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Replacing a door in Hollywood means working inside Florida’s High Velocity Hurricane Zone, where Broward County inspectors verify the Miami-Dade NOA number on your permit matches the exact unit we install. That single fact changes how the whole job should go, and it is why we run every Hollywood installation through a written quote, a permitted scope, and a final inspection that actually passes. Westlight Windows & Doors has been doing this since 2009, and our phones are answered by a live person around the clock. If you are planning a door replacement anywhere in Hollywood, call (903) 354-7134 and we will walk you through what your opening needs before you spend a dime.
Why Westlight Windows & Doors Is Hollywood’s Preferred Door Installation Company
Hollywood homeowners have a specific kind of skepticism, and they have usually earned it. They have sat through a no-show appointment, or watched a quote crawl upward at the door, or found out the “impact rated” unit installed in their CBS ranch never actually had a Miami-Dade NOA on file. That last one is a real problem in Broward County, and it is one reason Owen Satterfield built Westlight to run on written promises instead of verbal ones. Every Hollywood job gets a price in writing before work starts, a committed arrival window, and a written guarantee handed over at completion. If the work is not right within the guarantee period, we return and fix it at no charge under the 365-Day Done Right Promise.
Our crews know the difference between a 1950s Hollywood Lakes ranch, a 1970s Emerald Hills CBS home, and a 1980s condo on the A1A corridor. That is not trivial knowledge. Each of those openings fails differently, and the right door for one is wrong for another. We stock eight manufacturer lines, including PGT and CGI impact-rated products, so we can match the door to the opening instead of forcing the opening to fit whatever is on the truck. Every technician on a Hollywood job is background-checked and uniformed, and the dispatcher who answers your call can actually tell you where your install stands.
Owen is the person behind the Kingswell Guarantee that governs every Westlight job: say the price before the work, show up in the window we gave, leave the place cleaner than we found it, put the guarantee in writing, and come back if it fails. That is the whole thing. No asterisk. If a repair fails inside the guarantee period, the second visit is free, automatically. You do not have to ask for it, and you do not have to negotiate.
Door Repair in Hollywood
Door Repair in Hollywood is usually not a hardware problem; it is a frame problem hiding behind the casing. Hollywood’s salt air gets into aluminum frames and sill fasteners fast, especially within a mile of the ocean along the Hollywood Beach A1A corridor, and by the time a homeowner notices the door sticks or the latch will not catch, the jamb has often started to rot or pull away from the block. A basic alignment and latch adjustment in Hollywood runs $120 to $250. Replacing corroded hardware on an exterior door typically runs $180 to $350. If we find rotted jamb framing or a failed sill pan, which happens routinely in the 1950s to 1970s CBS stock, the repair becomes a rough-opening job and moves into the $600 to $1,500 range, depending on how much framing must come out and be rebuilt.
Salt-Air Hardware Corrosion
Homes east of Federal Highway in Hollywood deal with ocean aerosol that inland cities like Plantation simply do not get. Hinges seize, threshold screws dissolve, and aluminum frames pit. A Hollywood door that is only eight years old can look forty if it faces the ocean. We replace the corroded hardware with marine-grade stainless or coated fasteners, and we check the weatherstripping at the same time because salt air eats that too.
HVHZ Compliance Repairs
If a Hollywood door failed because a previous contractor installed a unit without the right Miami-Dade NOA, the repair is not just mechanical. The permit record already has a red flag on it. We can pull the permit history, identify what was actually installed, and either bring the opening into compliance or replace the unit with one whose NOA matches the application. Broward inspectors check that number against the physical door, not the invoice, so getting this right matters.
Exterior Door Installation in Hollywood
Exterior Door Installation in Hollywood means a permitted replacement that satisfies Broward’s HVHZ requirements, and that starts with the Miami-Dade NOA on the permit matching the exact unit we set in the opening. A standard impact-rated exterior door in Hollywood runs $1,800 to $4,200 installed, depending on the door style, the frame material, and whether the opening needs reframing. A basic non-impact entry door replacement runs $1,200 to $2,500. The price you get from Westlight is the price you pay because we write it down before any work starts and we do not revise it at the door.
Impact-Rated Entry Doors
Hollywood sits in a wind zone where a standard door is genuinely the wrong product. Impact-rated entry doors from PGT or CGI run $2,800 to $5,500 installed in Hollywood, including the frame, hardware, and the Miami-Dade NOA documentation your inspector will check. These doors carry design pressure ratings matched to the opening, never above +/-100 PSF, and the documentation stays on file for your wind mitigation inspection.
French and Double Door Systems
When a Hollywood homeowner wants a French door or a double door on a patio or entry, the rough opening work is where the real cost lives. Double doors require a wider header, often a new lintel in CBS block, and both panels must carry the same Miami-Dade NOA as a mated system. Large or custom double door openings in Hollywood run $3,500 to $7,000 and up, depending on the framing condition and the chosen line. We write the allowance for framing surprises into the contract so you know the ceiling before we start.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Hollywood Homes
- Mismatched NOA numbers on the permit. A contractor from outside Broward swaps in a “comparable” impact door mid-job without amending the permit, and the Hollywood inspector fails the job. The door has to come out, the permit can be revoked, and the homeowner pays twice.
