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Door installation in Palm Beach Gardens means working through two approval gates that most of Florida never sees: your community’s Architectural Review Committee first, then Palm Beach County’s wind-load permit. We know the sequence, the palettes, and the hardware lists at PGA National, BallenIsles, Mirasol, and Frenchman’s Creek, because we run this process every week. If you’re replacing a corroded entry door or putting in a new impact-rated exterior unit, call us at (903) 354-7134. We’ll give you a written price before any work starts and a real arrival window, not a four-hour guess.
Since 2009, our Door Installation team has handled everything from single entry-door swaps to full exterior door replacement in gated communities and older CBS homes across Palm Beach Gardens. We work tight lots, staged from a single parking pad, and we leave the site cleaner than we found it. That’s the Kingswell Way, and it’s in writing on every job.
Why Westlight Windows & Doors Is Palm Beach Gardens’s Preferred Door Installation Company
We’re an independently owned and operated Kingswell location led by Owen Satterfield, and we’ve been doing this since 2009. Palm Beach Gardens homeowners call us because we’ve already navigated the ARC process at their community. When a BallenIsles homeowner needs an impact-rated PGT slider in a specific bronze anodize, we don’t learn the approval flow on their dime. We’ve pre-submitted that spec before the county permit was pulled, and we’ve done it often enough to know which hardware catalog numbers pass and which get bounced.
Every Palm Beach Gardens job is handled by background-checked, uniformed technicians. You’ll know who’s walking through your door, and our scheduling office is staffed by a live person 24/7, not a voicemail box. We give every customer the Kingswell Guarantee in writing: a price before work starts, a committed arrival window, a clean job site, and a written guarantee on the completed work. If something fails within the guarantee period, the 365-Day Done Right Promise means we come back and fix it at no charge, no negotiating.
Door Repair in Palm Beach Gardens
Door repair in Palm Beach Gardens usually means addressing salt-air corrosion on exterior hardware, a sagging slab on an original hinge, or a multipoint lock that no longer throws cleanly after years of humidity and storm cycles. In coastal communities between PGA Boulevard and the Intracoastal, we regularly see aluminum frames pitted from salt spray and multipoint door hardware that’s seized up entirely. Repair often runs $150-$450 for hardware replacement and realignment, while a corroded frame on an impact door may push into $600-$900 if the jamb needs sectional replacement.
Salt-Corrosion Hardware Replacement
Closer to the Intracoastal, salt in the air eats door hardware faster than anywhere inland. We pull the old multipoint assembly, inspect the frame for hidden corrosion, and install marine-grade replacement components. On impact doors, we match the finish to what your ARC approved originally, so the repair doesn’t trigger a compliance headache.
Alignment and Sagging Slab Correction
CBS homes built in the 1980s and 1990s settle, and exterior doors take the brunt of it. A door that drags, catches, or won’t seal at the threshold usually needs hinge shimming or a threshold rebuild. It’s a two-to-four hour job and it stops the air leak that’s driving your AC bill up.
Exterior Door Installation in Palm Beach Gardens
Exterior door installation in Palm Beach Gardens means pulling an impact-rated unit through your community’s ARC approval first and Palm Beach County’s wind-load permit second. A single exterior door replacement, entry or patio, typically runs $2,000-$4,500 installed with impact glazing, depending on slab size, frame material, and the finish your community requires. A French or double-door opening runs $4,500-$8,000. Every quote is written and itemized before we order anything.
Impact-Rated Entry Doors
After 2004, when Frances and Jeanne hit Palm Beach County three weeks apart, impact-rated doors stopped being an upgrade and became the standard. We install PGT and CGI entry doors rated for this wind zone, with frames matched to your ARC’s approved palette. The county permit gets filed only after your community signs off.
French and Double Doors
Double-door openings on custom homes in Mirasol and Frenchman’s Creek need careful jamb shimming and a threshold system that moves water away from the slab. We stage panels in the garage when the lot’s tight, work from the assigned parking pad, and schedule demolition around HOA work-hour windows.
