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Door installation in Lake Park usually runs $1,200-$4,800 for a standard entry door and $2,800-$7,500 for a hurricane-rated front door, with custom openings on older CBS homes landing higher. Most Lake Park jobs take one full day on site once the door arrives, though custom impact units need 4-6 weeks of fabrication first. If your door is failing, leaking, or simply not rated for Palm Beach County wind loads, call Ed Winslow’s team at (561) 928-0302 and we’ll measure it right the first time.
We know Lake Park’s streets, its older concrete block homes, and the salt air that comes off the Lake Worth Lagoon. Our Door Installation crew has worked tight lots off 10th Street, replaced corroded sliders on Seminole Boulevard, and pulled permits for homes near Kelsey Park. That local reps experience matters when your rough opening is 3 inches narrower than anything Home Depot stocks.
Why Winslow Windows & Doors Is Lake Park’s Preferred Door Installation Company
Ed Winslow founded this company in 2011, and his name goes on every job, including every door we hang in Lake Park. That’s the difference between us and a national chain that subcontracts your front door to whoever bids lowest that week. We answer our own phone, 24/7, and the person who picks up knows the difference between a CBS rough opening and a wood-frame one.
Lake Park homeowners routinely mention three things in their reviews: our crew shows up when we say we will, the site is cleaner when we leave than when we arrived, and the final invoice matches the quote. Background-checked, uniformed technicians do the work. No day labor, no mystery subs. When the door needs a custom width because your 1962 house was never built to modern rough-opening standards, we catch that at the measure, not at the inspection.
The Done Right Promise backs every door we install in Lake Park. If it’s not done right, we come back and make it right. That’s a 100-year standard of accountability, and we put it in writing. We also publish our address and license number, so you know exactly who you are hiring before the truck pulls up.
Our Door Installation Services in Lake Park
Entry Doors
A new entry door on a Lake Park CBS home starts with accurate field measurements. Many of the 1950s and 1960s homes here have rough openings that were framed for original thin aluminum doors, not the thicker impact-rated units Palm Beach County now requires. We order the door to fit your actual opening, not a stock size. That means no sloppy shim packs, no oversized trim hiding gaps, and no air leaks you will feel every August afternoon.
Hurricane-Proof Front & Entry Doors
Lake Park sits in a high-velocity hurricane zone that punishes non-rated doors. We install impact doors that meet Miami-Dade NOA and Florida Product Approval standards, with design pressures matched to your specific opening and height above grade. A hurricane-proof front door in Lake Park typically runs $2,800-$7,500 installed, depending on glass type, frame material, and hardware. The good news: these doors do double duty as security doors year-round, not just in storm season.
French & Double Doors
French doors on older Lake Park homes often fail at the meeting stile, where the two panels lock together. Salt air corrodes the hardware, the weatherstripping crumbles, and suddenly the doors don’t seal. We replace the full unit with impact-rated French doors that won’t bow under wind load, and we check the rough opening for the non-standard dimensions common in this town’s post-WWII housing stock. A new impact French door set in Lake Park generally lands between $3,500 and $8,000.
Replacement Doors
Replacing a sliding glass door on a Lake Park home is not a swap-and-go job. The old aluminum frame has usually been in place since Nixon was in office, and the salt air has been eating the jamb for decades. We do a full tear-out, inspect the buck and surrounding block for hidden rot or corrosion, flash and seal properly, and then set the new door. Expect a replacement slider in Lake Park to run $2,400-$6,500 depending on size and impact rating.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Lake Park
We are an authorized installer for Therma-Tru, ECO Window Systems, and Mr-Glass, among others. That matters in Lake Park because these brands manufacture custom-width impact doors that actually fit older CBS rough openings. Off-the-shelf doors from big-box retailers rarely work here. When we stock common replacement parts for Lake Park’s aging door population, our turnaround on hardware fixes is faster than waiting on a national distributor. You get a door built for Palm Beach County’s wind zone, finished in a style that suits a 1960s Florida home or a newer one.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Lake Park Homes
- Non-standard rough openings on 1950s-1970s CBS homes. Original jalousie and thin aluminum slider openings were never sized for modern impact-rated doors. A stock unit will not fit, so the door must be custom-ordered. We field-measure every opening before quoting a number.
