Door Installation in Fort Lauderdale - Free In-Home Measure, Written Price

Trusted Door Installation for Fort Lauderdale Homeowners

A new front door in Fort Lauderdale does more than change the way your home looks from the curb. It has to stand up to hurricane-force wind, daily salt air, brutal afternoon sun, and the kind of humidity that swells cheap door frames until they stick. We install entry doors, French doors, storm doors, and replacement doors that are built for exactly this climate, and we’ve been doing it since 2011. Ed Winslow owns this company, his name is on every job we do, and when you call (904) 913-5886, a real person answers, any hour of the day or night. No call centers. No ticket numbers. Just a neighbor who knows Fort Lauderdale doors.

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Key Takeaways

• Door installation in Fort Lauderdale typically runs $900 to $4,500+ depending on door type, materials, and whether the opening needs structural repair.
• Hurricane-rated entry doors are non-negotiable in this market and must meet Florida Building Code impact standards.
• Winslow Windows & Doors is locally owned by Ed Winslow, in business since 2011, and backs every installation with the 36500-Day Done Right Promise.
• We install doors from PGT, Therma-Tru, CGI, and CWS, and we’re authorized installers for eight premium brands.
• Call (904) 913-5886 for a free, no-hassle estimate with upfront pricing and a written line-item quote.

What Our Door Installation Service Includes

Every door we hang in Fort Lauderdale is installed to the same standard: plumb, level, square, sealed against wind-driven rain, and anchored to the rough opening so it won’t flex when the pressure drops. That’s the baseline. From there, the right door for your home depends on where it goes, what it faces, and how it performs. Here’s how we break it down.

Entry Doors

Your entry door is the first thing guests touch and the first thing a buyer notices. We install solid-core wood, steel, and fiberglass entry doors, with an emphasis on fiberglass because it handles Fort Lauderdale’s humidity without warping and won’t dent like steel when a kid’s bike hits it. Most entry door replacements also involve the frame, the weatherstripping, the threshold, and sometimes the interior casing, and we handle all of it in one visit. If the slab is fine but the frame is rotting, we’ll tell you that too, and we’ll quote only what needs doing.

Hurricane-Proof Front & Entry Doors

A standard entry door fails in two ways during a storm: the slab blows in, or the frame separates from the wall. We install hurricane-proof front & entry doors from PGT and CGI that are tested as a complete assembly, slab, frame, hinges, and hardware, so they actually perform as one unit under pressure. In neighborhoods like Coral Ridge and Rio Vista, where homes are close to the water, we recommend pre-hung impact assemblies with multi-point locking hardware. These meet Florida Building Code requirements for the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, and we pull permits and coordinate inspections on every installation that requires one.

French & Double Doors

French doors are the hardest working opening in a Fort Lauderdale home, and also the most likely to leak. Most of the French doors we replace in older homes were installed with a single active leaf and a dummy leaf that flexes, which is where water gets in. We install true double-door systems from Therma-Tru and CWS with astragals that seal tight, reinforced frames, and continuous sill flashing. Whether they lead to a patio in Victoria Park or a second-floor balcony in Sailboat Bend, we build them so they never need a pan under the trim.

Replacement Doors

If your existing door slab is cracked, delaminating, or swollen to the point it scrapes the jamb, we’ll pull it and set a new one without disturbing the interior trim unless it has to be replaced. Replacement doors are common for utility rooms, pantry closets, and interior garage entries, and for full exterior openings we’ll assess whether the frame is still sound before recommending a slab-only swap. A lot of companies will quote a full-frame replacement because it’s easier. We quote what the opening actually needs, because that’s the kind of accountability Ed Winslow built this company on.

Storm & Exterior Doors

Storm doors give you a second layer between your conditioned air and the Fort Lauderdale afternoon, and they let you leave the main door open for light without letting in bugs or rain. We install full-view and mid-view storm doors with retractable screens and low-E glass, sized and sealed to the existing entry door so they don’t trap heat between the two panels. In homes without a covered porch, a storm door is the cheapest way to protect a nice entry door from sun damage and salt air, and it’s a one-day installation in most cases.

Brands We Service for Door Installation

We’re an authorized installer for PGT and CGI, which means we order directly from the manufacturer, we get the full factory warranty registered in your name, and we’re trained on their specific installation requirements. PGT’s impact-rated entry doors are some of the toughest we’ve ever hung, and we’ve installed them in homes from downtown Fort Lauderdale out to the Everglades edge of Weston. Their WinGuard line, in particular, is a favorite for beachside properties where the wind load calculation pushes other doors out of compliance.