Trusted Brands We Service in Palm Beach Gardens
We install and service products from CGI, CWS, and ECO Window Systems, along with five other manufacturer lines, so the product matches your opening and your community’s spec, not what we happen to have in the truck. Impact-rated CGI is a frequent spec in PGA National and BallenIsles. CWS covers mid-range replacement doors in older CBS homes. ECO Window Systems offers a strong thermal-performance option when your ARC cares about visible-light and energy compliance. We stock common replacement hardware for Palm Beach Gardens customers, which cuts turnaround on repair jobs.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Palm Beach Gardens Homes
- ARC rejection after the county permit is pulled. BallenIsles and Mirasol both maintain master color palettes and approved hardware lists. An impact door in the wrong bronze anodize gets rejected weeks into the job, after the unit is already ordered. We pre-submit product specs before pulling any Palm Beach County permit.
- Salt-air corrosion on hardware and frames. The easternmost communities near the Intracoastal see pitted aluminum frames and seized multipoint locks far earlier than inland homes. We spec marine-grade finishes on anything within a mile of the water.
- Tight-lot staging problems in gated communities. PGA National and Frenchman’s Creek have single-lane gated entries, limited parking, and HOA work-hour restrictions. We quote access honestly up front, because staging a door swap from a single assigned parking pad takes different labor than a wide-open driveway.
- Wind-load compliance on original 1980s openings. Older CBS homes often have rough openings that don’t meet post-2004 Florida Building Code requirements for impact-rated units. We address the opening before the door goes in, which keeps the county inspection from failing after the fact.
Pricing for Door Installation in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Door installation pricing in Palm Beach Gardens is driven by three things: the opening’s size, the product your ARC approves, and access to your lot. A single impact-rated entry door usually runs $2,000-$4,500 installed. A French or double door runs $4,500-$8,000. Repair work like hardware replacement and slab alignment runs $150-$900 depending on corrosion and frame condition. If the job requires custom fabrication, add four to six weeks of lead time before installation day. We provide a free in-home measure and a written itemized quote before any work starts. No revised invoices at the door. Call (903) 354-7134 to schedule yours.
What Door Installation Costs in Palm Beach Gardens
For exterior doors, expect $2,000-$4,500 for a single impact-rated unit, $4,500-$8,000 for a French or double-door opening, and $8,000-$25,000 or more when you’re replacing doors across a whole home in Mirasol or Frenchman’s Creek. Large custom openings can push toward $5,000 on a single unit, and multi-door packages in newer luxury homes typically start around $10,000. What moves the price: opening count, wind zone, frame material, glazing spec, and whether your community’s ARC requires a catalog-specific finish. We’ll measure, walk the access path, and give you a written price. No change orders after we start.
Florida Pays You Back
Florida’s incentive stack for impact-rated doors and windows is real, and it’s worth understanding before you sign anything. My Safe Florida Home matching grants can cover up to $10,000 in qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades for eligible homeowners. Florida also exempts impact-resistant windows and doors from sales tax, which shaves a meaningful percentage off a $15,000 whole-home package. On the federal side, the 25C energy credit covers 30% of product cost, up to $600 per year, on qualifying units. After a wind-mitigation inspection (typically $75-$150), most Palm Beach Gardens homeowners see windstorm-premium credits averaging about 25% on the windstorm portion of their policy. Exact numbers depend on your carrier and your current policy, so we never promise a specific savings figure. We’ll point you to the right inspection path and let the numbers come from your insurer.
We Also Serve Cities Near Palm Beach Gardens
Beyond Palm Beach Gardens, our Door Installation in Palm Beach Gardens crews regularly cover North Palm Beach, Jupiter, West Palm Beach, and Palm Beach. Same written pricing, same ARC-first process, and the same Kingswell Guarantee on every job, no matter which side of PGA Boulevard you’re on.