- Salt-air corrosion on steel jambs and hardware. Lake Park sits a mile west of the Lake Worth Lagoon, and the persistent salt-laden air wrecks uncoated steel. We regularly find jambs so corroded that the old door is barely anchored, which means a full-frame tear-out and new buck, not a simple slab swap.
- Zero-lot-line access constraints. Many Lake Park homes sit close to the property line, making material staging and equipment access a real puzzle. We plan staging in advance, hand-carry doors where necessary, and keep the worksite contained to your side of the fence.
- Insurance non-renewal risk from non-impact openings. Homeowners on blocks near Old Dixie Highway or Lakeside Park sometimes don’t realize their insurer can surcharge or non-renew a policy on a home with non-impact doors and windows. We flag this during the estimate so you can plan the replacement before the renewal letter arrives.
Pricing for Door Installation in Lake Park, FL
A standard non-impact entry door in Lake Park runs $1,200-$2,800 installed. A hurricane-rated entry door starts around $2,800 and goes to $7,500 for custom glass, upgraded hardware, and larger openings. Sliding glass and French door replacement runs $2,400-$8,000 depending on size, impact rating, and the condition of the existing frame. Whole-home door replacement packages on older Lake Park CBS homes typically land between $8,000 and $20,000. The single biggest cost driver here is custom sizing: if your rough opening is non-standard, your door is custom-ordered, period. Call (561) 928-0302 and we’ll measure every opening and put the numbers in writing before you commit.
What Door Installation Costs in Lake Park
To give you real anchors rather than vague estimates: impact windows in this area generally run $800-$1,500 per window installed, with impact single-hungs at $900-$1,800, large or custom openings at $2,500-$5,000, and whole-home packages from $8,000 to $25,000 and up. Doors sit in the same pricing band as large windows because they carry similar wind-load requirements, hardware, and labor. What moves your number in Lake Park specifically is the condition of the existing rough opening, whether the old frame is corroded to the point that a full tear-out is required, and how tight the access is on a zero-lot-line parcel. The free in-home measure and written quote are the best way to get an exact number. Call (561) 928-0302 to schedule it.
Florida Pays You Back
The incentive stack for Lake Park homeowners is stronger than most people realize. The My Safe Florida Home program offers matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades, including impact-rated doors and windows. Florida also exempts impact-resistant windows and doors from sales tax, which saves you real money on a $5,000 front door. The federal 25C energy credit can return 30% of the product cost, up to $600 per year on qualifying units, when the door carries an energy rating. And after a wind-mitigation inspection (typically $75-$150), many carriers apply a windstorm premium credit averaging around 25% on the wind portion of your policy. Programs and carriers set the final numbers, so we walk you through what applies to your Lake Park home without promising a refund we can’t guarantee.
One comparison worth making in Lake Park: impact doors versus hurricane shutters. Shutters require you to be home, to have them in your hands, and to physically hang them before the storm. They do nothing the other 360 days of the year. An impact-rated door is permanent protection, closes and locks like any door, and never needs to be dragged out of a shed at 10 p.m. when the storm track shifts. For a door you use every single day, impact glazing makes far more sense than panels.
Working on a Tight Lake Park Lot: Access, Permits, and Neighbors
Lake Park’s density changes how door installation gets done. Many homes sit on forty- or fifty-foot lots, with side yards measured in single digits. That means staging materials in the driveway, not the street, and often hand-carrying a 200-pound impact door around the house because a forklift simply won’t fit. We plan access before we quote, because a job that requires two extra hours of hand-carrying costs more than one with clear side-yard access. That planning also keeps your neighbors’ fences, planters, and mailboxes untouched.