We also install Therma-Tru fiberglass entry doors and CWS systems, including their double-door and radius-top configurations. Therma-Tru’s fiberglass holds paint better than wood and doesn’t swell in the humidity, which matters when your door faces east and gets five hours of morning sun. If you already have a PGT, CGI, CWS, or Therma-Tru door that needs replacing or the frame needs fixing, we’ll service it, and if you’re not sure what brand is right, we’ll walk you through the difference in glass packages, hardware, and price.

Signs You Need Door Installation Right Now

• The door won’t latch without lifting the handle. This almost always means the door has settled, the hinges are worn, or the frame is rotting where the strike plate mounts. Left alone, the misalignment gets worse, and eventually the deadbolt stops engaging entirely, which leaves your home locked by habit but not by hardware.
• You can see daylight through the weatherstripping. If light gets through, water gets through, and in a Fort Lauderdale downpour that means a wet floor and a swollen jamb. A door that no longer seals is also letting conditioned air out, and your AC bill notices it before you do.
• The frame is soft at the bottom corners. Stick a flathead screwdriver into the jamb near the threshold. If it sinks in with light pressure, the wood is gone and the door is only as strong as the paint holding it together. This is the most common rot pattern we see in Riverland, Melrose Park, and any neighborhood with sprinkler overspray hitting the entry.
• The door predates the current hurricane codes. If your home was built before 2001 and the front door has never been upgraded, it is almost certainly not impact-rated. You don’t need a storm to find out. A wind-driven branch, a burglary attempt, or even a hard slam can expose that weakness, and your insurance company already knows the door isn’t compliant.
• The door slab is cracked, delaminated, or swollen shut after rain. Composite and wood doors fail visibly before they fail structurally. Blisters, splits, or a door that you have to shoulder open after a humid week are signs the core has absorbed water and the door is done. Replacing just the slab is sometimes possible, and we’ll tell you honestly if it’s not.

Our Door Installation Process - Step by Step

We don’t send a salesperson with a binder and a hard pitch. We send a technician who knows how doors are built, and we walk you through the whole process before any work begins. Here’s what to expect when you hire us for door installation in Fort Lauderdale.

1. 1
   In-home measurement and assessment. We measure the rough opening on every side, not just the visible jamb, because a frame that looks square is often out by a half-inch at the bottom. We check the subfloor, the header, the king and jack studs, and the exterior flashing condition. If there’s hidden rot or a structural problem, you know before we quote, not after the old door comes out.
2. 2
   Product selection and written quote. You choose the door, we quote the full job as a line item: door, frame, hardware, weatherstripping, trim, haul-away, and permit if required. The number on the quote is the number on the invoice. No change orders, no “oh, we found something behind the wall” upcharge. If the opening has hidden damage, we’ll identify it in step one.
3. 3
   Permit pull and material ordering. For hurricane-rated installations and most full-frame replacements in Fort Lauderdale, we pull the permit and handle the paperwork. Impact doors from PGT and CGI have manufacturing lead times, usually two to four weeks, and we’ll give you a firm install date when the order goes in.
4. 4
   Removal and installation. We remove the old door and frame without tearing out more than necessary, then set the new assembly with shims at the stress points, seal the rough opening with flashing tape and a sill pan, and adjust the hardware until the door swings and latches perfectly. The work site is cleaned up before the truck pulls away, and the old door is hauled off.
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   Final walkthrough and warranty registration. We open and close the door with you, lock and unlock every point, show you the flashing details, and register the manufacturer warranty while we’re standing there. Every installation is covered by our 36500-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, Winslow makes it right, period.

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Door Installation Near Fort Lauderdale - Our Service Area

We’re based in Fort Lauderdale, and we work throughout Broward County and the surrounding communities: Door Installation in Hollywood, Door Installation in Pembroke Pines, Miramar, Davie, Plantation, Sunrise, Coral Springs, Pompano Beach, Deerfield Beach, Lauderhill, and Weston. Most door installations are one-day jobs, and we schedule in two-hour arrival windows so you’re not waiting around all afternoon. If you’re outside these cities, give us a call anyway. If we can get to you, we’ll tell you, and if we can’t, we’ll point you to someone local who can. We’re the one down the road, and we act like it.

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Schedule Your Door Installation Service in Fort Lauderdale Today

You need a door that handles the sun, the salt, the humidity, and the next storm without complaining. We install that door, we price it honestly, and if it’s ever not right, we come back. Call (904) 913-5886 now for a free, no-obligation estimate. Someone will answer, and it won’t be a machine. Ed Winslow started this company to be the contractor Fort Lauderdale homeowners could actually reach, and that’s still the way it runs.

Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, serving Fort Lauderdale since 2011.