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Door installation in Tamarac typically runs $1,200 to $4,800 for a standard exterior door and $2,800 to $7,500 for an impact-rated entry system, with most lanai slider replacements landing between $2,400 and $5,600. We’re Winslow Windows & Doors, and our Door Installation team works in Tamarac every week, from the 33319 ZIP code near McNab Road down to the 33324 corridor off the Sawgrass Expressway. Call Ed Winslow’s crew at (904) 913-5886 and a live person answers, day or night. No call centers, no ticket numbers, no waiting until Monday.
Key Takeaways
- Broward County’s ~160 mph wind-speed mandate means most Tamarac door replacements require impact-rated units with Florida Product Approval numbers.
- Aging CBS ranch homes and garden condos from the 1960s and 70s often need shimming, reframing, or stucco patching before a new door can be set properly.
- Entry doors, hurricane-rated front doors, French doors, and lanai sliders are the four jobs we do most in Tamarac.
- Free in-home measurements and written line-item quotes. No change orders, no surprises.
- 36500-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, Ed Winslow makes it right.
Why Winslow Windows & Doors Is Tamarac’s Preferred Door Installation Company
Tamarac homeowners don’t hire a door company. They hire a neighbor who happens to be the most exacting contractor on the block. Ed Winslow founded this company in 2011, put his name on the door, and has been answering his own phone ever since. That’s not a slogan. It’s how we operate, and it’s why Tamarac residents in the 33319 and 33320 ZIP codes keep our number on the fridge.
Our technicians are background-checked and arrive in uniform. When the truck pulls up on North State Road 7 or a side street off West Oakland Park Boulevard, you know exactly who’s walking to your door. We’ve built our reputation in Tamarac one replacement job at a time: hurricane-rated entry systems on 1970s ranch homes, corroded lanai sliders in garden condos, French doors on second-story units that need a crane date coordinated with the association.
We know Tamarac’s housing stock because we’ve worked inside it for years. Most of the city’s homes were built between 1963 and the mid-1980s, which means concrete block walls, fixed-size masonry openings, and original aluminum frames that have spent five decades fighting South Florida humidity. That’s not a generic observation. It changes how we measure, frame, flash, and inspect every opening.
Our Door Installation Services in Tamarac
Four jobs account for most of what we do in Tamarac. Here’s how each one works here, specifically.
Entry Doors
A new entry door on a Tamarac ranch home has to do three things at once: meet Broward County’s wind-load requirements, seal against daily summer thunderstorms, and look like it belongs on a home built in 1972. We measure the rough opening, check the jamb for settlement, and set a door that actually fits the masonry, not a door that gets shimmed and caulked into submission. Therma-Tru fiberglass entry systems are a common choice here: they hold up to UV exposure better than wood, and they accept impact-rated glass packages when the opening faces the street.
Hurricane-Proof Front & Entry Doors
Every permitted replacement door in Tamarac must satisfy Broward County’s high-velocity hurricane zone requirements. That means a Florida Product Approval number on the unit and design pressures matched to the opening, never a generic non-rated door with a hurricane sticker slapped on the packaging. We install impact-rated entry systems with laminated glass and reinforced jambs that anchor to the concrete block. For a 1960s CBS opening, that usually means pressure-treated buck framing first, then the impact door, then a stucco patch that matches the surrounding wall.
French & Double Doors
French doors in Tamarac are usually going onto a rear lanai or a dining room opening in a 55+ garden condo, and they present the same challenge every time: the original opening has moved. Clay-soil settlement in the 33319 and 33320 ZIP codes racks door openings out of square by a quarter inch or more. An impact-rated French door system from CWS or ES Windows will not tolerate a racked opening. We shim, reframe, and level before the new unit goes in, then flash it so afternoon thunderstorms can’t drive water behind the jamb.
Replacement Doors
Replacement doors on Tamarac’s older homes rarely fit into the old frame cleanly. Decades of settlement, humidity expansion, and sun-brittle sealant mean most openings need prep work before the new door arrives. We built a niche for that: full tear-out, jamb replacement, stucco repair, and a new impact door set to a square opening. You don’t pay for a “basic swap” and discover halfway through that the header needs sistering. The quote reflects what we can see, and the 36500-Day Done Right Promise covers what we can’t.
