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Door installation in Lauderhill rarely starts with the door. It starts with a 40-year recertification notice from Broward County, an HOA letter about impact ratings, or a condo board trying to scope sixty identical replacements without getting sixty different bids. We know because we work these buildings off NW 47th Ave, Inverrary, and the Central Lauderhill grid every month. A standard entry door swap on a single-family home here runs $900 to $2,400 installed; a full-building condo package with impact-rated swing doors usually lands between $1,100 and $2,800 per unit depending on rough-opening condition and HOA specs. Call (727) 261-2215 and we’ll walk the building with you before you sign anything.
Why TruePane Windows & Doors Is Lauderhill’s Preferred Door Installation Company
Dale Kessler founded TruePane in 2008 after years of watching out-of-true installs and voided warranties walk through garages and condo stairwells. The fix was a standard, not a slogan: The Keystone Standard means both manufacturer warranty layers get registered in writing, with durations stated, before our truck leaves the driveway. No paperwork fights later. No arguing about who covers what when a door binds in August humidity.
We hold ourselves to the Done Right Promise on every door we hang. If it is not done right, we make it right. That is the whole sentence. Lauderhill customers have seen enough contractors disappear after the check clears. We plan to be in town in thirty years, which is the only timeline that makes a promise like that mean anything.
Our technicians are background-checked and uniformed. They measure every opening twice, quote manufacturer lines side by side on paper, and explain why a Ply Gem frame will hold true where the oxidized aluminum one did not. A live person answers our phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Not a voicemail tree, not a regional call center. You call, a person answers, and we schedule a walk-through in Lauderhill.
Our Door Installation Services in Lauderhill
Entry & Swing Doors
Entry doors in Lauderhill take a beating from hurricane-season pressure cycles and the salt-laden humidity that drifts inland from the coast. We replace old aluminum and hollow-core units with impact-rated swing doors built for the HVHZ standard. On CBS homes east of University Drive, we regularly find non-standard rough openings from the 1960s and 1970s, which means shimming, flashing, and setting a true jamb takes longer than a drop-in swap. We quote the real scope the first time.
Double & French Doors
Double doors on Lauderhill condos and townhomes fail most often at the astragal and the threshold, where years of afternoon storms have worked water into the sill. We replace the full assembly when the frame is compromised, not just the slab, and we register both warranty layers before we leave. For HOA buildings off Oakland Park Boulevard, we coordinate mock-ups and color approvals so the board can see exactly what sixty-five units will look like before the first door is ordered.
Storm Doors
A storm door is not impact protection. We say this plainly because too many Lauderhill homeowners are told otherwise. A storm door adds ventilation, keeps out bugs, and protects the primary entry from direct rain, but Broward County does not count it toward HVHZ compliance. We install storm doors where they make sense, and we will not sell one as a hurricane solution. That keeps the inspection honest and your building safe.
Bifold & Folding Doors
Bifold doors show up in Lauderhill patio enclosures and a handful of ranch homes on larger lots, especially where residents want the back wall open during the dry season. We install folding door systems with proper header support and flashing detail, because an under-built header is the first thing that sags when humidity swells the frame. On acreage lots near the city’s western edge, we also account for septic and well setbacks before recommending where a folding door can go.
Pivot Doors
Pivot doors are a different animal than hinged units. The weight rides on a floor pivot and a top pivot instead of two or three butt hinges, so the subfloor has to be solid and the rough opening has to be plumb within a tight tolerance. In Lauderhill’s older CBS construction, that often means grinding and re-leveling the concrete before the frame goes in. We quote it as part of the job, not as a change order after the fact.
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 Lauderhill
We are an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines, and in Lauderhill we most often quote PGT, Ply Gem for impact-rated entry and swing doors. We stock common hardware and local parts for all three, which means a broken hinge or a binding strike plate on a Ply Gem door off NW 47th Ave does not sit for two weeks waiting on a freight truck from Atlanta. We quote manufacturer lines side by side on paper so you see the material cost, the hardware cost, and the labor as separate numbers. That is a square deal, and it is the only way we quote.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Lauderhill Homes
- HOA approval stalls when doors are scoped unit-by-unit. We replaced 14 entry doors in a condo cluster off NW 47th Ave with Ply Gem impact-rated swing doors. The original aluminum frames had oxidized around the jambs, so we flashed each opening with new tape before setting the fusion-welded frames, then coordinated Broward County HVHZ inspections around the building’s 40-year recertification deadline. The HOA only moved once the scope was written as a building-wide package instead of fourteen separate bids.