Permit complexity here is real. Lake Park’s building department reviews every door replacement because structural openings in wind-borne debris regions must meet current code. Older CBS homes often trigger additional review when the rough opening is modified to fit a coded impact unit. We pull permits for you, coordinate inspections, and make sure the Miami-Dade NOA or Florida Product Approval documentation matches the exact door going into the exact opening. Inspectors in Palm Beach County look for that paperwork, and we hand it over with the permit packet, not after the failed inspection.
Work-hour rules matter on tight lots. Lake Park’s noise ordinance generally prohibits construction noise before 7 a.m., and evening work is restricted. We schedule our crews around those rules and tell your neighbors what to expect before the saws come out. If a shared wall or zero-lot-line condition means our work could disturb the house next door, we provide party-wall notice in advance. A quick conversation upfront prevents an angry call to the town later. We also vacuum concrete dust throughout the day and do a final walkthrough with you before we leave. On a tight lot off 10th Street in Lake Park’s older interior blocks, our crew removed a corroded aluminum sliding door from a 1960s CBS home where salt air had eaten through the jamb and weatherstripping. We staged materials in the driveway, hand-carried the new PGT impact-rated door around the side yard, and installed it in a single day, keeping noise below the town’s 7 a.m. start and using a vacuum to capture concrete dust before our final walkthrough with the owner. That’s how we work every Lake Park job.
We Also Serve Cities Near Lake Park
Our crews cover all of Door Installation in Lake Park plus the surrounding communities. If you live in Mangonia Park, West Palm Beach, South Palm Beach, or Royal Palm Beach, you get the same Ed Winslow team, the same Done Right Promise, and the same live person answering the phone at (561) 928-0302.
Serving Lake Park, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Lake Park 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 Lake Park
Yes, Lake Park requires a permit for front door replacement because doors are structural openings in a wind-borne debris region. We pull the permit, submit the Miami-Dade NOA or Florida Product Approval documentation for your specific door, and coordinate the inspection. Expect the permit review to take a few days to a few weeks depending on how crowded the building department’s queue is. Call (561) 928-0302 and we’ll handle the paperwork from the start.
Usually not, and this is the single most common mistake we see. Original rough openings on 1950s-1970s Lake Park CBS homes were framed for thin aluminum jalousie and slider doors, not the thicker impact-rated units code now requires. A stock door from a big-box store will either not fit, not seal properly, or fail the wind-load requirements. You need a custom-width impact door with the proper product approval documentation. We measure before we quote, so there are no surprises at inspection.
Salt-laden air from the Lake Worth Lagoon accelerates corrosion on unprotected aluminum and steel. Many Lake Park homes have door jambs and hardware that have been quietly corroding for decades. By the time the door fails visibly, the jamb structure itself may be compromised. We use corrosion-resistant fasteners, proper flashing, and sealed thresholds on every job, and we always inspect the buck and surrounding block for hidden damage before setting the new door. Call (561) 928-0302 for a free estimate that includes a full frame inspection.
Lake Park’s noise ordinance restricts construction noise before 7 a.m., and evening work is generally not permitted in residential zones. On tight lots, we stage materials inside your property lines and use hand-carrying instead of loud machinery wherever possible. We also notify neighbors in advance when a zero-lot-line condition means our work might be heard next door. Call (561) 928-0302 and we’ll schedule the job around the town’s hours and your availability.
Yes, in most cases. A wind-mitigation inspection (typically $75-$150) documents your new impact-rated door, and many carriers apply a windstorm premium credit averaging around 25% on the wind portion of your premium. Equally important, replacing non-impact openings removes the risk of non-renewal or surcharge that Lake Park homeowners with original jalousie openings increasingly face. We can’t promise a specific dollar figure, but the insurance savings often offset a meaningful chunk of the door cost over time. Call (561) 928-0302 to get your door measured and started.
Need a door installed in Lake Park? Call Ed Winslow’s team at (561) 928-0302 for a free in-home measure and a written quote with no change orders. We’re the one down the road, and we answer the phone.
Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, serving Lake Park and Palm Beach County 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.