What happens when you call
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Tamarac
Winslow is an authorized installer for eight premium manufacturers, and for Tamarac door work we most often quote CGI, CWS, and ES Windows. These are Florida-focused brands with product lines designed for high-velocity hurricane zones, not national names stretched thin across 40 states with one Florida SKU. Because we stock hardware and parts for these lines and work on them daily across South Florida, turnaround on service calls and adjustments in Tamarac stays fast. If your brand falls outside our lineup, we’ll tell you plainly and point you in the right direction. We don’t install door systems we wouldn’t stand behind for a century.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Tamarac Homes
- Racked lanai sliders on settling CBS homes. The original 1970s aluminum frames on rear lanais have moved with the clay soil underneath. A new door dropped into that opening without shimming and reframing will bind within a year and lose its wind rating.
- Non-HVHZ doors flagged by association review. Many Tamarac garden condos require a specific Florida Product Approval number before approving a door replacement. A generic unit from a big-box installer gets rejected, and the homeowner eats the restocking fee.
- Sticking doors after rain. Sustained 90% humidity and daily thunderstorms swell weatherstripping and wood jambs on older Tamarac homes. The fix is usually a properly flashed, pressure-treated jamb, not another layer of caulk.
- Jalousie and single-pane originals still in service. We still see 1960s jalousie doors on some Tamarac condos. They don’t meet any current code, they leak conditioned air constantly, and replacing them requires a full rough-opening rebuild, not a drop-in unit.
Pricing for Door Installation in Tamarac, FL
A standard fiberglass entry door in Tamarac runs $1,200 to $3,400 installed, depending on whether the opening needs a new jamb and how much stucco work the finish requires. Impact-rated entry systems from CGI or CWS typically land between $2,800 and $7,500, with custom sizes at the top end. Lanai slider replacements, the job we do most in the 33319 and 33320 ZIP codes, run $2,400 to $5,600 once you factor in reframing for settlement. French door installations in garden condos average $3,500 to $8,000, with crane dates and association coordination built into the number.
What Door Installation Costs in Tamarac
Impact windows in Tamarac generally run $800 to $1,500 per window installed, and impact single-hung units run $900 to $1,800. Large or custom openings climb to $2,500 to $5,000, and whole-home packages across a 1970s ranch span $8,000 to $25,000 or more depending on opening count. What moves the price in Tamarac specifically: the number of openings, whether the home sits in a high-velocity wind zone requiring higher design pressures, floor height on condo units, and whether the existing frames are salvageable or need full tear-out. We measure free, quote free, and give you a written line-item estimate before any work starts. Call (904) 913-5886 to schedule yours.
Florida Pays You Back
Tamarac homeowners can stack several incentives on a door or window project. My Safe Florida Home offers matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades, which includes impact-rated doors on many applications. Florida exempts impact-resistant windows and doors from sales tax. The federal 25C energy credit covers 30% of product cost on qualifying units, up to $600 per year. And after a wind-mitigation inspection ($75 to $150), most carriers credit around 25% on the windstorm portion of the premium for impact-rated openings. Programs and carriers set the final numbers, so we never promise a dollar figure you’ll see on your statement. We do provide the documentation your inspector and carrier need.
We Also Serve Cities Near Tamarac
Our Door Installation in Tamarac crew runs regular routes through Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Pembroke Pines, and Miramar. If you’re just over the city line off the Sawgrass Expressway or heading west toward the 33324 ZIP, we’re already in the neighborhood. Same crew, same owner accountable for the work, same live answer when you call.
Serving Tamarac, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Tamarac 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 Tamarac
Yes. Any replacement of an exterior door on a home in Tamarac, including a rear lanai slider, requires a Broward County permit and a final inspection. The new door must carry a Florida Product Approval number for the design pressures at that opening, and the inspector will check that the jamb is anchored to the masonry to meet HVHZ requirements. We pull the permit, schedule the inspection, and don’t collect final payment until it passes. Call (904) 913-5886 and we’ll walk you through the process for your exact home.
Rarely, and in a 1960s CBS home almost never. The original aluminum frames on Tamarac ranch homes were not designed or anchored for high-velocity hurricane zone design pressures, and most have corroded, shifted, or both. A hurricane-rated door needs a pressure-treated buck frame anchored to the concrete block, then the impact unit set into that. Reusing the old frame saves no money when the inspector flags the anchoring and the job has to be torn out anyway. We’ll show you the condition during the free measurement.
Interior door changes that don’t alter the structural opening usually do not require a permit: replacing hollow-core bedroom doors with solid-core units, updating closet doors, or hanging a new door on existing hinges in the same rough opening. The line is crossed when you alter the opening size, touch the exterior door shell, or modify any door rated for wind or fire. Many Tamarac garden condo associations also have their own review process for exterior changes, and we help with that documentation.