- Oxidized aluminum frames around the jamb. Lauderhill’s older condo stock was built with aluminum door frames that corrode where salt-saturated air meets bare metal. By the time you see white powder or a door that sticks in July, the frame is usually beyond re-shimming.
- Septic and well setbacks on acreage lots. On Lauderhill’s larger residential parcels, a new door placed too close to a drain field fails county permit. We check the survey and the health department setbacks before we quote the opening location, not after the inspector flags it.
- Warped jalousie-style door inserts from long material hauls. Custom-sized inserts for older condo units come from Broward suppliers on open trailers. If they are not stored flat on-site before install, they bow in the humidity. We schedule material delivery ahead of the crew and store the orders inside the building, not in the parking lot sun.
Pricing for Door Installation in Lauderhill, FL
A standard entry door replacement on a Lauderhill single-family home runs $900 to $2,400 installed, including removal of the old unit, flashing the rough opening, and haul-off. Impact-rated swing doors for condo units run $1,100 to $2,800 per unit, with the higher end reserved for buildings where the rough opening is out of square or the old jamb has to be cut out entirely. Double French doors land between $2,200 and $4,500 depending on the frame condition and whether the opening needs a new header. Storm doors run $400 to $900 installed. Bifold and folding door systems start around $3,000 and climb with size and header work. Pivot doors are quoted per project because the subfloor prep and millwork vary too much for a flat range. Every quote is written, line-item, and fixed. Call (727) 261-2215 for a free estimate, and we will put the numbers in front of you before you commit.
We Also Serve Cities Near Lauderhill
Our Door Installation team covers Lauderhill and the surrounding Broward corridor, including Coral Springs, Margate, Parkland, and Tamarac. If you are in one of those cities and dealing with a 40-year recertification or a failed impact door, the same crew that works Lauderhill will come out. You can also review our Door Installation in Lauderhill page for local specifics before you call. One team, one standard, one phone number: (727) 261-2215.
Serving Lauderhill, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Lauderhill 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 Lauderhill
Yes. Broward County will not issue an HVHZ permit for a condo door replacement until the HOA has approved the scope in writing. We handle the permit package, but the association has to sign off first. We have seen buildings stall for months because a single owner tried to pull a permit on their own. When the HOA bids the whole building at once, we can lock material pricing and schedule inspections around the 40-year recertification deadline instead of fighting it. Call (727) 261-2215 and we will walk your board through the package.
On any Lauderhill parcel served by septic, Broward County requires a minimum separation between the drain field and any structural opening, including a new exterior door. The same applies to private wells. We pull the survey before we quote the opening location, and if the setback is tight, we adjust the door’s position rather than risk a failed inspection. That is the kind of thing that shows up as a surprise line item on a cheap bid. Ours is fixed before you sign.
Rarely. Jalousie inserts from Lauderhill’s 1960s and 1970s condo stock sit in rough openings that do not match modern impact-rated frame sizes. We can sometimes use a smaller door with an engineered filler, but that changes the sight lines and the wind-load path, and it often fails the HVHZ plan review. When the HOA scopes all 60 to 120 identical units at once, custom-sized orders become practical because the manufacturer builds a single run. Unit-by-unit, the custom order costs more per door. Call (727) 261-2215 for an exact quote on your building.
Lauderhill’s humid, salt-laden air accelerates corrosion on bare aluminum, especially where the frame meets the concrete jamb and water wicks in during afternoon storms. By the time you see white powder or the door binds, the metal has thinned enough that re-shimming will not hold. We replace the frame in these situations, and we flash the new opening with tape before the door goes in so the replacement does not repeat the same failure. A painted patch over oxidized aluminum lasts about eighteen months in this climate.
No. Broward County’s HVHZ code does not recognize a storm door as impact protection for a primary entry. The impact-rated unit has to be the main door assembly itself, not an add-on. We install storm doors for ventilation and weather protection, and we will say plainly when one is not what your recertification requires. The inspector will not be fooled, and neither should you be. Call (727) 261-2215 and we will quote the compliant assembly the first time.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Lauderhill and Broward County with a second-generation glazier’s standard: if the pane is not true, the job is not done.
Six Reasons Homeowners Choose TruePane 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.