Entry Doors

Entry Doors in Fort Lauderdale, FL | Winslow Windows & Doors

A front door does more than welcome people home. In Fort Lauderdale, it stands between your family and hurricane season. We install Therma-Tru impact-rated entry door systems engineered for Florida Building Code High-Velocity Hurricane Zone requirements, and we’ve been doing it across Broward County long enough to know exactly how coastal wind and rain test a door. Fiberglass and steel profiles, laminated impact glass options, and finishes that hold their color in salt air. If you’re replacing a tired front door or building new, call Winslow Windows & Doors at (904) 913-5886 and we’ll walk you through what fits your opening, your style, and your wind zone.

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Product Overview - Entry Doors

These are not standard front doors with a hurricane sticker added. The Therma-Tru entry systems we install in Fort Lauderdale are built from the core out to take an impact rating without giving up curb appeal. You get a real entry door: architectural glass inserts, clean panel lines, factory finishes that look like millwork. But underneath, the engineering is pure Florida.

The frames come in fiberglass and steel. Fiberglass gives you the look of painted wood with none of the swelling, warping, or salt-air corrosion. Steel offers a slimmer profile and serious structural rigidity. Both frame materials are used across the impact-rated configurations we order for Fort Lauderdale homes, and both carry the compliance paperwork your building department in Broward County will ask to see.

Where these doors earn their keep is the glazing. Impact-rated laminated glass holds together when debris hits it, which means the door stays sealed during the window of a storm when pressure differentials are at their worst. And when you don’t need glass, solid panel configurations give you the same rated frame construction with no glazing at all. Factory-finished units arrive pre-painted from the manufacturer floor. Paint-grade woodgrain options let you or your painter match a custom color on site. Either way, the door is a finished architectural element the day it’s installed, not a project you’re left to deal with later.

We install these across Fort Lauderdale’s older neighborhoods: Victoria Park, Rio Vista, Coral Ridge, Sailboat Bend, Tarpon River. We see everything from 1950s ranch-style entryways to new modern builds, and the sizing flexibility holds up.

Technical Specifications

Here are the hard numbers and options for the Entry Doors we order and install in Fort Lauderdale.

• Frame materials: Fiberglass and steel, selected per wind zone and opening condition.
• Maximum size: Up to 48 inches wide. Taller and custom configurations are quoted per project.
• Glass options: Decorative impact glass insert, Low-E insulated glass insert, or no glass (solid panel).
• Color and finish options: White, black, bronze, or paintable woodgrain finish.
• Design pressure: Matched to your wind zone, up to +/-100. We never over-spec a door beyond what the location requires, and we never quote a higher design pressure than the configuration actually carries.
• Compliance: Miami-Dade NOA and Florida Product Approval numbers issued per configuration, engineered to FBC HVHZ requirements.

If your Fort Lauderdale home has an oversized front entry or a custom sidelight configuration, call us before you assume it’s out of range. Many openings up to 48 inches are straightforward, and width is only one part of the conversation.

Hurricane & Compliance Performance

Six things matter on an impact entry door in Fort Lauderdale. Here’s how this product handles each one.

Laminated Impact Glass

The glass in our impact-rated entry doors uses a PVB (polyvinyl butyral) interlayer. When a storm-driven object strikes the glass, the interlayer holds the broken pieces in the frame instead of letting them blow through your entryway. That keeps wind and water out of the house during the critical pressure cycle of a hurricane, which matters more than most people realize.

Miami-Dade NOA / Florida Product Approval

Each configuration we order carries a Miami-Dade NOA (Notice of Acceptance) and Florida Product Approval number issued for that specific setup. There is no universal number that covers every size, glass option, and frame combination. We verify the correct numbers on your quote and provide them for your permit submittal in Fort Lauderdale.

FBC / HVHZ Compliance

The product is engineered to Florida Building Code (FBC) High-Velocity Hurricane Zone (HVHZ) requirements. That designation applies to Broward County and Miami-Dade. A product that meets HVHZ standards is built for the wind pressures and impact conditions we actually get here, not the milder requirements of inland Florida or points north.