Serving Palm Beach Gardens, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Palm Beach Gardens 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 Palm Beach Gardens
Yes. Pull the Palm Beach County permit before your community’s Architectural Review Committee signs off, and you risk losing the door and the deposit. BallenIsles, Mirasol, PGA National, and Frenchman’s Creek all enforce master color palettes and approved hardware lists down to the catalog number, and an impact door in the wrong finish can get rejected weeks after it’s ordered. We pre-submit the product spec to your ARC, get the sign-off, then file the county permit. Call (903) 354-7134 and we’ll walk you through the exact sequence for your community.
Access drives labor. A gated community with a single-lane entry, an assigned parking pad, and HOA work-hour windows means our crew moves materials by hand from one spot, stages inside the garage, and works demolition around deed-restricted hours. That’s different math than a wide-open driveway in an older neighborhood. We quote the access honestly up front, and the price you get is the price you pay.
We install and service doors from CGI, CWS, ECO Window Systems, PGT, ES Windows, Mr-Glass, Therma-Tru, and ViewLux. That’s eight manufacturer lines, so the product matches the opening, the wind zone, and your ARC’s spec. If your community requires a specific bronze anodize or a particular hardware finish, we’ll spec it correctly the first time.
It can. After a wind-mitigation inspection, most Palm Beach Gardens homeowners see windstorm-premium credits averaging around 25% on the windstorm portion of their policy. The exact figure comes from your carrier, not from us, but impact-rated doors are a documented wind-mitigation upgrade, and Florida’s incentive programs, including My Safe Florida Home matching grants up to $10,000, are built around this work. We’ll point you to the right inspection path.
Often, yes. If the frame is structurally sound and the corrosion is limited to hardware, hinges, or the multipoint lock assembly, we replace those components with marine-grade finishes and the door keeps working. If the frame itself is pitted and losing structural integrity, replacement is the honest call. We’ll tell you which one you’re looking at before any money changes hands. Call (903) 354-7134 for a free in-home assessment.
Working Tight Palm Beach Gardens Lots: How We Keep the Job Clean and the Neighbours Onside
Palm Beach Gardens is not a wide-driveway, park-two-trucks kind of place. It’s master-planned golf communities with gated entries, assigned parking, shared walls, and HOA work-hour windows. On a recent BallenIsles job, we replaced a corroded single-hung aluminum patio door with an impact-rated PGT sliding unit. The bronze anodize had to match the community’s approved hardware list, so we pre-submitted the spec to the ARC before pulling the county permit. Our crew worked from a single assigned parking pad, staged the new jamb and sash inside the garage to keep the driveway clear, and posted party-wall notice for the shared wall so the adjacent unit knew we’d be doing demolition. Salt air off the Intracoastal had already pitted the old multipoint hardware, so we spec’d a marine-grade finish approved in advance.
That’s how we handle every Palm Beach Gardens door job. Access affects the quote, not just the day. A two-day door swap on a tight PGA National lot costs different labor than the same swap on a wide-open Palm Beach street, and we don’t hide that math. We stage clean, we work quiet during HOA hours, and we leave the place cleaner than we found it. Skipping party-wall notice or filing the county permit before the ARC sign-off is how jobs unravel in this city, and we don’t do either.
Door Installation That Clears the Two Gates: ARC First, County Permit Second
There’s a sequence every Palm Beach Gardens homeowner needs to understand before ordering a door. In this city, door replacement approvals run through two gates in order: your community’s Architectural Review Committee first, then Palm Beach County’s wind-load permitting. The ARC gate governs frame color, grid pattern, and hardware finish down to the catalog number. The county gate governs wind-load compliance, design pressures matched to the opening, and Florida Product Approval numbers. Neighboring cities don’t have PGA National, BallenIsles, Mirasol, and Frenchman’s Creek all enforcing their own catalogs within one municipality. Contractors who skip the ARC gate watch signed jobs unravel weeks in when the wrong bronze anodize gets rejected and the deposit walks. We’ve been doing this since 2009, and we’ve never lost a job to a missed ARC submittal because we don’t skip the first gate.
Written by Owen Satterfield, Owner at Westlight Windows & Doors, serving Palm Beach Gardens since 2009.