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in West Palm Beach Homes
After years of door work in Door Installation in West Palm Beach, certain failure patterns repeat often enough that we can spot them from the curb. Here’s what we see most.
- Corroded hardware on east- and waterway-facing doors. Standard zinc-plated hinges and multi-point locks corrode in West Palm Beach’s salt air faster than almost anywhere in Florida. You’ll notice the door sticking, the handle grinding, or the lock refusing to throw cleanly. Marine-grade stainless hardware solves it. We swap it out on nearly every door we install east of Olive.
- Rotted jambs from wind-driven rain. When cheap weatherstripping shrinks and delaminates under coastal humidity, wind-driven rain gets behind the trim and rots the jamb from the inside. You won’t always see it until the door starts sagging. We open the frame, cut out the rot, and rebuild with pressure-treated or composite stock before setting the new door.
- Cracked frames in old CBS rough openings. 1920s to 1970s concrete block homes rarely have rough openings that match modern door sizes. If the installer forces a stock frame and hammers in shims without proper furring and sealing, the frame cracks as the masonry moves. We rebuild openings properly, which is slower but doesn’t fail.
- Failed impact door seals within a few years. Impact-rated door glass has a laminated interlayer that’s supposed to stay bonded for the life of the door. Cheap glazing or a poorly seated gasket fails early here because heat and humidity stress the seal. When you call us for a fogged impact door, we check whether the manufacturer’s warranty covers it before quoting a replacement, and we handle the registration paperwork ourselves.
The Salt Air Problem: Why Your Door Spec Matters More in West Palm Beach
West Palm Beach sits on the west side of the Intracoastal Waterway, which means the salt-laden air comes at you from two directions: off the Atlantic to the east and off the waterway itself, often just a few blocks from your front door. That salt attacks door hardware from the outside in. Standard zinc-plated hinges, which work fine in Wellington or Royal Palm Beach, start showing white corrosion in West Palm Beach within three to five years of coastal exposure. Multi-point locking mechanisms seize. Door sweeps crack. Weatherstripping turns brittle and lets wind-driven rain behind the jamb.
We specify marine-grade hardware on any door facing east or the waterway: stainless hinges, stainless multipoint locking tracks, and composite or aluminum thresholds instead of wood. The materials cost more, typically $150 to $400 per door depending on hardware complexity, and that’s the price gap between a door that lasts 15 years and one that needs hardware replacement by year eight. The cheap inland-spec quote looks better on paper. It costs more within a decade, and that’s before you count the water damage behind a failed seal.
On a Flamingo Park CBS ranch, our crew replaced a corroded original aluminum slider with a Marvin impact-rated French door. The rough opening was non-standard and the jamb had rotted from salt-driven moisture, so we furred the masonry, used marine-grade flashing tape, and installed a fusion-welded frame with low-E argon-filled glass. That homeowner now has a door that clears Palm Beach County wind code and won’t seize from salt air within a decade. That’s the standard we apply to every door we hang in this city.
The Historic District Problem No Generic Installer Warns You About
West Palm Beach sits in a Wind-Borne Debris Region, so virtually every replacement door must carry Florida Product Approval. Simple enough. But the city also has one of Florida’s densest concentrations of locally-designated historic districts: El Cid, Flamingo Park, Old Northwood, Grandview Heights. In those neighborhoods, you’re dealing with two regulators, not one. The Palm Beach County Building Division wants proof your door meets impact code. The City’s Historic Preservation Board wants proof your door looks like the original 1930s steel casement or wood panel door it’s replacing. That dual-permit burden doesn’t exist to the same degree in neighboring Boynton Beach or Lake Worth, and it shapes every project timeline and product selection.
If you live in El Cid or Old Northwood and your door is original, you can’t just pick any impact door from a catalog. The Board wants sight-line profiles and panel shapes that match the original design. We’ve sourced specialty impact-rated steel-look aluminum doors engineered to pass that review, and we handle the submittals and the back-and-forth so you don’t spend three months in a permitting queue. This is not a product category most installers stock or even know how to order, and it’s one of the reasons we tell West Palm Beach homeowners to get a second opinion if a contractor brushes off the historic review question.