TAS 201 / TAS 202 / TAS 203 Testing Context

HVHZ-rated products are tested under a protocol family that includes TAS 201 for large-missile impact, TAS 202 for cyclic wind-pressure loading, and TAS 203 for forced-entry resistance. When the product literature references these tests, that’s the performance envelope we’re talking about. It’s the same test family used across impact doors and windows in Fort Lauderdale.

Design Pressure for Your Wind Zone

Design pressures on this product are matched to your specific wind zone, up to +/-100. That PSF rating reflects the structural loading the door is engineered to handle. We never label a wind speed as design pressure, and we never quote a DP higher than what the configuration actually carries. Your exact rating comes from your address and your permit documents.

Energy Performance

For homeowners replacing a front door and thinking about cooling costs, Low-E insulated glass inserts are available. The Low-E coating reduces solar heat transfer through the glass while still giving you a glazed entry. If you want zero glass transmission, solid panel doors offer the most insulated construction in the line.

Color & Glass Options

Fort Lauderdale architecture leans coastal, Mediterranean, and modern. Your front door should match the house, not fight it.

Paintable woodgrain finish is the workhorse for custom homes. It takes a site-applied color, so if your exterior palette is a specific shade of coral, sage, or deep navy for a Key West-style house in Sailboat Bend, the door matches exactly. The grain texture keeps it from looking like flat metal or plastic.

White and black are the clean, high-contrast choices. White reads crisp on pastel coastal exteriors. Black anchors modern builds in Victoria Park and gives a traditional house some weight. Bronze splits the difference: warm enough for Mediterranean-style homes, dark enough to hide the fine salt-air dust that settles on everything near the Intracoastal.

On the glass side, a decorative impact glass insert gives you light and architectural detail with the same impact-rated lamination. It’s the right choice for a covered entry where the door faces east or west and gets drenched in afternoon sun. Low-E insulated glass is for front entries with real sun exposure; it cuts solar gain, which keeps the foyer from becoming a heat box. And solid panel doors, no glass, are the pick for security-minded homeowners or any entry where you simply don’t want passersby seeing inside.

Installation by Winslow Windows & Doors in Fort Lauderdale

A rated entry door is only rated if it is installed correctly. That’s the part manufacturers can’t control, and it’s where we earn our keep in Fort Lauderdale.

Our process starts before we open the wall. We inspect the rough opening, the existing jamb condition, and the substrate, because on older Fort Lauderdale homes (think 1960s block construction in Coral Ridge or post-war frame houses near Middle River Terrace), the opening is rarely square and the condition behind the old door is rarely clean. We measure and order the door to the actual conditions, not the blueprints.

On install day, the door is set level, plumb, and square, no shortcuts. We follow AAMA 2400/2410 installation practice and use AAMA 812 low-expansion foam perimeter sealant around the frame. That foam seals the perimeter without bowing the jambs, the way a high-expansion big-box foam can. Then we anchor per the tested assembly requirements, not per what’s convenient to reach.

Every install ends with a water test at the threshold and perimeter, plus cleanup of the work area. In HVHZ jurisdictions like Fort Lauderdale, the permit submittal for your entry door will reference the NOA or Florida Product Approval number for the specific configuration. We provide that paperwork with your quote. Improper installation compromises the entire rated system: a door that’s out of square won’t seal, and a door that’s under-anchored won’t hold under cyclic loading. This is precisely why a trained team matters more than the logo on the box.

Frequently Asked Questions - Entry Doors

Get a Quote - Entry Doors in Fort Lauderdale

Ready to replace your front door with an impact-rated system built for Fort Lauderdale? We’ll measure your opening, confirm your wind zone, and quote the right configuration with the compliance paperwork your permit will require. Call Winslow Windows & Doors at (904) 913-5886 to schedule a free on-site measurement and get your project started.

Written by the team at Winslow Windows & Doors, serving Fort Lauderdale, FL with hurricane-impact window and door installations.