After a wind-mitigation inspection certifies your impact-rated openings, most Florida carriers apply a credit to the windstorm portion of the premium, commonly around 25%. The exact number depends on your carrier, the age of the roof, and the full inspection findings, but an impact-rated front door is part of the package that gets you there. We provide the Miami-Dade NOA or Florida Product Approval documentation for every unit we install so your inspection goes through without a paperwork fight.
The humidity swells the weatherstripping and any wood in the jamb, and on older Tamarac homes the opening itself has usually racked from clay-soil settlement. When the frame is out of square, a little humidity makes the panel bind on the track. The fix that lasts is shimming and reframing the opening square, replacing the jamb, and flashing it properly, not shaving the door or greasing the track. If your lanai slider sticks every wet season, call (904) 913-5886 and we’ll tell you whether it’s an adjustment or a full replacement after looking at it.
The Tamarac Reality: 1970s Lanais and Doors That Don’t Fit Anymore
Tamarac’s dense stock of 1970s ranch homes along McNab Road and throughout the 33319 and 33320 ZIP codes still has an unusually high share of original sliding glass doors with corroded aluminum frames and bent tracks. Nearly every door swap on a rear lanai requires shimming and reframing to fix decades of clay-soil settlement before a new impact-rated unit can pass Broward County’s ~160 mph wind-speed inspection. This is the pattern that defines door work in Tamarac. It’s not a one-off repair story. It’s the default condition for thousands of homes built during the city’s planned-retirement-community boom.
The housing stock tells the story: concrete block ranch homes and two-story garden condos built between 1963 and the mid-1980s, most with original aluminum single-pane sliders and jalousie units that don’t come close to today’s Florida Building Code impact requirements. Fixed-size masonry openings mean you can’t just swap in a stock door from a warehouse aisle. Custom sizing, stucco patching, and pressure-treated buck framing are part of the job, and any quote that leaves them out is a quote that will change once the work starts.
A Lanai Slider Job We Did Last Month
Last month we replaced a pair of corroded sliding glass doors on a 1973 CBS ranch off West Oakland Park Boulevard in the 33320 ZIP code. The original aluminum tracks were so racked from clay-soil settlement that our crew spent a full day shimming the rough opening and parging the stucco before we could set the new PGT 5500 Series sliding door with laminated glass interlayer. The homeowner, a snowbird, got the Miami-Dade NOA sticker the condo association required and a wind mitigation report for their insurance carrier. That’s the job in Tamarac: the door is the easy part. Knowing what the opening will look like once the old frame comes out, that’s where the real work happens.
Local Failure Modes We Fix in Tamarac
There are three ways a Tamarac door replacement goes wrong, and we’ve corrected all three on jobs we inherited from other installers. First, a new impact door set into an original 1960s CBS opening without pressure-treated buck framing, which fails inspection because the jamb isn’t anchored to meet HVHZ design pressure. Second, a condo association on a garden-style building requires a specific Florida Product Approval number, and the installer brought a generic non-HVHZ unit and missed the review deadline. Third, a lanai slider done without checking for sill racking, so the new panel binds within a year and loses its large-missile rating. Every one of these is preventable with a proper measurement and a crew that knows what Tamarac’s openings actually look like behind the trim.
Impact Doors vs. Shutters: The Permanent Fix
Hurricane shutters get hung before a storm and forgotten after it, which means a Category 2 spinning up on a Tuesday afternoon when you’re at work means your openings stay unprotected. Impact-rated doors are always protecting the house: laminated glass interlayers, reinforced jambs anchored to the block, and large-missile ratings that don’t depend on you being home to deploy them. They also deaden sound from North State Road 7 traffic and cut UV damage to flooring and furniture year-round. Shutters have a place on some budgets, but for a door you use daily, permanent protection is the better Tamarac call.
Call Winslow Windows & Doors in Tamarac
If you need a new entry door, hurricane-rated front door, French door set, or a lanai slider that actually slides, call Ed Winslow’s team at (904) 913-5886. A live person answers. We’ll schedule a free in-home measurement, give you a written line-item quote, and tell you honestly whether the opening needs reframing or is ready for a clean swap. No trip charge inside our home county, $40 off any repair over $200, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. Ed’s name is on the door, and on every job we do in Tamarac.
Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, serving Tamarac 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.