- Rotten or undersized jamb framing behind 1950s to 1970s CBS walls. The original rough opening was framed for a jalousie or single-pane aluminum slider. When the old door comes out, the jamb is often termite-chewed, and the opening is two inches short. The swap just became a reconstruction.
- Missing pan flashing under the sill. Hollywood gets over 60 inches of rain a year, and a surprising number of original installs have no pan flashing at all. Water runs under the threshold, rots the subfloor, and the homeowner blames the door.
- Salt-air corrosion along the A1A corridor. Aluminum frames, sill fasteners, and hardware on beachside Hollywood doors degrade fast, sometimes inside a decade. An impact unit that is structurally fine may still fail inspection because the hardware is rusted through.
Trusted Brands We Service in Hollywood
Westlight carries eight manufacturer lines, and for Hollywood’s HVHZ market we lean on PGT and CGI for impact-rated entry systems, with CWS and ES Windows when the opening demands a specific configuration. We do not push one brand onto every home. A 1961 CBS ranch off Taft Street needs a different product than a 1985 condo balcony slider on Hollywood Beach, and we match the NOA to the opening rather than the other way around. Because we stock these lines locally, Hollywood customers are not waiting on a distributor three counties away when a part or a replacement panel is needed. The door you choose is the door that goes in, with the paperwork to prove it.
Pricing for Door Installation in Hollywood, FL
We Also Serve Cities Near Hollywood
Westlight’s Hollywood crews also cover North Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Miami Gardens, and Plantation. If your door is in any of those cities, call (903) 354-7134 and we will schedule from our South Florida office. For a full look at the service area, see our Door Installation in Hollywood page, or explore our broader Door Installation services.
Serving Hollywood, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Hollywood 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 About Door Installation in Hollywood
Hollywood is inside Florida’s High Velocity Hurricane Zone, and Broward County inspectors require a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance on every replacement exterior door. A Florida Product Approval alone will not clear inspection here. The NOA number on your permit application must match the exact unit installed, or the door comes out.
Usually one or more of three things: undersized rough openings, termite-chewed jamb framing, or missing pan flashing under the sill. On a 1961 CBS ranch off Taft Street, we pulled a failing aluminum slider and found the opening two inches undersized with no flashing at all. That repair became a change order, not a surprise invoice, because Westlight writes the allowance into the contract before the work starts. Call (903) 354-7134 and we will walk your home before you sign anything.
Yes, in most cases. A properly installed impact-rated door in Hollywood typically qualifies you for windstorm premium credits once a wind mitigation inspection is filed, and it stops the air leakage that drives summer cooling bills. The federal 25C energy credit can also apply to qualifying units, at 30 percent of product cost up to $600 per year. The final credit numbers come from your carrier and the program rules, not from us, but the door is the trigger.
Salt air accelerates corrosion of aluminum frames, sill fasteners, and hardware, sometimes degrading an impact-rated assembly within a decade of installation. Hollywood homes east of Federal Highway should expect to replace or upgrade hardware on a different schedule than inland homes. We use marine-grade hardware on beachside installs and check the weatherstripping every time we open the wall.
Most Hollywood Beach condo associations require board approval before any balcony slider replacement, and many also require a unit owner to submit the Miami-Dade NOA and engineering details in advance. We provide the documentation and can coordinate with your association, but the approval itself must come from the board. Budget a few extra weeks for that review if you are in an A1A mid-rise.
What Door Installation Costs in Hollywood
Impact-rated entry doors in Hollywood run $2,800 to $5,500 installed, with most standard single openings landing between $1,800 and $4,200. Large or custom openings run $2,500 to $5,000 and up. Whole-home door packages, meaning every exterior door in the house replaced at once, typically run $8,000 to $25,000 depending on the count and the chosen lines. What moves the price in Hollywood specifically: the opening count, the wind zone at the address, the floor height on condo work, and the frame material. Broward’s HVHZ inspection adds a verification step that non-zone counties do not have, but it also means the inspector is checking the NOA against the physical door, so the product paperwork is not optional. We come out, measure every opening, and hand you a written quote that already accounts for the framing unknowns before you decide. That appointment is free at (903) 354-7134.
Florida Pays You Back
Hollywood homeowners have more than one incentive on the table, and they stack where they qualify. The My Safe Florida Home program offers matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades, and impact-rated windows and doors are the core of that program. Florida also exempts impact-resistant windows and doors from sales tax, which for a $15,000 project is real money. On the federal side, the 25C energy credit covers 30 percent of the product cost up to $600 per year on qualifying units. After installation, a wind mitigation inspection, which runs $75 to $150 in Hollywood, documents the upgrades and typically unlocks windstorm premium credits averaging around 25 percent on the windstorm portion of your policy. We do not set the final numbers, your carrier and the program administrators do, but we can tell you what to file and when. Call (903) 354-7134 and Owen Satterfield’s team will walk you through the Hollywood-specific paperwork.
Written by Owen Satterfield, Owner at Westlight Windows & Doors, serving Hollywood with permitted, HVHZ-compliant door installation.