Pricing for Door Installation in West Palm Beach, FL
| Door Type | Typical Installed Price Range |
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| Entry door (standard, non-impact) | $450 - $1,400 |
| Entry door (impact-rated, PGT or similar) | $1,200 - $2,600 |
| Double French door (impact-rated) | $1,800 - $4,500 |
| Arched or custom door (historic or non-standard opening) | $3,200 - $8,000+ |
| Storm door (vented, coast-spec hardware) | $500 - $1,300 |
These ranges reflect West Palm Beach market prices as of 2025. What moves the number: door size and glass package, impact rating requirements, whether your rough opening needs rebuilding, marine-grade versus standard hardware, and whether you’re in a historic district with dual-permit requirements. For energy-efficient options, the glass package will affect both performance and price. We quote firm line-item prices in writing before work starts, and we don’t pad the bill with change orders once the job begins. Our Done Right Promise covers workmanship, and The Keystone Standard means both manufacturer warranty layers are registered in writing with durations stated before we leave your driveway. Call (754) 339-0784 to schedule a free estimate. We’ll walk you through the exact number for your door and your house, with no obligation.
We Also Serve Cities Near West Palm Beach
Beyond West Palm Beach, our crews cover door installation in Palm Beach, Greenacres, Royal Palm Beach, and Wellington. If you’re on the barrier island in Palm Beach, the salt exposure is worse and the hardware spec matters even more. In Wellington and Royal Palm Beach, you can sometimes get away with standard hardware, but we’ll always quote the right spec for your specific elevation and exposure rather than a one-size-fits-all door.
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 - Door Installation in West Palm Beach
Yes. All of West Palm Beach sits inside Palm Beach County’s Wind-Borne Debris Region, which means replacement doors on any residential structure must carry Florida Product Approval for impact resistance, regardless of your neighborhood or historic district status. The only question is whether you also need Historic Preservation Board approval on top of that, which applies only in designated districts like El Cid, Old Northwood, Flamingo Park, and Grandview Heights. We handle both permits and the product documentation for every door we install. Call (754) 339-0784 if you want to know exactly which compliance path applies to your address.
Salt air near the Intracoastal corrodes standard zinc-plated hinges and multi-point locking hardware within 7 to 10 years, causing sticking doors, grinding handles, and locks that won’t throw. You should specify 316 stainless steel hinges, stainless or composite thresholds, and multi-point locking systems with stainless strikes and tracks. If your door faces east or the waterway, marine-grade hardware is not an upgrade; it’s the minimum spec that will last. We quote it as standard on any door with that exposure, not as an add-on.
In most cases, no. The Historic Preservation Board reviews replacement doors in those districts for sight-line profiles and panel shapes that match the original design. Standard off-the-shelf impact doors rarely pass because their profiles are too thick or their panel lines don’t match the original. You’ll need a specialty impact-rated steel-look aluminum door engineered to approximate the original profile while still carrying Florida Product Approval. We source these doors and handle the submittals, because we’ve done enough of them in El Cid and Old Northwood to know which manufacturers clear review. Call (754) 339-0784 and we’ll tell you straight whether your door can be replaced simply or needs to go through the Board.
Because it was inland-spec weatherstripping. West Palm Beach’s coastal humidity and salt air shrink and delaminate standard vinyl or foam weatherstripping within three to five years, especially on doors facing east or the Intracoastal. Once the weatherstripping fails, wind-driven rain gets behind the trim and rots the jamb. We specify marine-grade Q-Lon or silicone bulb weatherstripping on every exterior door we install in West Palm Beach, and we set the door into a properly flashed opening so even if a seal fails prematurely, the water doesn’t rot the frame. If your current weatherstripping is failing, we can often replace it in a single visit. Call (754) 339-0784 for an in-home look.
It depends on the condition of the jamb, and in West Palm Beach the jamb is usually the part that’s failed. Salt-driven moisture rots jambs from the inside, especially on east-facing doors and doors within a few blocks of the Intracoastal. If the jamb has rot, you replace it. If the jamb is sound and only the door slab or hardware has failed, we can often set a new slab into the existing frame, provided the rough opening is square and the frame hasn’t shifted. We’ll inspect it before we quote, and we’ll tell you if reusing the jamb is a bad idea rather than taking the cheaper-looking path. Call (754) 339-0784 for a free estimate and we’ll give you an honest read.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors. Founded in 2008 on a second-generation glazier’s craft standard: if the pane is not true, the job is not done.
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